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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1895
Page
4
Local notes from Reasnor cover Iowa politics, including chairmanships in Congress and potential presidential prospects for Allison, with commentary on Cleveland and bond policy. Community items report church meetings, ice, farming moves, marriages, illnesses, and local arrivals and departures in and around Palo Alto township.
Cleveland advocates a public vote on liquor prohibitions and warns against secret societies. The piece condemns the Mystic Brotherhood scheme to overturn liquor laws and calls for open, fair debate, comparing clandestine groups to the Knights of the Golden Circle and urging Kansas to decide by vote.
The column records illnesses and greetings from residents near Inow and Rex Moines. It mentions visits by Andrew Mitchell and others, church entertainments, W R C officers elected, a farewell for Mrs Dixon moving to Rock Island, court news from Newton, and assorted town anecdotes including a Jackrabbit shot, a missing funds case, and a concert in Runnells.
The Newburg column notes a rainy Christmas, church lightning damage, a Knights of Pythias lodge with twenty six members, and visits from Mrs Lavender and family. Miss Carrie Emmert spends Christmas near Killduff, Japanese lecturer Jokicha Uchida speaks at the church, and local folks await potential war drafts. George McCarell plans a boxing match in Brooklyn, while Emanuel Wolfinger teaches at Newbury school and Wood’s wife’s family join for Christmas dinner.
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