Iowa
Old Press
Press Citizen
Iowa City, Johnson co. Iowa
August 17, 1905
New mail service, to benefit Iowa City, North ILberty and Cedar
Rapids, is authorized by the United States post office
department, and the interurban installs closed pouches.
John E. Jayne's bridge-wrecking force begins work at Hills, to
remove the remains of the cyclone-destroyed bridge over the Iowa.
A new bridge, to coast $5,995, will be erected duly.
Mrs. John Chambers of Coralville died in an Iowa City hospital,
despite the removal of a 25 pound tumor.
John Eppel of Boone, Iowa is here, to join his sister, Millie,
whom he will accompany to Chicago.
Mrs. Daisy Hunt, of Logan, Iowa sued Attorney George W. Egan, a
former university of Iowa football player and fan, for $5,000,
alleging that he broke up a professional business conference,
with an attempt to kiss and embrace her.
Dr. F.P. Chapman, stricken down in his dentistry office, rallied
during the night, and is back at his post of duty now.
Mrs. Frank Prehoda fell down stairs at the home of her son, on
his farm, near Riverside. She escaped with whole bones and will
recover.
John W. Cogswell is pictured in Los Angeles newspapers as playing
to a near victory the champion of the Pacific Coast, A.E. Bill,
who barely defeated the Hawkeye racquet-wielder.
Drunk and half-crazy, an unknown man flagged down the Rock Island
train, bound orth on the burlington tracks, at Iowa Avenue, and
forced the engineer, who can not scare him off with
"toots", to stop the train, and get off. The trainmen
drove the fellow away. Mayor George W. Ball fined the
"immature amateur" train bandit.
[transcribed by S.F., May 2004]