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Newspaper
Linn County Register
Location
Marion, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1866
Page
1
The passage recalls old battles over Senate committees and regional dominance. It notes that New England gained influence as the South lost power, with a shift after the North asserted equal rights and ended southern domination. It describes a long dispute over representation and postwar retribution.
The Republican plan demands South Carolina’s representatives be readmitted with federal recognition of state rights to manage domestic affairs. It asserts the Union’s indivisibility is settled and urges revolutionary change in rebel states, including abolition of slavery’s last relic and enactment of equal laws for all.
Attorney General Bissell concludes the Legislature lacks power to limit railroad freight rates though public demand for rate cuts is strong. Gov Stone urges amending the Constitution to strike out white from suffrage, allowing direct final decision by the people. Widow of Senator Douglas remarries Brig. Gen. Williams. General Grant attends and greets guests.
Elderly Sidney Bowen, staying at a Ken tuckyy river house, awoke to a masked intruder attacking him in darkness. Bowen blocked blows, escaped through a window, and raised alarm as the assailant fled. Police consider the attacker a likely thief seeking cash.
Judge Balcom of the New York Supreme Court directs a verdict for $50 plus interest in a case where a captain sued for $400 for lost wearing apparel from a trunk shipped via Express Company. The court allowed the stamped receipt to stand under 1804 law, limiting liability to $50 unless value was declared.
A mixture of satirical printer rules and a casualty tally from Iowa in the Civil War. The State Register lists commissioned officers and enlisted men killed or dying of wounds and disease, with totals and discharges.
Citizens of Iowa City press forward to depose a large woolen mill site on the Iowa River two miles from town. Local leaders push for the Muscatine, Tipton and Anamosa railroad, citing promising prospects. Mayor Hershey loaned 3000 dollars, J Bonnet 1100, and others contributed smaller sums.
The article recounts a potently practical tale of water discovery by digging near rock and earth keeping moist at depth, with a farmer and Patrick predicting water flow. It also extols hogs lard as a waterproof boot treatment, detailing seasonal use and steps to apply multiple coats for pliable boots.
The article juxtaposes biblical parallels with contemporary events. It notes Gov Oglesby returning to Springfield from Decatur and Major General Palmer planning to resume law practice in Carlinville by mid next month. It also mentions a Liberal Conservative Association in Canada led by Hon Geo Monroe advocating British connection and union.
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