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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1903
Page
4
A letter urges the city to adopt a uniform cemetery care policy. It argues current owner based upkeep leads to uneven grass, neglected plots, and poor appearance. City stewardship would keep paths and grounds uniform, with annual costs estimated at five to eight hundred dollars.
The Citizen questions whether to change the issue now and admits lacking statistics to urge action. It expresses desire for change but notes a converse side will be investigated and discussed later.
Heavy rains across northern and northwestern Iowa have saturated ground and swollen rivers including the Iowa, Cedar, and Des Moines. Officials warn that unless conditions improve, flooding could cause substantial damage again this spring, echoing last year’s incalculable losses.
In many small city and country town papers, earlier generations mentored local youths who soon became prominent community figures. They learned to keep early hours and embraced a life described as happy and enduring in local narratives.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease, not local. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the sole constitutional cure with a $100 reward for any failure, plus Hall's Family Pills. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
The author advocates country training as the best path for beginners to learn all trades of newspaper work. He argues small town papers teach fundamentals quickly before moving to the city. The piece also suggests seasoned city reporters seek country work to regain independence and growth.
Advertisement proclaims Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for many ailments denying age as a factor. It claims the pills relieve dyspepsia jaundice fever constipation and more, sold at Shrader and Whetstone drug stores.
A Franklin Grove, Alabama patient suffered a four year stubborn leg ulcer. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it and is praised for burns skin eruptions and pries. Sold by W. E. Schrader J. H. Whetstone Drug Stores.
Short rental notice lists a seven room house for rent at 420 Davenport Street and 525 Waxsted. Copy reads like a classified ad with a weathered line about selling clean rags at two cents a pound.
A strict farmer prevents his son from leaving on his twenty first birthday by insisting he stay and work in the potato patch. The son reminds his father of the calendar date and his plan to strike out on his own, but the father vetoes the move and orders more work.
An Irish MP named McHugh once pushed a law reform on contempt of court, then served a three month sentence for the offense. In Tochigaya Japan two convicts died on the scaffold, one noting he had burned himself previously while jailed for larceny. A Staffordshire tale tells of a man who drowned his dog to dodge a license and fell to his own death.
An amusing story by Athe Bivens traces the origin of a familiar saying. A Greek town under harsh conditions borrowed money from a man who took as security a mortgage on a handsome portico.
Visitors to the Bhirkat Place witnessed unusual safeguards as citizens were urged to seek shelter under the tolon-Kade. Statements claimed locals held permission to retreat indoors when rain fell, prompting outsiders to dub residents as needing guidance to avoid the wet.
The article describes the formidable power of a large kangaroo when cornered, using its tail as a pivot to bear its body weight while its legs unleash attacks. It notes scarce kangaroos in southern Australia but still many in the more populated north.
The moon’s phase alignment near the equinox causes several clear nights in London with each full moon rising only nine or ten minutes later. This harvest moon is named for the belief that Providence provides extra light to help farmers gather grain after sunset.
A playful exchange shows a daughter arguing that gifts on birthdays are necessities while the father counters by calling them nuisances, reflecting a light domestic humor tone.
Report notes a suspect accused of stealing trolley wire in Philadelphia leading to court action. Officers and the judge are cited in the terse dialogue from the Philadelphia Telegraph.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a character calling a lady Four wives while another clarifies she is the distinguished looking lady’s husband. The exchange hints at misidentification and social humor in a period setting.
The piece recounts a Navy hopeful who sought a chaplaincy in President Cleveland’s era and later justified entry as God’s will. It also notes Berlin streetcars ban standing and straps beyond six per car, enforced by conductors. A final vignette observes a young engineer in England challenged by age.
The Pacific coast seeks good oyster seed from Japan and the American stock for beds. Wareham Massachusetts leads a booming seed shipping industry as seed is moved by rail and sea. The government shows interest in securing oriental stock to bolster the supply.
A German court ruled that buying a theater seat grants the right to view the full stage. A Berlin buyer sought a refund after discovering his seat blocked part of the stage and the court upheld the seller. The piece notes Salt Lake City's diverse travel experience among residents due to missionary assignments.
The Welsh in London protest censorship by Mr Redford who refused a license for Liewe lyp din Liew Olaf a Welsh historical drama about the last native Prince of Wales written by Reriah Evans. Redford cites language not known to him and questions morals.
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