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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1895
Page
8
A collage of quips and observations from The Newton Record reflecting 1890s social trends and humor. It notes fashion shifts, jokes about editors and merchants, political ironies, and light commentary on weather, religion, and public figures. The column blends satire with brief notices on crime, diplomacy, and local life.
A Denver born con man using the alias Richardson swindled Brown the local grocer and other Kansas City financiers to form a Wizard Telephone venture. He planned to sell franchise stock for 5000 and corral large blocks of stock before a stolen typewriter tied to prior schemes led to his arrest and transfer to Kansas for trial. Weather notes report poor spring conditions with some recovery in crops and fodder concerns.
Governor Jackson pardoned Arthur Myers from Pocahontas county for robbery committed April 5, 1803, with six months sentence. Myers, after a journey to Nebraska, embraced religion and pledged to repay all stolen property and costs, leading to arrest. George Bentz and Rolland Barnett, also from Pocahontas county for the same offense, were pardoned.
In Sioux City on May 24 federal court orders the sale of the Union Stock Yards to satisfy over 1 000 000 in mortgages held by Missouri Kansas Texas Trust Company and Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company trustees and AL Stetson individually. Priority of claims is set and the yard company has ten days to settle. The yards will be bid in by the Sioux City Stock Yards Company, an organization formed by unsecured creditors to protect their equities.
Two desperate men were arrested at Runnells on suspicion of fatally shooting Constable Hoyland and wounding Marshal Hickman in Chariton days earlier. A May 13 Pulaski jewelry store robbery is noted, with Hoyland later killed in a yard fight. The suspects were held in a station house awaiting Des Moines officers.
A man of German descent, about five feet seven inches tall, was found hanging from a tree two miles south of the city on May 20. He wore a light suit and carried six cents, a plug of tobacco, and a small paper with verses on Kelly that could not be identified. He was reinterred in the local cemetery.
A wave of forgeries rattles Webster City as youths forge checks tied to butter and egg buyer R. G. Clark. A boy’s $16 check flagged as forgery led to a police pursuit and a ring of young operators. Also reported: Johnson drowns in Floyd River while bathing. Mrs. Hall burned by gasoline fire at Creston. Rockford plant moves to Charles City with a $10,000 bonus and 150 workers. three Center Grove tramps arrested for mail robbery attempt. a portrait unveiled at the state capitol honoring a justice, plus medical examiners refuse writs and editor R. B. Curtin is captured in Minneapolis after fleeing Anamosa. other items include confessions of a noted con artist in Mankato and trouble with a Wyoming-bound marriage. two confidence men hunt farmers in Hardin County.
A Shanghai dispatch reports Formosa declaring independence with Luxtox or Luxtox? naming Ang Chang as president of the new republic. The note notes U.S. skepticism and potential diplomatic strain with Japan as officials doubt the move’s seriousness or feasibility.
The United States Supreme Court denied Debs and associates a writ of habeas corpus. They must serve sentences imposed by the lower court tied to the American Railway Union case. Proceedings arose in the Northern District of Illinois.
May dispatches from Havana describe Cuban insurgent fights at Bocas de Dos Rios with Spanish troops using bayonets as Marti leads attackers armed with machetes. Col Sandoval delivers Jose Martı’s watch. Gomez and Borrego are said to be in danger. An imperial proclamation in May announces ratification of the China Japan peace treaty amid naval and land stalemates and warnings of upheaval.
Bodies of father, mother, and son from the Crocker family found on the prairie near Wharton Waantox Texas after a mob aligned with rival faction attacked them. The Crockers were said to have engaged in ongoing feuds with neighbors and had all killed a man. Ten men are under arrest on charges of complicity in the killings.
President Ch rises in Nicaragua Canal progress with examination of San Juan del Norte harbor completed. Surveyors then moved to Brito and eastward along the route. Water supply along the route deemed excellent. An examination of the Ochoa dam area is underway.
May 24. Superintendent Byrnes filed for retirement with the board of police commissioners and the board granted the request. The article notes the upcoming selection of a successor under the bipartisan police act and hints Roosevelt’s possible approval of a future appointment.
Damaging heat winds strike Nebraska crops with lines drawn from last July. Farmers report extensive injury to corn and other grains. Officials warn that exact damage figures are not yet known as assessments proceed across affected localities.
Reports from Cape Corrobedo detail the sinking of the Dom Pedro after striking reefs while en route from Passages to Carrill. Boilers exploded, many passengers and crew saved, but eighty perished. The chaotic scene followed in the aftermath as rescue efforts continued.
Walter Quinton Gresham died at 1 15 am after four weeks of illness marked by gallstone pleurisy and fluid in the chest. A long career included service as lieutenant colonel and brigadier general, judge of the U S district court for Indiana, postmaster general, and secretary of state under Cleveland.
The Intercollegiate Association of America meet at Berkley Oval featured Iowa standout Juannie Crum winning the 100 yard dash and Hickok breaking shot and hammer records. Yale led with 30 points, followed by Pennsylvania and Harvard with 22, and California and Dartmouth with 5 each. total score 112.
The Cuban steamer reports not believing Marti’s death. passengers say Havana holds no belief in his passing. In New York on May 26, Shillington Booth and his wife renounced British allegiance at Hudson County Court in Jersey City and pledged loyalty to the United States.
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