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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1886
Page
3
Editor McClelland argues the Iowa Democratic party’s local option and prohibition plank signals a rising reform impulse. He says the move, though self serving to gain votes, reveals prohibition’s strength and potential permanence across the state, with enforcement and licensing details outlined.
The Fairfield Ledger notes widespread enforcement of the prohibitory law with courts largely siding against violations. It cites Judge Hayes’ rulings being reversed, and confirms cases like C F Wakeman vs W Chambers, and Mrs Rachel Huff vs Aulman & Schuster. It argues contempt of court, not crime, can carry penalties, while juries may still be due in future criminal actions.
A New York group distributing anti business circulars was jailed for from six months to three years. Saloon-keeper Stormy Jordan of Ottumwa faced $1,300 in fines for liquor sale and contempt of court. Prohibition advances spread to Copiah County Mississippi and Missouri's St. Louis area, with Vicksburg Mississippi voting on the issue as southern cities push bans.
The president signed the Fitz Job Porter act restoring him to his army position after a dishonorable dismissal decades ago. The piece notes Porter’s efforts against the Union and Lincoln’s reluctance to order execution, then praises the restoration and laments ongoing national strife.
A rebel observer argues President Cleveland has not vetoed all pension bills, noting he signed 693 and vetoed 90 as of last week. The piece criticizes his slurs and ribaldry toward applicants, urging dignified conduct and restraint in objections.
A lament condemns the TowA democracy for aligning with anti temperance forces. The piece argues that prohibition damages state business and morals, fails to be enforceable, and proposes a minimum license of 300 dollars, warning that smaller towns would face forced prohibition. It laments the historic party’s betrayal of state progress.
Knoxas Iowa July 7 Judge Love refines Judge Brewer doctrine to include saloon property owned before prohibition. McMahon vs Pieter held that leased saloon property cannot be taken without compensation. Questioned whether state actions rendered property useless and if owners can seek reimbursement.
Our Washington letter notes potential adjournment with conflict over President Cleveland’s vetoes and civil service policy. It covers Senator Blair’s critique of veto grounds, Senator Hoar on civil service reform, and Edmunds’s bill to limit presidential removal while extending four year appointments.
The Dubuque Times applauds the president's vetoes on pension bills but derides the tone of his messages. It urges grouping vetoes by general principles and replacing wit with a direct, dignified style, noting the United States is a nation, not a municipality.
A telegram from Darndale Maryland claims a six foot milk white snake in a dry goods box can whistle tunes, but the report is dismissed as credulous by readers who see it as an overhyped exaggeration rather than a spectacle of reptile ability.
E R Hastings, sixteen year editor and proprietor of the Carroll Herald, retires from newspaper work. He is succeeded by J A Hungerford. Hastings leaves due to declining vitality, a decision noted as a loss to readers and a testament to his genial disposition and steadfast integrity. The community extends best wishes to Hastings and his successor.
A discussion argues that a law changing offices to democratize vacancies would prevent scramble for positions during transitions. The text notes yearly, monthly, and daily vacancies naturally reshaping offices under successive administrations.
Patents granted to citizens of Lown reported by Gow Low W Oy patent lawyers in Washington. The list includes inventions such as potato planker, wire winding, paper-hanging machine, covestengthave table, and diath equalizer. Names include Mavas, Davenport, Niver, Otto, Quering, Townsend, White, and others from various towns.
A scrambled OCR page blends prices for general produce and stock with comic verses and anecdotes. It notes Chicago markets, dairy items, and shipping loads, then shifts to humorous vignettes about whisky, sense versus sensation, and dialect humor, concluding with a rambling reflection on life and value.
A chaotic OCR sample blends jokes, weather notes, and assorted tidbits from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper. It mentions public affairs, travel, cave lore, ship losses, and humorous vignettes, with stray quotes and local color, including references to Detroit Free Press and Philadelphia Press.
Report lists prices and yields for corn hogs and dairy yields, with loads of figures. It notes wheat corn and other commodities price ranges, plus farm goods such as potatoes butter chickens and beets. Names like W D Waterson Co and Bradly Hubbard appear, along with locations and measurements.
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