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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1896
Page
8
A column of quirky notes mentions eyelones in pite in Alton and an onion club, headlines about powder trusts, and playful reflections on elections, capitalism, and celebrities. It blends satire on cities, figures like Reverend Starkweather, and a photo scam in Litchfield with a merciless finale.
Some men who feel that they are born to lead never seem able to get hold of the right end of the string. The remark hints at confidence, misdirection, and the practical challenges of leadership in uncertain times.
June 23 Iowa report Benjamin Fern was struck by lightning. His hat torn, hair singed, and shoe split. A physician used galvanic shocks for fifteen minutes. Fern revived and returned home. He bore burns down one side and the ordeal was deemed a triumph.
Two escapees Axamosa June Dunn and Ryan were pursued by guards under Warden Madden. At about 10 PM a guard signaled others as the men approached. Ryan surrendered but Dunn fled in rain and darkness. The next morning Dunn was captured after visiting a farm and obtaining citizen clothes.
A fire swept a section of the town destroying teen business houses along the east side of Main Street. Building losses are about 15 000 with merchandise losses around 50 000. The destroyed properties include saloons, a millinery store, meat market, butcher shops, billiard halls, a tailor, and an agricultural implement house among others. Local owners affected include Griffith Peters Enke Moritz Howard Seiffert Wise and Grantz Glee.
An elderly man and his stepson Ed fought. the older man grabbed Ed by the head and inflicted a severe facial wound. An Oxka loosa physician required twenty stitches to close the injury. prognosis notes the wound is ugly but will heal.
A watchman at Fairfield and two gunmen fought at a bank vault. the guard fired back wounding one robber who fled. The wounded man is said to be a noted criminal. Penny June 22 reports brakeman Isaac Warford of the CMO St. Pho murdered by a railroad accident when a bridge strike crushed his head as a westbound freight passed. He leaves a wife and two children.
Fire at Northwest Public School Huildings Rate in Grinnell badly damaged the ward building. Two lower rooms were saved from total destruction, but a renewed blaze ruined the structure. Snowy conditions and an estimated loss of four to five thousand dollars with three thousand five hundred dollars insured. Fire deemed incendiary.
A Des Moines man was found unconscious near the West Omaha railroad track with a gory head wound and torn clothing. Relatives letters identified him, but he cannot survive the injuries. Police have not confirmed foul play, though a slugging on the track seems likely.
A carriage carrying twenty five people was struck by a Manawa locomotive. Many occupants were scattered. B H Wead and George Treser were seriously injured, with Wead dying and Treser in danger.
Joseph Kasper was arrested in Cedar Rapids on uttering a forged $105 note and held on $1,000 bond for preliminary hearing. Clara Deiterman, a German girl about 11 years old, was kidnapped near Remsen, last seen in a vine calico dress. S.A. Trewster reports from Creston. Grinnell dispute over Iowa campaign. Frank Phupps daughters near Rock Creek Grove faced poisoning, one victim died. Cass County banks’ case sent to Fort Madison for five years, delay until April. Fire at Miller & Daugherty’s dry goods in Washington, $15,000 loss with $22,000 stock saved. Adel: Wm. Barrell found dead in bed. door locked, vest sewn at Yning seam.
Reports from Havana describe Gomez’s victory at Najusa Puerto Principe with Spanish losses over 1000 and 320 wounded. General Castellanos moves with 2114 troops and 5 mounted men while Captain General Wergler plans to crush the rebellion with 46000 reinforcements. Separately a London dispatch cites Kruger and Rhodes debating Transvaal Britain ties and South Africa policy.
News reports famine in Kwang Si drives rice to extreme prices and forces poorer families to sell girls ages from 4 to 14 for as little as three dollars. British observers fear relocation of orphans as Canton’s population of about a million and a half suffers daily deaths.
Belasco was awarded 16000 by the court in a training dispute with Chicago backer Fairbank. Interest at 5 percent from 1810 was allowed. The jury was granted extra compensation as permitted by law. The trial extended three weeks with Fairbank contesting the claim and countering for 52000.
Fort Scott mayor reports Dr Dolphin, who says he has found a cure for leprosy, will demonstrate at the leper hospital six miles from White Castle. He plans to leave at once amid hopes and fear as twenty patients allegedly near death are watched for a miracle. The item also notes other dispatches and a cartoon-like exchange about grocery books and an electric bed-warming system.
Cablegrams from the United States report the Cuban flag displayed at the Republican National Convention in St. Louis. Press commentary casts the Cuban question as a U.S. matter, urging immediate government contingency planning amid broader world events and disasters.
Delegates at the St Louis gathering voted to seat Siggins Delaware and rant Texas delegates after reports from credentials and rules committees. John M Thurston chaired after permanent officers were chosen, while nominations followed for McKinley and Hobart with Allison Quay and Depew presented as contenders. The convention adjourned sine die.
In St Louis on June 19 twenty three delegates who bolted from the convention issued an address endorsing Teller as the standard bearer and urging unity to reform the currency by ignoring other issues. Teller buttons will be distributed next week as senior headquarters calls for broad support.
Notices posted by Lehigh and Wilkesbarre coal companies announce work will discontinue until July 1, idling about eight thousand men and boys in the region. The message cites a temporary cessation as officials confirm the halt.
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