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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1903
Page
9
Published notices report two local weddings. Matilda Slavata and A D Chandler wed at 620 North Lion street with a short ceremony and trip west. Norra Allin and G E Dakin married at 111 North Dubuque street with close family attendance and plans to settle in Mason City.
Judge Wade leaves at noon for Waterloo where he will present a lecture on Lincoln. The talk draws large crowds and many seek his services for future engagements.
Tonight at the home of the bride’s parents near Worth Liberty the marriage of Miss Mattie Meyers and Martin J. Stoner will take place. Several local residents plan to attend the ceremony.
Contractor Benjamin More has a force at work on the sanitary sewer in the alley behind Church Street. About one and a half blocks remain to be completed and the job will be pushed with good rapidity.
News from last evening states Captain Hayes brother of Judge Samuel Hayes of the college of law died at his Freeport Illinois home. Telegram gave no details but paralysis is suspected after a stroke a year ago. Judge Hayes left for Freeport and classes will not be heard until Monday.
The Frendale area mourns Samuel A. Weimer 23 of this county who was struck by a Union Pacific train near Patrick Wyoming while serving as a brakeman. He died after hospital treatment in Rock Springs where his foot was amputated. The funeral was held in Bethel chapel BM. FE. church, with burial in Frendale cemetery.
T F Kelly of Adair and former post master visits the university to promote a Davenport Ice Chipping Machine that attaches to the side of an ice wagon. The new company is producing small counter machines and claims top market quality.
Mrs. George Shalla packs to relocate to Cedar Rapids with Mr. Sualle taking Cedar Rapids plumbing work. Their Iowa City home rents to Mrs. Joseph Debner. Friends here regret the move but wish them success and hope they may return.
The Iown Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa held its annual reunion initiation and banquet at the Greek room of the university and at the Burkley Imperial last evening. Officers are Gifford Weld president Arthur Fairbanks vice president William Craig Wilcox secretary. Initiates include Nellie Slayton Aurner James Guest Berryhill Jr. and others. Menu featured fruit cocktail consommé seafood lamb chicken and desserts. Sentiments were delivered by professors and alumni from Iowa Nebraska and Massachusetts.
Miss Katheryn Bare, a missionary among the Blanket Indians in Oklahoma, will address the First Baptist Church tonight. The talk is expected to draw a large audience and will cover the Indians and the impact of white settlement on the territory.
Rev De Witt Clpton and about twenty five church members conducted Sunday services at the poor farm. Inmates enjoyed singing and an address by the pastor. No services had been held there all summer. the act was praised as a good deed and urged for other city churches to follow.
This afternoon in Liberty township the funeral was held for the one year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Amish. The child died Monday from pneumonia. The service was at the residence with interment at Lone Tree. An unrelated notice mentions April to June home seekers excursions to St. Paul and Minneapolis with a round trip fare of two dollars.
I express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors who assisted during the sickness and death of my wife Mary Ann Brant. Grateful for the minister who spoke consoling words at church and at the grave. Host John Brant.
Davenport Leader reports Thomas B. Carson secretary and treasurer of Bettendorf Metal Wheel Works dislocated shoulder in a brake stop mishap on Brady Street. He rode with his wife and daughter when a boy crossed. Mrs Carson uninjured, daughter safe, doctor diagnosed shoulder dislocation.
Corporal Robert Morrison of Company I, age 35, hospitalized in Keokuk with appendicitis, is now able to be about the house. If his condition permits, he will be operated on at a city hospital by Sunday next.
Court has handled Palmer versus McGinnis since last Monday over a small sum with strong resistance from both sides. The grand jury released Mrs Willick from a prior charge. Jury visited the poor farm this morning and finishes up their work. a full report may come tomorrow morning.
Marriage license issued to James E. Larson and Rose Potts. Mrs. Deil Kelly visits Waterloo husband and friends. George S. Carson toured Indiana on gas and electric plant business. Lone Tree witnesses attend Maginnis case. amount involved is $6. Cochran couple head to Davenport for Sunday, return Monday. Mrs. Richard Hiatt returns from Waterloo uncertain about moving. Mrs. J S Baker and Mrs. James Wakish visit Davenport Street host Mrs. Dubal. Rev. Joseph De Forest attends southeastern Iowa clerical convocation and to Davenport then back to Iowa City. Isaac Furbish learns son Fred in Philadelphia cannot visit home soon. Rigas.
Professor T. H. Macbride will deliver at least four commencement addresses later this month. He is booked for Bingham May 14, Daws May 29, Ennetsburg May 30, and Shell Rock May 31, with invitations from many other locations but limited scheduling possibilities.
Joseph Wardell of Cedar Rapids, chief engineer for the Dows Smith group pushing an electric line to Cedar Rapids, visited Iowa City to discuss matters pending on the project. Locals await a definite announcement, though delays may still interfere.
Fire department responded to Box 23 at Clinton and Harrison streets to a reported fire but found no blaze. Two youths fled from the alarm box after the call and are being pursued by police who vow full legal punishment if caught.
Word from Dean Gregory says the state board of examiners for the law department will arrive and stay in the city until the 13th. The date follows the new rule placing the visit on the first Thursday before commencement.
Dr. Valenta the health officer and the senior alderman of each ward are touring the city to identify households that have not cleaned their premises. If they fail to comply the city will clean and tax the cost to the householder.
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