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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1878
Page
3
A compilation of editorials discusses stage robbery, censorship, inflation, and political tempers. It analyzes southern democracy, northern politics, and the pending reckoning over election protection as indictments target alleged Democrats for interfering with voting.
The piece argues that Democrats favor a united South while opposing Northern unity, picturing the party as praising confederate leadership for gains to northern subservients. It notes fear of a solid North and cites November elections signaling party lines, portraying Democrats as opposing national patriotism and constitutional protections.
A garbled update covers debt and public finances in November, publishing misprints about publishers, workers idle in England, hog receipts in Chicago, and prospective Afghanistan moves. It notes the 50th Congress session, Hayes’ policies, a river steamer collision near Cincinnati with 20+ deaths, and a Kentucky riot at Breathitt county capital Jackson with widespread violence and a failed governor response.
The New York Daily Bulletin reports Equitable Life Insurance will pay 850000 on Col Dwight of Binghamton NY after investigations. Company officers find death morally caused and plan to honor the contract. The case drew papers due to the unusually large policy and public interest.
An article surveys why most people are right handed, tracing inheritance and habit from ancient hearths to modern behavior. It discusses heart position, defense of the left side, and the spread of rightward action in languages, law, and street etiquette, noting cultural persistence through ages.
The article muses on old customs of riding and right hand use, noting left handedness arises from age, nerves, and nursing habits. It contrasts modern behavior with past knights and ladies, and comments on the heart region as the warmest body area while explaining maternal practices with infants.
Listings show multiple transfers in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Betsy Russell and others convey or lease parcels. various lots in Carpenter's and Brown's additions pass or be leased. several entries reference tax deeds and patents. details include names Russell, Caldwell, Richards, Draper, Graves, Green, Zalesky, Nowak, Oxley, Snyder, Horak, McCaurgy, McGattrey. An original notice in Linn County Circuit Court names Michael McGattrey and related parties with court dates in 1879.
A fragmentary notice explains that this publication serves as fashion chronicle and newspaper authority and will commence volumes with January issues. It hints at subscribers starting with the next available number when dates are not specified.
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