Local Social Notes From Cedar Rapids and Surroundings
Miss Clara Lucas visits her brother Louis in Cedar Rapids while Dr Carder plans to return from Colorado June 12. Rosana Jones returns from Ames to Union township for summer. Mr and Mrs John Louis visit Ezra Owen in Harlan. Mrs C E Dakin leaves Mason City after a visit with her parents. A city official escorted a tramp out of town by mayor Stebbins order. Florence Joy returns from Hawarden where she taught. John Springer reports a pleasant Masonic grand lodge meeting in Waterloo. Attorney J W McDonald travels to Vin ton to address Tilford academy alumni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Lucas
Louis
Cedar Rapids
Carder
Colorado
Rosana Jones
Union Township
Ames
John Louis
Harlan
Ezra Owen
South Johnson Street
C. E. Dakin
Mason City
B. Alin
Stebbins
Florence Joy
Hawarden
John Springer
Yesterda
Waterloo
Grand Lodge of
State
Masonic Ordr
J. W. McDonald
Vinton
Tilford Collegiate Academy
Old Man's Creek News Briefs Tie Weather And Local Happenings
Will Rowland shows a new top buggy as dry weather is hoped for after recent cold wet spells. Old Man's Creek overflow flooded low lands and corn, while many homes report cellar water. Churches postponed events due to Sunday rain and a Racine speaker's lecture was cancelled. An inmate escaped from the poor farm causing a local scare before capture. Several residents and graduates are noted, with family visits to Iowa City and local social plans postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Man’s Creek
Will Rowland
O. R. Williams
Iowa City
Academy
Eleanor M. Williams
Hattie
Elizabeth Jones
Evans
Racine
Wis
Bert Sangster
Department of the Poor Farm
Willard Edwards
Welsh Cemetery
Wicks
Week of Rain Causes Extensive Flood Damage and Crop Loss
Weather records show heavy daily rainfall across the state with non-tornado windstorms causing widespread damage to trees and light structures. Floods and washed crops threaten harvests, with many fowlands abandoned and field work halted. only a few areas report limited recovery potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jefferson
Scranton
Carroll
Marshalltown
Blairstown
Town City
Alt. Vernon
Grundy Center
Amana
Waterloo
Logan
Albia
Charles City
Gow of 1901 class visits city from U S Forestry Bureau
James E Gow a 1901 graduate, recently with the U S Bureau of Forestry in Texas, visits friends in the city. He specialized in botany and geology in college and his current post is seen as ideal for future work in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Gow
South
Mr. Gow
Texas
Bureau of Forestry
United States
University
Veterans Executive Committee Meeting Notice
Attention veterans. The Johnson County Veterans association holds an executive committee meeting at city hall Iowa City Iowa on Saturday June 6 1903 at 130 pm to arrange the annual reunion. Comrades are kindly urged to attend. C A Lucas President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County Veterans Association
Iowa City
Iowa
C. A. Lucas
A Tramping Party Planned by First Presbyterian Youth
The young people of the First Presbyterian church plan a country tramp this evening if weather permits. Under proper chaperonage they will take a short walk into the countryside to enjoy fresh air and a brief outing.
Iowa City High commencement week outlines speakers
Commencement week at Iowa City High School advances with nine selected graduates on stage for the evening exercises Tuesday through Friday June 9 to 12. The list includes Saide Bailey Bessie Eichler Cecil Heinsius and Harold Veblen among others with 38 graduates in total and each student assigned a topic for their oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City High School
Saide L. Bailey
Bessie Ki
Eichler
Cecil Mercedes Heinsius
F. Guy Morrison
William J. Nenzil
Edith F. O’brien
Marie §. Ruppert
Lotta A. Shillig
Harold Veblen
Lonvae Abrams
Louise Anderson
Red Cross Society
Sadie L. Bailey
God Give Us Men
Victor A. Barrer
Germany
Lee H. Bailey
Louisiana Purchase
Edna M. Cozine
Wiemar
Olin Joseph Emmons
Progress of
Industry
Bessie M. Eichier
John Caldwell Calhoun
William Felkner
The
Della Louise Long
Cecil John Rhodes
Samuel L. Lefevre
Albert Walter Lee
Eliza McLaughlin
Herbert M. Moore
United States Steel Corporation
Carrie Pearle Mercer
Francis Guy Morrison
Gladstone
the Statesman
Edith O’brien
Iowa
Wiliam Robert Ogle
Clara Helen Plough
George Elliot
Marie Salamina Ruppert
America
Nellie
Schwimley
Colorado
Lotta Amelia Schillig
Lizzie M. Shalla
Alps
Italy
Sophie J. Stover
Gustavus Adolphus
Albert E. Ward
Dr Kings New Life Pills Ad and Sale Notice
An old advertisement promises Dr Kings New Life Pills for various ailments and notes a June social event at the Armory on June 4. It lists a road wagon for sale at Novak nicking’s drug store and mentions local drugstores W. E. Shrader and J. H. Whetstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
W. E. Shrader
J. H. Whetstone
Road Wagon
Enquirer
Novak & Nicking’s Drug Store
Administrators Sale of Lucy Atkin Estate in Iowa City
A. Gallaugher administrator will sell household goods and kitchen furniture from the Lucy Atkin estate at 601 Gilbert Street Iowa City on Thursday May 11 1903 Colonel C H Murphy acts as auctioneer and will sell to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Gallaugher
Lucy Atkin
Gilbert Street
Iowa City
C. H. Murphy
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Clears Blues for 35 Cents
An old classified reads Better take Rocky Mountain Tea to drive away the blues. Priced at 35 cents, the note credits W. W. Morrison and dates June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Morrison
W. W.morrison
City Lights Restored After Coal Shortage Crisis
During floods the Iowa City Electric Company faced power cuts as rail access and coal supplies failed. George Carson gathered four tons of coal and ferried it to the station, saving the electric plant and preventing widespread shutdowns of plants and newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City Electric Company
George
Umbrella Menders Wanderers Locked Up Over Debt
Three weary wanderers with wire in hand sought umbrella repairs in the city. They earned enough to drink and lodge at city hall, but owed $10 and costs, and were sent to the county jail for inability to pay.
Hummer Mill Co to operate Iowa City plant under new name
Iowa City plans mill reopening as Hummer Mill Co owners promise high grade flour labeled Queen of Iowa sold through local grocers and stores. Feed and ground products offered. timing targets mid June for feed and July for four flour pending wheat supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City Brick Mills
Hummer Mill Co
Queen of
Iowa
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Hows
Kate Tudor
Harry Brook
Harry Brooke
Tom Davis
Our Ladies' Missionary
Christian Endeavor Societies
Forestry Bureau
George W. Ward
Robert William Yavorsky
Armory
Railroad
Coralville and Electric Company
Umbrella Menders
Geo. Hummer Mer. Co
Hummer Mill Company
Mae Fairall
Dubuque Street
Canada
Canada Land
Cash-Coldren Co
Iowa Brewing Co
Pioneer Bookstore
J. J. Lee
Washington ST
Isaac B. Lee
Regina
Criterion
Equitable Manufacturing Zo
Corona
Colt
Hannagan Bros
Clinton St
Union Brewery and Bottling Works
Graf Bros
Golden Brew
Ciarket and
Linn Streets
Robinson’s
New York
Tat College
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