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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
32
City Clerk FH Dondore reports from July 1 1904 to July 1 1905 188 death certificates issued and 125 births recorded. Hospitals city and county patients inflate the death toll with many outside sources contributing. He begins the second year’s compilation and notes careful record keeping.
Henry Negus as trustee of E. Clifford estate will auction the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 8 township 29 range 5 west at 2 30 p m on Monday July 10 on the premises. The sale follows an order by J G Marner referee in bankruptcy. The property lies in Town City near Roche Thomas Marshall.
A fragment from a local weekly page highlights editorials and community briefs. It mentions upcoming events, small notices, and brief society items reflecting the neighborhood’s pace and interests.
Charles Lee of West Lucas township sold fifty three acres from his farm on the south side of the Toad to John Torack. The sale price was one hundred dollars per acre.
The new residence of Zachens Seeman at Davenport and Gilbert streets is under construction with the foundation completed and framing underway.
Des Moines hosts the Welch Eistedfodd choral contest at Plymouth Congregational Church on December 25 and 26 with the largest prize yet offered aside from the World’s Fair. First prize is 100 dollars, second prize 150. Competitors include choirs from Chicago Racine Milwaukee St Paul and Des Moines among twenty nine events. World famous harpist Khaddit of Cardiff is billed as an attraction.
The Keights of Pyth announces candidates for lesser grand lodge offices with several named contenders. Frank W. Porterfield of Atlantic and G. Schack of La Porte City receive mentions for senior roles. W. H. Merritt Pleasantville and H C Schultz Waterloo appear for grand master positions. Other contenders include F L Ferris Sioux City James W Hunter Newton Rice H Bell Keokuk and F E Duncan Des Moines for grand chancellor.
Referee Charles Om Dutcher announces sale of city property on Adair and East Jefferson streets. The sale, at 7 p m Tuesday, features a fine tr city lot measuring about 100 by 150 feet with an eight room house and a 150 foot depth. Thomas Marshall will cry the sale.
Fragmentary text mentions company, regimental assembly near Des Moines and Saturday events. No clear names, dates, or concrete facts available to form a valid summary.
Mr and Mrs Harry Brooke Miss Luja Bush Roscoe Bush and Mr and Mrs Charles Bush were guests of LG Bush at a Fourth of July dinner by the river. Civil War comrades and other friends attended.
Attorney A B Swisher contemplates whether Colorado Supreme Court members are guilty of disturbing a public meeting. They blocked Judge John Campbell from speaking at the Des Moines convention, delaying an address on Executive Power to Suppress Insurrections and Judicial Power to Protect the Purity of Elections.
The 50 acre Magdalena Bash estate in Sharon township was sold at public auction last Wednesday for 100 dollars per acre. Noah Yoder, a neighboring landowner, purchased the property.
Dr. George Luther Cady of Dubuque arrived today and will preach both morning and evening at the Congregational church Sunday. President MacLean reports he is recovering nicely from recent illness at Williamstown Massachusetts.
A pleasant family reunion was held at the Enery Westcott home on the Fourth, nine years since the last gathering. Attending were Arthur Westcott and family of Wichita Kansas, Emory Williams of Waterloo Iowa, Hortense ranch and T. D. Kelley of Cedar Rapids Iowa, and Rosede of Toledo Iowa, among others.
Epworth League plans a fudge party this evening at the Methodist church parlors. Students from the university summer school are invited for a pleasant social gathering in this city.
The graduates, fifteen of seventy six, will receive diplomas from Sapt. Langenberg on Friday evening July 21 at eight o clock. The program includes invocations music and fourteen declamations by top students such as Margaret Wowell Ida Ricker Edith Beney Lillian Hadachek Emma Krall Elsie Snavely Mary Rowland Flora Nichols Nelle Burks and others.
The report lists a traveling show setup with the Singing Girls of Baghdad at St James, a dining car fitted with a 14 foot range and staff of chef and assistants, serving three meals daily to 22 people, plus traction engines powering lighting and coal plant. Venues include Alps 60x70, Creation 35x70, Katzenjammer Castle 25x25, and Loop attractions 20x80 to 20x120, totaling eight acts across multiple spaces.
It is fifty-one years since Henry Nifeing, a Dabriga street barber, first arrived in Iowa City. Most of the time he has owned the shop or worked for his father at the same business.
Mrs James H Parrott visits her mother in Moline. Dean R Wilson visits from Pittsburg with his brother Prof Wilson. Dr and Mrs Gordon Harrtress guests of Mr and Mrs W B Shrader. E R Townsend travels to Colorado then Sacramento. The Happy Set Musical Club hosted an afternoon party at Ed Boerner 618 North Dubuque. A missionary meeting in the Christian church with Mrs John Kent this afternoon. M C Parsons moves hardware stock on Washington Street ready for customers tomorrow. Miss Ethel Dunham returns to homeopathic hospital duties after vacation in Almoral. Mrs William Dalton and children and Miss Mabel Lewis return from Muscatine after Fourth with Lettie McCollister. Dr and Mrs Willard Clement leave Sunday for Chicago for summer. Dr Clement to handle W F Main jewelry interests. I Monroe Adams of West Branch notes the fiftieth anniversary of Himeel and Adams wedding to be July 15. Prof B Shix reelected president of the Bohemian Council of Higher Education. Paul A Korb named secretary at Cedar Rapids meeting.
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