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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1896
Page
2
A compact column features miscellaneous quotes and notes. It mentions a Warsaw convention of the Horse-Thief Detective association, discussions between the czar of Russia and Lord Salisbury about deposing the sultan, and a major new sea port lock at Dunkirk opening with a seven year build and a 1.5 million dollar cost.
The New York courts have ruled that George Gould must pay his taxes and the public is urged to share the burden. The writer quotes a flamboyant remark about millionaires and taxes, implying broad taxpayer responsibility amid calls to support state revenue.
France now counts 38,228,969 residents, up from 38,095,160 in the last census. Urban centers drive the rise while 24 departments show growth and 63 have net gains in places within them. Five-year increase totals 133,819, mainly from immigration.
The letter writers urge rapid relief as fisheries failures drive destitution on the coasts of Labrador and northern Newfoundland, appealing to newspapers and the British cabinet against restrictive laws. A New York official faces charges for burying alive a resident of the Chenango county idiot ward, with locals demanding justice. New York reports a broken engagement over motto buttons, and Antonio Maceo’s renewed impact outsmarting Spanish forces is noted.
A survivor recalls the 1875 Northfield style raid on the First National Bank at Sherburn Minnesota. The narrative details hold up the bold actions of citizens and the robbers Frank James Bob Younger Charley Pitts Ciel Miller, the assault on cashier Heywood, the deadly shootings, and the relentless pursuit through Mill Square and Division Street.
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