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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
10
The issue of teachers’ pay dominates local debate as officials face dissatisfaction with current salaries. Advocates argue reforms are overdue and may reshape compensation, benefits, and classroom support for educators.
Gov Shaw was honored at a Des Moines Grant Club banquet attended by about four hundred leading Republicans. He received a long ovation as he gave the principal address. Gov elect Cummins is to be inaugurated today and Shaw will assume Treasury duties on January 2.
The Nicaragua canal bill introduced by Pete Hepburn passed the House last week by a large margin. It praises Iowa’s congressman for his work and notes broad public support for the canal. The Panama canal debate is seen as poorly timed while the nation favors construction in Nicaragua.
The Iowa legislature has convened, with peers urging lawmakers to avoid new laws and focus on needed steps. The writer calls for trimming idle committee clerks and hangers on who fail to justify their heat and costs.
Newton receives a $2000 gift pledge for library books with $1000 secured and the donor urging the city to honor the contract. Mr Richards insists the library needs a permanent home before any more funds are given and urges raising the remaining $1000 to complete the project.
The text notes calling on Andrew Carnegie to donate $10,000 from his wealth with a likely city requirement for a ten percent annual maintenance appropriation of $1,000. It presents a plan to secure funds and ongoing support for city services. The passage emphasizes a potential charitable contribution tied to municipal upkeep.
The item lists an acre farm six miles from New Town with four vacant lots and a house and lot sold by Meredith and Son. It notes a debate on whether Lincoln surpassed Washington, with named affi rmatives and negatives. Also announces a hog business exit and shift to buying scraps for cash, with Bergman Bros. & McKinley handling weighing and post office contact.
An old newspaper ad section promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for backache headaches nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizzy spells citing Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Iowa as a cured patient It also touts English Spavin Liniment for horses claiming it cures various horse ailments and promises substantial savings The ad ends with a pitch for Rocky Mountain Tea and a call to subscribe to the RECORD.
A claimed remedy that cures cholera swine pox typhoid fever bilious fever cold fever and other hog diseases is endorsed by hundreds of farmers in the state. For sale by A M Lust Fairview township C F Soulaman Palo Alto township W H Ives Kellogg township Peter Bickenhaupt Jasper County agent Chollett Hawthorne Newton and general agents for Jasper County north and south. Agents wanted.
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