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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1897
Page
4
The article notes William McKinley will be inaugurated Thursday of next week. It discusses strong home markets and favorable world markets implying good prices and a steady outlook for corn exports. It also mentions the Virginia legislature making few changes to the Code and staying cautious amid revision.
The Kentucky governor will appoint a Republican senator to succeed Blackburn shortly after March 4, when Blackburn’s term expires. The appointee will be the forty-third senator expected to back tariff and other party measures in the extra session.
The speaker brands Markets of the World the worst fraud on the public after four years of pursuit. They admit that sustaining the scheme would require selling at beggarly prices and accepting shoddy cloth, concluding the home market suffices for American farmers.
The piece attacks Grover Cleveland and Secretary Olney for four years of misrule. It accuses them of channeling liberal trade policies, failing to veto the Wilson bill, and surrendering US rights in Cuba. It argues their diplomacy invites war with Spain unless Americans accept dishonor and meekly submit.
Geo E Roberts counters McKinley and Republican pledges from the recent campaign, listing numerous promises not made. He argues the party did not guarantee confidence after a loan risk disclosure, immediate restoration of boom values, or swift hard currency flow to Western lenders, among other points.
In a Dubuque Times reflection the author argues that the Republican Party’s core principles remain constant whether it loses or wins on election day. The piece suggests that the party’s tenets broaden over time to support wider moral development, material growth, and expanded liberty for the people, regardless of electoral fortunes.
REASNOR residents report Harry Bean and family moving to Reasnor to run a meat market, filling a long unmet need. O H France of Murray visits with sons before returning to Clark Co. John H Martin moves into Mrs. Wallace Martin’s property and plans painting and paper hanging. Mrs. A Dowling returns to Omaha, renting her farm to Howard McCullough. Mrs. John Laird improves after a doctor visit. Harness dealer B B Trout advertises low prices and repairs. Mrs. H Bales visits from Eldora, health concerns noted. Leonard France ships two carloads of hogs to Chicago. E R Lathem and wife recover from La Grippe. Hiram Williams relocates from Marion Co with furniture to his new home. David Decker mentioned from Fairview town.
A compact item notes Hindorff selling Dr Scales Liver Pills and a shipper sending a carload of cattle. It mentions Henry Emmert and wife returning from a visit near Kiduff, a Knights of Pythias banquet, patriotic Iowa entertainments for Washington birthday, and a Presidential Inauguration rail fare offer by Iowa Central Ry with travel dates March 1–3. Also references Miss O Fanta Lee the elocutionist and an Odd Fellows excursion in Tacoma inviting attendance.
A brief notice lists funds for the coming year including school house fund contingent fund and teachers fund with amounts of 4000.00 and 1000.00 respectively. The terse entry indicates allocations for school purposes and staff support.
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