Federal Census Details for Cedar County 1870
The Cedar county schedule outlines the 1870 Federal Census districts, North and South, naming census takers Mathew Springsteed of Clarence and Henry Reigart of Tipton. It describes enumeration duties, compensation, travel allowances, penalties for noncompliance, and officials meeting at Cedar Rapids on May 4. Also reports embezzlement pardon, box elder sugar, Davenport fire loss, Keesecker death, and a Hardin County note on a man born without ears with skull based hearing.
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Cedar County
Pioneer
Freemont
Dayton
Springfield
Fairfield
Massilon
Linn
Red Oak
Cass
Gower
Center
Inland
Farmington
Magir Creek
Rochester
Iowa
Oprinadale
Anne
Mathew Springsteed
Clarence
Henry Reigart
Tipton
Secretary of the Interior
Dee Moines
Tnuber
Andrew Keesecker
Dubuque Terald
Old Settlers’ Association
Hardin County Sentinnel
Iowa Items Highlight Ban on Ale and Local Ventures
Mt Pleasant bans ale wine beer and billiard tables. Barrett’s Miraculous Hair Restorative claims frost damage results near Keokuk and Des Moines area claims fruit unharmed. J L Reed buys Wilton Gault House while J Tomlinson moves to Topeka. A Burlington girl finds a blue bird incubating two eggs. German Junkers in Grundy county shun voting but are respected. State Register pledges to help Des Moines contribute to Soldiers’ Reunion funds.
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Mt. Pleasant
Barrett’s
Keokuk
Barrett's
Des Moines
Barrett
J. L. Reed
Wilton
J. Tomlinson
Topeka
Kansas
Burlington
Melrose
Grundy County
State Register
Des Molins
Staard
Soldiers’ Reunion
Snow in Indiana and Slow Congress Adjournment
Five inches of snow fell in Indiana around Lafayette on Easter Sunday, while Congress appears unlikely to adjourn before July 1. The Supreme Court dismissed the legal tender cases without action. New York saw 4412 immigrants land in one day aboard five steamers, signaling a larger year ahead. Southern Illinois reports crops only slightly harmed by a sudden cold snap, with potential for unusually large berry and fruit harvests if frosts stay away. Chandler urges aid for Winnipeg allies and protection against British troops in their campaign. Naturalization laws still distinguish by color, as Sumner pushes to repeal 1803 restrictions. talk of striking "white" from naturalization rules gains support and may be reported Augouead.
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Congress
United States Supreme Court
New York
Illinois
Chandler
Senate
Administration
Winnipeg
Canada
Republic
Sumner
Judiciary Committee
Trumbull
Oddities and sharp turns in early Minnesota book trade
A book agent boasts of a savage misadventure to push sales in Minnesota while a farmer near Girard Ohio kills a groundhog with strychnine. crows eat the carcass and die, a dog later devours the bones. A Boston- area fright about chignon insects prompts a shaved head. Governors Merrill Butler and Fairchild urge a free waterway from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan to cut freight costs. A giant Dubuque cargo ships 55,000 bushels wheat and 42,000 bushels oats to Europe. Antelope uses Iowa coal. New York City teachers petition to restore corporal punishment in public schools.
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Washington
Merrill
Iowa
Butler
Nebraska
Fairchild
Wisconsin
House Committee On Commerce
Congress
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Fox
Dubuque
Europe
Orleans
Fort Dodge
Platt Smith
Lona
Register
Public Schools of
New York City
Board of Education
Richardson McFarland Trial and Salem Lynching Report
A mixed column references the Richardson McFarland trial dragging two weeks with a likely insanity plea and possible acquittal. It notes Sheriff identifications, a lynching aftermath, and calls for punishment of the assassin. Also included is a short coastal message about a Boston sinking hoax, plus medical quack notices and hair care ads warning against nitrate of silver products.
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Richardson-McFarland
McFarland
Richardson
Evening Globe
Calhoun
Ff Daniel McFarland
Cornwall
Boston
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Gly Sipton Iavertiser
L. Longley, Borror
Indiana
Lafayette
Minnesota
Chilson
Girard
Ohio
Charlestown
Mass
Salem
Rogers
Sheridan
Johnson
Henry J. Brown
Plaintif
District Court of Against Cedar Co
Charlotte A. Brown
District Court
County of
Cedar
Plainti
Warner
Werser
Arner
Sean
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Wine OF Life
Warener
Emmenagogue
Drugeista
McNamara & Lytle
D. R. Prine
A. M. Kirk & Co
Western
I. Bena
Valencia
St. Louis
Kirk
Frazer
Chicago
Fresh Garden & Flower SE
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