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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1897
Page
4
The snippet lists the editor L. A. Andrew and local editor T. M. Rodgers, and notes Newton, Iowa post office as second class matter, indicating the paper’s print status and publication origin.
The report notes Massachusetts went Republican by 88,000 votes reflecting a statewide result. It adds a remark that New York City election figures showed Van Wyck receiving two Tammany votes. The Iowa horticultural society plans its annual meeting at capitol rooms on December 14 to 16.
McKinley prosperity has struck the iron furnaces in the Pittsburg district. Every furnace is now fired in that great valley, the first time for four years.
The record notes Republicans lost in New York and Nebraska while stressing this remains an off year, though not so distant in memory as some past years. It frames the results as part of a recurring pattern rather than a decisive shift.
Analysts note Republicans drift from rare losses in off years to swift victories in large states, signaling a pattern of regular success when pivotal states are in play. The observation centers on party strategy and electoral dynamics shaping outcomes across major contests.
The Des Moines Register received many compliments for its full and complete returns on the state election. The paper was lauded as old reliable and did a host of good work during the campaign.
The city’s saloons have swung between strict late morning closures and Sunday bans, and under Tammany leadership the opposite extreme may prevail.
A clothing firm reports October cash sales up by 700 dollars from last October. A hardware firm notes more wagons sold for spot cash in the last two weeks than in the previous two years. All merchants record sharply higher cash sales.
Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia reports large overseas demand with an order of twenty one locomotives from Finland and others from Brazil Canada totaling over forty units while major factories run overtime to meet the surge.
J. H. Hubinger of Keokuk has purchased the Empire theater in Quincy for about 18000, a stark change from its 50000 value four years earlier. The stock company built venue formerly leased to Chamberlin Harrington until next fall, noted as the largest theater in the region. Weyler is to answer before a court marshal in Spain for recent utterances criticizing Spain's ruling diplomats and statesmen, amid Cuba's suffering.
Iowa sustained a proud home reputation in election returns and earned national notice for a square fight on sound money. The New York Tribune highlighted a Republican governor candidate who faced fusion opposition without bosses and won by the largest plurality ever for a state ticket in Iowa.
The United States government pulled out of its Union Pacific investment without losing principal and secures 6 percent interest for thirty years plus, a far better outcome than feared. Foreclosure set the rail line’s sale at $58,113,435, prompting advocates of public ownership to note the favorable result.
Officials estimate the country exports farm products annually worth about four hundred million dollars. The statement underscores the large scale of agricultural trade and suggests there is little doubt about the figure.
The article extols Secretary Wilson for expanding investigations into production costs and cultivation methods, aiming to keep four hundred million dollars of agricultural wealth at home. It compares him favorably with earlier secretaries and predicts the department will soon become highly influential in the cabinet.
The report credits Hon. James Wilson of Iowa, secretary of agriculture, with boosting Republican support in Ohio through his farm focused tour. Joseph H. Brigham backs the effort, noting Wilson’s plain speaking and pledges to expand markets, diversify crops, and raise profitability. He urged farmers that administration work would continue. The piece frames Wilson as energizing rural voters and emphasizes work over idleness in politics.
Marion Crawford, popular American novelist, tours the country delivering lectures and interviews on literature. He rebuts the view that American literature is degenerating into a farce, defending the nation’s culture and art and urging continued sincere literary effort.
School roll shows 14 pupils enrolled and 513 total attendance with 12.78 daily average. 6 tardies and 2 neither absent nor tardy. Names include Carrie and Elmer Brodersen and Tillie Brodersen as teacher. Brick School Month Nov 1897 totals 28 enrolled 403 attendance 2013 average. 6 not absent or tardy. Teachers Jennie Whitaker.
The district reports district No. 2 in Sherman lost a Riverside Oak stove during a night theft near Rufus Al. Goodell's. Marion R. Hammer Jr., elected teacher for his sixth term, will start winter classes on the 6th, having graduated Newton Normal at sixteen. Mrs. Hattie Pease and two children visited Charlie Coon’s family and others, then returned to Des Moines Saturday.
Mrs F Butler of Kairhaven Conn says weeks of stomach pain from biliousness ended after using Chamberlains Celic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. She recommends it to many and notes early taking wards off attacks. Sold by Wagley and Smead.
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