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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1870
Page
2
The article argues Republicans must stay mobilized and vocal to counter Democratic gains and independent moves. It urges a robust statewide canvass, skilled speakers, and disciplined organization to prevent Democratic expansion and preserve party strength into 1870.
The article argues the Republican administration and Congress restored insurrectionary states, defended the Fifteenth Amendment, and improved revenues, debt, retrenchment, and pensions. It praises party strength, criticizes grand strategy, urges confidence, and asserts Republicans hold advantageous, victory-ready position for the 1872 campaign.
A column argues Republicans hold a stronger wartime record and Democrats cling to a failed peace image. It cites 1864 1869 campaigns as proof and warns the new negro suffrage issue rekindles old tensions. John P Wish and the Democratic State Press weigh in on party strategy and unity.
The new Carriage Manufactory of an oay ye located on South Avenue features a basement blacksmith shop a second floor salesroom and a paint stop woodwork area. Capable of turning out five hundred carriages per year the enterprise by Messrs Tindale and Miller earns praise for quality and finish using the best Eastern material. Local officials note the firm brings important industry to Horrible Death of W. H. Shipman.
The city of Metz stands as a premier fortress near the Moselle about 200 miles northeast of Paris and 100 miles north of Strasbourg. It houses gates with drawbridges, seventeen bridges, a large cannon factory, and a lace and army clothing industry. The population is around 50,000, with an arsenal stockpiling 80,000 muskets for emergencies.
The last Congress passed acts aiding soldiers and sailors, credit claimed by Republicans. About $2,000,000 commutation money from Quakers for the draft was moved to support the National Soldiers Home. Pensions were made quarterly with no deductions, and officers with honorable discharges could retain proofs. Land grants were offered in quarter-sections with railroad access, and the Nation’s cemeteries were placed under full government control for protection.
Dispatches from London and Paris describe Franco Prussian clashes around Paris Chalons Metz and Strasbourg with Prussian advances feared and French resistance said to be stiffened. Reports cite plans for counter moves by McMahon and Bazaine. Paris remains under tense siege while observers note hoped peace talks.
A garbled OCR spread lists varied items including references to papal bulls, New York debt figures, American production potential, Mount Washington weather notes, and political figures like McMahon. It blends economic, climate, and political fragments with scattered names and numbers, lacking coherent narrative or clear event.
The NewsWork Tribune notes Democrats seeking a House majority, warning of a treasury raid if Indiana turns Democratic. It covers Berlin and Paris dispatches on war, Prussia's advances, and German morale. The census lists Michael Hileman at over 103, enjoying croquet and preaching.
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