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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1881
Page
3
Fragments reflect public intrigue after an attempted presidential murder and the era’s showy ambitions. Gusteau doubts his role in crime, while Dr Bills faces criticism and a fraud label for Cundurango Cancer Cure. The piece notes grand schemes, the liver’s touted importance, and rising forest use for industry and transport, ending with commentary on timber consumption and materials demand.
Seasonal fatalities mount from sun strokes drownings and lightning. Report notes Mrs Lincoln's improving health and rosy outlook for long life despite early illness. Prohibition debates flare in Mississippi and North Carolina.
In a sharp political shift, B G Lapham succeeds Conkling in the New York Senate and L G Miller takes Platt’s seat. The piece condemns Conkling’s course yet notes the party gains little from the bitter contest and urges that his retirement, though painful, ends a ruinous influence on presidential action.
Reports on Saturday warned of a worsened condition due to a puss buildup in the wound blocking discharge. An incision released the pus, improving his health quickly. latest notes say he is better than in days, with Dr. Hamilton noting the ball likely did not enter the liver, reducing serious complication risk.
George Overmier and his wife faced a dangerous flood at Brushy Fork bridge ten miles from Carroll. With water rising rapidly, he crossed, found no return, clung to the bridge, and spent the night on the railing as cattle and hogs floated by. Dawn brought the water down and his escape.
A Chicago Journal correspondent reports a new pest called the army worm appearing in Illinois oat fields. The rapid destruction is noted with oats decimated in forty eight hours on a 40 acre tract, fields vary in damage, and losses in Will county are pegged near a million bushels with potential to rise. The worm spares older stalks and attacks the tender, while oats ripen.
The article outlines party vote prospects with 154 to 188 potential support across Republicans and Greenbackers, noting Democrats unlikely to exceed 131. It mentions speakership bids, Sherman and Windom patronage shifts, Guiteau’s jail conditions, Chicago’s rising status, and a Cedar Rapids post office list of unclaimed letters dated July 6, 1882.
Washington letter reports the president shows steady improvement and confidence after surgery. It notes a small wound cloth fragment was removed and mentions Republican vs Democratic House balance, with 145 Republicans and 129 Democrats. forecasts on Speakership and possible Senate gains.
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