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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1903
Page
2
An Iowa City post office case involves a second cigarette related matter. Details remain unclear in the fragmented OCR text but indicate continued interest from postal authorities.
Congressman A F Dawson elected last November works to improve mail delivery across his district. He secured an order for rural carrier service in Muscatine County with plans for daily mail for all farmers within a year. Dawson travels the district building support and noting constituent needs.
The author criticizes excursion trains for using old, poorly maintained cars. He notes cars are often hot and crowded, with seats filled and passengers standing. Rates are too low to provide proper coaches, and railroads should upgrade trains to meet travelers’ basic needs and sanitary standards.
Solomon Coldren will depart this week for Los Angeles to spend the winter. The family will leave around November first, with Mr. Coldren stopping briefly in Denver en route.
Soak corn or bunion in warm water to soften it, pare carefully without drawing blood. Apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily and rub five minutes each time. Use a corn plaster after a few days to protect from the shoe. Pain Balm touted as a general liniment for sprains bruises lameness and rheumatism. For sale by all druggists. MooéPri
Iowa census figures show only 10 675 Civil War veterans still reside in Iowa with 15 051 enlisted from other states now living here bringing total veterans to 25 726. The bequest of 80 000 Iowa soldiers in the war and many deaths or removals leaves a roster task described as vastly more difficult than expected by the Register and Leader.
Marshal Mullin of this city received a letter from Cedar Rapids officials about silk thefts there. Mrs. Creamer of Cedar Rapids brought the message and hoped to see the silks she believes were stolen. Her silk differs in color, but the arrest suggests possible wider operations by the same suspect.
A seasonable note urges readers to stock Chamberlain's Cough Remedy now for winter colds. It claims prompt use at the onset yields faster relief and recommends keeping it at hand. The text notes wide recognition and favors buying over alternatives and lists stores as sellers.
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