Laughable Halifax visit and election anecdotes
A Halifax school visit prompts a quip about Cincinnati hogs as a Cincinnati friend recalls a humorous regional remark. The excerpt also notes a speech before the Young Men's Christian Association and a dinner-table misunderstanding over curlew at Salt Lake City with farcical dialogue and a lawyerly exchange about age.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Lotteville
H. Thane Miller
Cincinnati
Halifax
Niller
Doctor and Miss Usher Plot a Fateful Union
In a tense parlor scene, Dr Raymond debates a proposal to relocate Miss Usher by pairing her with a young companion, Kitty, while a coy letter from Madilige Usher complicates loyalties. The doctor quietly contemplates a plan to bridge loneliness with a shared future, noting Kitty and Willie’s feelings and the impact on their hearts.
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Dr. Raymond
Bob
Kitty
Miss Usher
Usher
Willie
Census bill fate in Senate and old law details
The census bill passed by the House likely will not be adopted by the Senate. The older law would stand with modifications, assigning U S marshals to district and deputies to census. Districts capped at twenty thousand inhabitants, Muscatine County ~25000 likely Cedar River as divider. Payments for enumerators set per person farm manufactory and mile. Labor could take one to two months.
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Senate
U. S
Muscatine County
Cedar River
Muscatine
Movable pig pen and poultry cures from a late 19th century periodical
Instructions describe a portable hog pen built from timber with runners and a floored section, plus a partitioned enclosure, offering mobility for feeding and dry ground. The piece also lists poultry care tips including onions, red pepper, charcoal, and sitting hens in water, then blends in random notes from Gardener's Magazine and a Vicksburg crowd scene ending with a church sermon prompt.
Iowa Laws Amending Municipal Tax Collection Provisions
The act allows any municipal corporation organized under chapter 51 to by ordinance elect to certify delinquent charges assessments and taxes to the county Auditor for collection by the county treasurer. This follows sections 1068 1069 and 1070 of the 1860 revision and mirrors the tax collection method in an 1870 law amending chapter 51. The measure was approved February 28 1870.
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Iowa
Tenth General Assembly
State of
Iowa Enacts Tax Exemption and Reform School Funding
The act amends section 1763 to exempt labor on highways from pell tax and requires each eligible person to file an annual exemption certificate by April 1 with the city clerk. It also appropriates seven thousand dollars to the State Reform School for Juvenile Offenders and related debt, effective upon publication in Iowa State Register and Des Moines State Standard in March 1870.
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State of
Iowa
Laboe
Swite Register
Os Moines
Daily State Register
The
Statesman
Ep Wriaent
State Reform School
Iowa act changes number words in law text
An 1870 Iowa act amends a section of the laws by replacing the word three with five. The measure, deemed of immediate importance, takes effect on publication in Des Moines newspapers the Daily Town State Register and Daily Des Moines Bulletin with approvals dated March 5 and March 9 1870 respectively.
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State of
Iowa
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Des Moines Bulletin
Des Moines
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State Register
Ep Wriant
Iowa amendment expands rights by adding she to section
Chapter 21 act amends 1860 revision by striking white male and inserting or she in Section 2700. General Assembly approves the change on March 8 1870. The measure shifts civil provisions toward gender inclusivity within Iowa law.
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General Assembly
State of
Iowa
Iowa Twelfth General Assembly Amends Tax and Banking Acts
The chapter amends section ten of Chapter 144 to modify county designation and extend in force until voters decide otherwise. It repeals the Act authorizing General Banking in Iowa from 1858 and 1833 and takes effect upon publication in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Bulletin. Approved March 1870. ED Wright.
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Iowa
Twelfth General Assembly
Lowa
General Assembly
Tuatan
Towa
Iowa State Register
Des Moines Bulletin
Dee Moines Bulletin
ED Wright
Chapter 26 restraint of stock from running at large
Act detailing penalties and remedies for owners of cattle, horses, mules, sheep, and other stock that trespass on cultivated and improved lands. It grants lien rights to landowners, requires compensation for damages, and notes continuation on page 8.
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State of
Iowa
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