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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
9
Amusing clippings describe an impatient man at a busy finch counter pressing for boiled beef with horse radish sauce while overworked staff juggle orders. Jokes mix with scattered quips about art and society from various papers, painting a collage of lighthearted vignettes and social humor.
The expert Boston optician Dr D Clements is featured at the Churchill Hotel in Newton offering specialized eyewear assessments and fittings.
Frugal readers learn of eye exam advances and frame tests plus a magazine sale. Free gold or silver frames with each lens pair advertised. Magazines offered include Success Review of Reviews Current Literature New England Magazine and more with deep discounts. Christmas travel fare offers from Nickel Plate Road outline round trips at a fare and a third to Central Passenger Association territory with January 2 return.
Real estate listing notes indicate property trading and matching services with agency coverage for Iowa Minnesota and North and South Dakota lands. Located at Caillatolice first door over Burns grocery West side square Newton.
An old time medicine ad touts Ayer's Pills as liver pills curing constipation headache and dyspepsia. The fragment suggests a 28 cent price and morning dew wording.
Winter tourists are offered low round trip rates to California and Pacific coast points via Iowa Central route. A four day trip from St. Paul to California via Iowa Central and Southern Route is featured with the Pullman Tourist Car service. Call Geo S Batty Marshalltown for details. Also a piano sale on the west side of the square closes Saturday night.
Dr Potters of the Boston Electric Medical Institute conducts a promotional tour offering free exams for chronic diseases and deformities. The ad touts a new electricity based treatment claiming cures for deafness catarrh weak lungs cancer and piles, with a two ounce urine sample for kidney concerns. It advertises a nationwide reputation and invites all to attend Friday and Saturday December 13 and 14 at Churchill Hotel Newton Iowa.
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