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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1898
Page
1
A force will grade and finish the double track east of the Rock Island switches beyond Rector Ryan's residence using a steam shovel. An extra train will haul dirt from Johnny Claussen's place, easing future Monroe branch operation and avoiding main line collisions.
Decoration Day observance details released with an oration by Hon Geo M Wilson of Ira and remarks on the costs of war. The Second Regiment Iowa National Guard becomes Fifty Iowa and moves toward the front from Camp McKinley with depatches toward Tampa and possibly Cuba. Also reported are a death in Colfax and a juvenile benefit for Company L with proceeds sent to Camp McKinley and a hog shipment to Chicago.
Washington reports the U S Navy at 20 342 officers and men across about 200 vessels. The 50th Iowa leaves Des Moines for Tampa at 6 am. Censorship halts war news. Monitors bombarded Santiago de Cuba with heavy fire at Morro fort. A cyclone devastates Cedar Clinton and Jackson counties with over thirty dead.
London reports the death of William Ewart Gladstone at Hawarden. He is described as the Grand Old Man, a premier statesman of a century, whose passing brings universal sorrow. The funeral is expected at Hawarden with no flowers per his wish.
Oriental Commandry observed Ascension Day with services at Masonic Hall led by Rev. C. V. Cowan. After, the Knight Templar Band paraded to Prairie City Cemetery to decorate graves of Sir Knights including Hugh Rodgers J M Rodgers John Hughes Rt. Hardesty W J Morgag BE McCord J W Wilson Ceo B Hogin Geo Ledyard Calel Lam ooo DY Sip Kt 1 VY Batley DS Couch I C De Wolf and noted three deaths since last Ascension Day Caleb Lamb DS Couch and H C De Wolf.
Br. i. Keagy spent two days at Mt Pleasant with his wife a patient in the insane hospital. Mrs Keagy is mentally unimproved and the superintendent offers no hope for improvement. He also saw Viladyka who remains largely unchanged and Wesley Baker who is nervous but free from nightly fits.
In Camp Mc Kinley last Sunday Col. Bl Lambert hosted a tale about his nephew Master Jay Lambert who borrowed the colonel’s horse to visit a farmer. Jay asked for a chicken for a sick soldier and the farmer’s wife provided a roasted rooster. At supper the chicken vanished, allegedly swiped by a hungry soldier, leaving Col Lambert to eat bread and pork stomach while pondering the disappearance.
Rhodes Lea died in Tilden Nebraska on the 8th and his body was brought to Atlantic for interment. He was in the hardware business in Newton during the war and moved to Atlantic in 1868. He was sixty eight years old and leaves a wife and six children.
A War Carnival at Newton Social Union featured Goddess of Liberty and Uncle Sam hosts Miss Mabel Edwards and L A Ikenberry. Guests enjoyed recitations, readings, a quartet, and children’s numbers while a Maine silver spoon contest drew much interest. Proceeds of 21 dollars fund a useful purchase.
In Des Moines Sunday we met Dick Cowan with his wife, formerly Mrs. Laura Drum of Des Moines. The wedding occurred on March 11, and the couple reside at 422 South Street. Mrs. Cowan is noted to be well dressed and poised, with two young daughters from her prior marriage.
Uncle George Fraker warns that large wormlike borers, about an inch long with red heads, are destroying young apple trees in his vicinity. He notes rapid damage and seeks methods to control the pest.
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