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Newspaper

Newton Record

Location

Newton, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1898

Page

11

Easter Bargains In Staple Dress Goods And Accessories

FASTER GREETING offers genuine Easter bargains on first class merchandise across Staple and Novelty Dress Goods. It highlights new styles in Neckwear Easter Kid Gloves and Easter Handkerchiefs with fresh shades.

Witty Aphorisms on Life Love and Money From Chicago News

A collection of pithy sayings and observations on marriage money aging and social pretensions sourced from the Chicago News. It contrasts love and money and comments on matrimony religion and social climbing with humorous quips and moral tones.

Hicks Missed Teller Vote Sparked Jest in Altoona

Congressman Hicks did not know the Teller resolution would be voted last Monday and stayed in Altoona. Speaker Reed joked with Hicks on the streetcar about an absent excuse from his mother, the scene drawing hearty laughter from a carfull of congressmen.

Hicks Altoona Reed Philadelphia Times

Grand Salt Reserve Lies Hidden in Galicia Hungary

The article notes a vast rock salt deposit under Galicia Hungary claimed at 550 miles long 20 miles wide and 250 feet thick. It cites wealth and age of trees in Britain and reports on insured totals of Humbert and Alexander III. It mentions a Vienna mansion with 1 400 rooms housing 2 112 people.

Galicia Hungary Humbert Italy Europe Alexander III Wales Great Britain England Scotland Windsor Park Winden Vienna

Don't Rush From Blessedness to Double Wretchedness

A Chicago News excerpt offers wary maxims on optimism and judgment. It cautions against overconfidence in virtue and work ethic, warns about appearances in relationships, and notes people often misread others. The piece blends humorous social observation with practical advice.

Record merchant advertisements urge smart local shopping

The RECORD showcases weekly notices from Newton's merchants inviting county readers to compare goods and prices. Authors urge customers to mention they saw the ad when buying, implying savings through careful perusal of local advertising.

Newton

Inventions Spotlighting Everyday Life From Recent Patents

A catalog of practical devices including tire repair clips, a tilting shelf table, a self cleaning cuspidor with a perforated spiral water jacket, and European glow wire incandescent bulbs. Also noted are a carpet brush roller, an invalid bed, an anti freezing valve, a single wheel roller skate, a safety pocket design, a lantern equipped dinner pail, a tipping lamp safety weight, a fire escape whip for horses, variable gear chainless bikes, a sash fastener, and an envelope opening machine.

Europe New Jersey

PITH AND POINT Cartoon Jokes and Snippets

A collage of quips and brief dialogue from humorous panels and captions. The items include satirical lines about speech, manners, lovers, nicknames, and social foibles, with snippets from Puck, Dorothy, and other mock-telegraph exchanges.

Overgrown Canary Claws Require Careful Trimming

A reader notes canaries often develop long curved claws that hinder movement. Regular attention is needed and clipping with sharp sensors risks injury, so using a small nail file to shorten nails is preferred to avoid cutting too high and harming the center vascular part.

Why do common quirks puzzle daily life

A collection of wry quips from the Daily News questions common observations about servants, matches, crowding, laundresses, theft, boi head, grass widows, fancy drinks and the notion of silence. It showcases humorous wordplay on social roles and everyday mishaps.

Comic Snippets From Funnygraphs Humor Page

A collage of quotes from newspapers like Puck Detroit Free Press and Atlanta Constitution. Jokes touch on bicycles doctors certificates matrimony life insurance and a railroad cow case with a twist ending. The snippets showcase punchy one liners and character voices across different papers.

Puck Detroi Free Press Indianapolis Journal Detroit Free Press Monetary Commission Darkey Atlanta Constitution

Center Shots and Moral Reflections on Faith and Wealth

A meditation on faith versus works, unity without uniformity, and conscience shaping courage. The text warns against prosperity, luxury, and worship of wealth while praising the union of knowledge and wisdom and the humility of honest striving.

Rome

Gems of Thought and Quotations from Various Authors

A collection of brief aphorisms and quotes on life, education, virtue, and humanity. Notable lines touch on time, simplicity, enthusiasm, friendship, fate, and courtesy, attributed to Fronde Carlyle Swift Burke Emerson Warner Stirling Sterne Faber Bucikle Rochefoucauld Ruskin Whately Schiller Rousseau Blair Smiles Hackwood and others.

Prince of Darkness Carlyle Burke Beecher Emerson Warner Stirling Chile Sterne God F. W. Faber Rochefoncauld Isaac Barrow Whately John Ruskin

Hammer and Anvil: The Quiet Path to Faith and Character

A reflective piece on training as artistry and the virtues shaping character. It links patience, discipline, influence, and truth to moral steadiness, forgiveness, and standing for God, presenting a call to inner strength and responsibility.

Thoughtographs and Observations from a Quiet Corner

An array of aphoristic lines on diet brains social life and reputation. The musings touch on brain food fish paradoxes marriage loneliness womens moods fashion and neighborhood trust with humor and irony.

Overtazing the Eyes in Fashion and Health

The article laments eyeglass usage and eye strain, noting how people abuse their eyes with overuse and poor habits. It argues that weakness cannot be hidden by makeup and fashion, urging recognition of eye health and the need for proper aid.

Feminine Frivole Evening Dress Details In Silk And Lace

In Muscovite cashmere and velvet gowns, fichus of mouseeline and de chine enhance tea and evening wear. A pink silk grace gown with guipure bodice features bands and a black tulle sash. A zenana pink tea gown adds a green crepe de chine fichu with lace frills. Helio surah tea jacket showcases a large fichu and Valenciennes lace.

Marie Antoinette Fichu

Kipling to sail from England to Cape Town with family

News notes Kipling will sail from England to Cape Town in a few days, accompanied by his wife and children. Annie Hard Dyer translates James Lane Allen novels into Japanese. Hobbes listed works to appear in a uniform edition. Wells rewrites War of the Worlds adding four chapters. Robert Hichens new Londoners due spring. Burns letters to be published as The Correspondence Between Burns and Mrs Dunlop.

Rudyard Kipling England Cape Town Annie Hard Dyer James Lane Allen Kentucky John Oliver Hobbes H. G. Wells Robert Hichens London Ascot Robert Burns Burns

Rams Horns and Moral Maxims in Old Saying

A collection of aphorisms on guilt fanaticism friendship and wisdom. Pithy lines warn against dissipation, pride, idleness, and deception while praising purity truthfulness and prudent conduct. Contains varied images like a shaggy camel and the devil as a lure for loafers.

Eighteenth Century Laws and Odd Sayings

A collection of quirky proverbs and antique beliefs. It links luck with eggshells and Easter, notes foolish days like All Fools Day, and jokes about appearance and speech. It mixes superstitions with playful lines about love and wit.

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