Local Notes and Visits Sweep Through town and State
A April 1 1903 list details Oxford Coggeshall and wife of Plainsfield visiting with Attorney W H Bailey in the city. Mrs Eugine Epstein and children visit Burlington with Mrs Epstein’s mother Mrs B Wilner. Marriage licenses issued to Ante Attorney 24 and Audie 20 and to Joseph Yoder arie Zillmer 19. Alta Robinson teacher in Creston Iowa spends spring vacation at home in Iowa City. Mass Sweeny arrives from South Carolina for a short visit. Mr Shoemaker Presbyterian missionary to lecture on China at the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening at 7 30. All are invited.
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Seco Oxford
Coggeshall
Plainsfield
W. H. Bailey
Eugine Epstein
Burlington
Creston
Rohweder
Henry * Lindsay
Rock Island
Ill
Alta Robinson
Iowa
Iowa City
South Carolina
Shoemaker
Presbyterian Church
China
Lecture on China at First Presbyterian Church
Rev Shoemaker will present an illustrated lecture on China at the First Presbyterian Church this evening. He was a missionary during the Boxer uprising and shares startling wartime experiences through stereopticon views for an entertaining program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
China
Shoemaker
Pekin
Mrs John W Green Ill in Madison Township
Word has reached here that Mrs John W Green of Madison township is seriously ill after a period of ailment. She has been under a doctor's care for about two weeks and was reported no better this morning. Friends across the county hope for a recovery soon. Also a notice seeks a woman or girl for heavy sewing machine work to sew awnings at Startsman’s jewelry store. C A Anderson.
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John W. Green
Madison Township
Startsman’s Jewelry
C. A. Anderson
Ayry
Delegates Meet to Consider New Insurance Rate Plan
Thirty seven delegates from Modern Woodmen of America camps in Johnson County gather at Woodmen hall Es City to select representatives to state and head camps. The convention weighs a shift from monthly general assessments to a step system based on member ages, a change deemed crucial to the order’s finances. Local officers and committees are named as discussions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of America
Johnson County
Woodmen Hall
Indianapolis
G.A. Kinderdine
F. K. Stephins
Clay Bowersox
Seyvills
C. C. Shrader
Bowersox
M. A. Marshall
Iowa City
G. W. Leis
Oxford
W. D. Baumgardner
Oasis
William Weber
J. M. Swords
Shueyville
John Whittington
Solon
Dave Stouffer
Asa Moler
Byron Miller
H. J. Dunnett
A. R. Swisher
Stouffer
D. A. Maloney
Tima
W. E. Garrett
F. Thompson
George Kadera
Lone Tree
O. FP. Drier
August Rossman
W. R B. Smith
James Cerney
Shueyville_c
M. J Sword
W. J. Netolicky
Country club bus makes daily first run today
The Country Club bus begins service with daily runs from the VY M OA corner at 3 30 pm and returns to the club house at 6 30 pm. It plans more trips later in the season and a post-supper return to the city when four fares apply. Dr Westfall oversees operations with details from him. For sale 1,500 fence posts at 10 cents each by S E Danner Route city.
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Country Club
Hus
Westfall
S. E.danner
Adoration Service at Saint Wenceslaus Church Attendance
Fourty hour adoration occurred at Saint Wenceslaus Church yesterday morning with three visiting priests assisting Father Link majer. Four masses were held daily at 5 30, 9 30, 3, and 0 o'clock with visitors Rev Yathers Opover, Soherdlick, and Klause aiding in the celebrations.
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Saint Wenceslaus Church
Morniiog
Father Linkmajer
Yathers Opover
Soherdlick and
Klause
Wade Receives Naval Academy Applications From Six Cities
Congressman M J Wade has received about thirty applications for the Naval Academy appointment. Candidates hail from Davenport Clinton Maquoketa Muscatine Lyons and Town City. One appointment and two alternates will be chosen based on highest exam scores. Successful finalists go to Annapolis for physical tests amid strict requirements.
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M. J. Wade
Naval Academy
Davenport
Clinton
Maquoketa
Muscatine
Lyons
Town City
Annapolis
Dean Guthrie to read paper before American Medical Association
Iowa’s Dean James Guthrie of the medical department is chosen to present a paper at the American Medical Association meeting in New Orleans mid April. The topic, Fat Necrosis of the Kidneys, is a new focus in surgery and has drawn wide professional attention, signaling Iowa’s growing recognition. Other local items note Miss Jennie Roberts’s return home, Rev. A J Garrison’s Denver trip for a ill daughter, A T Preston’s Chicago business visit, J J Hutz’s plans for a $5 000 Dr W R Paterson residence, and two farm horses for sale.
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The
State University
James Guthette
Medical Department
American Medical Association
New Orleans
Iowa
A. T. Preston
Chicago
Jonson County Telephone Company
J. J. Hutz
W. R. Paterson
East Washington Street
Bridge Foreman Falls 13 Feet Into River In Work Accident
Edward Booth of the American Bridge Company, working on a ten county bridge near Rocksland tracks, fell from unsafe plank walk to the lower runway about 13 feet. He struck his head, suffered a gash needing four stitches, and was carried to shore then to the O'Reilly hotel for treatment. He is reported improving. A bystander recounts Booth became stunned by the fall and swift river current. Mrs L J Dean of Toledo is visiting family in West Lacag township.
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Rhnt
Sree
Booth
O’rielly
Edward Booth
American Bridge Company
Rocksland
Kickapoo Club Banquet Highlights Political Debate
The seventh annual Kickapoo club banquet in Peoria drew 530 guests with Secretary Shaw, Hon. Charles Emory Smith, and Commissioner Sargent speaking. A telegram from Col. Frederick H. Smith in Yokohama was read and an oil painting of President Roosevelt honored the event. Shaw defended the Republican Party and attacked tariff reform proposals as insufficient to curb monopolies, arguing for protections that balance domestic growth with competitive markets.
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Peoria
Kickapoo Club
Shaw
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia
Sargent
Frederick H. Smith
Yokohara
Japan
Roosevelt
Smith
Hech
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Death of Bowman Esher Shocks Yale Classmates
In New Haven Yale officials announced the death of Bowman Esher of Chicago who shot himself in New York City. Six classmates including A M Fairbanks Stuyvesant Fish Jr Charles Fallows and William Wright Jr will meet his father E B Esher of Chicago and accompany the body to Chicago for interment.
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New Haven
Conn
Ansa Phelps Stokes, Jr
Yale
Battel Chapel
Bowman Esher
Chicago
New York City
New York
E. B. Esher
A. M. Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Stuyvesant’ Fish, Jr
Charles Fallows
Willam Wright, Jr
Detroit
Traffic officials subpoenaed in salt rate case
Chicago April 1 Western traffic officials called to testify before the interstate commerce commission in a complaint against salt rates from Manistee to the western territory. The Toledo, Ohio salt maker complains the through rate favors Manistee and denies equal facilities to other salt producers in Michigan and nearby.
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Chicago
Western Lines
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Manistee Works
Western Territory
Toledo Gait m
Michigan
Manistee
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Peeples
Cde da Lee
Pioneer Book Store
Washington-St
Wm. Paxton
Earl Custer
Auster
Kriz
Tabove
Lewis’ Drug Store
John S. Fox
N. Linn St
Naval" Applications
Congressman Wade
Annapolis Naval "School
OWA
Dean’ Guthrie
MEEIS
Jennie Roberts
Sharon Township
Rev. A. J. ¥. Garrison
Denver
Mar
Morrrison
T SE. Danner
Route 8 City
American. Bridge Company
L. J. Dean
Toledo
Tama County
J. K. Hemphill
eWest Lacag Township
Oklahoma
Enone Seo
Isaac B. Lee
Tae Ona
Seasor’ & Iyles
Hoffelder Bros
Washington Street
Koser & Zeller
Iowa City, Iowa
Atanter
Esher
Interstate Commerce Commission
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