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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1903
Page
11
At the Friday meeting the council delayed paving Iowa avenue. The city engineer recommended postponement to next year due to gas and sewer mains work. The contract with Jorrabin is extended to April 1, 206 with a $20,000 bond still in effect.
North Liberty August 28 work on the Odd Fellows hall progresses as carpenters begin erecting the new structure while George Anderson's house is pressed and a dwelling on John street is under consideration.
Town activities include Enderle's Jot and completion of Mrs Green's booth as the M B A lodge held a program at the hall last week with state Tatlager present. Mary Myers gave a noted recitation and the Girls Whip-poor-will Club welcomed four new members while visitors from California and Maryland were documented. A new sidewalk improves the school ground.
Scott notes from August 28 Fed. Casey Tom Evans Wm Wilant return from South Dakota where they bought land and praise the country. John Murphy and others attend Woodman picnic at Muscatine. Lou Smith saws wood for John Schell. L Denneny hosts Chicago relatives. Struble Murphy and Kelley invest in fertilizer spreaders. Rev Crawford and Rev Hiserman exchange spulous. Frank Lord 13 uses a cutcom after a fall from timothy. Wadsworth reports corn blown down in South Scott.
Mr Obe Witmer of Joplin Missouri circulates to his customers that nothing on the market matches Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints, and he recommends the preparation as superior. Sale announcements note availability on Monday and Friday.
Graham August 28 The friends of Willie Akers rejoice that Dr. Sting pronounces him out of danger after typhoid fever and gallbladder surgery plus appendix removal. He endured weeks of near death but has shown steady improvement and is on the road to recovery. Other items note Miss Calista Pratt visiting Mrs. George Godlove, sick relatives, and local farm activity including a manure-spreader purchase and near completion of threshing.
A city council last Friday night approved straightening the sidewalk along Iowa Avenue near the hospital, instructing the city solicitor to draft an ordinance setting the line between Dubuqua and Gilbert Street. Permanent sidewalks were ordered on Dewey Street East, Washington, College, Bloomington, and a temporary path on Sheridan Avenue within ten days.
Advertisement promises a "4 Guaranteed Cure for Piles" using Pazo Ointment with a money back guarantee if not cured in 6 to 14 days. First application allegedly provides ease and rest. Price 50 cents. order by sending 50 cents to Paris Medicine Co in St. Louis Missouri.
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