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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1903
Page
7
These blocks come in dimensions such as 4x4xg and 4x8xg and are touted as superior to ordinary foundation stone for hollow wall air spaces. They are now widely used for exterior walls, praised for ornamentation and cost compared with cut stone or brick. Office: No Capital St., at Sand Pump.
Last Monday evening the fire department fought a blaze at the Peter A. Dey residence on North Clinton Street. Damage, caused by fire and smoke and water and chemicals, ranged from 300 to 500 dollars and was fully insured. A crowd of over a thousand gathered to watch the extinguishing.
From October 31 to November 4 the Cedar Rapids public library art rooms host a Western Artists exhibit. Cedar Rapids ladies clubs organized the show and will present over a hundred paintings praised as exceptionally fine.
Alice Hegan Rice the author of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch appeared in Louisville county court this morning and admitted underreporting her personal taxes. The case cites a total valuation of 26000 dating to 1903 with 15000 attributed to the current year being pursued by revenue agent A J Bizot.
Word arrives that Mr and Mrs Earnest Griffen have arrived safely in Los Angeles and will take up residence there. Mr Griffin serves as foreman at a local machine shop. They visited the Portland fair and other sites en route.
Miss Josephine Stevens leaves yesterday afternoon for her home in Greeley Colorado following a two months stay with her brothers in the city.
The Burlington Gazette reports Judge Smyth ruling that counties cannot charge cities for mulct tax collection, aligning with the Waverly Bremer county precedent. Burlington has paid threefourths of one percent since 1894, totaling over 1700 in savings that may fund the Osborn street fire station.
Dehner’s bowling team will meet Heliose of Cedar Rapids tomorrow at Dehner alleys. A return match is planned next week in Cedar Rapids. Readouts list eight players with scores over 200 since October, including Patchen 223 and Pinney 227.
Mr and Mrs Frank Steiner and their children Elizabeth Earnest will depart Monday for Los Angeles. They will stop in Omaha and Denver before reaching their destination in December.
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