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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1903
Page
16
Lowell Ford recounts Calico the farm horse joining a wagon show under Wenan tents. The horse experiences a dizzy grand entry amid band music and cheering, forgetting fear to prance, snort, and circle the ring for ten minutes.
A fragmentary dialogue hints at romance and social expectations. Mrs. Berrymore, a widow, is referenced. Detroit Pree Fress is noted as disappointed. Friends predicted unhappiness about a marriage that apparently did not occur as expected.
Public market notes from F N Prince broker and Chicago board member provide stock grain and provisions quotations. Direct wire from Chicago and private telephone access at 1144 Washington street Iowa City. E H Prince listed.
Chicago live stock market report for April 1 shows hog receipts at 45 000 and cattle 25 000 with steady trends. Prices range from 1.50 to 7.85 for various cattle and sheep categories, including beef steers 3.70 to 5.60 and stockers 2.90 to 4.85. Texans 3.90 to 4.60.
A survey of taste bulbs in animals explains their structure and comparisons across species, noting the discovery in 1867 and the possible link to taste nerves. It also discusses a writer’s claim on the letter or and the evolution of the English letter y, tracing its lineage from Greek and Latin sources through Anglo-Saxon forms.
A curious claim on tree growth notes all stems and branches keep similar diameters after branching and that the trunk governs future growth. A second vignette shows Dorothy Perkins lies plausibly about a park hedgehog and a moment with her mother ends with a humorous God forgiveness quip.
An odd set of Victorian style gags and maxims on manners appears in a fragmentary dialogue. It features an innkeeper with a cut throat who says he acted for amusement, a mock French diagram about manners, and short quips about Sir John Plompouding and Mrs Browns.
Fragmentary note from Detroit Free Press and Atchison Globe hints at conversations on money borrowing and public opinion. The text shows quoted lines about getting wiser and people judging others, with unclear context or full sentences.
In a dramatic trial Erskine foils the prosecutor during cross examination as a witness proclaims himself the Saviour of mankind. A bystander notes the claim and Erskine bows respectfully before the witness, who then asserts I am the Christ.
The original carnation is a five petaled bloom from southern Italy imported to England around the Norman conquest. By 1619 horticultural guides gave winter cultivation instructions and in the last decade the industry grew greatly with 2.5 million young plants sold yearly and florists matching that total grown but unsold. Annual production of young carnations tops 5 million plants and over 100 million blooms from winter glass houses, yet their end uses remain a mystery.
A London Nature note describes wolf spider behavior in which after laying eggs the female encases them, carries the silken ball, and defends it. Once the young hatch they climb on her back and eventually attack and devour their mother once they grow strong enough.
Natives of the Torres Strait employ elevated platforms near turtle and large fish gatherings. A hunter on the nearest platform lunges with a harpoon and hits the animal. A companion then leaps with a rope to secure the catch around the tail, anchoring the rope to a platform to prevent loss and entanglement.
A dialogue recounts a woman proposing to give as much as she spends on dresses, calling it a grand idea. He agrees the idea is good but suggests she spends too much on dress. She questions relevance, and he asserts she should not divide wardrobe funds and ought to double charity.
Fragmented text describes timber varieties including beech elm and birch north of Toronto. Mentions Quebec to Sault Ste. Marie routes and Lake Superior area with references to red cedar white oak and northern boundary ideas. Ambiguous notes imply land and resource claims in the north shore region.
Robson confronts Stoith about poissing shoes. Smith explains the patent on Gromlis expired, a joke about exclusiveness. Miss Cayenne quips that the society exists to enjoy the belief that many want to join but cannot.
A clipped wartime style exchange shows a husband signing messages as My Precious Treasure and Love while asking for twenty dollars, with a jokey line about space at the top and the crowd being small.
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