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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1894
Page
8
A jumble of items reflects a miscellany of opinion and wit. Notes touch on Von Caprirt and the new German chancellor Hohenlohe Schillingforst, shoe buyers, and the American tourist, with speculative remarks on empire and industry. Also cited are Yorke Astor, China farming, bank supervision, and a playful guide to judging melon ripeness.
Floyd county court hears case of a man accused in a brutal double murder at Marble Rock. Details describe a ghastly scene with Mrs Reems severely injured and her husband killed by blows and throat wounds. The exact motive and sequence remain unclear as proceedings commence.
Report summarizes a criminal case involving a defendant named Yetzer and others. Mentions a sentence disparity with a cashier Dickerson and a year difference in punishment. Notes motions for record preparation for supreme court appeal, allowance of oaths, transcript request, and resistance based on defendant’s means. Also cites hearing for Isaac Dickerson and a change of venue to Council Bluffs with penitentiary implications.
Des Moines Describes the annual proclamation by Governor Werner Jackson declaring Thanksgiving on the 2th day of November. The governor urges conformity to the time honored observance, prayer for divine providence, and remembrance of the poor, with state secretary Mr. D. Jackson signing.
Dunn county man objects to blindfold in local A U W initiatory rites. After consenting to wear the bandage, he drew a revolver and fired recklessly, but was restrained before causing harm. He will not become a member of the order.
A group of tramps shared a supper and drank around a camp fire on the town outskirts. One man named James Hendricks, a former marble cutter in Hoone, is dead. His wife is said to be the daughter of a well known merchant at Jordan, Minnesota. Six tramps are in custody. no violence or clear cause is evident.
Champion James J. Corbett displayed the $10,000 belt offered by the New York Police Gazette in a Davenport store. The belt and a valuable overcoat were stolen after a break in at the rear as Col. Henderson and Senator Gear chased leads southward.
M Galloway a salesman for Huggins and Saville of Mt Ava was injured operating a dehrom shucker and cutter. His glove caught in the machine and his right hand and wrist were drawn in and torn. He was taken to Mt Ayr where the injured limb was amputated below the elbow.
A fragmented notice recalls stabbings and self defense claims, a jail sentence, and a bootlegger case. It also references district court actions, juror bribery allegations in a Strange case, county corruption talk, and local labor unrest at the Glover Manufacturing shirt department in Dubuque. Names include Martin Doyee, Zhoy, and others amid a broad mix of incidents and investigations.
Secretary announces a second call for November 14 to issue 886 million in 8 percent ten year bonds payable in coin, signaling gold as likely. Treasury officials expect proceeds to exceed those from February issue and discuss withdrawals by sub-treasuries to cover mint expenses under the call.
A colonial scheme is described amid garbled lines noting a committee of twelve appointed to organize the transport of Black Americans to Liberia. The text references large planned numbers and preparations for sea passage from Mobile and other southern ports, aiming to settle Africans in a new colony with land, farms, and future shipments.
Jockey Club officials and representatives from Brooklyn Coney Island and New York clubs discussed a constitutional amendment on pool selling. Attendees were reticent about specifics but indicated broad interest if the legislature endorses the measure.
A state appointed investigative board begins work in Chicago to examine police reform efforts and potential corruption, aiming to rival sensational reports and shape public opinion. The panel’s activities focus on law enforcement practices and governance.
Justice Dean of the state supreme court upheld a lower court ruling rejecting an injunction to bar nuns from teaching in public schools while in their religious garb. The decision preserves the prior judgment and denies the challengers a temporary restraining order.
New York voters heard trial figures with William Jer reporting eleven thousand eighty dollars for Tammany sheriff candidate. Across the Atlantic, a Boston hospital tragedy killed Hartman Norton Keffer and John Flynn as dynamite exploded. London sanitary reform looms with bakeries to be licensed and regulated by London council. A Burlington railroad train robbery near Hyannis remains unsolved.
Nov. 10 reports show Republican gains across districts from First to Eleventh and in several states including Wisconsin Indiana and Tennessee. Governors elections lean Republican while fractions of seats and votes are contested with claims of majorities and party leads amid a broader national tally.
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