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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1895
Page
2
A collage of anecdotes and opinions on advertising and society includes quotes on the power of ads, dog reports, a Chinese connection to elopement, a juror avoiding dreary speeches, aristocratic titles, temperance with work, and notes on Trilby earnings and a spider thread marvel. It also covers rainfall on petroleum prices, rail wage gains, and exhibit plans for cotton baling at an exposition.
County officials order that beer cannot be sold in buckets or similar vessels. Complaints allege relatives and “old soaks” use others to obtain liquor, with minors and tramps using growlers to drink unlawfully. The measure targets backroom sales and ramped up illicit drinking patterns.
Officers chase Mathias Mardzel killer near Osborne after a quarrel in a shanty where Joned and Stephen Kriesche were present. Mardzel died, Lusche fled. the murderer is described as about 45. Exhumation planned for Mrs Hart's body to reexamine weapons and cause.
The 14 year old Charles Harris was pardoned from Anamosa penitentiary where he served six months for breaking and entering. His father G E Harris received a two year sentence for the same crime. They were involved in a clothing theft ring that shipped stolen goods. The boy was returned to his Summitville mother.
Iowa Fanta reports a midnight assault on a land seeker from Illinois near the Burlington depot. The man fought back and escaped while officers search for two assailants believed to be part of a roaming gang of tramps lingering at the depot.
On June 17 in Iron Mates Charles McCormick died and George Collins was injured after a fight with John Patterson in a saloon. Patterson fired a shotgun at them after they burst in. all three were intoxicated. Patterson detained. Also on June 14 a Des Moines saloon injunction was granted by Judge Spurrier, with broader anti saloon actions planned in Sioux City.
Isaac Dickerson vice-president of the Cass County Bank was acquitted by a Glenwood jury after eighteen indictments, seven for fraudulent banking and one for conspiracy. Albert Dickerson, son, faces five years at Fort Madison while President Joseph C Yetzer remains under sentence for fraudulent banks out on bail.
June 19 at a rural farm Mrs Lane, wife of a well-to-do farmer, poisoned herself and three children then fled with a 4 year old. She collapsed near the door and died alongside the children. Family notes say she had recently returned from Indiana where she was treated for mental derangement. husband was away at the time.
Dex Moines county supervisors order the assessor to tax wholesale intoxicant dealers under the mullet law for selling less than five gallons or one original package. Last year wholesale salers paid no tax while retailers paid. Roy Burned to Beath at Coon Hupids, Coos Raving, June 19. A 4-year-old son of G. T. Leiteh burned to death in an empty corn crib. accident suspected as the fire chief rescued him from complete cremation.
Blown from foundations damage to crops as a slight hurricane swept through Creston area on June 18. Reports from Ma McCormack Way describe severe winds, with fences, outbuildings, and trees toppled. Other items include a Des Moines swine judges convention, Iowa Soldiers' Home pension legal action, a Council Bluffs nurse Maude Vearher who died by morphia overdose, a Dubuque police trolley accident severing a man's arm, and a Clinton rail line case involving James Hefner who vanished amid a $3000 defaulter probe.
A Cleveland restaurant fire and related disaster led to two fatalities. Ida Jeantz, a 32 year old waitress from Wright's hotel, was burned while watching the blaze from a hotel roof as live wires sparked, drawing screams. The Reynolds restaurant suffered a $100 loss and the theater rear scene was endangered as crowds fled.
Frank Tarls Taylor alias Loxpox, once head of the Irving gang, received a three year sentence on charges tied to assault with William Carroll Woodward alias Hon. William Musgrave after a series of arrests and escapes from South Africa to London. He faces further fraud charges after serving his term.
June 17 report from Loxpoy indicates government will take definite action against the Porte. Foreign Office communications to Russia and France urge a strong demonstration in the Bosphorus. Lord Rosebery resists a formal conference and the premier’s aim appears to be a decisive pro Armen intervention policy before a Conservative government enters office.
Terrible blast at the Union Cotton Press in New Carass, La kills one man and wounds about a dozen as boilers explode during tests. Several workers buried in rubble. Benrose burned and killed. Also reports Marti declared dead after Cuban revolutionary events. A jumble of unrelated ads and stray scenes follow.
A chaotic, fragmented report details the return of W. W. Taylor, former treasurer of South Dakota, claiming evasion of detection and readiness to face sentence. The narrative includes references to Jamaica, Barbados, and a supposed absence from South America, with alleged safeguards by friends and family. The piece shifts through unrelated items about timber losses in Pennsylvania, a presidential neutrality proclamation, a ship captain under surveillance, and assorted legal and political notices from various jurisdictions.
In St Francis area a farmer Frank Williams killed his wife Alice Smith and his two children aged 5 and 2 before shooting himself. He had previously married twice and followed his wife to the Smith home where the shootings occurred. Williams then killed himself.
June 17 report notes millions of acres added to western homestead areas under a new law. The general government will convey lands to states to sell by sections of ten acres or more to individuals. Title passes to the settler after possession. new farms and homes are forecast for many people.
Fire at Langley Loom Harness shop collapses the building killing five workers and injuring several others. Rescue efforts recalled by frightened workers and spectators as flames subside and a grim scene emerges with screams and heroic attempts to reach trapped laborers.
The president and Henry T. Thurber private secretary and another gentleman, likely Dr. O Reilly, left Washington for Buzzard s Bay to stay through the summer. The text jumps with chatter and whimsy about fashion and advertising, ending mid thought with Gladys sighing over Byron.
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