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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1903
Page
16
Tomorrow evening the University Dramatic Club presents Esmeralda at the opera house. A cast of eleven performs melodrama scenes set in North Carolina and Paris. Proceeds go toward the athletic debt.
The funeral for Mrs. Frederick Immel was held at 4 PM at the Oxford Methodist Episcopal church. She died Monday night at age 78 at her daughter's home in Oxford township, survived by six children including Mrs Haist, Mrs Seel, Mrs Stratton, Mrs Kump, Fred Immel, and Martin Immel.
Mrs. Professor Teeters hosts Delta Gamma sorority members at her university home. About twenty active and alumnae in the city are expected to attend a pleasant evening together.
Sioux City Journal argues against double headers and two crews, saying labor saving methods benefit many and individuals, even if protests arise. It cites history showing production advances raise wages and create opportunities, urging workers to consider long term principles.
Mayor Frank K. Stebbins of this city seeks the head consul post for the Modern Woodmen of America at Des Moines. He faces Grant Johnson of Stanwood as election occurs this afternoon. Dan B. Horne of Davenport is endorsed for head advisor.
H L Fisher, long connected with the Iowa Citizen, assumes management of the Oxford Messenger. Fisher is described as industrious and genial, with plans to improve the paper and a family eager to make friends in Oxford. The Iowa Citizen wishes him success.
The DeBotte lecture at the Presbyterian church last evening repeated the high record of past visits. The speaker discussed natural traits of the young and how cultivation of one thing would reveal imperity. A stereopticon with many slides illustrated the points.
The list of delegates to the Lake Geneva Wisconsin conference from the total Y W C A is announced. Delegates include Wellie Chase Mery Buffum Lou Landers Larah Baine Margaret Pratt Madge Young Laura Lewis. City and university conferences will be distinct this year with the city conference held first.
Markets news from Fi-Hagy Prince a Chicago broker and commission merchant on the Chicago Board of Trade is received by private wire direct. The item notes telephone and address details in Iowa City for obtaining market quotations. E. H. Prince is referenced.
Chicago Live Stock Union Stock Yards reports today’s receipts with hogs 25 000 down 10 cents, cattle 20 000 down 10, sheep 15 000 steady. Prices ranged mixed and butchers 6 90 to 7 05 heavy, rough 6 35 to 6 60, light 6 45 to 6 80. Cattle and sheep steady, lambs 4 25 to 7 53, beeves 4 10 to 3 60, cows and heifers 1 50 to 4 90, stockers 3 00 to 4 90, Texans 3 75 to 4 50.
A tale from Kansas City Independent describes a bear befriending an African lion in captivity as the lion guards the bear and shares meals. Other snippets discuss 1795 Yarmouth powder hair proclamations and musings on Western liberty with contrasts to Chinese governance.
A note on miniature tree art from Japan describing plants starved to slow sap flow. Reference to Ferguson visiting Canton and a tiny bore with sixteen trees. Transcaucasia's climate yields diverse grains and wild fruit, with saffron, madder, oaks, walnuts, and boxwood lumber. Wine production and cotton exports are highlighted.
Describes the remarkable gold beetles of Central America with heads and wing covers patterned to gleam like gold. Notes a silver-like species from the same region. Includes a humorous domestic exchange about love and rent.
A playful exchange on courthouse steps features a fair divorcee declaring she feels unmanly after her ordeal. The quip emphasizes wit over dramatic sentiment and contrasts with a joke about Rome’s founder and a ribbing about a bowl.
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