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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
2
A Yoruba period ad proclaims a special sale with large reductions on all stock, especially woolen suits. It urges immediate action, claiming prices will never be seen again as clothing costs rise, and promises wide bargains across every article.
A short classified item offers a boys suit described as square or round cut, made of fine wool, priced at fifty cents. The note presents a bargain cue typical of mid century ads, with minimal detail beyond material and price.
A fragmentary feature echoes faith and cosmic wonder, naming Joseph Truman and a veiled force shaping human hope. The text blends religious imagery with philosophical reverie about truth, light, and the human condition in a somber voice.
A long excerpt mixes a boyish tale of a pet spider duel with a vivid account of a young Ulysses Grant guiding a horse blindfolded home after Flat Rock, Kentucky. The piece shifts to reminiscence on General Grant and concludes with a miscellany of charms and superstitions from Macmillan's.
A tale from Youth's Companion recalls Daniel Webster praising General Taylor's public service while noting his insistence on friends, not enemies. A witty exchange follows about eyes resembling artillery and heat lightning, with Webster delivering a grave quip on heat lightning's nature.
A Brooklyn man told a reporter that riding a trolley car eases his headache. After work he rides three miles home and finds relief, attributing it to the car’s air charged with electricity, though it may simply be the fresh air.
A jumble of gossip and curiosities notes Miss de Pink joining a cookery school as a scandalous move while Miss Tiptop’s marriage ambitions draw mockery. Travel tidbits mention a Saxon linden tree and Behneeberg trunks, plus a palm in a window and daily pot turning. An Africa desert heat claim and ice cream chatter close the item.
A pasted reminiscence from Gentleman's Magazine recounts a travel year in Australian colonies 1870 detailing ants overwhelming a native opossum skin rag, attempts to deter them with pepper turpentine and sun bleaching, and a rattling anecdote of killing a Tasmanian snake and skeleton cleanup. It closes with a money loan notice at six percent on security.
An advertisement promotes Kael Clover Tea by Wagley and Smead as pleasant to take for constipation satle skin and fatigue claims. The listing emphasizes relief and suggests the product as a remedy for several discomforts.
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