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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
5
DRY GOODS presents camels hair underwear at 49c next Friday and Saturday after a 75c price. Features include Swiss Plumetis with Grand Prix Paris Exposition honor, Nivette Brochee printed muslin designs, Duchesse Dimity, Silk Swiss, Gaze Ryal and Lucerne Mousseline with sample requests.
A catalog snippet highlights the Library of Wit and Humor edited by Mark Twain and others at 500 pages with 36 illustrations bound in cloth and priced at 50 cents from $1.50. Also includes Bill Nye Remarks with 150 illustrations in 7x9 inches offered at 50 cents from $1.50. Flavius Josephus with index, 788 pages octavo bound in cloth offered at $1.00.
Lent begins February twelfth as the grocery store unveils Lot No 1 a ten box supply of White Laundry Soap seven bars for 25 cents Lot No 2 offers ten boxes of Diamond C Soap for 25 cents per box Lot No 3 features 300 pounds of bright Muer California Peaches at 1 cent per pound Lot No 4 provides 200 pounds of large Italian Prunes at 10 cents a pound three pounds for 25 cents Lot No 5 includes 200 pounds of Lion package coffee ten cents per package Arm and Hammer Soda two packages Yeast Foam Calumet Baking Powder and a two pound jar of Banner preserves for 10 cents Oil Meal by the hundred at 165 per hundred
Having sold my farm I will sell at public sale at the farm 4 miles east of Newton on Thursday Feb 13 1902 at 10 o clock the described property including 80 head of stock 4 horses 43 cattle 40 hogs and various farm machinery plus corn fodder hay posts and other items. Terms credit 12 months at 6 percent with notes secured cash discounts 2 percent and $5 in hand. W E Girton M A McCord auctioneer E E Lyday Clerk.
Mary E Hammer petitions to quiet title to a parcel described as the west 3 of the 10 77 100 acres of lot 3 in the N W of the S E of section 20 township 79 north range 18 west situated in Jasper County Iowa. Defendants unnamed heirs and claimants are notified to appear by April 8 1902 or face judgment. Publication ordered in The Newton Record for six weeks. Judge W G Clements signed.
The partnership of Scharf and Morrison is dissolved by mutual consent. Philip Scharf will continue the business and Morrison will operate at Clark's bank to collect all accounts. Those owing the firm are asked to settle promptly. Vine candies at Neel's.
A collage of remarks from newspapers on women, golf, indestructible battleships, kleptomania, suicide reports, jingoism, and Russia not rushing to The Hague. The quips mix wit and critique, reflecting early 20th century editorial voices on society, warfare, and scandal.
The New York Post notes innovations in tea gowns, negligees, and evening cloaks with black summer velvet linings. Pure white costumes dominate summer wear, with new angel sleeves lined in liberty silk and fronts adorned with intricate tucks and embroidery. Unlined stock collars gain favor for comfort, while stiff choker styles fade from lawn and muslin gowns.
PERT PERSONALS report a 32 statue hall of fame planned for Emperor William, likely all dedicated to him. Other items note Edward forgiving William Waldorf Astor, the cost of an ex American’s return to favor, and assorted opinions on public figures and citizenship.
Guidelines on hive spacing and packing to avoid crowding, storage of honey, elevating hives off the ground, providing a landing place, and avoiding a second queen. It notes that bees with an existing queen resist a new one and that swarms should be hived promptly after clustering near the apiary.
A new foreign notion in adjustable jewelry features a necklace designed to separate into two bracelets. The concept allows versatile wear and pairing, retaining a single chain that can be divided for different styles.
The barber pole has served as a nearly 500 year symbol indicating a barber's shop. Historically it marked the owner as both barber and surgeon, a dual role that linked grooming with medical care.
Instructions emphasize soaking dried beans, peas, and vegetables in cold water prior to cooking. Dried root vegetables also benefit from cold-water soaking to improve moisture and texture.
A selection of brief excerpts from several papers notes scattered topics from political comments on Great Britain and South Africa to local anecdotes in Missouri and New York. It references a Jersey mosquito policy for Trackensack meadows, a Moberly man selling trousers with money found, and remarks on athletics, naval power, the Maine claims, and Spain.
Britain yields 61 percent more potatoes per acre while France posts 3 1 5 tons and Russia only 2. Australian shop staff toil about 50 hours weekly. Ballarat shops largely close early for four week days, with Friday 1 pm and Saturday 10 pm final hours. Cornwall’s tin share has dropped to seven percent. Malay peninsula now supplies around 60 percent, Dutch East Indies about 19 percent. France considers wine as a farm horse ration. Herault Agricultural Society notes a bran and wine feed trial and forms a commission to study feasibility.
A collection of quips from newspapers mock efforts to control dust and traffic. The Denver Times notes oil on wet streets invites slickness as residents push back. The San Francisco Call contrasts US and European expos as each side fancies the other. The Syracuse Post-Standard laments dangerous grade crossings allowing fast traffic endangering pedestrians.
A French process makes celluloid without camphor using naphthalene. Mars has 200 canals charted with the narrowest 30 miles wide. A French scientist claims X rays can be produced without electricity. Clouds are water in tiny globules identical to kettle steam and morning fogs.
The article notes Belgium plans to raise its army to 180000. Russian cadets may wear mustaches and beards while naval personnel may wear mustaches but shave beards. Colonel Arthur Hamilton Lee advocates higher soldier pay and broader American-style reforms for Britain's army. It also reports royalty costs at about threepence per person annually.
A simple disinfectant is described using one half ounce of lavender spirits and a lump of ammonium salts placed in a wide mouthed fancy bottle and left uncovered in a roof acts as a pleasant deodorizer and antiseptic, filling the room with a delicate perfume soothing to nerves and senses.
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