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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1895
Page
9
The article discusses Reed Canary Grass Phalaris Arundinacea as a widespread wet-ground hay source, its ergot risk, and notes on farm practices. It also covers farm size debates, capital needs, labor, and the economic impact of large versus small estates with comparative German farm data.
A fragmented reminiscence recounts a Perrycount Ohio Methodist camp meeting and volunteers, including Steve Connor, and a heavy fl annel quilt carried to support wounded soldiers near Vicksburg. It also describes Union movements under Rosecrans and McClellan, detailing skirmishes at Rich Mountain, Laurel Hill, and pursuit of retreating Confederates ending with McClellan’s praise of victory.
A Sin namahoning Valley Pennsylvania widow known as Mrs Bailey has married six soldiers from the late war, adopting names through marriages. She is mother to twelve children, two per husband, with the last husband not a veteran and possessing full limbs and senses.
A. G. Dickinson of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York told comrades the group has existed four years with a single aim to be kind and charitable to comrades, help the unfortunate and aged, arrange burial spots with marble markers, and recount social memories of the field while avoiding politics and religion.
A correspondent offers a vivid account of Lobengula’s death amid smallpox and defeat. He sought poison from his witch doctor on a hill near the Shangani, waited for sunset, and died as stones were piled around him. The tale echoes the epic end of Matabeleland’s conquest and questions whether royal regalia or a palisade surrounded the site.
March 27 report to Receiver McNalra from experts auditing Greenhut management accuses former directors of account juggling and stock misappropriation. They say 24,046 shares were sold to officers at 45 cents on the dollar leaving a deficiency near 1,028,120 dollars and about 32 million owed to stockholders. General McNulta to convene a conference as dispute looms.
A veterinary team from the State Agricultural College diagnosed pleuro pneumonia in Geary Waufinsee and Mortis counties. About fifty cattle died, around 290 exposed, and a rigid quarantine is in place to halt the spread from the affected districts.
Li Hung Chang emerges as a pivotal statesman as his recent visit signals a possible peace settlement. The article notes general terms include territorial cession cash indemnity Corea independence and new treaty relations with Japan while preserving Japan’s extraterritorial jurisdiction in China.
Recorder notes Wilde libel action against the Marquis of Queensberry. If the Marquis wrote the words on the card as claimed, it would constitute libel. The defense of justification is anticipated. The grand jury later returned a true bill against the Marquis.
A Kansas City Kansas fire wiped out nearly all wings of the plant on boad avenues causing losses above 1 million dollars. Buildings burned include a three story hog building a storage building four stories high five ice houses the engine house and depot house. The water pressure problem left the fire not yet under control. The incident follows a Georgia letter urging McKinley to back free silver.
United States Minister McKenzie reports three days of fierce fighting around Lima leaving over a thousand dead unburied. Armistice allowed burials and care of the wounded. After burials, negotiations resumed leading to the formation of a provisional government through diplomatic intervention.
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