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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1882
Page
3
Editorial notes discuss tariff impact on the poor and a surge of political activity in Iowa. Major Hawk’s sudden death in Washington leaves a nomination opening while reform talk, prohibition debates, and constitutional interpretations shape the state’s politics and legal challenges ahead.
The account details Guiteau’s last restless night and morning in jail. A crowd gathered outside as refreshment booths lined the road, carriages arrived with visitors, and at 11 o'clock he dined before facing the scaffold. Dr Hicks led a prayer service, and Guiteau read his “dying prayer” on the gallows.
The Dubuque Times urged immediate steps to enforce the state constitutional amendment after a 6 000 lead against it. The paper warned against haste but suggested lawmakers be convened soon, while liquor dealers sought two years to dispose of stock and avoid losses.
A 19th century Iowa piece notes a sweeping prohibition mandate from the public, detailing regional returns and majorities. It cites Des Moines and Dubuque among counties, with Des Moines and Scott showing strong temperance support and national growth paralleling rising prohibition totals.
Official county vote tally lists precincts and names including Mar against Bertram, Brown, Ed Boulder, Buffalo, Qinton, Mt. Vernon, Lisbon, Grant, Jackson, Linn, Monroe, Otter Creek, Spring Grove, Washington, and Harids. Preliminary figures show mixed support across locations with several precincts recording varied results.
An account of Charles Guiteau's execution after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, describing the moment of death, postmortem observations, and the decision to bury the body inside the jail wall to prevent burial disputes and body snatching.
The piece notes majorities by county in favor of prohibition and cites Johnson County's 26 vote addition to reach a 16 676 total. It argues enforcement failed, newspapers claimed law was dead, and urges ongoing temperance efforts. It warns law must be actively enforced and calls for vigilance to preserve the prohibition victory.
Lawyers clash over whether the recent amendment to ban alcohol requires further legislation to be fully enforceable. Some say it is self executing and repeals the liquor sale law, but penalties remain and additional laws are needed to remove doubts and ensure orderly implementation. The public favors rapid action to settle the policy and finalize prohibitory measures.
A letter from Fargo Dakota to the Boston Journal describes Mr D G Allen testing a steam plow on Captain Thomas W Hunt's Aurora farm in Blanchard DL. Two large traction engines pull a steel drum and a long cable to drag a six plow framework across the field. The device cuts six furrows sixteen inches wide with each pass and shifts plow positions automatically at end of furrow. One man guides the machine as it operates.
Describes a dual engine plow system with two forty-horsepower engines weighing sixteen tons total. Each side advances eight feet in three and a half minutes as the plow shifts across the field. The machine can plow twenty to thirty-five acres daily depending on soil and land grade. It also features rowing capability.
The Iowa Press Association plans an August trip from Des Moines to Denver via the C B and A line. Editors may bring one representative and one lady, with sleep cars provided. Medical services will be free if needed, and the cost is $12 to $15 per person. participation limited to legitimate newspaper editors or publishers.
A garbled OCR page outlines a corporate formation Beyer Mining Company with principal office in Gow Rapids Iowa. It lists officers Saunders president E J Postar secretary treasurer and notes indebtedness, execution sales, and a July 5 sealed proposals auction of various supplies and property tied to a county case. The document references land in township 84 range 7 west and a sale to satisfy creditors with bids in cash.
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