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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1895
Page
5
Rail timetable fragment lists departures from Newton and Monroe with morning and afternoon runs. Mentions Going Fast, local freight numbers 202 and 204, Westbound No 201 and 203, and mixed entries for Fairmount and Mingo with times around 6.38 to 10.15. Includes passenger and freight service notes.
Officers elected and finances reviewed at city hall with reports from Secretary Treasurer and Finance Committee. President Parsons presided, selection of officers including Hi D Parsons as President and A Failor as Secretary. Action to adjust salaries and to acquire the Wallace Stud Book discussed and carried. Adjourned sine die.
Local ads urge shoppers to buy pumps lamps and glassware at Jasper Sons Morgan and Hunter Wagley Smead Bergman McKinley Eldridge Sitler and Pardoe Photographs and folding beds are touted with special prices. suppliers claim wide lines in oak mahogany and curly birch bookcases and a new photography gallery nearby inclining toward platinum work samples and cheap yet quality photographs.
The writer reports four inches of snow in Mississippi near 275 miles north of New Orleans on the Illinois Central. He notes cold, poor housing, low business, and general unrest, with Negro registration and poll tax issues. The letter details travel plans to New Orleans Pensacola and St. Petersburg and praises Capt. J. T. Long. Also included is a romantic tale about Captain Day and Mrs. Hester Haliburton, plus local notices about a farm sale and gallery promotions.
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