City finances urge budget restraint and sinking fund
A nearly unreadable 19th century view urges residents to exam ine city finances before elections. It notes the 1868 Fire Department outlay about 26000 plus engine bonds, improvements to streets, sidewalks, a new building and reservoir. The message warns against more debt, advocates a sinking fund, and calls for economy in next administration while detailing proposed county supervisor reforms and current state legislative actions.
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Austinume
Harrison
Muscatine Road
News Administration
Woman Lawyer Denied License by State Supreme Court
Mrs Myra Bradwell editor of the Quagae Legal News failed to obtain a license to practice law as the state Supreme Court ruled her marriage would prevent her from giving valid bonds in cases requiring attorney actions. The Election Committee proposes a new method to settle contested elections by special juries drawn from a box, with final decisions unless a house vote is demanded. Tennessee's Constitutional Convention adopts an impartial suffrage amendment tied to poll tax proof and grants the governor a limited veto, while trimming legislative powers and changing election timing and pay rules.
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Myra Bradwell
Qucage Legal News
State Supreme Court
Brakwell
Election Committee
Aplah
England
Drasyn
Tennessee
General Assembly
Ground breaking for Ottumwa railroad extension noted
Reports from across Iowa describe rail projects and fairs. Ground is broken at Ottumwa for the St Louis and Cedar Rapids line extension. The next State Fair is planned for Keokuk in September. Local items mention a large fish haul near Dubuque, church fundraising efforts, and community events.
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Ottumwa
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
R. R
Towa
Keokuk
Dubaqne
Universalists
Lowa
Oskaloosa
Ne ‘Quoketa
West Liberty
Cadar Falls
Eldora
Marshall Town
Illinois Central
Ackley
Chicago
Iowa Fall
Sioux City
Little Sioux
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Columbusity
Burlington
Railroad hopes and odd notes from Iowa and Illinois
Reports on railroad funding and construction in Iowa and Illinois, including a Southwestern route in progress with 45 000 raised of 70 000, progress on the Iowa Northern Central from Keokuk to Cedar River in sixty days, and a trial decision in Cox versus Crispin over a horse, with costs totaling 300 to 900. Mentions of local curiosities and incidents in Muscatine andCenter Point.
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Washington and Brightin
Beavers
Atlosk
Wayne County
Jones
Eliia
J.B. Davis
Marion County
Muscatine Journal
Cox
Crispin
Marion
Sunita
Center Point
Iowa Northern Central Railroad
Keokuk
Salem
Mt. Pleasant Washington
Iowa City
Cediu
Rapidy
Hing Bulit
Iowa City Tribune
Ge County
Cedar River
Davenport Gazette
Frozen tragedy near Vermillion finds mother and two children dead
The Sioux City Daily Times reports a harsh blizzard event near Vermillion City, where Dowd and his family, homesteaders on the Vermillion river, faced a deadly storm. While Dowd reached a neighbor’s home with one child, his wife and two others perished, found dead the next morning about 75 rods from their house after becoming lost in the snow.
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Sioux City
Dowd
Mr.Dowd
Mr. Dowd
Potent Planting Tips and Acknowledgments in Local Column
A Kansas reader is advised on growing asparagus with soil, depth, and spacing details. The note mentions Mrs E Harrington of Claytonville and Dr Quin. The piece also references a Me. resident whose son recovered from incipient consumption using Johnson's Goadyine Liniment and hints at Reconstruction policy opinions and Sheridan’s Calvary powders history.
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E. Harrington
Claytonville
Kansas
Der
Joan Houghton
South Jefferson
Johnson
Jntanding
Tf Congresay
War Department
Sheriidan
Cedar Rapids City Borrows 10000 For Steam Engine House
Voters in Cedar Rapids on December 9 1807 approved borrowing 10000 to purchase a steam engine with hose and equipment and build an engine house. An ordinance approved February 1 1860 provides bonds and a sinking fund, with a separate levy to pay principal and interest. Ge o C Hanan.
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Wid
Aes Vapecal
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Fir
Sama
Cedar Rapids
Lecomsé Duc
Bonita
Srysmine Fox
Geo. C. Hanan
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