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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1887
Page
3
A controversial polemic argues that self restraint and thrift yield success, condemning perpetual seeking of pleasure. It praises temperance groups like Father Matthews Society in Keokuk and asserts that young Irish-Americans who avoid liquor become property owners and business leaders.
An analysis by labor statistician Atkinson argues that cotton mills reveal workers often receive larger profit shares than capitalists. He notes labor costs 255000 while materials and expenses total 755000, leaving only 6000 for the capitalist in a prosperous year, and questions claims of systematic robbery by capitalists.
Before the inter state commerce law, railroads occasionally fought over rates but never caused lasting ruin. The bouts were to relieve monotony, with lines slashing rates until each showed what it could do when pushed to the limit.
An editorial dissecting pooling in railroads notes prohibition penalties and mounting fines, then reports a push by traffic managers for cooperative rules. It observes growing competition as smaller lines resist rate cuts and predicts benefits of rivalry for travelers and shippers. It also quips at editor treatment by railroad executives and mocks a Chicago editorial encounter.
The State Register rebuts Democratic claims that new state crime figures prove no crime reduction from saloon closings. It notes higher convictions last year, subtracts 637 saloon cases, and quotes Governor Larrabee praising prohibition’s effects on drunkenness crime and state revenues.
The Des Moines Register notes with pride the twenty one years of continuous service of editor J. Clarkson and Clarkson family at the paper. Clarkson rose from foreman of the news room to editor, praising their bold, tireless journalism that transformed the State Register into a leading Iowa daily and one of the region's strongest papers.
State papers report widespread short weight in flour sacks from many mills and foreign shipments. Legislators are urged to pass laws protecting the public, while also tackling alleged apple frauds in westbound shipments. Fruit should be marked by grade and sold accordingly.
Patents granted to citizens of Iowa reported for the Tuas by C A Snow and So Patent Lawyers opposite U S Patent Office Washington D C J We Albright Burlington sworn 4 pad fastener Win Poison Luzerne frame and square B Dawson Angus rock and enak rill FG Johnson Waukon corn plenum ters Wm Kegler Bellevue pump Rt Pember EB P Snedigar Maybard pocket writing case T CG Stearns Cedar Rapids device for testing acids A Stackdale Walroth carpet stretcher
A fragmented reminiscence tone portrays a troubled child’s sleep and parental warnings. The text shifts to announce a newly formed Band of Trained and Baichfal Narvey in New York and an interview with 698 of Thaler Namer.
An interview describes a Roman Catholic order of 1,500 sisters with 130 houses across Europe and the Americas. Led by a Mother Superior General in Troyes, France, the order operates clinics, nurses patients at home and in travel, and sent sisters to Boston and other cities. They rely on charitable gifts, not patient payment, and emphasize strict training and long service before distant assignments.
Local residents have collected one dollar for supporting a baseball club. Marghailtown opts out of the Northwestern baseball league alliance for the year. Fifty Dubuque school children petition for a vacation to attend soldiers reunion. A column discusses health and a physician’s prescription. A bread price dispute appears among Dubuque bakers. A stockholders meeting notice from Tower Balls and Stottx City Railroad Company outlines director election and business matters for May day.
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