Iowa Senate debate over usury laws and district funding
Des Moines March sessions cover bills on hospital salary, record fees, and school books, with defeats and engrossments. Debates focus on reducing usury, interest rates, and funding school bonded indebtedness amid adjournments and amendments.
British Arctic expedition sails in May next
A May departure is planned for the British Arctic expedition as reports confirm the move. Other items note President approves Major Reno dismissal and several fires causing heavy losses in North America and Virginia.
Local Iowa Briefs Include Fires Crimes and Industry
Burlington reports nine cooper shops with about forty coopers. The wife of District Judge McHenry died in Des Moines on the 14th. Boots and shoes have declined 5 to 10 percent in Boston since December. The U S Consul notes profitable cattle exports to parts of France. An 80 year old McGregor resident died while chopping wood. Judge Green plans an opera house for Cedar Rapids seating two thousand. In 1879 an Iowa City firm bought 37,000 in horses shipped to Massachusetts and Minnesota. A Dubuque County miner was fatally injured by a blast. The B C R pay car was ditched at Morning Sun after a broken rail on March 16. Cedar Rapids burglars strike shops. small booty taken. Mrs Woedal of Linn County dies after ovarian tumor removal weighing 76 pounds. The Ferguson residence in Floyd County burned March 17 from a defective flue. Plans for a second Iowa five companies tournament at Marshalltown June 8 9 10. Four men jailed in Chicago for wrecking freight cars. four others discharged. A Cedar Rapids cooper Charles Hotter attempted suicide March 15 losing an eye. A Dubuque youth fined 100 for game law violations at New Albia. Greene and Bennett buy controlling stake in Cedar Rapids and Marion street railway. Dr John Clark of Keokuk Gate City dies in Mt Sterling March 15. Secretary Thompson says the Constellation cannot bring back emigrants from Ireland.
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A Colorado Romance Ends In Wedding On Horseback
Mrs. L B Wright recounts a Leadville wedding tale from Granite in Chaffee county where Mrs. A E Watson and George Rouak wed after a riding mishap. Wright, injured, insisted the ceremony proceed with a judge uniting the couple while she rode back to Buena Vista.
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Quip About Sampson and Philistines Turns on Bold Boast
A company of scapegraces boast they will take Sampson along to slay a thousand Philistines. The pious old man Sampson replies that to do so he would have to borrow their aw bone, underscoring his disbelief.
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Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Adic Winter Cold Remedy
An old ad urges readers to combat seasonal colds with Dr Bull's Cough Syrup claiming it as a sure and safe remedy. The note notes a price of 25 cents and promotes relief from common cold symptoms during rainy and cold months.
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Population shift to cities in the 19th century
A retrospective note traces urban growth in the United States from 1800 to 1870, showing rising shares of residents living in cities over 8000 people and predicting a Census 1880 count near 12 million in cities versus 8 million previously.
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Inquiry Reveals Family Hardship and Illness
A good man questions a poor street child about her mother and father. The child reveals the mother is dead and the father is sick with a sore finger. The questioning continues, noting the lack of money for a knife to amputate.
Hop Bitters advertised in Burlington Hawkeye
Workingmen are urged to cleanse and strengthen their system before spring work to prevent ague bilious fever or spring sickness. One bottle of Hop Bitters per month is recommended to save time sickness and expense, per the Burlington Hawkeye advertisement.
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Why She Horsewhipped Him
A Bethlehem man borrows a dollar from his girlfriend, uses it to buy tickets for another girl, prompting the woman to confront him after a show. She administers a sidewalk whipping, warning him not to borrow her money again. The piece ends with a thrift moral about funding dates at pawn shops.
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Bethlehem
Small girl speaks of singing with angels in Gilbert and Sullivan
A young girl reflects on dying and joining angels but doubts she will sing much as she knows only a few songs from Pinafore. She mentions her familiarity with a song or two from the operetta.
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