Quips and currents from Newton Record confront diverse notes
A mixed dispatch from Newton Record items report witty proverbs on vacations and wages, a Russian watch purchase, a Macon County loan saga, Manitoba wheat estimates, electric line effects on bullets, a California Missouri robbery tale, Bureau of Statistics breadstuffs and exports through August, and a light note on Lillian Russell’s matrimony rumors plus Newton Mass molasses mishap involving a dancer.
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Bureau of Statistics
Grandson and Uncle Implicated in Krekel Murder
In Bontaxotox, Nov. 16, authorities accuse Henry Teuscher 21 and his uncle Henry Krekel of involvement in the Krekel farm death. Teuscher allegedly confessed a money dispute led to a fatal beating of Louis Krekel, with three broken ribs and a bloodied corpse moved to a well. The pair have been jailed since August 1 on suspicion amid ongoing police inquiries.
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Bontaxotox
Krekel
Henry | Teuscher
Henry Krekel
Louis Krekel
Scher
Jesse
Teuscher
Sad accident at Frazer fatally burns child in blast
Rox Nov 13. Mrs Chan ty tried. explosion causes fatal burns to a one year old child at Prax Hight. The incident details are incomplete in the report.
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Penh
Rox
Chanty
Prax
Storm Lake Boys In Knife Attack Involves Wounding
Storm Lake youths clash as one pulls a knife injuring Fred McLaughlin and Lew Stowers. Stowers is badly hurt while McLaughlin is not seriously injured. The Huber boy is under arrest. Also mentions a pardon and various city incidents including arson, embezzlement case against Shorty Thresher, and a fatal brakeman accident.
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Fred McLaughlin
Lew Stowers
Tvice
McLaughlin
Stowers
Storm Lake
Six Bandits Arrested In Kirksville Burglary Case
A Chillicothe constable and a detective lead a posse to recover two Kirksville stores burglarized on November 13. Suspects named Williams, Stearns, Miller, and Marsh are identified though details are incomplete. Police expect further charges as the investigation continues.
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Orremwa
Tim
Wron
Chillicothe
S Posse
Kaci Williams
Frank Stearns
James Miller
Frank Marsh
Wiley
Ottumwa
Just Comple Madison
Ind Harriso
Murder in Boone County at Fraser benefit dance ends in bloodshed
In Fraser, eight miles from Boone, a miners' union benefit for Hiram Brown ended in violence. Boyle challenged the hall floor manager Archie Knox, was expelled, returned with his brother John A Boyle, and threats led to a street confrontation. Shots fired wounded Ed Boyle, Hoyle, and two others. Ed Boyle is mortally wounded.
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Boone
Hiram Brown
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Archie Knox
John A. Boyle
Ed Boyle
Jobin Hoyle
Davenport's Big Bridge Opens for Foot Passengers
The Mississippi magazine reports a new foot bridge across the river nearing full completion with a government-engineered design by Ralph Modjeski. Construction at Fort Dodge began December 1 1895, following prior authorization and April work by Phoenixville laborers amid a long process.
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Ralph — Modjeski
Col. Buffin
Arids
Onhoenix Heide
Phoenxville
N Is
Phoenix
Gov Drake issues final Thanksgiving Proclamation
A collected brief recounts Gov. Drake issuing his final Thanksgiving proclamation on the 13th. It notes Morning Sun delivery trial in rural Louisa County and mentions multiple local incidents including a fatal injury of Treasurer Burrus during a Town Centennial event, a murder trial at Unionville, and a bank robbery attempt at Oxford.
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Mamie Peterson
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Dee
Humphrey
Eldon
Lions City
Clyde
Sawyer
Parochial School Settlement Outlines National System
The Greenway government in Manitorm declares all schools national under provincial control with uniform textbooks and qualified teachers. Local option is recognized, and denominational instruction is allowed after secular work, with bilingual readings and consistent provincial standards guiding teacher qualifications and curriculum.
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Wixsives
Man
Greenway
Outrage on Negroes at Altoona Tennessee
A mob of about fifty white men attacked a group of African Americans near Altoona, fifteen miles from here, wounding several and shooting others with buckshot. The attackers ordered the Negroes to leave the area and set a foreman's house on fire as some pursued shelter. Local tensions and threats escalated as authorities moved to restore order.
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Altoona
Tennessee
Uber
Standard Oil Company
Allison I5 hopeful and silver tax debate in December
Senator Allison, at Chandler, discusses postal revenue and a possible Dintari bill to avert a special session by March. Mixed views on a free silver majority. Counterfeit silver halfdollars flood the country, with coins of full weight slipping detection due to lack of ringing.
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Deneger
Allison
Chandler
Senate
Wilson
Orcaren
Minent 18
Southe
Murder charges against Andrew J. Shute in family drowning case
In Montt town a man named Andrew J. Shute, once thought sole survivor of a Smith's Lake drowning, is jailed on suspicion of murdering his wife and four children. Reports say Shute led a second life in a downtown block and taught a woman to swim at the lake while hiding his estranged family. The woman is also under arrest.
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India
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Victoria
Germany
Russia
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Crimmontt
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Ony
Buying American Rail Company Filing Heavy Order From the Orient
Li Hung Chang has sent Andrew Carnegie on orders for 10 000 tons of steel rails as Edgar Thompson plant begins rail rolling. The firm also secures a large order from Japan for 000 tons of T rails to be used in level country districts for light traffic. Freight rates to the Pacific are noted, and shipments will be directed accordingly.
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Orient Braddock
Li Hung Chang
Andrew Carnegie
Edgar Thompson
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Pacific
LYNCHED BY A Mop a Meote Hiddied With But an Awful Crime
In Ansville Indiana a man named Fred Williams attempted assaulting a woman and then the child present. He was chased by twenty or more miners and shot dead while fleeing. The incident follows a broader news brief on the presidential electoral vote tally showing McKinley 373 to Bryan 373 with Kentucky split.
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Kentucky
Cleveland Steel Plant to Be Nation's Only Crucible Producer
The Cleveland Steel Company, owned by the Rockefellers, is erecting a major crucible steel plant to manufacture tool and cutlery steel. it will be the only facility of its kind in the United States, with Austria currently supplying such steel.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Steel Company
Rockefellers
Notable Victory at Guayamare Sparks Havana Excitement
Reports from Havana say the capture of Guayamare by General Calixto AREIN with a large rebel force and two artillery pieces overwhelmed the town. The garrison of 150 soldiers and 20 armed citizens surrendered and were sent to Puerto Principe, while civilians aided the rebels in destroying defenses and property including a church tower blown by dynamite.
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Guayanaro
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Patriotism in Spain sparks rush to internal loan
Dispatch from Paris describes Spain’s eager subscription surge for a new government loan. Women sell jewelry to raise funds, worships pledge to dedicate gold and silver to the church, and Madrid and Barcelona banks open Sunday to receive subscriptions. Brokers report scrip offerings near 1,000,000 dollars.
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Madrid
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Seven men held after Metzner shooting in Kentucky grocery
Nov. 17 in Hexpensox Kentucky seven colored men implicated in the Metzner store shooting were captured. Masked assailants fired as Metzner surrendered, but three suspects were secretly moved to Pineville and four to Hopkinsville, averting a lynching scare.
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Gibson Jailed After Joke Causes Man’s Neck Injury
In Rostox Indiana on November 18 Jacob Gibson allegedly ground pepper into a peddler named Inkled Ground pepper in the victim’s mustache to prank him. The sneeze caused Silver to dislocate his neck. Doctors doubt recovery. Gibson is under arrest.
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Ind
Jacob Gibson
Silver
Gibson
Quarrel Over Sandwich Lands Three Brooklyn Cops in Trouble
Three Brooklyn police officers quarrel over a sandwich at a station house. One allegedly stole a sandwich and ate it, leading to a clash with their fellow officers. The scene ends with the commissioner fining each officer, while the text notes the others wanted no more sandwiches at that price.
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Vssioner
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