Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment and Reconstruction Law
A Taos article explains the pending ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment and the forthcoming proclamation by President Grant. It discusses the amendment as the final act of Reconstruction, its status as supreme law, and anticipated enforcement across states and territories. It notes congressional plans to enforce voting rights and the potential limits through education or moral qualifications, while condemning attempts to undermine equality. It emphasizes the political implications for both races and parties amid postwar efforts.
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United States
Grant
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N.Y
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Kentucky
Trade and faith in gold amid bohemian moral turmoil
The article discusses hopes for open trade and a gradual return to specie payments, urging stability as the first need for prosperity while gold may resume its decline. It also includes a controversial translation criticizing a Bohemian education piece and a graphic funeral sermon about three children who died in New Jersey, condemning God’s providence and clergy.
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Congress
Pokrek
Ghemarks
Tul
New Jersey
Z“drabeck
Angel Guardian
Baal
Napoleon
Francis Joseph
Grant
Jehovah
God
Treupman
Balinsky
Crine
Diocletian
Boots
Reverend Boots
Decline in Gold Reflects Confidence in National Finance
The piece notes a steady fall in gold prices over weeks, with greenbacks and government credit viewed as improving. It cites Secretary Boutwell's use of gold reserves to blunt speculation, reducing Wall Street gambling and easing burdens on industry.
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Albany
Congress
Boutwell
Wallstreet
Senate
Proceedings of Council Couxyon Chimres March 18 1870
Proceedings of Council on March 18 1870 recount adjournment formalities. Mayor and aldermen present except Hill. Journal read and approved. Finance Committee report approved. Ayers Bros. bill allowed. Rules committee report received and adopted by sections. Officers bonds and other reports reviewed and approved. Cedar Rapids Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1 roll read and confirmed. Alderman Hill motion to appoint leaders and officers discussed. Loach Engineer proposal noted to take effect after successor elected.
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Couxyon Chimres
Puretant
Alderman Hill
Ayers Bros
Ted OE
Hngigeer
Roll of Cedar Rapidy
Baker
Robins
West
Hill
Denlinger
Bill
Suouffer
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Doalinger
Mason P. ‘Mills
Leach
W. B. Stewart
City Committees Appointed and Legal Reform Satire
Aldermen appoint committees on annexation bonds printing and a city attorney. W B Leach is mayor. A speech criticizes Iowa criminal law leniency, arguing fines and jail costs burden cities and calling for harsher penalties and reform. The speaker, Vixyax, questions lawmakers’ priorities and suitablity of the existing code.
Railway expansion and new passenger engines announced
Burlington and Minnesota Railway report rapid business growth with plans to add first and second division rolling stock. A new passenger engine from Hackly Williams arrives, a second car from Barney Smith is due, and an engine named J W Race will join in honor of director J W Trust. Bridge work on Town river progresses as the line nears Watchloo Cedar Falls. Direct connections to Washington Muscatine Davenport Iowa City Des Moines and Chicago Rock Island Pacific are established.
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Burlington
Cedar
Sol
Envy Clewn
J. W. Race
J. W Trust
Vinton
San Enely
Unat
Watchloo
Cedar Falls
Washington
Muscatine
Davenport
Iowa City
Des Moines
Iowa Legislation Briefs Show Rail Tax Debate and Penitentiary Plans
March 15 Iowa acts discuss bills on Deaf and Dumb Asylum funding and a State Normal School, while railroad taxation remains contentious. Petitions urge mental development society tax exemptions. potential new penitentiary sites are proposed with land donations. Adjournment planned for April.
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Iowa
Dalles
Sesart
Sioux City
Atlantic
Rcuty
Gpriocal
Twelfth General Assembly
Mareiso
Towa County
Fragmented 19th Century Local Notices and Oddities
A garbled page-wide jumble lists legislative topics and local notices from Waterloo and beyond. Items include proposed tax and railroad law changes, a Red Jacket Fire Company exemption, a Courthouse resolution for Congress relief, and officer elections for a Rome company. Scattered passages mention marriages, bizarre anecdotes, and a France wedding notice, alongside a retail fortune figure of 60,000.
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Red Jacket Fire Company
Waterloo
Iowa
Turner Societies
Manhey
Congress
Wm. B. Critchfield
Henry GC. Anderson
18Th Town Infantry
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