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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1899
Page
5
Fugard and Brown advertise Jaspe County lands and Newton properties for sale with showings at no cost to buyers. Correspondence is encouraged, promising assistance to prospective purchasers.
Prairie City Press notes MRS CARRIE WHITE as millinery and dress maker. Reports a box supper at Ryan's school house, a new floor for Frank Trafton’s restaurant, and the funeral of J D Norris on Jan 31. Joint G A R and WAC installation at Odd Fellows hall delayed by cold. WRU installation officer absent. Colfax Tribune delays issue while fixtures move. Mrs Mary Marshall visits Knox, I S C to meet, Chaucer to Tennyson readings, and a Wichita trip for Mrs Wm Duncan. Barber Hogan builds large cistern brick. County teachers meet despite poor roads. meeting led by President Richards. Program largely carried with one paper omitted.
The column mixes local ads for trusses and rent signs with family notices about Mrs. Blair of Newton visiting relatives, Mrs. Draper of Valley Junction, and Kellogg’s measles outbreak. It shares a reminiscent piece on Old Maids, hints at church life, and a tale on Abraham Lincoln's view of hoop skirts and pardons, ending with a moral anecdote.
The text explains specific gravity as density relative to water, lists densities for blood, plasma, serum, saliva, gastric juice, bile, urine, sweat, and pancreatic juice, and describes hydrometer variants such as urinometer and lactometer. It ends with a patent medicine promotion for Dr Miles Restorative Nervine.
The Jasper County Board of Supervisors meets in Newton and approves auditors and deputy salaries along with fixed bonds for coal contractors and several banks. A resolving clause limits extra clerk hire, and bids for blank books and supplies are to be sought. An obituary notes the death of E H Bailey and Lottie Simpson is remembered. local notes cover weather history and community news.
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