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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1903
Page
14
A vintage promotional notice urges relief for thin weak people labeled chronic cases. It claims Scott's Emulsion builds flesh, strengthens nerves, restores appetite, and supplies lasting energy during illness. Free doses offered on request.
The notice lists West Bound and East Bound trains with numbers and times, noting passenger and freight services. It includes through fast trains, local stops, daily exceptions, and connections via El Paso to Chicago.
Passenger and freight trains listed for going north and east and going south west from Town City Staten. Services include Nos 207 81 to Paw and Minneapolis and 205 Davenport and Clinton at 7 30 am and 3 30 pm with additional routes to Elmira Muscatine Cedar Rapids and Burlington and connecting freight No 2 Riverside at 5 25 am and 10 10 am. Agent H D Breese of RI and P signed the notice.
The Philadelphia Record reports a method to identify the ten most eminent men by cross referencing encyclopedias. It lists Greeks Shakespeare and Mohammed among the top, with others including Bacon Aristotle Luther and Plato. The final ten span Greek and Roman eras through the eighteenth century.
The piece describes Brahman practice where widows shave their heads under strict law. It notes a single long lock remaining on the head, treated with ritual significance and decorative coverings by rich and poor alike, highlighting social distinctions in hair adornment.
Frogs sing with varied tones from flute like to shrill rattle noted by Darwin. A London Answers piece explains coal weights: solid anthracite weighs 93 pounds per cubic foot, broken coal about 54 pounds for anthracite and 50 for bituminous, with a formula to estimate pounds and tons. It also references First American Peerage and colonial title grants including Lord Delaware and Lord of Taunton.
A jumble of stray phrases and garbled lines suggests a fragmentary poem or diary-like cuttings. It references birds or plumage, a porch scene, and teased names, with scattered questions about identity and perception. The text lacks coherent narrative or clear news event.
Fragmented OCR style dialogue quotes poverty and pride through ambiguous exchanges. A Cleveland dealer line about disgrace triggers thoughts on money debt and social perception amid unnamed speakers.
A Saturday Review column argues old age dreariness after active work harms life more than enforced idleness. It cites Napoleon and Bismarck as examples of longevity despite inactivity, noting Napoleon died of stomach cancer at fifty three while in exile, and Bismarck lived to seventy five after leaving office.
A French academy tale recounts a tailor’s brush with a blue flaming ball during a storm as it travels through a chimney and explodes, revealing the danger of a near miss. The piece also offers animal morals, extolling lessons from horses, lions, cats, camels, elephants, hippos, rabbits, antelopes, toads, ants, and hens as virtues and cautions.
A man made judge of a minor court, despite illiteracy, argues he can judge quickly with others reading or writing for him. The piece mocks misappointed authority, noting wife’s fears and the judge’s bold claim that reading and writing will be provided by others. Also contains snippets on worship, Persian accusations, and a delayed delivery joke from London.
The Chicago Tribune theme shows an Enrolling Officer demanding initials from a youth who answers with PORK GC. A Boston Transcript quip notes if society cared better for the poor there would be less jail or jailers.
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