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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1896
Page
4
A local advertisement extols Pillsbury Best flour as superior and urges customers to visit Houghs Double Stores for the largest stock, appealing to cash buyers and those with good credit. It promotes canned goods under Monarch Brand and mentions installment plans as available.
The Newton board of supervisors meets across April 1806 to approve minutes, allow monthly stipends for Elnora Jones Buena Vista and Win Se brough, and rebated taxes for Harriet Smeddle. A bid from S T Roberts Des Moines is accepted for building a poor house. later sessions note audits, tax rebates, and approvals of claims and care payments for local residents.
A collage of 19th century notices includes millinery stock fullness, peaches and pears sold by can at low prices, laundry and garment sales, and random public notices. It mentions Dr. Weber visiting Newton on May 24 and a long list of local sales, auctions, and property ads with names like Hinkelman and Hanson & Hanson, plus a testimonial for Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and a real estate firm promoting farms and western lands.
Clear Lake hosts the Iowa College Glee Club and Amphion Orchestra in a May Festival at Lister's Opera House on May 1. Tickets go on sale Monday April 21 at 1 o clock, with admission 35 and 50 cents. The public is urged to arrive early due to expected high demand.
Mrs Susa Spakh am offers dress making and sewing of all kinds with guaranteed satisfaction in work and prices Call at her home North Rock Island depot 27 3m
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