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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1886
Page
3
The piece condemns Auditor Brow and a town senate acting as impeachment court for malfeasance. It argues the senate’s own pay grabs of 216 undermine justice, noting both parties’ roles and citing a democratic-leaning source warning future voters of the corruption.
A letter denounces public abuse of Pension Commissioner Black as a fraud for earning $100 a month. It praises General Black as honorable despite crippling war injuries, arguing slander demeans a wounded veteran and condemns the socialist critique of wages and equality as impractical and harmful.
A historical survey contrasts old time wages with modern labor patterns. It notes farm daily pay around 40 cents with meals at work, harvest rates from 60 to 75 cents daily, and cradlers at 80 cents to $1, plus long 13 hour days. It recalls canal labor at six months earning $6 monthly and winters $5, urban street labor at $70 yearly, and Pennsylvanian summer wages at $6 monthly. Wheat at $1.50 a bushel and high prices are cited to frame living standards. The piece ends by asking what men of the era could do on such pay.
The author argues that equality of physical traits cannot justify socialism which, if implemented, would stagnate society. Selfish motives like gain and power, though harmful in excess, fuel progress. life’s hardships are preferable to a contented brute. Socialism, if coercively applied, would be America’s worst enemy.
The article lists weddings at the White House across early administrations. It names Miss Toda marrying John G. Jackson during Madison’s era, Elizabeth Tyler to William Waller in Tyler’s presidency, and unions involving Adams, Jackson, Monroe, Grant, Hayes, and Cleveland, noting several relatives of presidents as brides. It sketches a chronology of first ladies’ kin and notable nuptials at the executive mansion.
The pension bill now passed by the Senate would likely pass the House and be signed by the President. It proposes pensions for veterans with three months service in the Civil War who are disabled from causes not their fault and depend on support from themselves or others. Pension begins at filing the application.
Teemer has become champion oarsman of America after defeating Jamlan and draws worldwide attention. A London letter notes Teemer’s rise and hints at a possible match with Beach of Australia for the world title. A McKeesport friend gifts a silver bottle memento resembling St Jacobs Oil bottle, reflecting Teemer’s favored muscle remedy.
A column warns against any federal payment of Confederate debts, noting a bill by Merryman to send all such claims to a Confederate Court of Claims. It recalls English holders pressing for payment and argues the era of good feeling could drive Democrats to risk such liabilities, urging decisive action to end the cause.
An eye witness recounts a violent Belfast riot where Orange men attacked with stones and pokers. women and girls supplied missiles while mobs fought police from a police station and surrounding buildings. Soldiers were deployed as officers and police engaged with buckshot. no fatalities reported, but many injuries.
The author voices concern over the Cleveland meeting of the Knights of Labor, arguing Powderly remains a strong, prudent leader while the executive board lacks proper ties to labor. Only three men aside from Powderly are seen as capable of steering strikes and boycotts toward conservative, educational goals.
Washington gossip focuses on biographical sketches of political supporters as the president and Mrs. Cleveland prepare a Deer Park honeymoon. Secretary Manning resigns in a terse letter as Attorney General Garland skips the wedding over social vows, with Whitney and family hosting public greetings before a White Mountains vacation.
A bitter critique of Associated Press dispatches about President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland at Deer Park. The piece mocks lead news in the Times, detailing misquoted scenes of daily life, attire, porch air, and casual remarks, followed by a brief list of patents granted to Iowa citizens.
A Times critique discusses an essay on architecture by the baseball reporter, noting mischaracterizations of residents and local firms. It clarifies the status of Smith and Fulkerson, identifies Burnham & Root as outside the quaint label, and presents Smith & Shields focusing on public buildings and residences in modern American styles with an emphasis on design, layout, and cost effectiveness.
The Republican Party of Linn County holds a delegate convention at the court house in Marion on Friday July 2 1886 at 11 am to nominate a clerk of the court a county recorder and a county attorney Also to select twenty two delegates to the state convention in Des Moines on the second Wednesday in August and to transact other proper business The representation table lists Bertram Brown Boulder and other townships based on past election votes
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