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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1895
Page
5
Railroads publish mixed east and west routes with stops and departures. Times include Monroe Branch noting Newton and Lynnville connections, and main line schedules listing North and South going trains with depart and arrival times. Officials Frank Wilson as president and cashiers noted in old style signature.
Jasper County Bank Newton Iowa established 1869 on Public Square offers timely interest on deposits and purchases sale notes and other good notes.
A folksy note praises Newton as a good place to grow up and mentions babies growing into walkers who then visit Frank Harvey's to spend their pennies. The fragment emphasizes community and local small business without specific dates or broader context.
Candy care for nothing hat ay.
Miss Bertha E. Johnson visits John Walsh in Newton while George Parsons trips to Moline on Feeder Co business. Des Moines-bound visits by Mrs E A Brown and Mrs Will Newell. P E O ladies aid Needy in city. multiple departures for visits to Iowa towns and states. Lectures, church events, auctions, and local commerce wrap a busy week with numerous travelings and gatherings.
Probate and property transfers listed for multiple townships include Margaret Elliott to Elisha Elliott, DM Black to McClelland Peery, Mary Woody to Geo Woody, and many others. Totals range from 560 to 18,500 with various lot descriptions, sw of sections, and quarter sections. Local hardware ad notes Bergman & McKinley stocking pumps, including Maud 8 double action force pump.
Special prize is presented by RECORD Publishing Company to recognize notable achievement. Details on eligibility, prize value, and awarding body are outlined in accompanying notices and advertiser materials. Local readers are invited to submit entries for future contest cycles through RECORD’s channels.
A local paper offers a four drawer Davis Sewing Machine as a Special Prize for the most regular and efficient correspondent in 1806. Points include regular service, proportion of news items to population, with strict reporting records kept and a fair impartial award. Morgan and Hunter Newton agents display the prize, shown by A. M. Carl.
An ad touts The Chicago Record as an ideal daily paper with independent factual reporting and the largest morning circulation in Chicago and the west. It claims concise news coverage, broad world events, and a clean family focus, urging subscriptions via postmasters and newsdealers.
It has rained but you need pumps all the same. Get them at Joe Stevens for 35 and 50 cents. Window glass in all sizes also at Joe Stevens.
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