Local notes on visits and moves in Iowa City area
Residents report visitors and departures including Mrs Blom on leave from Chicago, Sigs Mand’s death, Critz returning from Des Moines, Mrs Williamson and Gladys back from Kalona, and plans for Las Vegas travel. Rev R H Williams from Oklahoma City will preach. Frank Swisher moves to Jefferson township and takes charge of the Benj Swisher farm. John Swisher related as quarter owner.
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Blom
Chicago
Sigs Mand
Critz
John Reichardt
Sam Williamson
Gladys
Kalona
Clymer Coldren
Carrie Shantaé
Coldren
Las
Vegas
Muscatine
Iowa City
R. H. Williams
Oklahoma City
Milton Remley
W. TD. Lovell
Des Moines
Lovell
Pacific Coast
Frank Swisher
Cherokee County
Benj. Swisher
Jefferson Township
Fairfax
Messrs. Lovell
Abraham
Stephen Swisher
John Swisher
Notice to Union Members Call at Teamsters Hall Saturday
Union members are asked to call the Teamsters Hall on Saturday evening between 7 30 and 9 30 o clock for business of importance.
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Teamsters’ Hall
John Marshall Lecture by Judge McClain
Judge McClain lectured Phi Delta Phi on John Marshall as the constitutional justice of America. He noted Marshall decided about two thirds of constitutional cases before the Supreme Court and is regarded as the era’s leading jurist.
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Phi Delta Phi
America
McClain
John Marshall
United States
Supreme Court
Iowa State College President Race Narrows to Curtis and Stanton Com
Report shows two candidates Curtis and Stanton Com in the contest for Iowa State College presidency. The board will likely decide at the March 6 meeting. A Des Moines session featured ex Governor Packard urging Curtis as the best choice due to his agrarian ties.
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Curtis
Stanton
Mittee
Iowa State’ ‘College
Amester
Des Moines
J. B. Harigerford
Cartoll
W. J. Dixor
Sac City
W. 0. McElroy
Newton
C. J. Barclay
West Liberty
Packard
Mar
Shalltown
Iowa, State Dairy Association
Wentworth
Sheldon
Simpson College
Indianola
Iowa
E. W. Stanton
C. F. Curtis
W. B. Curtis
W. B. Craig
Drake University
A. B. Storms
First Methodist Church of
V. C. Anderson
Armour Institute of Chicago
Harvey Ingham
Janes Willson
B. H. Seerley
Cedar Falls
B. Schreckengast
Washington
Charles E. Shelton
Indiatola
Thomas H. Macbride
University of Iown
Macbride
Colfax Visit Aides Mrs Lininger’s Illness Support
The item notes that Mrs Lininger traveled to Colfax for treatment and that Mr Lininger will visit often and try to make her stay comfortable. It states Mrs Lininger has been an invalid for seven years and, though previously mobile, has been less able to move about recently.
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Colfax
Lininger
Millinery Opening at Mrs W. H. Eatons
Friday and Saturday March 27 and 28 to showcase latest headwear designs. Rhode Island Red chickens offered with eggs and a few cockerels for sale. Signed J. M. Celdren, dated 3-26.
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W. H. Eatons
Rhode Island
Ex-Supervisor Jones Walks Nine Miles Into City
Ex-supervisor John T. Jones arrived by foot on Wednesday afternoon, walked nine miles to reach the city, and reportedly walked back after a lock at about 2 a.m. The feat reflects his gritty determination. Also, Mrs. Fred Repp, recently operated on at University Hospital by Drs. Guthrie and Doty, was returned to Oxford the same day after a very successful operation.
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John T. Jones
Distan
Fred Repp
University Hospital
Guthrie
Doty
Oxford
University Forms Baseball Team As Spring Looms
Captain Story started baseball yesterday on the university diamond with about thirty-five players present. The effort suggests strong material for a spring team while the athletic debt is rapidly shrinking and ticket sales may follow last year’s system. Baseball was the only athletic branch last year to stay financially ahead.
Lecture on Cliff Dwellers by Prof Nutting at Liberal Arts
Prof Nutting lectured to the Liberal Arts assembly on the Cliff Dwellers describing his visits to their abodes and findings. He compared cliff dwellings with Pueblos noting similarities in characteristics and artifacts found in the homes.
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Nutting
Liberal Arts Assembly
Rural Mail Route Directory in the Works at Iowa City
R A Curtis of this city connected with Henry Ries blank book maker is preparing a rural mail route directory covering all routes centered at Iowa City. The book will list all residents on each route and their distances from Iowa City. Curtis is surveying the routes with 13 men. route No 1 was walked yesterday and route No 2 began this morning with return expected Saturday.
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R. A. Curtis
Henry Ries
Iowa City
Curtis
Wedding of Mr and Mrs Schump at East College Street
The ceremony was held with Rev J Bullou officiating and Miss Efie Greer singing the wedding march. About fifty guests attended, twenty from the city, and the couple received many gifts. They plan to reside on East College Street. the groom owns a drag line in the city.
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J ' Bullou
Suilax
Effie Greer
Elmer’ Bartholomew
Grace Alt
Miss May Higgins Arrives in City To Live With Father
Miss May and Tom Higgins arrive from Chicago to live with their father John Higgins on Walnut Street. Their mother died in Chicago and was brought here for burial, as noted in the Citizen at the time.
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Miss May
Tom Higgins
Chicago
John Higgins
Walnut Street
Citizen
Death of General Hector MacDonald in Paris
General Hector MacDonald, commander of British forces in Ceylon, died by suicide in Paris after facing past charges. He traveled from London to Ceylon and faced a forthcoming court martial. News accounts note his rise from humble origins and heroics in Afghan and Sudan campaigns, with London mourning a famed but troubled career.
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Paris
Hector MacDonald
Ceylon
Hotel Regina
Flo
Coas
MacDonald
London
Mac
Rose
Draper
Staal
Lord Roberts
Roberts
Omdurman
Diplomatic Corps to Attend St Louis World Fair Dedicatory
Washington reports larger diplomatic attendance for the St Louis fair dedicatory ceremonies. Of 36 embassies and legations, 25 will be represented by ambassador minister or equivalent. Three declines have been received and eight have not replied. The Austrian ambassador, Danish minister, and Persian Shah’s aide de camp declined.
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Washington
St. Louis
Denmark
Persia
Reward for highway men in Santa Monica car holdup
Police pursue three highway men who killed a passenger and wounded four others during a Santa Monica car holdup. The Banks in Mason City Iowa says George A Griswold vice president was killed. an additional $2,500 reward is offered for the capture and conviction of Griswold’s murderer.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Monica
Manson
Iowa
George A. Griswold
Griswold
Timber in shaft is burned in Hidden Fortune mine
In Lead, South Dakota, the Bingham hoist of the Hidden Fortune Mining Co. burned, causing a loss of about 20,000 dollars. Insur ance partly covers the damage. Four miners at the shaft bottom were slightly injured and escaped. The three compartment shaft timbered with heavy wood remains alight, 75 feet below the surface, with the fire blamed on a lamp explosion in the drying room.
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S. D
Hidden Fortune Mining Co
Bonilla Gains Support as Honduras Crisis Evolves
Advices from Honduras report towns backing President-elect Bonilla after his victory over retiring President Sierra. General W Nuilla, who supported Sierra, has surrendered with his forces. All Atlantic boards are now in Bonilla hands.
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Panama
Honduras
Bonilla
Sierra
Wnuilla
Washington in turmoil at Post Office Department resignations
Beavers resignation signals a broad purge as many chiefs and clerks may be forced out. Secretary Hay transfers indemnity funds to Italian heirs, and Root plans militia inspections ahead of Krag-Jorgensen muskets swap. Steinhart named Havana consul general. Rublee to Hong Kong. German naval attaché to Newport News for Gazelle docking. Roosevelt to open International Typographical Union convention. Wood heads to the Philippines via Egypt and Singapore to study colonial native forces.
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Washington
Post Office
George W. Beavers
Department
Hay
Treasury
Congress
Givanni
Vincenzo Skio
Erwin
Mila
Salvatore Liberto
Root
Frank M. Steinhart
Havana
William A. Rublee
Steinhart
Brooke
Cuba
Wood
United States
War Department
Germany
Rubies
Hong Kong
China
Hrwin Schaeder
Newport News
Gazelle
Venezuela
Roosevelt
Internationa Typographical Union Convention
Boston
Phiippines
Far East
Egypt
Synapore
Batava
Java
Roosevelt to address Northwestern students in Evanston
Chicago on March 26 reports outline Roosevelt's day plan. He will visit Evanston to speak to Northwestern students, then return by 11:36 for a Press Club luncheon and University of Chicago LL D conferral, followed by a dinner with friends and an Auditorium Theater address before departing at midnight.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Evanston
Northwestern
University
University of Chicago
West
William Byers Dies in Denver Founder of Rocky Mountain News
William Byers, 72, founder of the Rocky Mountain News, died in Denver. A former surveyor and Denver postmaster, he started the News in 1859 and led it until 1878. He married Elizabeth Sumner in 1854. his wife and two children survive him.
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Denver
Col
William _ Byers
Rocky Mountain
Navas
the News
Colorado
Elizabeth Sumner
Musca~ene Town
Bank Failure Triggers Depositors Loss Near Ten Thousand
Bellefontaine Ohio March 26 Ira Sax a go banker at Quincy assigned to George Hohn and his bank is closed Depositors will lose about 10000 assets estimated at 5000 A run on the bank caused the failure.
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Ira Sax
Quincy
Ohio
Pope confirms Glennon as coadjutor in St Louis
A cable from Cardinal Gotti to Archbishop Kain in Rome reports the Pope has confirmed Bishop F. Glenon for the role of coadjutor of the Archdiocese of St Louis. The notice comes from St Louis dated March 26.
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St. Louis
Kain
Gotti
The
Propaganda
Rome
F. Glenon
Prominent Superior Physician Struck by Electric Car
Superior Wisconsin March 26 Heatth Commissioner Rene and Meat Tsenerd tor Rogers were struck by electric cars while driving on Tower Avenue. Rene a leading physician in the city is seriously hurt and will probably die.
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Superior
Wis
Heatth
Rene
Meat Tsenerdtor Rogers
Tower Avenue
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Pioneer Book Store
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Chaschurds
Ejefferson ST
Newspape
Joe Miller
Milinery
Liberal Arts Hall
Rural Mail Route Directory
David Stouffer
Fourth Ward
Aul
Reichardt’s
Dubuque Street
Oklahoma Land
Isaac B. Lee
Koser & Zeller
Faris
House of
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Cohen
Auditorium Theater
WM. N. Byers
Rocky Mountain News
Colorado Paliticiés
Pope
Glennon
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