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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1905
Page
7
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery a tonic and alterative from Hydrastis Golden Seal and other roots. It claims to restore stomach and liver function renew blood and vitality and notes the Little Liver Pills are a vegetable remedy not causing griping. It praises market imitators but asserts superiority.
Street Commissioner Laughlin presented the November street work totals totaling 1 547 91 with grading 682 75 and items for sweeping water troughs carpenter and mason work and street and alley maintenance. Sexton Krotz noted eight large and three small grayas for November. Clerks funds show a general draft among others totaling 10 966 19 across departments including fire cemetery water works electric light library and general funds.
At the annual election in Woodman Hall last Friday evening the Maccabees chose officers including Past Lady Commander Mrs H D Overholt Lady Commander Mary Hodges Lieutenant Commander Mrs George Parsons Chaplain Mrs Hatch Record Keeper Miss Britton Finance Keeper Mrs Will Wyden koff Sergeant Miss Odks Mistress at Arms Winifred Hodges Sentinel Mrs Hanley Picket Edith Boarts Piano Players Miss Corlett and Miss Slozax High Physician Doctor Johnson.
The council approved numerous payments for November covering fire department services and supplies. Listed are payments to Protection Hose Co., John T. Reis, Illinois Electric Co., Lux Lumber, Iowa City Electric Light Co., and many others for materials, labor, and services.
Alderman Tulloss led discussion at the last meeting on purchasing six additional fire alarm boxes and wiring. Each box costs 875 and wire at 704 per mile will be needed. Iowa Telephone Company and Johnson County utilities consent to run poles and lines for the system.
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