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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1896
Page
2
A mosaic of brief items includes social satire, editorials, a Georgia cotton stunt, a Berkman pardon petition note, ginger cordial caution, and a humorous remark on George du Maurier. A Kalamazoo election anecdote, a New York stamp scam, and a Georgia leafless cotton tale illustrate eclectic early 20th century curiosities and public musings.
In Paterson New Jersey Constable Quigley seizes Lady Blenheim a hippo from Washburns circus as payment on an attachment. The animal eats eight dates a day must be milked and resists strangers risking Quigleys gallantry and safety. A curious local caper combines a court action with circus lore.
Des Moines papers report the city adopts a resolution submitting a proposition to a water company to issue bonds totaling 40700 for municipal water works. The action follows last winter's legislative authorization allowing first class cities to acquire or build their own systems. In a separate item a missing person case unfolds as a woman leaves work and disappears after a scheduled meeting at the Occidental hotel. Police investigate possible foul play.
Fragmented notes recount a series of fatal and near fatal incidents across Ohio and Iowa. A wealthy farmer near Cass county faces likely death from a stock-related accident. A shooting and a fatality in another town are noted, with hospital and police activity implied. Separate reports mention public works layoffs in Des Moines and local stock breeders planning a meeting in Farrinip with dates in late December.
Sheriff captures 16 year old Fred Holly and a older Whitcomb after a raid that uncovered stolen property at Whitcomb family home. Whitcomb previously escaped while awaiting trial. Reward of $100 set for Whitcomb’s capture.
Docket for the term lists seven cases to be settled in Mardin County. Hastings is accused of defamation. Proceedings focus on settlements and the involvement of Hastings in the alleged slander against the plaintiff.
A Goldfield City bank was attacked with dynamite. Entry was forced and windows shattered. Citizens gathered quickly as authorities pursued a suspect described as a fugitive from nearby towns. The incident disrupted the Ethin Street area with no reported injuries.
A run of legal notices and crime reports details lawsuits over liquor sales, a dramatic arson and theft incident, a high profile court case nearing decision, a grand jury indictment in Hancock county for illegal liquor sale on a dining car, and ongoing prosecutions tied to Prohibition era enforcement.
London Globe argues that Spain cannot hold Cuba without enduring financial ruin. It contends rebellion’s end would force Spain to abandon occupation or face near bankruptcy, with island industries ruined and Madrid Treasury strained. The paper urges Spain to decide the pacification path, whether by cession or conquest.
A scrambled digest notes October public debt totals and receipts, a large apple crop estimate, a train robbery near Texas and a dispute over Austin Corbin's estate. Also mentions Spanish forces in Cuba, a Philadelphia marriage fee rule, and curious medical musings about heart placement.
A dispatch reports Cuban insurgents led by Maxitio Gomez marching toward Havana with a local envoy claiming imminent siege of outlying towns. Other items describe a tidal wave near Huelva causing heavy loss of life, a London farmers wheat hold recommendation, Indian rainfall and grain prices, a fatal assault in Indiana, pending legal cases, and cyclonic damage across Oklahoma Louisiana and Mississippi with fatalities and property losses.
In des moines and other cities reports claim McKinley carries Iowa and many states by large margins. Prohibition and Bryan support vary. optimistic Democratic and Republican tallies come from Philadelphia to Boston with assertions of Republican gains across Maryland Minnesota Kentucky and more.
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