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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1896
Page
10
The Newton Record recounts quick hits from science jokes about X rays and cork forests in Algeria, Keely motor patents, a Boston disaster destroying bicycles, and trivial foibles of public figures. It notes weather costs, American promises to travelers, and a Tennessee exposition, with assorted local curiosities.
Judge Iverson of the Superior Court granted a temporary writ restraining Ignace Sindellar from further sale of intoxicating liquors. The hearing followed an incident before the last city election when John Rodeck died from alcohol related coma and exposure. The widow's suits for damages spurred the injunction hearings drawing wide attention.
The article reports Joseph Lyne, a farmer from Otter Creek, in Barnard where a man is found paralyzed by the roadside after claiming to be saved from a wagon seat. Royce, once connected to a love interest, is jailed as a suspect in the alleged crime linked to a girl related to Mrs Frank Hanner. The piece also notes court actions in Jefferson and Indianola, with various accusations and legal proceedings surrounding incidents in March.
A blaze at Zearing destroyed the creamery and its contents on March 27. Owned and operated by E. S. Hoyt, the origin of the fire remains unknown. Insurance coverage of fifteen hundred dollars was carried on the property.
Fire on the fifth floor of I. Harbach furniture house between Fourth and Fifth streets caused extensive stock and building losses estimated near 86000. Water damage flooded stock while upper floors and roof burned. Harbach valued stock at 100000 and said insured for both stock and building.
A roundup of terse reports: farmer Schroeder of Iberttown fatally shot himself by Creek. a street paving project in Creston nears $20,000 with brick for resurfaced avenues. a long marriage ends in divorce as cannabis rumors surface. A City Hoxie sues for separation amid money-collection allegations and a bank note dispute resolved after a grand jury indictment of Thompson. Clinton witnesses recount a skiff voyage where Doty drowns and others survive. United States court in Council Bluffs sees a tense counterfeiting case with a mob-like clash after a witness testifies. Ottumwa man J. J. Hammond loses a hand in an accidental shooting. Harry Mauer dies after a duck-hunting accident near Pleasant Valley.
Dispatches from March 28 describe insurgents avoiding engagements, focusing on arson, with Spain sending thousands of troops. Maceo leads central rebel forces, Massa in the south, Lacret near Havana, and bands of pillagers operate. Five murderers garroted in Cay, amid military presence. Times correspondent notes Turkey’s sultan pressing Egypt on Soudan rescue. St. Petersburg report warns Swissbury policy strains Franco Russian ties. English diplomacy feared to outmaneuver France.
Captain Nicholson reports the Matabele country outside a fifteen mile radius is in revolt. He warns the situation is large and will require a strong force to quell the Mutoppo district.
Sailor conflict off Isle of Pines as American schooner William Todd is fired upon by Spanish gunboats. Proclamations open Red Lake and White Earth reservations in Minnesota for settlement May 1. Execution date set for the Taylor brothers murder case near Milan. Reports of thefts near Selma and a church-related fine. Tugboats haul a mile-long raft of yellow pine logs from North Carolina to Philadelphia.
The Iowa was launched at Cramp's shipyard in Kensington on a Saturday with over twenty thousand spectators. Miss Mary Lord Drake christened the vessel, costing about $1,000,000, and it will require nearly five hundred men. The gun battery includes four inch eight inch and six four inch breech rifles along with several smaller guns. Governors and lawmakers attended the ceremony.
The report outlines a day in Congress with Hoar seeking access to 1813 to 1814 dispatches on Cuba, Mills arguing for forceful possession of Cuba, and various bills advancing or stalling. It notes the senate’s work on appropriations, a death penalty repeal bill in DC, liquor regulation, army navy officer eligibility, and a ship canal survey. Adjournments follow as debates continue.
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