Juvenile Problem Recall From Cedar Rapids Marshal Era
The piece recalls Cedar Rapids town marshal Alexander Laurance who served 1863-65 and 1867-72. It recounts his methods for handling youth with a crook-handled hickory cane, his presence at council sessions, and anecdotes from early town life including distillery figures, May’s Island, and local legends.
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Alexander Laurance
Cedar Rapids
Laurance
Charles A. Laurance
Laurance Press
B L Wick Civil War Era Historian of Linn County
B L Wick a leading authority on Cedar Rapids and Linn county history joined Cedar Rapids in 1894 after arriving from Stavanger Norway in the late 1870s. Born February 29, 1864, he documented Linn County Bar Amana Society Amish Mennonites and Benton county settlers and published 1911 two 500 page histories with Luther A. Brewer. He remains active in Cedar Rapids law practice.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
B. L. Wick
Iowa
Wick
United States
Stavanger
Norway
Linn
Luther A. Brewer
Pioneering Cedar Rapids figure John S Forbes in city history
John S Forbes, a Cedar Rapids resident for 64 years, is highlighted for firsts he achieved including selling The Gazette on its first issue day in 1884 and operating the city’s first passenger elevator. His career spanned news sales, hydraulic elevator work, railroad service, boulevard lighting promotion, and YMCA war work.
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Ed Dose
Cedar Rapids
John S. Forbes
John
Gazette
Miller and Faulkes
Jack Forbes
Third Avenue
Forbes
Chicago ‘Tribune
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
The
Jack
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
Burlington
Albert Lea
Light Company
J. C. Young
First Avenue
First Street
Fourth Street
Y.M.C.A
Europe
H. G. Forbes
Telegraph Invention Reaches Iowa Early
In 1844, two years before Iowa statehood, the telegraph was invented. Two years after Iowa achieved statehood, the first telegraph wires reached the territory signaling rapid communication expansion.
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Iowa
Statehood
First telegraph wire reaches Iowa through Missouri and Illinois
The first telegraph line to Iowa arrived by way of Missouri and Illinois, running from St. Louis to Alton then via Jackson to Quincy and finally reaching Keokuk, marking Iowa's initial contact with rapid electrical communication.
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Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
St. Louis
Alton
Jackson
Quincy
Keokuk
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Art Photogravure Corvey
Oshkosh
Wis
Third Avenue West
United Presbyterian Church
People's Savings Bank
McClung and Fisher's
West Side
Fisher Drug Company
Mr. Laurance
J. J. Snouffer
I. H. Shaver
C. C. Cook
N. B. Brown
McLeod Springs
Henry Good
James W. Good
Jacob Bradshower
Bill Poster
Handy Mart
J. M. Mays
Janesville
May’s Island
Memorial Coliseum
County Court House
Major May
Mark Twain
Col. Sellers
Henry Hergesheimer
Sadie Harrison
Grand Hotel
Sadie
Daniel Tisdale Carriage Factory
Second Avenue
Second Street
Fac
Tory
Ben Jones
Niagara Falls
Home
Crescent
Mt. Hermon
A. C. Abbott
Northwestern Hotel
Blue Point
Florida
California
Wes
Tim
Jeane Sha
Lan-O-Sheen
Folger's Coffee
Monarch
HILEX
Sunshine Market
Fifteenth St. SE
C. R
Chicago Fire and
James A. Garfield
James Forbes
Judge Greene Place
Mound Farm
Iowa Theater
Washington High
Kimball
Merchants National Bank
Abbie Abbott
T. M. Sinclair Company Packing House
Gordon's Radiator Service
Ellis Blvd
Studio Ensemble
State Furniture CO
E. W
Andy” Anderson
Maccabees
Detroit
Andy
Dows
Aniels Park Foods
John F. Indra
Charles
Lillian Krejci
Daniels Park Foods
Towa
Daniels Park
Oakland Road
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