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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1903
Page
19
In a terse statement the carpenters union announced there will be no strike while negotiations continue. Leaders cited ongoing talks with employers and a desire to keep construction projects progressing.
Statement outlines Sheets and Freyder not yet signing the scale but employing union labor and paying scale. President H L Fisher reports most master carpenters signed or willing to, with Wickham and Diehl holding back. Scale operative May 1, union membership expanding among journeymen, and overall progress praised.
On March eighteenth Mr and Mrs J W Morford renewed their marriage vows in a family gathering. Relatives and neighbors faced bad roads yet attended, bringing memorable tokens and autographs. Rev A Spinning and J P Vanhorn officiated with a tin serenade as guests discussed future celebrations.
Horses belonging to Miller and Miller reacted fearfully to the O Reilly Mobile wagonette. The horse reared and fell back among sheets, and workers had to cut the harness to free it.
Two Tari horses listed for sale by SE Danner of Route 8 City.
County Auditor Hogan has received a letter from the state auditor requesting a report of all Johnson county real estate transfers since last June. The memo outlines farm land sales from July 1, 1902 to January 1, 1903 with described property, sale price, and assessed value for 1905, plus guidance on omitting certain conveyances and ensuring four to five samples per township where possible.
Hon M J Wade of Iowa City will speak to Toner Tree High School’s 1903 graduating class at the close of May. The ex judge and congressman elect is a prominent orator and the public is invited to attend.
Fritz Meyer Jr. aged eighteen, son of Ma and Mrs. Brite Meyer, died at his parents’ home six miles northeast of Lone Tree after a brief illness with measles. Services were led by Rev. J. W. Love, D. D., and interment followed at Lone Tree cemetery.
A lengthy list records transfers across sections 17 80 6 to 80 85 and adjacent townships. Names include Irvin Owens P Omsler Jr Henry Brandt John Sullivan Anna Hunt Mary Chearmay W H Orr Ed Everett W A Robret A H Snell B F Eddy J J Williams Alvis Hatz Amos Cherry Louis Hatz R F P Falk John Dostal Himer Buck John E Hartman George Rupener W A Beese E Fred Nims S A Bowman Jacob E Beranek E Gallaugher Geo W Colwell among others. Totals vary from small lots to multiple acres with prices from 4000 to 15750. Transactions reference county land parcels, city blocks, and isolated lots in Lone Tree Iowa City Morse Tiffin and surrounding areas. Continuous entries denote broad real estate activity during the period.
Tl. E. Dennis offers registered Short-horn bulls at seventy five dollars each from the old homestead in Tiffin. The sale features seven yearlings and three two-year-olds available for selection.
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