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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1895
Page
3
A garbled page of overheard dialogue captures fragments about social plans, a party, weather, and people named in a noisy streetcar scene. The lively but unreadable exchange mentions Mrs Mage and Mrs Luge, a sunny route, and humorous interruptions amid a chaotic conversation.
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes sourced from various 19th and early 20th century papers. Jests cover flirtations, marriages, stage tricks, tricks of trade, and witty exchanges among characters like Maude, Dalton, Cholly Cadkins, and Ada. The items resemble a novelty page of clipped snippets and brief vignettes without a single cohesive storyline.
Reports from Canada describe severe hunger and deaths among Indians near Fort Chine and at the Hudson Bay Company's trading post. White residents supply clothing while the government plans relief funds to avert further misery during the harsh winter.
May 1 reports describe heavy frosts injuring fruit crops in Illinois and Wisconsin, with vegetables and corn damaged in Minnesota. Some areas like Iowa and Pennsylvania face serious injury, while overall outlook appears varied and discouraging in places before improving. An inch of frost and subfreezing readings were noted in Osikosa Wisconsin and at Clinton Iowa.
A May dispatch from Santiago reports changing Cuba conditions with many white Cubans leaving the city and many Fialarmenica and San Carlos club members moving into the countryside. It notes the government is split and troops are inactive, with speculation that veteran Spanish soldiers arriving with discharge papers could form a force. General Maceo reportedly commands nearly two thousand men on plantations, two leagues distant.
In Washington May 12 the emperor previously barred modern machinery from China. The treaty opens duty free admission of machinery, promising vast benefits for American manufacturers and a factory boom as Chinese use shifts from wooden plows to modern equipment.
May 12 Berlin dispatch says the Reichstag rejected paragraph 3 the chief section of the anti revolution bill, signaling a political shock and possible momentous consequences as ministers and the federal council are rebuffed. May 13 Bertix reports the bill’s rejection in its entirety.
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