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Newspaper

Newton Record

Location

Newton, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1895

Page

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Meeting of Blue and Gray Reunites at Shiloh Battlefield

Comrade Everly recounts a April reunion of Union and Confederate veterans at Shiloh with visits to the National Cemetery and battlefield sites. The trip from Newton via Iowa Central and Wabash roads includes speeches by Gen Prentiss and Gen Buell, notes on monuments, and reflections on postwar Tennessee and Kentucky.

J. M. Rayburn A. Lufkin Newton Shiloh Rayburn Iowa Central Wabash St. Louis Mr. Lufkin Paducah Kentucky St. Charles Missouri Mississippi River St.Louis Chicago City of Paducah Iowa Illinois Col. Page Fourth Tennessee Captain McAllister Joliet McAllister Col. Kinkade Des Moines Cairo Tennessee Johnsonville Nashville & Memphis Atlanta Forrest Sherman Pittsburg Landing National Cemetery FE. D. Duncan N. Johnson W. H. Byerly Wm. Hart George McKeever Wm. Easterly E. D. Duncan John M.skill Third Iowa Infantry Congress Col. C. Cadle Cincinnati Ohio D. C. Buell R. F. Looney Shiloh Church Prentiss and Buell Harris Wheeler Johnson Buell Grant Gen. Prentiss West South Capt. Kirkpatrick J.B. Everly

Newton Council Adopts Superintendent Gates and Curfew Talk

The Newton council approved renaming city clerk A C Gates as Superintendent Gates after a satire on duties. A plan to trial two boiler cleaners was approved and bids for city printing reworked with dual political papers in mind. A Stillwater curfew ordinance inspired Newton to consider similar action and a sidewalk project on Washington street was debated. The death of Fred Miller at 25 shocked the town, with funeral set for Sunday afternoon.

Committee On Ways and Means Myers B. J. Arnold Newton Arnold A. C. Gates Gates Col. Meyer Hayward Cook Brevier John Brunner Committee On Armstrong Connelly Anna Wilson Samuel Failor Seymour Washington Street Judiciary Committee Stillwater Minn Northwest Fred Miller Jesse Miller Fred California L. A. Gates Fred Lehnhoff Plattsmouth Neb Gertie Gates Robert E. Miller

Obituaries Chronicle Two Local Venerable Jasper County Residents

Hugh Montgomery Murphy a longtime Monroe area settler died April 16 near Bellevue church following a Civil War service and farming life. Ross A. Tait aged 75 died after months of illness. he moved to Jasper County in 1856 and Newton in later years, with funeral at Congregational church.

Monroe Iowa Hugh Montgomery Murphy Mr. Murphy Knox County Tenn Pella Jasper County Miller Newton Crocker Bellevue Church Hihome Co. B J.B Everly DS. Stoves Henry Kissel B. Battels J. L. Mathews John A. Seaton J. R. Wheeler Geo. Bb. Hunter Murphy M. E. Church Havell Ross A. Tait Ross Mr. Tait Pennsylvania Lawrence County Isabella Sherer N. W. Lewis William Lincoln Nebraska Ross Tait Congregational Church C. (. Harrah

Not Their Fault Says Subscriber About Postmasters

A letter from a subscriber urges caution toward publisher statements blaming Democratic postmasters for mail delays. The writer notes letters sitting in a post office near Newton for a month before their intended recipient received them, suggesting fault lies with delays rather than the party.

Kennington Newton

Kennedy Charged With Attempted Murder In McDonald Street Store

J C Kennedy was arrested Monday after allegedly inviting John Smith to a second story room in Kennedy store on McDonald street opposite the First National bank. Kennedy drew a revolver claiming slander and a confrontation ensued, Smith escaped after a struggle. Bond set at 1000 for appearance and 3000 to keep the peace. Kennedy waived examination and was held to the grand jury.

J.C. Kennedy John Smith Smith Kennedy McDonald Street First National Bank

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Comrade Everly U.S. Grant Albert Sidney Johnson G. T. Beauregard Editor Record Pere Re City Printing
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