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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1903
Page
2
An item appears stamped as entered at the Post Office in Iowa City as second class mail matter indicating its mailing status or classification for processing within the postal system.
The League of Iowa Municipalities holds its annual convention in Iowa City this week. The piece stresses city needs from sanitation to lighting and waterworks, and argues for freer city control and better laws to empower urban governance. It urges public support from both city residents and rural communities.
Oakes Bros offers tiling stock in three four and five inch sizes. Local suppliers advertise these standard tile fits for construction projects. No further details on quantities prices or availability are provided in the text.
The Johnson county district court docket is crowded as Judge Byington begins a heavy session. He will hold court in Iowa City through Christmas, with a brief fall trip to Marengo October 9, then return for about eleven or twelve weeks of sessions, reflecting a surge of criminal cases.
Jennie Byrnes filed an answer with the district court clerk denying payment to J. H. Brooks for selling her property. Byrnes says Brooks failed to secure a purchaser at $5,500, though the agreement entitled him to $150 if he found a buyer. The defendant contends Brooks never earned the fee.
Word arrived of a blaze in Blairstown Benton county that destroyed a livery barn on Friday night at about eight o'clock. The haymow fire consumed the structure though most horses harnesses and equipment except the cutters were saved.
The university freshmen football team report this afternoon for their first practice. About a dozen official calls have been sent out and more are expected as the squad arrives in the city. A schedule is being arranged, with possible games against Minneapolis, Morning Sun College at Sioux City, Charles City College, and Lenox College at Hopkinton, Iowa.
Mrs. Kate Mott of Fairfield Iowa known as Grandma Mott urges travelers to carry Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in warm weather. One or two doses cure the worst cases. Available at all druggists Mon and Fri Sept 10.
Noting a circular from Obe Witmer a prominent druggist of Joplin Missouri praising Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as unparalleled in patent medicine for bowel complaints. The ad urges sales by all druggists with availability on Mondays and Fridays in September.
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