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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1903
Page
6
County board adjourns to next week for hearing on a fifty dollar damage claim linked to the Vogt ditch project. Appraisers Dennis Carey James McCollister and John Hayes visited Pleasant Valley township to review the case.
First Lieutenant R. B. Champion resigns due to other work. His successor has not yet been elected. Champion was a capable officer and the boys will miss him from their ranks.
Miss Mildred R. Yule of Tipton, a university senior, is named student assistant in animal biology. She is the first woman to hold the post at Iowa University, which appointments on merit. Miss Yule is sister of Ed Yule, a university graduate and U S Army captain in San Francisco.
The State Bank holds the citys sole new gold certificate from the 1905 series. The note shows a Washington portrait with a gold background, heavier outer border, and a gold reverse border. It is payable in gold coin.
The weather chart by M. W. Davis notes warm conditions continue with no frost. Historical data show samples from 1901 to 1904 of early and heavy frosts, suggesting that frost now could aid corn cribbing and weed control, despite current mild temperatures.
Auction set for October 6 1905 at a farm in Sharon township seven miles southwest of Iowa City. Proceeds to include stock, grain hay, general farm line and machinery with October 3 notice of sale. Tom Davis will conduct the closing.
Corinth Lodge No. 24 Knights of Pythias added eighteen new members in six months. Initiates include W. Carleton H. S. Sample Geo F Ramety Fred J Lehman B G Daley A Webber D A Maloney A H Vandivert S W Coombs Geo A Hitchcock Garfield Paulus L C Grimm D Welch E D King E C Shaffer Lee Wittaker W W Cromibs Fred E Bostwick.
Yesterday morning the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Eggenberg died at their home seven miles northeast of the city. The infant aged thirteen months had a place in the home from which she was taken. The funeral was held at St Patrick church at 10 30 this morning, with the procession leaving the Eggenburg home in Newport township at nine o'clock.
The county board of supervisors debates sinking another well at the county farm to secure a more permanent water supply. The existing water quality is good, but the current shallow well may run dry. the farm uses a windmill and gasoline engine pump.
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