Republican State Convention Call for Iowa Delegates
Call to Iowa Republicans to elect delegates for a Des Moines convention on July 1 to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Superintendent of Public Instruction Judge Supreme Court and Railroad Commissioner. Includes district representation and invites voters to join, chaired by R N Spence with C W Phillips as secretary.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Supreme Court
W. B. Martin
Jows
Johnson
Clinton
Jackson
Scott
Republican Nien! Central Committee
R. N. Spence
C. W. Phillips
University governance and public access debate in Iowa
The editorial argues public access to university board minutes and budgets is not automatic. It explains a board of regents oversees the state university, reporting to the legislature, with confidential matters kept to protect operations. It defends withholding certain records while noting soon reports will be submitted to the legislature.
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University 15
Board of Regents
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
State University
of Regents
Tanit
Babb
Messrs
Lane
Holbrook
Abernethy
Allen
Hapley
Gilliland
Cummins
Secire
Iowa City
Mil ton Remley for Judge in Shiras Succession
Iowa City Republican advocates Milton Remley as an ideal successor to Judge Shiras. It lauds Remley’s thirty years of practice and training for high judicial office, noting the northern district’s strong reputation and Remley’s potential statewide support. It hints Remley might not seek the post.
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Iowa City
Shiras
Iowa
Milton Remley
Mr. Remley
Remley
Exclusive News Claims and Roosevelt Reception Mentioned
The Citizen asserts it has never received exclusive news from the university without working for it. A Russian general at Washington may learn a thing or two if he does not watch his Ps and Qs. President Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay reception is described as royal despite some internal squabbling among the people.
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Russia
Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Watered Stock and Dividends
The St Paul Pioneer Press opines on watered stocks in trusts that ceased paying dividends and warns investors who trusted promoters. It notes promoters admit inflated values and that consolidations promise big returns on larger sums, enticing gullible investors to pour money into new schemes.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
United
Advertised Letters and Grand Army Excursion Promotion
Advertised letters list remaining in the Iowa City post office dated June 29 1903 with names including Betzler Harris Bruce Hedge Carlton Eure Coleman Porter Enright Sands Evans Schenck Forest Schrader Fox Thompson LALIES Housman Sanhops Jones Thompson and Misses Ring Hexey Ovemont among others. Also notice to comrades about G A R San Francisco excursion with rates dates and particulars calling on E A Ballard and D Breene for tickets and folders August 14 inclusive.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Betzlerl
Harris
Bruce
Hedge
Carlton
Eure
Coleman
Porter
Enright
Sands
Evens
Schenck
Forest
G S
Schrader
Fox
Thompson
Lalies
Housman
Sanhops
Jones
R-W
Ring
Hexey D, Ovemont
P.-M
Grand Army of the Republic
San Francisco
E. A. Ballard
Sann Francisco
MW. D. Breene
Ballard
Breene
Rock Island line named official route for Iowa youths
The Christian Endeavor Society of Iowa selects the Rock Island System from Omaha to Denver as the official route with very low summer rates. Through sleepers will depart Cedar Rapids Des Moines Omaha and other points consolidated into a single train leaving Omaha at 5 30 p m on July 8. For full information contact a Rock Island agent or Jno G Farmer D P A Cedar Rapids.
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Denver
Transportation Committee of the
Christian Endeavor Society of Iowa
Rock Island
Omaha
Colorado
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Jno
G. Farmer
Rock Island System Low Rate Bulletin Summer Fares
The Rock Island offers low summer rates to California in June July and August to Colorado in June July and August and to Detroit and Boston in July. Details on through car service and ticket costs are available from local Rock Island agents or by writing John G. Farmer D P A Cedar Rapids.
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Rock Island
California
Colorado
Detroit
Boston
John G. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Irish witstirring Civil War yarn told by old veteran
A New York Tribute tale quotes an Irish sutler during the Civil War who claims to be from South Carolina after a Confederate scout wakes him on the field. The exchange features humor about origins and allegiance as Beauregard’s army and Washington are referenced.
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Erin
Bull Ritz
Pat
South Carolina
Ireland
New York
Ivory as Medicine and Worms as Soil Renovators
The article describes ivory used medicinally through the 18th century with notes from Schroder's Zoology on its cooling drying properties and doses, then shifts to earthworms as renovators of soil, detailing their deep-burrowing behavior and the annual worm casts Darwin recorded on meadow and arable land.
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Schroder
T. Bateson
Darwin
Work For His Sheep
A London resident with a taste for deviled kidneys visits a remote west of England village repeatedly asking for kidneys as his breakfast. The village butcher, baffled by the odd request, finally explodes with disbelief on the fifth day that his sheep have no time to provide kidneys.
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London
West of England
Ancient Babylonian Divorce Clause Cited in 684 Times
An ancient text from King Khammurabi of Assyria dated around 2200 B C discusses divorce. A notable clause states that if a wife burns a house and wastes her husband’s wealth, the husband may divorce her and give her nothing.
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Khammurabi
Assyria
Susa
Home of Musical Fish at Lake Batticaloa
The lake in Ceylon is famed as the home of musical fish whose sounds are described as sweet and melodious like a series of harps. Boat crossings reveal clearer tones and dipping an ear in the water makes the melody louder and more distinct.
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Lake
Batticaloa
Ceylon
Kept from his wife by hat in Meggendorfer Blatter
A fragment from Meggendorfer Blatter notes a man refusing to let someone else kiss his wife due to her illness and a doctor’s warning against excitement. The dialogue mentions a new hat and a plea tied to care. The tone hints at social tension and propriety in a domestic scene.
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Meggendorfer
Not Begin Our Married Life With a Secret
A fragment from the Pittsburgh Gazette quotes a couple discussing secrecy in marriage. The dialogue emphasizes delaying any secretive start, with the exchanged line There is plenty of time. and a gentle affirmation.
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Pitteburg Gazette
A Nice Fat Goose
A customer enters a poultry shop asking for a nice fat goose while a small boy answers that his mother will be here soon.
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