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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
5
The Furniture Department announces early buying incentives to ease spring rush. To improve service, February prices are offered on furniture and carpets, encouraging customers to buy now and save money.
Advertised grab bag rugs arrived at Nichols Iowa instead of Newton causing disappointment. The sale will resume next Friday and Saturday at sale prices with Velvet rugs 2 dozen with fringe 26x60 inch Wilton Persian rugs 24 pieces at 1.19, Esmerella 36x72 at 2.69, Highland Smyrna 30x60 at 1.89, Smyrna 26x60 at 1.36 while last.
Procrastination pays off for late buyers with deep February discounts. Coats priced from 7.50 to 20 dollars, jackets under factory pricing, plush capes 7.50 to 10.50, wool waists at 1.00, and all furs at 25 percent off.
Local grocer invites Chicago mail order customers to switch, promising a two percent discount plus free freight by mail. They advertise sample offerings, low prices on peaberry coffee, Italian prunes, dried fruits, navy beans, white fish, mackerel, and Search Light Oil. Emphasizes spring and summer stock and price quotes by return mail.
At Frank Hummel’s farm one mile east of Newton the public auction on Wednesday February 1 1902 will start at 10 o clock. The sale lists 73 cattle 76 hogs 2 horses and various farm machinery plus Early Rose seed potatoes. Terms include 12 months credit at 6 percent with notes and security or cash with a 5 dollar cash discount. Auctioneers are Charles W Mason and F A McMurray with J M Woodrow as clerk.
The speaker lists several fit farms ready for possession by March 1 if sold promptly and notes other properties rented to reliable tenants that yield good interest, with the sign-off by 2912 J. H. Fugard.
The February Cosmopolitan offers strong pieces including a Niagara Falls history and fine fiction. Beveridge’s articles in the Saturday Evening Post illuminate Russia and China in the Far East, a must for readers tracking the eastern question. Ladies Home Journal remains the most popular home magazine with 9600 subscription letters recently received. For rent four houses become available March 1. Hub grocery and market provides top groceries and meats.
The narrator describes the voyage northward from the Pacific, noting dolphins and albatrosses, brutal shipboard work beneath the furnace, and a climb toward Alaska, Aleutians, and finally Japan. Landfall at Hakodate and Nagasaki is described with vivid coastal scenes.
The county records the first smallpox death in the present outbreak as John W. Leeper near Newton. At age about 78, he had been ill two weeks and seemed to improve before pneumonia struck in his frail condition. He was a longtime U P church member and respected resident. His wife and their children Charlie and Jennie also contracted the disease. Leeper was buried in Metz cemetery Thursday evening amid sorrow and sympathy for the bereaved family.
District court in Jasper county Iowa appoints Charley Dammeier as Executor of Bernhard Dammeier estate. Creditors must settle promptly and claimants file claims within twelve months from this date or be barred by law. Dated February 1902 at Newton. E. M. S. McLaughlin, Attorney.
Mr and Mrs George G Earley and family express heartfelt thanks to friends for deep sympathy shown in their sore bereavement.
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