Cedar Rapids visitors and regional notes in January
Mara. G. 5. Kinderdine of Cedar Rapids visits the city. Homer Fiake and Miss May Schaap wed Wednesday at Lone Tree. Agnes Baker recovering after illness. D. DeHart graduates engineer joins railway mail service Burlington to Des Moines. Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer to speak January 21. Peter Kloos marks thirty eighth anniversary. M. D. Bratt’s death prompts family travel. Prof. C. C. Nutting elected president of the American Society of Zoologists. Debating league judges named. K. E. W. Rockwood elected AAAS fellow. Mr. Peck visits from Moline. John G. Bowman, editor at Columbia, also editor of the English Graduate Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mara
Kinderdine
Cedar Rapids
Homer Fiake
May Schaapveld
Lone Tree
Peter Kloos
W. Coombes
Terris, Tows
M. D. Bratt
C. C. Nutting
American Society of Zoologists
Ann Arbor
Mich
Byers
Wilder
Raymond
KE. W. Rockwood
American Association For the Advancement of Science
New Orleans
Court actions fill two days in Iowa calendar
Judge Byington disposed of numerous cases on the November calendar. Motions for new trials were argued and taken under advisement in several suits including Clarke vs Johnson County Telephone Co. and Maher case. Dismissals, defaults, and garnishments were entered in multiple cases with various parties named. A university senate note mentions interest in selecting football officials with other schools to reduce toughness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County Savings Bank
H. McManus Et al
Byington
J. H. McMavue
A. M. McManus
W. F. Murphy Ve. F. E. Thompson
Lillie Thompson
Judgmore
Geo. R. Worsman
Nancy Cline
John W. Hunt
Andrew J. Kimes
Frank Kepple
Thos
Foratal
W. C. Bishop
Chan
Slade
Chas. H. Dvorak
University
Andrew Swoboda
Monroe Township
J. H. Brooke
Jennie Byres
Court House
The Marriage of Kitty at Coldren Theater
The Jules Murray Comedy Company led by Miss Alice Johnson brings The Marriage of Kitty to the Coldren Theater next Wednesday evening January To. Local theatergoers can judge the merits of the company and play with seat sales opening Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty
Jules Murray
Alice Johnson
Coldren
Grain case prices listed by Bummex Mill Co in Tow City
Grain case prices from the Bummex Mill Co show rates for Tow City Iowa including barley and other grains. Details include bulk case values and product types as read from the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bummex Mill CO
Tow
City
Iowa
Johnson County Teachers Association Meeting Program
The second quarterly meeting of the Johnson County Teachers Association will be held in Iowa City at the high school on Saturday January 13. The program includes music by the Grammar School Orchestra and the Third Ward Pupils, papers by Prof. J. C. Castelo on the relation of public schools to the commercial world, and a geography class by Miss Anna Kyle with discussion led by Frank McKray and an address by Prof. Bobumil Shimex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Johnson County Teachers’ Association
Iowa City
Grammar School
F. E. Bolton
J. C. Castelo
Frank McKray
Gammar School
Third Ward
Emma Watkins
Anna Kyle
Bobumil Shimex
Vincent Klema
Davenport
D. C. Abrams
Audubon
Embrace a New Free Church Movement Message
Duren J. H. Ward invites Thinkers and Workers to shape a Logos church free from creeds and traditions. The All Souls church is pitched as a forward looking, life oriented institution that respects the old while adopting the new. He urges immediate collaboration to form a church embodying this outlook and to join the coming movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emersons
Hales
All Soul's
Duren J. H. Ward
Local Social Notes and Regional Developments
News briefs from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas include visits by Mrs. Hattie Sies and Miss Ida Sies of Moline, and plans for Cedar Rapids and Town City high school basketball. Lectures, church services, legal motions, and milling company purchases are reported, along with state politics, Meskwakia Indian studies, and a new railroad rate bill in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.l. Turley
J. G. Daley
Cedar Rapids
Town City
FP. W. Sies
Hattie Sies
Ida Sies
Moline
Kate Siepman
Rittenmeyer
Norway
Choice Farm for Sale in Eastern Iowa Auction Notice
Bargain property sold by January 15 1906. One acre or more, 1 mile from town, large house and outbuildings, ice lawn and groves, water proed to all yards, springs flow year round. A grain and stock farm fits Eastern Iowa. For particulars write or see MARSHALL AND LEHMAN Crescent Block College St Iowa City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choice
Ago Acres
Good Town
Iowa
Marshall & Lehman
Crescent Block
College St
Towa City
University of Ioan Football Participation Reported
The text notes a university football participation event in Chicago with conference involvement and mentions the sheriff's bond approval, budget figures for the Iowa City post office, a Young People's meeting at St. Wenceslaus church to form a literary society, and a new trial motion in a lease case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ioan
Chicago
Sheriff Rowmland
Board of Supervisors
Iowa City Spostolice
St. Wencetlans
Frank
Jiras
John H. ‘Schmidt
Juge
Causes and signs of nervousness by Homan Culture
The piece lists five causes of nervousness including low vitality, poor sleep, improper foods and drinks, and association with excitable people. It warns that without self mastery and sufficient vitality, rest, proper diet, and healthy company one becomes nervous, aging, and likely to die early.
Kitchen Floor Folly and a New England Wife
A Washington Post humor piece recalls a New Hampshire housekeeper who scrubs the kitchen floor nightly to keep the house spotless. When her husband returns late, she banishes him to sleep in the barn to avoid dirtying the floor. The essay notes scarce men in New England and jokes about floors saving lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New England
New Hampshire
Washington Post
London Coster Girls and Ostrich Plume Outings
The London coster girls rent ostrich plumes for holidays as a daily loan cost of 1 shilling or 4 shillings for a trio. Weather affects use. some shops stock hundreds of plumes and extra charges apply on holidays. The piece also recounts Thackeray in Ireland misreading post office mile markers and a cynical quip about England’s residents and world events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Standard
Rhyme Challenge Stumps Banker In Whimsical Exchange
A minor poet taunts a banker with unrhymed words such as lounge sylph wasp mouth hemp and others. After minutes of failed attempts, the banker admits no rhyme exists for those terms while the poet extols poetic glory and jest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jwgo
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Lady in Black and the Arching Yucca Tree
In 1850 Queen Theresa of Bavaria died after a mysterious nocturnal visitor, amid a royal gathering at Archaffenberg. The tale ends with Theresa's death in Munich from cholera. Also described is California’s arching yucca tree in Antelope Valley, a tall arched trunk with two roots and an extended upper branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Theresa
Ber
Theresa
Bavaria
Lauia
Archaffenberg
Louis III
Hesse-Darmstadt
Munich
Antelope Valley
California
Western Desert
van Dyke
Afghan Justice Shown Over Toy Shirt Theft
A local Afghan incident ends with a chieftain handing out sentences for stealing a shirt. The chief punishes the prisoner, the first witness, and a second witness each with ten days, citing issues of misbelief, failure to deter, and meddling.
Lost Treasure of the Ancients and Hidden Riches
A fragmented discussion ponders ancient wealth and buried chambers in Mesopotamia Egypt and the Americas. The dialogue centers on rival claims of gold, tombs and riches while characters debate love money and loyalty amid hints of betrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Nineveh
Egypt
Alaria the Goth
Rome
Mexico
Peru
Missed Beef Slice Prompted Quick Apology
Regular customer complains only one slice of beef was served instead of two. The cook forgot to cut it in two and the exchange ends with a visible surprise and a light rebounding reaction. Johnson remarks on the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watter
Watter Q
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fies Agnes Baker
Mr. Peck
Wilson Koontz
G. W. Koontz
John G. Bowman
Columbia
English Graduate Record
Woodman Hall
Oracle
Barlingtor Street Station
Gool Market
Baldwin & Fairchild
Bruce Moore
American
Lucas Township
Werdle
R. Rr
Frank Kindl
East Church St. Lf
M. B. Cochran
Oliver Typewriter
South
St. Ian
Wno
Tiffin
C. M. Reno
Aaron Smith
American Loan CO
Washington St
Noings
Gee. Belth Co
P. A. Korab
M. L. Healy
Matt Reha
Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Company
Pp. A. Borab
Va. Murphy & Reha Et al
Anna Flick
Chas
Flick
John Matthes
Johnson County
Agnes Fry
Jacob A. Fry
Wm. H. Aling
Caroline Allam
Mary Stewart
Jas. R. Stewart
Sophrapia Wena
Mary E. Shafer
Nancy C. Cline
Geo. W. Workman
Itva Stork
Arnole
Orer'é
Kiesat
Low'ay
Bep
Jan Vals
Keith & McChesney
the Reliable Jewelers
Clinton St
Nina Schaefer
Ruggles
Champaign
Trinity Church
G C. Bracker
Philosophical Club
Hummer Milling Company
Oklahoma City
Chas. Hauth
Clyde W. McCord
Will
Marshalltown
Country Club
F. C. Carson
Carl Hobby
Maccabees
D. J. H. Ward
State Historical Society
al. Corey
Tama
Duren
J. H. Ward
State Anthropological Society
W. J. Freeman
Harry Rowland
Chicago Record Herald
Cummins
Representative Hepburn
Congress
Dolliver
D. H. Baldwin & Co
Sunier & Son
Ovat
London Coster Girls
Thackeray
Ireland
Dublin
Tras
O'Connell
China
the Lady IN Black
Johnson
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