Local and Personal News Summary
A Newton area issues page notes births and visits, with a newborn son to Mr and Mrs J C Ellis in Kellogg township on February 1. It records relatives’ travel from California to Wisconsin, social calls in Newton and Des Moines, and promotions for The Poultry Farmer paper. Local ads mention coal, lumber, and prairie services, plus health cures and local editor notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Ellis
Kellogg Township
Des Moines
Harlan Cook
Chicago
F. T. Campbell
Newton
Acook
Formith
S. G. Smith
Violin of a Ride Through Washington Park
A park scene unfolds with a fast cyclist in a white suit spinning past blue lilies and petunias. A bench-bound girl cheers and muses on high style and a future crash as a policeman listens and smiles at the odd spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Park
Henry B Stone Killed by Fireworks Blast in Mass Home
Henry B Stone a Chicago businessman and railroad man died at his Nonquitt Massachusetts summer home when a fireworks bomb exploded after he picked up a misfired device to inspect it. He helped originate the blacklist blamed for railroad labor unrest. The death had long been foretold in local lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Stone
Chicago
Nonquitt
Mass
Mr. Stone
Tattered Thompson Receives Breakfast on May 7 1889
A benevolent lady asks if meals are often missed and Tattered Thompson confirms, noting the breakfast given was due on May 7 1889. The exchange, sourced from Truth, hints at longtime hunger or neglect without graphic detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tattered Thompson
Not Up to Date Detroit Quip on Prescriptions and Bicycles
A brief Detroit Free Press quip notes the speaker dismisses a doctor after joking about five prescriptions none of which include a bicycle. The line highlights a witty misunderstanding of medical orders and everyday objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Sprightly
Detroit Free Press
The Homestead endorsed for 1898 farmer readers
Leland Power promotes Reb 23 lecture on David Copperfield and urges farmers to include The Iowa Homestead in their 1898 reading. The Homestead offers practical farmers’ Institute editions with real farm experiences and no theory. Sample copies mailed. subscription urged. Advertisers like Centerville Block coal and C. H. Jasper & Co. deliver promptly by telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Power
David Copperfield
Iowa Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Homestead
Address Homestead Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Centerville
C. H. Jasper & Co
Quickest Way to Cure a Cold Advertised
Best Insurance Wright and Lufkin promote Weeks Laxative Quinine Tablets with No Cure No Pay. Wagley and Smead offer loans at low rates. Fugard and Brown advertise tablets with No Cure No Pay. Fresh home-rendered lard available at Efnor Bros. meat market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
Wagley & Smead
Efnor Bros
Support Local Merchants With Ads In The Acorp
Friends are urged to tell merchants they saw their ad in the Acorp. A large supply of receipt and note books is available at this office for 10 cents each. Call to obtain them. Printing costs more than poor printing, but poor printing is clear if free. The ReroCORD delivers first class work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Wilcox
Salt Lake City
Newton
Gay Dunmire
Baby
Samuel Murphy
Dexter
Wife
H. W. Pardoe
New Sharon
Silesia
Machine Oils At Wagley And Smead’s
An ad notes machine oils available at Wagley and Smead's store priced at five to six and a half cents per gallon, inviting customers to purchase for their equipment needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagley & Smead
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moline
Schuttler
New Stoughton
Bergman Brothers
Bergman & McKinley
Jasper CO
United States
Clark’s Bank
E. J. Miles
Southeast Corner Square
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Geo. W. Best
Tribune Office
New York City
Henry Gast
Wm. Wilson
Wilson
Moyer
Scott County
California
Ralph Graham Esq
Kellogg
Laura Watson
D. P. Oldfield
Mitchellville
Fugards
John Hartwig
Peoria
Ill
Lucy Hall
Drake University
Bent Clement
Lynnville Herald
Bent
Alice McDonald
Monroe
Colfax
John Morrison
Rena Harvey
People
J. L. Wilson
Reasner
Mr . Flaugh
Efnor’s
Pekry
Luump
Iowa Central Depot
Sylvester McKean
Melbourn
Ed. Watson
North Loup, Neb
Mrs
George Watson
Jasper & Sons
Wheeling
W. Va
United States Signal Service
A. Long & Son
A, Long & Son
Grogers
Wright & Lufkin
Fugard & Brown
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest
ST. Louis, Kansas
Kowa
L.V Martin
Emn
Thos. P. Barry
Inter Ocean
THE
Mail
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!