Mississippi blog from Dubuque IAHere’s what the sign says on the back of the bathroom door in our hotel:

Hotel Laws of Iowa

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Fixing, Limiting, and Determining the Liability of Keepers of Hotels, Inns, Eating-Houses, and Steamboat Owners to Inmates Thereof.

Sorry, was that … steamboat owners? Holy crap.

steamboat on the Mississippi