Iowa City a Contribution to the Early History of Iowa
Iowa City a Contribution to the Early History of Iowa
Shambaugh, Benjamin Franklin, 1871-1940
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Kirkwood bought an interest in these mills. And it was from this industry that he was afterwards called to become Iowa's srreatest Governor and most honored citizen. The Beginnings of Municipal Life. 5 1 Local Politics. In early times Iowa City was an enthusiastic Whig town. Every one was interested in politics, for the "machine" and "ring" were then unknown. Men, however, did not seem to be so broad in their political view^s as they were later on. This narrowness was strikingly reflected in th...e editorials of the press, which were often insulting and scurrilous. Being a Whig town the victory of William Henry Har- rison was commemorated by an "Illumination. " "The hearts of the people, " it is said, "were given over to utter joyousness. Almost every habitation was resplend- ent with light. The square, the park, the avenue, indeed the whole city was one grand mass of embodied light from nine o'clock until about midnigrht. Men became boys and played their antics over again. Every move- able thing became a sleigh and every locomotive was put in requisition to give them impetus.
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