23 Jul 1868
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Newspaper
Tipton Advertiser
Location
Tipton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1868
Page
1
A Tipton newspaper page snips a humorous poem on a girl who chewed gum and mocks refined manners, then shifts to satirical prose about General Grant and Beecher sermons. It includes playful anecdotes, a calendrical eclipse note, wine making tips, and political commentary on Pendleton bonds and Horatio Seymour.
Iowa General Assembly enacts terms for district court in multi seat counties and authorizes up to four probate terms. It also fixes binding prices for state documents and prescribes appropriations for the Institute for the Blind including building upgrades, furnishings, and wing construction. Approved April 6-7, 1868.
A scanned fragment notes the act’s approval date April 3 1868 and its enactment effective from publication in the Daily Iowa State Register and Daily Iowa Evening Statesman. It records the secretary of state Ed Wright certifying the act’s compliance on April 10 1868. The text reflects formal registration procedures for a public statute in Maine Iowa.
A. D. Richardson argues Grant is misread as merely fortunate and energetic mediocrity. He notes two traits, unimaginativeness and terse, plain speech, contrasting his style with Napoleon and his own blunt army sayings.
A Swiss writer notes Berne customs where a lover’s father acts as wooer to the bride’s parents. He visits and asks if his son’s suit meets their approval, sometimes with elaborate acts such as knocking at a window to plead God’s will that the match proceed.
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