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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1892
Page
3
From the Boston Courier, a poetic meditation on swallows migrating from northern skies to southern climes. The verse ponders whether these birds seek warmer suns and tender loves beyond the chill seas, contrasting northern fidelity with exotic realms and timeless longing.
In a Boston Traveller account from Salem, a privateer crew endures a night gale as the captain keeps the ship from foundering. The master’s calm orders, precise maneuvers, and split-second decisions avert a rocky shore disaster and earn wary admiration from all hands.
A Southern village photographer, running a hidden back room liquor operation, tries to bribe a reluctant child to sit for a photo. The girl demands to see the tiger, quoting her father’s word for illegal tavern, and the plan collapses without a portrait.
A dog receives a plate of meat bones from a kind maid and shares with a hungry jackdaw perched nearby. The jackdaw pleads for a bite, the dog hesitates, then agrees. After feasting, the jackdaw flies off grateful, while the dog reflects on the value of sharing.
Hr Howe and Julia Ward met in Boston after she learned of Laura Bridgman. He, called a modern paladin, and she, a radiant prophetess, fell in love and wed in 1843. The passage frames Julia Ward Howe as a noteworthy figure for her children to recall and emulate.
The ninth annual Michigan bureau of labor report introduces a new land values department with diagrams mapping land and wealth distribution. It argues land ownership concentrates wealth in cities, mines, and forests, while farming remains poorer, and discusses rent as land monopoly price rather than returns to capital or labor.
A discussion on shifting taxation from improvements to land value. It argues current assessments punish industry and proposes a single tax on land value, funded by all, with improvements untaxed. The piece defends land as common heritage and cites the Single Tax League's view of abolishing other taxes for broader justice.
W L Crossman from Koston reports March 16 testimony before the legislation committee on taxation. William Loyd Garrison argues for abolishing personal property taxes in favor of a land site value tax while presenting supporters and endorsers from Worcester Boston Adrian Mich Rockland Worces ter Wellesley Neponset Cambridge and Southboro. Dr Ira Moore counters with a March 17 lengthy argument against the single tax.
Congressman Johnson receives support letters for a single tax bill for the District of Columbia. Congressman Busey, while favoring essential justice, doubts fair application to existing land titles. He introduces a bill to grant federal lands to states with cash rents and ten year revisions, reserving federal ownership and limiting sales.
William Penn and Quakers in America gained influence and reduced slavery through peaceful reform. Quakers valued education and inner light, faced internal conflict over slaveholding, and promoted prison reform and simple living. Their gatherings exuded calm and a generous, clannish culture evident in long Sunday meetings.
An old man muses on a fifty year puzzle why disturbing a neighborhood at 3 a.m. differs from a quiet return with a key. He admits he may never learn the reason while Gamaliel, a novice, pledges to try. The excerpt ends noting those who know Gamaliel trust his start.
A writer in Scribner's notes how fame can cling to small deeds and famous names while many poets stay unknown. He ponders authors of "The Two Corbies" and other songs, and observes that anonymous merit often outlives recognized fame. A stray line warns that a dollar in your pocket beats a lottery ticket.
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