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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1903
Page
2
Readable fragments indicate a local postal matter at the Iowa City post office. The note references second class main matter and page counts, suggesting an archival or clerical entry. No further identifiable names or dates are present in the text.
A Moscow zemstvo congress with 225 delegates detailed in a public meeting faced immediate police scrutiny. The article warns that attendees may be harassed or jailed, casting doubt on any credible reforms and urging American readers not to be softened toward the czar.
County teachers have completed one week at the normal institute and those not yet appearing should do so next week. The piece notes that institute life elevates teaching to a profession, despite low pay, and recalls fifty years of stipends and teachers laboring for bread and butter during vacations.
The piece urges continued support for teachers and the normal institute, warns peace talk may mask oppression, and promotes the coaching parade for a laudable cause. It also notes Barber Asphalt Paving and a university dam is upcoming, questioning when.
Miss Adelaide Lloyd, librarian, filed the June report ending June 30 showing total circulations of 2,266 with 89 fiction. Juvenile 711, fiction 1,323, philosophy 7, religion 6, reference 7, sociology 17, philology 1, natural science 17, useful arts 0, fine arts 18, literature 54, history 75, biography 1, German 7. Visitors reached 5,000 with daily average 75. peak day was Saturday June 4 with 151 circulations. 57 new cards issued, 21 books accessioned totaling 9,313. Fines and donations totaled 27.00. Notes: magazine donations by Mrs Call and Isaac Lee. Cut-price stationary offered. C. I. Wieneke and Fred Calkins mentioned.
In the Citizen an interview with Will Jones about the shooting of Mrs Jones and S. E Danner contains a misprint. A question should have asked if he and Garfield Jones were together Saturday night. Jones testified they were together but could not recall the location. A sworn statement suggests they were near the Danger residence until two o clock Sunday morning.
Mrs Kate Abbott has returned from a seven week trip visiting her son Dr E C Abbott in New York City. On the way home she spent one week in Philadelphia and one week in Washington DC viewing the sights of interest.
Ruth, daughter of E N Dewey of Agnewville Virginia, narrowly survived cholera infantum last summer after her family searched for relief. After starting Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, her condition improved within five hours and she recovered after using part of a small bottle. The remedy is sold by local druggists.
Come in and see prices cut on fancy stationery at Wieneke department store located at 721.
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