This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1896
Page
11
Readable fragments show local freight timings and northbound train notes with numbered routes and partial times. The text lists No 4 and No 62 lines, several time stamps in a freight context, and time markers such as 44 a.m. 22 p.m. and 12 55 pm, indicating incomplete timetable data.
Iowa real estate listing by E Campbell presents multiple farms near Newton Pella and Grinnell. 175 acre farm with wind mill springs and fencing priced at 8000 dollars. 160 acre farm at 7500 dollars with good barn. 154 acre JArnice level farm at 837.50 per acre 10 miles from Pella. 50 acre farm 5 miles from Newton at 55 per acre. 185 acre farm near Grinnell at 6000 dollars. 340 acre farm near Grinnell with three barns fenced land and fruit trees. Contact E Campbell for details.
Readers recall a week of local events in Greencastle and vicinity. Residents visit kin and friends, labor changes noted, births and birthdays celebrated, weddings anticipated, and community reports from post office to carts and buggies frame daily life.
Excerpt discusses Robert Louis Stevenson verse linked to a Portrait and notes the July Cosmopolitan issue including Kipling, Remington illustrations, and a study of New York society by Mrs. Burton Harrison. Mentions Burns style lines, a Welsh retreat story by Kate Douglas Wiggin, and price reduction to ten cents with rapid sales.
Excerpt from The New Zealanders in Demorest’s Magazine describes Maori customs of affection and greeting. It notes absence of kissing, replaced by touching noses and embracing with arm around the shoulder, and the peace gesture with spears planted in the ground before a shared body contact.
An assortment of notices highlights coal by Jacob Trotter and Jaco Bowyer services, Briggs & Wiltmore blacksmithing and a reliable foundry. The Iowa Central Railway offers summer excursion tickets to Clear Lake Spirit Lake and major western and eastern resorts with agent contact for details.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.