Just Railroad Tariff Rate Question Looms in Iowa Case
Gov. Larrabee challenged C B & Q over coal haul charges from Lunas county fields to Glenwood and Council Bluffs. Commission ruled short haul pay must not exceed long haul, railroads altered rates claiming no remuneration. Debate centers on who defines a just rate and who profits.
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Iowa Railroad Commissioners
Larrabea
Lunas County
Glenwood
Deal and Club Asylum
Council Bluffs
Ghandou
Railroads
Congress
Commissionera
Tribune
Philadelphia
Puck
Galveston
Trouble over whisky business in Des Moines boils over
Des Moines faces turmoil in liquor trading after Constable Pierce seizes a large liquor shipment from Hubbard Hess & Co. A constable was killed, and the case moves through courts. Judge Conrad struggles with an injunction it cannot overturn, while J E Pierson accuses Judge Morse of conflicting interests. The controversy threatens prohibition credibility as the case draws scrutiny from higher authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Pierce
Hubbard, Hess & Co
Conrad
Puzzled R. R. Men and Lawyers
A Burlington Hawkeye excerpt critiques the interstate commerce bill noting its ambiguities and likely lawsuits. It cites confusion over excursion tickets, convention rates, and whether rail and express companies are treated as common carriers, predicting many legal puzzles for commissioners and railroads.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Agmp
Washington Letters Reflect Congressional Turbulence and Change
The letter discusses plans for an extra session of the fiftieth congress, criticism of speaker Carlisle, and concerns over leadership and party strength. It notes presidential discretion to convene Congress, the impact of arrangements in the House, and mixed views on Cleveland administration amid party shifts. The writer also shifts to personal notes about farming in Dakota, river conditions, and local markets.
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Regmr
Washington
Congress
House
Carlisle
Randall
Appropriations
Treasury
Edmunds
Rome
Ste
Tom Thavnt
Agib
Missouri
Beecher as 4 pinancter and biographical tribute
Burrell of the Washington Iowa Press offers a two and a half column review of J. W. Beecher. The piece praises the dignified, unprejudiced portrayal of Beecher as a man and preacher while noting financial oddities and disputed estate figures.
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Burrell
Washington, Iowa
J. W. Beecher
Rev. Beecher
Divine
Burrel
Beecher
Boston
Chicago
Bo Ingersol
Far West Life Portrayed in Cedar Rapids Letter
A Cedar Rapids resident writes from Dakota about fresh air and active exercise. The private letter offers a vivid glimpse of life in the far west, presenting public interest through personal experience and observations.
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Cedar Rapids
Dakota
Far West
Tae Wannnn
Tsk Marsh
Ley
Remarkable English progress of a fourteen year old student
A Fairfax writer shares four letters by his niece, a Belgian schoolgirl barely speaking English, showing her steady progress from January 1845 to February 1887. The notes describe schooling in Neufvilles, family letters, travel excitement, and hopes to better understand English through newspapers and schooling with Belgian and German peers.
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E. Gefelgure
Fairfax
Belgium
Gadar Riplds
Consin
Rose
Wherry
Charles
Cherise
Neufvilles
Rosate
Johnie
Nwufvilles
Julianne
Julia
Eugenie
Rosalie
Linade
America
Cedar Rapids
Early Earthquakes and Miscellaneous News Snippets
A long, mixed brood of notes and excerpts from a late 19th century page. It includes a discussion of ancient Britain’s primeval seas and sedimentation, brief items about charitable gifts, marriages, aging feats, and local anecdotes, plus short quips and light jokes from various U.S. papers. The tone mirrors a bustling reader page with eclectic items and gendered humor.
Striking contrasts and quirky tales in old newspaper snips
A collage of odd anecdotes and brief notices from a historic paper. It opens with a parable about a business partnership between talent and capital ending in a symbolic coffin, then a humorous piece about a silver spoon baby budget, and finally a string of short items: Dickens’s son visiting America, a blind ex-governor turned senator, a 1756 Christ Church marriage record, a Dakota claim story, and idle Philadelphia gossip about tall women in fashion society.
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Aichartes Dickens
America
Davis
Minnesota
Chicago Tribune
Christ Church
Philadelphia
John Dodd
Mary Fish
William Sturgeon
Stanley
Waterbury
Philadelphis
Science and Industry Notes From The Gazette
The Manufacturers Gazette highlights dust from grindstones for brass valve grinding, a hematite ore bed near Tuscaloosa, leather casters, papier mache from clipped paper, wool fat transformed to ceroid, manganese steel magnetism minimal with high strength, Canadian farms near the Northwest line, cotton plant bark for a coloring matte, ink restoration with ammonium sulfide, celebrated brain tumor removals in England, a novel turbine water wheel, and a Syracuse man fined for his wife’s sharp tongue.
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Tuscaloosa
France
Canada
Territories
Canadian Pacific Railway
England
Boston
Syracuse
N. X
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Syd
R. R
OUR
Cheldres
Daar Mela
Angle
Waller
Britain
Europe
Ebaing
Scandinavia
Finland
Arctic
North America
Trish Sea
Lisiek
Waterford
Pembrokeshire
Scotland
Dfiss
Catharine W. Bruce
New York
Eva Courtwright
Norristown
Coffey
Philadelphia Press
Julia Long
Marietta
Whidby
Cobb County
Atlanta Constitution
Blain
Rhoads
Bowerstown
Fittaburgh Post
Elaine Goodale
Hampton
Lower Brok
White
Miss Gandale
Olcago Herald
Burlington Free Press
Blobson
Blohson
Amdora Baphemly Medudr
Norretown Herald
Rastus
Heiné
Smif
Algy
Jug
D. Pierce
Nolady
Frice
Bydruggista
Awelling
Haines
Oldzn Spaclag
Race St
Cincinnati
Obio
Tome
Kacy
Buan
Kate
Robin
Gunten
Louise
Rachel
Hall
Ruth
Jennie
Jack’s Parewell
Polly
Tur
Ewer News Co
Ewis
N.Y
Sir John Macdonald
San Francisco
Chroniale
Oe Science and Industry
Zaail
Cox
Cms
H. HaLvert & Co
Portland
Emo
Aiwiy
Times Office
Fiksi Cass
MANN
Efer
Devendorf & Mann
Second Avenue
THE
Cedar Rapids Times
South Second St
G. Aohler
North First Street
Mapias
Iowa
Atlas OF the World
Penny Weekly
Sinclair & CO
Cepan Rarive
Towa
Pork Packers
Eureka
Third Avenue
First Street
Third St
Thirteenth Avenue
Photograph Gallery
Iowa State Agricultural Society
Alors
Pirst Avenue
Wea, Allbulln & CU
Bates
Wiley
Lefesure
Ovus
Thor
Ousyly
Klinots
Fyissneln
Milwaukee
Pru Ranaway
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