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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1903
Page
4
A state newspaper condemns distant outlets that distort coverage of the university and urges papers statewide to support the institution. It argues the university is a growing state asset with bright prospects and expansion should match development, calling for responsible journalism to ease progress.
The piece argues university athletes can build a strong baseball program this spring with proper organization and support. Davenport and Cedar Rapids fans are optimistic, expecting higher patronage if a winning, pay-justified team is created. The column notes costs and community spirit, plus local notes on roads and a saloon lawsuit, finishing with a correction about The Citizen’s editor.
Sioux City Journal reports the Dubuque Telegraph condemns the black race as lacking soul and conscience while urging moral regeneration. The Telegraph promotes Christian doctrines to white men, criticizing southerners and urging practical, earthy reasoning.
A brief ad for Regal Tea at 130 Washington Street selling 20 lbs of granulated sugar and related goods with unclear pricing details.
In Upper India a colonial observer recalls vultures converging on a skinned tiger carcass under mango trees. A single vulture drops in, then hundreds arrive within minutes, tearing at entrails and flesh in a frenzied feeding frenzy.
Frank Norris, famed for The Octopus and The Pit, argues the novel shapes private life more than pulpit or press. In a Illinois hotel lobby a country editor likens Norris to his dog Wolf, whose escapades inspire a plan to confine the animal at home as a joke about the binding of modern fiction.
The quoted nineteenth century critique argues that scholars of political economy often fail in real business, noting parvenus learners and theorists who prosper little. It cites Cobden bankrupt in business and Ricardo as a prosperous stockbroker whose economics was only a side interest.
A famous English physician Dr. Radcliffe spends a year attending a friend without any payment. On departing the patient offers a purse containing every daily fee. The doctor refuses at first but finally pockets the purse saying he could not resist the total sum.
The Rowan aqueducts measured forty three miles with seven thousand arches and arches seventy feet high. The Claudia aqueduct stretched forty seven miles with arches one hundred feet high. Together they delivered 40,000,000 cubic feet of water daily to Rome and fed 13,504 pipes supplying city sections.
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a witty exchange between a handsome widowed woman and a bashful young doctor. She asks about heart failure and the doctor replies with a clinical, then humorous, remark reflecting medical records and attitudes of the era.
A Philadelphia Press line ponders a new meaning in the old adage about brave souls at the church fair. The witty exchange highlights a boy’s travel tales and a Syracuse Herald quip about a boy’s age and solar trips.
In a terse note, Edith and Ethel discuss a breakup with Jack’s claim of ending the relationship between 08 and returning gifts. The brief text shows uncertainty and a request to convey a message about the gifts.
A concise remark notes that life has not ended and always allows space for courtesy. It emphasizes time remains for polite conduct amid life.
The Scottish American reports St Kilda as the westernmost inhabited Scottish isle with deep isolation from the mainland. Islanders run a communal household system, share in a widows' and orphans' support, and let a local parliament decide matters. Daily tasks are set by early morning meetings and strict church attendance anchors life.
The article cites new statistics from Béek in noting divorce outcomes linked to number of children. It states that among 1000 divorces, 640 occurred with no children, 214 with one child, 189 with two, 60 with three, 23 with four, 12 with five, and 10 with six children, illustrating the impact of offspring on marital stability.
A New York Press writer notes deafness as a social issue with varied motives. He recalls Matt Griffin, a former Delaware County assemblyman, who allegedly could hear a ten cent shinplaster rattle in a bag of feathers, despite official jokes about his hearing.
Chambers' Journal notes the Firer Tron Ship as the first iron vessel with multiple claimed birthplaces including Circle and Mersey. It cites Sir B. 7. Robison who designed an iron ship in 1816 launched in 1819 and mentions earlier iron work on the Severn in 1787. It records steel hulls in merchant ships starting 1839 and quotes old sailors preferring wood as providentially suited to float, with iron deemed unnatural. only small craft in England remain wooden.
A Paris shopkeeper’s dog bolted free knocking over a milk jug causing spills and injury to a woman and an elderly man. A cyclist was knocked from his machine and a bicycle collided with a cart as onlookers react. The magistrate orders the squad to pursue the dog.
In a family scene, Johnny confesses a gingerbread theft from the pantry. His mother chastises him while Johnny admits part of the crime lies with someone named Tilsie, signaling a playful household misunderstanding.
A fragment discusses Dorothy starting a note in the middle and posing two problems about how a story ends and its moral path. The piece contrasts Fortune's favor with harsh judgments from Ohio State Journal and Pitt’s creed that tyranny breeds slavery.
Sidney Whitman recalls Bismarck urging Motley to help Bancroft stay in Berlin and sharing Grant's guarded pride when meeting Prussian soldiers. A parable on building foundations contrasts rock with sand, noting drainage and stability issues for cellars and water flow. Cosmopolitan Magazine cites rock and gravel as foundation considerations.
In a curt exchange, a veteran strongman jokes about apologies and editorial stakes. The Pittsburg Dispatch notes a bantering barbs about authority and weighty titles amid newsroom ambitions.
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