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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1870
Page
2
Readers urge curbs on office buying as political favors flood state and national legislatures. They favor a strong civil service law to require capability, remove dependence on appointing power, and prevent corruption by penalizing promises of subordinate positions for votes.
The piece reviews the Richardson McFarland tragedy noting a not guilty verdict after a lengthy trial. It discusses the tangled relationships, public fascination, and moral judgments, arguing no one is morally clear and condemning none with final certainty. It emphasizes the complexities of love, loyalty, and vengeance in a high profile case.
Des Moines and Marshalltown leaders lobbied to host Parsons College. A Cedar Rapids committee vote, with ninety thousand dollars pledged by citizens and a fifty thousand dollar Parsons legacy, aims to establish a Presbyterian college with about 250000 in seed funding. The project envisions Cedar Rapids as a premier western state institution under Presbyterian care.
On May 14 1879 His Honor the Mayor and the Aldermen met to read and approve minutes. Reports on fire department and city hall progress were considered and time granted. Ordinances were read a second time by title and taken up for action.
G D Epps asks the writer about the alleged making of spectacle glass from minute quartz pebbles. He questions melting temperatures tests, compares to crystal quartz, and whether diamond glasses could outshine other glass. demands direct answers or silence.
An 19th century local report recounts Mrs J W Thompson of Montrose township nursing her sick children after her husband Mr Thompson sought her arrest as a vagrant for lack of visible means. She posted bonds, escaped with him in his wagon, and the tale likens her daring to famed figures Annie and Olive.
The American Sunday School Union reports a huge growth in 1869 1870 with 1585 new Sun Schools in Weigh area 7909 teachers and 65253 scholars. Missionaries aided 4260 schools with 32497 teachers and 273545 scholars for a grand total of 50466 teachers and 28098 scholars. They trained 266073 miles delivered 6847 addresses and visited 91632 homes while distributing 13692 Bibles with Testaments. Since 1624 the society has organized over 60000 Sunday Schools and gathered 2400000 children, sending missionaries to neglected districts and frontier regions to establish Sun Schools. The organization remains a pioneer in Northwestern regions and aims to reach new western and southern fields in Christ’s name.
A dated public sale notice from Marion Iowa details June 1 auction of mares, mules, hogs, and other farm stock. also lists a May 18 advertisement about tax collection penalties and revenue law compliance. seeks an agent in a western county to travel and take orders for teas coffees and spices with a commission and redeemable option.
The article describes General Butler's plan to abolish the income tax and tax wealth instead. It would target invested capital, bonds, dividends, mortgages, legacies, and wealth proceeds, with revenue from stamps, liquor, and tobacco. The aim is to shift tax burden toward the rich while easing the poor and industrious, framed as statesmanlike and popular.
The executive officers of the Iowa Homeopathic Medical Society invite the Homeopathic Physicians of Iowa to meet in Des Moines on Tuesday May 21 to discuss reviving the dormant society since 1962 and improving intercommunication for the profession. Signed by Edward A. Guilberyt, Sen. Iowa State Hon Med Society, Dubuque, May 16, 1870.
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