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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
6
A newspaper sale notice touts good items at low prices including sorghum at 40 cents per gallon sardines in oil at five cents per can Good Flour Northern at 1 25 per sack Mocha and Java coffee reduced to 30 cents Combination coffee 25 cents Good Tea 25 cents Potatoes at 0 cents per bushel Maple Syrup 1 per gallon Coffee 10 cents per package Plan your purchases now for the best supply and savings.
A local store invites customers to browse its cleanest stock of groceries with produce accepted at market prices. A new carload of Gold Coin Flour has just arrived, signaling fresh inventory for shoppers.
The clipping lists railroad time tables for the Monroe Branch Newton to Monroe service and the Des Moines Valley Division with going east and west schedules. It includes station times at Newton Monroe Fairmount Prairie City and other stops, plus main line and Chicago Great Western services with daily and Sunday notes.
A jumble of historical ads and brief notices include Lumber sales by Jasper & Sons, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy endorsements by Geo. W. Humphrey, and testimonials for Pain Balm from A T Moreaux. Also lists magazines and subscriptions, rental signs, and cheap rough boards.
A dialogue discusses how sudden wealth in the Klondike often shows itself through behavior rather than spending. The passage notes one man who announced his riches after a quiet period, then shifts to a New York Ledger article describing Antarctic exploration, noting extreme southern conditions, vegetation limits, and scientific interest in climate and geology.
London Truth compares the elder Dumas to a tireless writer who punctuates by feel and lends clarity to style. It notes the younger Dumas, though less fluent, forged plays with meticulous hand and sharp, pregnant sentences in drafts.
A Portland Maine Argus tale recalls a man who signed a check with part of the agent’s name and part of his own. The incident, recounted by an insurance agent, highlights common forgetfulness in correspondence and signatures among readers.
A cure for sleeplessness suggests warming or cooling towels on the neck to calm the brain and induce sleep, praised for its prompt effect. The humming bird’s nest defense and a claim about humming birds blinding attackers are noted, along with Miss Fuller becoming harbor mistress of Tacoma and producing the first harbor report by an American woman.
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