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Cedar Rapids Times

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1887

Page

3

Poultry and Horticulture Do Not Mix Say Old Speaker

A long humorous address argues poultry and garden work clash. The speaker laments failed hybrids of practices, praises garden pleasures, and warns neighbors over garden damage from free ranging birds. He recounts Mother Cragin and warns against mixing both arts. The talk ends urging focus on one vocation to preserve peace.

Mae Taiser Curbstong Wonin Hades Mont Hara Ani Walser Mather Crain Mother Cragin

Poignant Tribute to a Selfless Mother in Grim times

The author eulogizes a saloon keeper's widow who endured months of hardship to feed and clothe her many children. The piece contrasts her quiet sacrifice with the celebrated cruelties of despots, calling for recognition of unselfish virtue amid societal neglect and advancing reflections on mortality.

Monger Anamosa Aouayasi Willy Abia Weiters Napoleon Wagram Kane Berdiam

The Car Stove Must Go In Public Upheaval

A dramatic editorial denounces car stoves as a threat beside anarchists and bombs, claiming public sentiment calls for removal. It notes the OBRB railroad’s steam meal system as first in adopting the method and predicts widespread adoption, leaving Avietica heated by stoves obsolete.

Victory or Prohibition Decisive for Liquor Proponents

The nation awaits the U S Supreme Court ruling on Kansas Iowa cases challenging prohibitory laws. The decision bears on whether states may suppress liquor production without compensation to previous business owners, affecting both property rights and prohibition.

Supreme Court Backs Kansas Liquor Prohibition Law

The Kansas ban on intoxicating beverages is upheld as constitutional with respect to prohibition without compensation. The ruling strengthens state police power to suppress liquor traffic, influencing Iowa cases and Burlington rulings, and shaping winter legislation and enforcement efforts. Des Moines Register notes the decision confirms states may regulate and suppress liquor traffic without paying for takings. Holiday excursion rates announced by Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern for Christmas and New Year travel with special fares to be valid around year-end.

United States Supreme Court Kansas Towa Upo Commonwealth Burlington Hawkeye Defendents Iowa Burlington Supreme Court Des Moines Register Brewer United States Circuit Breweries

Pulverized Coal Process Promises Fuel Savings

A historical report describes a new coal pulverization method that increases efficiency by grinding coal to powder, mixing with air, and ensuring complete combustion in the boiler. It claims about five percent fuel savings, reduced heat loss, and low maintenance costs, with early mentions in Philadelphia tests and potential price effects on coal and fuel.

Philadelphia Burvisos Wude Sumatra

The State Printer: Junkin Favored for Iowa Post

The state printer race grows crowded with capable men. The Fairfield Ledger’s C. M. Junkin is viewed as most deserving for the office, thanks to valiant service since 1852. Tonkin, a skilled printer and businesslike writer, is also considered well suited and urged as a strong candidate.

C. M. Junkin Fairfield Ledger Ledger Iowa Republican Party Junkin Tonkin

Patents Granted and Patent Notices Across States

Weekly report lists patents granted to cubic laws in the past week with names like C. A. Snow and Go Patent lawyers near the U.S. Patent Office. Entries mention Wm. Beaty Dubuque device for feeding stock and Prudence McCullock Pomeroy cable railway. Also notes washing machine and Laxador remedy claims. Product ads promote Dr Bull's Baby Syrup at 25 cents and critique strawberry boxes and canary birds with occasional nonsensical lines.

C. A. Snow U. S Washington, D. C Wm. Beaty Finchford W . Hopkins Dubuque Prudence McCullock Pomeroy

Catarrh remedy praised by 40 year physician

A veteran doctor, L. L. Gousuca M.D., of Tipton reports Hall's Catarrh Cure works for catarrh and offers a $100 reward for an uncured case. The ad cites J Cheney & Co Toledo and lists California Excursions at low November rates via Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway from Cedar Rapids Iowa with a Jan 1 1888 price rise warning.

Tonepo Messrs F. J. Cheney & Co Snevars Hetl L. L. Gousuca M.D Hall J. Cheney & CO Toledo O. R Wrugpists California Burlington, Cedar Raplos & Northern R Missoni River

California Excursions at Low Round-Trip Rates

The Chicago & Worth-Western Railway offers first-class excursion tickets to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego among other California points at very low round-trip rates. Tickets are valid for one route outward and a different return, usable for six months from sale. The North Western also sells third-class one-way tickets to California with fall rates. for full details contact Agency G. & N.W. Railway or General Passenger Agent Wilson Chicago.

Chicago & Worth-Western Railway San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego California The North Western G. & N.W. Railway Wilson Cicagu

Coe College promising session under new leadership

COR COLLEGE. The outlook for Gee College is encouraging under President Marshall a skilled administrator with strong endorsements from leading editors. Boarding hall improvements overseen by Miss Emily Sloan and Miss Alice King as principal promise high standards and efficient operation. Executor notice and collection details follow, including a Linn county settlement and required payments to the estate.

Gee College Marshall Coe Emily Sloan Alice King Coe College Llin Donne Shou Leaf Linn Uigee Michael She

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