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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
2
Born houses of the legislature passed a law capping sheriff boarding fees at 12 cents per meal, with county boards of supervisors empowered to regulate charges. In local jails the daily diet will likely drop from quail and toast to simpler fare under the new rule.
Senator Hoar introduces a measure to move presidential inauguration and senatorial term expirations from March 4 to April 30 to avoid bad weather and sickness. He notes Washington inaugurated on April 30, suggesting a return to original practice.
The state senate members include lawyers 20 farmers 7 bankers 6 merchants 4 physicians 4 editors 8 civil engineers 1. The house lists farmers 40 lawyers 17 bankers 10 merchants 10 physicians 5 editors 4 real estate men 3 lecturers 3 mechanics 2 contractors 2 druggists 1 county officer 1 manufacturer 1 miner 1.
Treasury figures show US currency in circulation on July 1, 1896 totaled 1 506 434 966 dollars and on January 1, 1898 reached 1 721 100 640 dollars. About 100 million in gold 10 million in standard silver dollars and 50 million in silver certificates contributed to the increase. John McNarey of Union township Guthrie county reports a theft reward tale where a man fled after a disturbance revealing a team wagon and 300 chickens left in his barnyard with no claims by Wednesday.
The Senate's handling of the silver payment resolution suggests that drastic financial legislation in this Congress is unlikely. President McKinley's conservative idea to keep in Treasury all redeemed notes in gold and allow national banks to expand circulation to match bonds deposited with the Treasury appears the only plan with a chance of action now.
The new law did not change tax timing. Taxes are due at the county treasurer on the first Monday in January and delinquent March 1. They may be paid before April 1 without penalty, or half before April 1 with the remainder due October 1. Road tax must be paid in full with the first installment. if no part is paid by April 1, the whole incurs 1 percent per month from March 1.
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues for a new rule to avoid requiring twelve jurors to agree on every detail before justice. It cites the Novak case as a likely example of why reform is needed.
The Cedar Rapids suggestion to alter the jury system has stirred debate but yielded no practical result. The piece notes opposition to granting life or liberty decisions to a single juror, insisting the current twelve‑person consensus remains essential despite changes over time.
The United States government promoted corn through agents in Europe to popularize johnnie cake mush and corn bread. By 1897 Europe imported 186 million bushels, with shipments continuing weekly. Ireland’s famine relief once failed to use corn, but now American corn reaches even remote areas, boosting the American corn belt farmers.
A playful glimpse of Southern life notes doctors who are pastors, a law yer who farms, a Mobile furniture man named Glass, and an undertaker editor who handles both living and dead customers. Merchants tote goods in sacks with strings, sell corn meal by the peck, apples by the dozen, and drive their own small wagons. A Green Grocery meat market opens only two days weekly, with a horn blown to summon customers. FRANK WoopROW. Mrs. Wm. Adamson seeks to trade her town homestead for farm property. 212.
A lingering cough resists remedies and calls for energetic sensible treatment. The text notes cod liver oil as a standard preparation for twenty five years. It reflects a period view on persistent coughs and traditional remedies.
The advertisement claims Scott’s Emulsion cures throat and lung ailments by a partially digested cod liver oil that strengthens the body, with heart and nerves helped by the harit glycrine soothing irritation. It urges readers to ensure the wrapper shows man and fish, price one dollar, at all druggists.
Masso a naturalized American citizen and major general in Cuba's former wars, rises as president amid claims of lifelong anti Spanish sentiment. He and his brothers once allied with Garcia’s band, later reconciled with Spain, then returned to conflict. He is described as highly intellectual yet numerically challenged, cosmopolitan, with a white wife from Key West.
The essay argues that love has a private language, seen more in eyes and glances than words. Only lovers truly understand it, with Cupid as a metaphorical author. Its beauty rests in simplicity, where gestures and monosyllables matter more than language itself.
The Boston Transcript reports a Paris Temp le quarter legacy of 10 francs for its elementary schools upon the death of a cat. The cat’s mistress, who died in 1892, left the funds to care for the pet with a reversion to the district if the cat died. The cat lived 16 years and outlived its mistress by five years, reflecting trustee honesty.
A Chicopee Mass dispatch reports Edward Bellamy, famed author of Looking Backward and Equality, will soon relocate to Denver. Bellamy has suffered poor health for some time, and friends believe the move will help him.
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