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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1870
Page
2
The article defends Republican rule, arguing strong labor support and noting declines in gold prices and consumer costs. It cites figures from 1889 to show broader price reductions for food, fuel, and goods, asserting benefits to working men and salaried clerks and cementing ties between workers and the Republican party.
The article reports the 1870 action where the House approved resolutions to place female suffrage on the state ballot and the Senate ratified it. It notes a long wait for final public vote, mentions suffrage advocates, and then details Council proceedings from April 1 1870 including finance, streets, ordinances, and city bonds with listed payments.
North-western Iowa endures a deadly March 14 to 17 blizzard with multiple fatalities. James Hainer, an Irishman, dies near a water tank seven miles south of Resho after wandering in drifting snow. Four men from Carroll City perish, their sleigh lost in the prairie. A mother and two children survive by sheltering in a bed for days without fire or food. Reports of frozen emigrants rise from Cherokee county as communities reel from the disaster.
In Cedar Rapids a memo from Relief Hook and Ladder Co members urges city council to appoint W D Watrous as Chief and W B Fleck as Asst Chief Engineer for the upcoming year. They allege the council and Mayor acted improperly by voting for Geo A Lincoln as Chief despite department wishes. A petition from 100 plus citizens accompanied the preambles and resolutions demanding a lawful appointment and quieting objections to the elected chief.
The act allows county boards in Iowa with population over 15,000 to appropriate up to 20 000 dollars for bridge construction with 2 000 dollars added per additional 1 000 residents. Repeals conflicting laws and takes effect upon publication in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids papers. Approved March 25 1870.
From the Iowa Daily, March 19, the regulation to hold two sessions daily after tomorrow was adopted with Saturday excluded. A bill to tax railroad property was set as Special Order for March 30, and multiple measures on railroads, courts, and state offices were debated or laid on the table, including capital punishment and gubernatorial salaries.
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