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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1898
Page
6
An artistic booklet entitled Sum mer Outings, published by the Nickel Plate Road, describes vacation resorts along the south shore and is sent to any address on application to J. Y. Callahan, General Agent, No. 111 Adams St., Chicago.
The Democracy leadership presses ahead with plans for the national campaign as Jim Weaver repeatedly restarts his push. Young women eager for portrait publication are reminded that more hopeful figures will return home ready to be kissed.
Careful review of interviews on wartime management suggests the other side bears the responsibility.
Nic Sharon Star notes Weaver performs in a three ring routine to push democratic populist and free silver policies into office. He predicts the combination critter is the wast kind of bucking bronco, suggesting a chaotic political outcome.
The text asserts Manila as a site for mission work to curb native savagery and notes cockfighting as a popular local diversion witnessed by crowds of 4,000 or more in the city.
The report cites the recent war's total American casualties as 28 officers and 236 men killed plus 57 officers and 1406 men wounded, totaling 1752. It notes Civil War Union losses of 4143 officers and 62,916 men killed, with 48,012 dying from wounds.
The public will not trust a party that used congressional votes to embarrass the government during a crisis. The argument for a Republican majority centers on many factors, with this incident standing out as highly conspicuous in the critique of the current leadership.
The Fairfield Tribune asserts it does not speak for Sixth district Democrats yet argues Weaver is a worn out politician. It says his nomination would ruin party hopes and calls on him to quit pursuing office and support a candidate with real electability.
Democratic leaders press to revive the free silver issue for the 1900 race after a full 1896 debate. The article notes the issue had a fair trial and all favorable arguments were stated in 1896, with no new developments since.
The Republican state convention endorses the gold standard as essential to monetary policy, citing wartime finance and urging congressional action to entrench gold parity. It contrasts with Democratic opposition to soldier voting rights, accusing Democrats of disfranchising veterans and blocking a bill to allow soldiers in the field to vote.
Fred Gearhart and Guy Harrison were captured at Norwood Wright County Mo about 200 miles from Sedalia for stealing saddles from Allen Jeffries and Frank Lowery near Ira on August 1. They confessed after arrest by Constable Davidson Sheriff Tripp and Jeffries. They were jailed in Newton and to be brought before Squire Rodgers for preliminary hearing next Monday.
Jasper M Springer and Miss Bettie Christie wed at the bride’s home in Oskaloosa on September 1. Jasper, native of the city, is son of the late Stant Springer and Patsy Yates. He is praised as a good man, while the bride is described as a charming young lady. Only his sister and her husband Ellis McConnaughey from Prairie City attend the ceremony.
Gold reserve reaches 219,320,372 the largest on record. Bank clearings last month the heaviest August ever. August failures the fewest in five years. Defaulted liability in August failures 26.5 percent smaller than any prior month. Business activity larger than in top prior years and rising. Wheat crop likely to be the largest ever harvested.
A testimonial ad promoting Beggs' Little Giant Pills as the only reliable cure for constipation indigestion and liver issues. Tacoma reader H Jones says one box relieved years of trouble. Thompson & Co claims perfect little pill and Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam cure various stomach ailments and diarrhea with strong endorsements.
See what T. W. Patton of Lane Texas says about Beggs' German Salve. After four years troubled by blind itching and bleeding piles and trying many remedies, he found relief at once and, after two boxes, a full cure. Sold by Thompson & Co.
Relief in six hours claimed for kidney and bladder disease by New Great South American Kidney Cure. Advertises prompt relief of pain in bladder kidneys and back for male or female with almost immediate relief of retention. Sold by Kennedy the druggist Newton Iowa.
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