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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1876
Page
3
The Iowa public is urged to consider Prof S N Fellows of Iowa State University for the role of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Advocates cite his extensive educational experience, strong scholarship, and Christian character as assets, hoping his past record earns due consideration.
The Scientific Club displays varied interests from physical science to literature and sociology. Mr Bennett leads a lively discussion on popular thought, with Benett's paper recounting personal seafaring adventures and life at sea, though Friday’s storm reduced attendance.
A writer recounts a long winter journey starting in Cedar Rapids and Chicago toward Jacksonville Florida. He details rough rail experiences, a misnamed mule shed depot, harsh lake winds, and a strict ticket with six month transfer rules. He visits Wooster and Pittsburgh, reflects on family memories, and notes local news from Lisbon Center Point and surrounding towns.
A traveling narrator recalls stops from Latrobe to Washington with vivid scenes of the Capitol dome painting and Virginia landscapes. A Burns Night at Scotch Grove features sixty attendees, sung poetry, and speeches by Peter McKechnie and George Park, ending with music and dancing at Mr. McGregor's home.
A promotional appeal touts the American Agriculturist as a low cost, highly useful rural journal for the home. It claims 44 pages per issue, engravings, house plans, and broad topics for families, farmers, and merchants. The centennial year emphasis and a restricted rate of $1.60 annually or four for $4.40 are highlighted.
Davenport Gazette reports a cold blooded murder in New Rapids City Illinois where a woman confessed to killing her husband, Peter Nelson, a miner. The coroner's inquest heard she struck him with an axe then cut his throat, carried the body to the road and dressed it before fleeing.
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