Iowa City Legislators Convene In New Session
Correspondent reports the Iowa General Assembly organized pro tem then permanently. Senate chose E. Lowe as President while House elected G. Temrre as Speaker. Governor Hempstead inaugurated. mass printing of messages and newspapers criticized. Rail road convention and statutory revision plans loom. Muscatine City charter introduced.
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la. Cossitr
Burlington
Iowa City
General Assembly
Senate
E. Lowe
Desmoines
P. B. Bra
Hoorox
Marion
J. Fivzrarnicx
Dubuque
Keyr
Lee
Greene
Wappello
House
S. Hempstead
Parvin
Muscatine
Muscatine, Washington and Oskaloosa Road
Babbit
Congress
Mason
Woodward
Fours, &c
Nick
Ames to Boston rail scheme fades in Iowa City
From Our Correspondent Iowa City 1850 discussion centers on the Legrand line disruption from Davenport to Iowa City. The piece notes saloon closures and a shift away from fashionable amusements as lawmakers focus on governance and fiscal restraint. Governor elect Stephen Hempstead delivers inaugural remarks urging constitutional fidelity and republican principles.
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Iowa City
Deeth
Dr. Sin
Davenport
Mud Creek
Moscow
Capitol
Ramose
Iowa
Fulton
Boston
John
General Assembly
Stephen Hempstead
State of
Yankee Captain Seizes Mexican Privateer Prize El Volador
Captain Ben Bobstay in command of the brig White Cloud blocks and boards the Mexican privateer El Volador after a night action. Robert Renshaw leads a stealth boarding party and captures the prize containing about $200,000 in funds. The brig returns to Charleston in ten days, then Bobstay marries and settles in Massachusetts with substantial wealth and respectability.
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Tropics
Baltimore
Atlantic
Ben Bobstay
Bobstay
Maine
Robert Renshaw
East Indies
Renshaw
Cook
Havana
Charleston
Massachusetts
Seven Saw Mills Planned for St. Anthony Dam
A. W. Taylor, proprietor, announces a contract to build seven superior saw mills occupying all half frames below the dam at St. Anthony Minnesota. Total cost for the dam repair and mills is 85000 dollars. Frames to be erected next summer with three mills running by September and all seven operational within a year from next April.
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Lawser Marr
Missisota
A. W. Taylor
St. Anthony
Minnesota
Bedtime Wisdom of the Poor in Night’s Quiet
A fragment venerates sleep as life-sustaining without needs for fire food or clothing. It notes the poor feel kingly when they lie down and that rest requires only waking for half the time. The passage emphasizes bed as shelter and solace amid hardship.
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Douglas Dunsmore
Main ST
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Charles Nealley
WM. McOrmick
Chestnut
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Porter & Lucas
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Sixth and
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Locust Streets
Pappoose Bridge
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Muscatine, Iowa
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K. D. Page
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LFA
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Odd Fellow’s
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Col. Benton
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