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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1897
Page
5
Market report shows price ranges for the Newton market week ending May 48 with potatoes grain and livestock priced across several stalls. Traders note fluctuating demand and steady consignments as buyers survey available stock and submit bids.
Rail timetable details list outbound and inbound departures for multiple lines including Monroe Branch and Des Moines Valley Division. Shows times from Newton to Monroe and Newton to Des Moines, with daily patterns and freight notes.
Train times show eastbound and westbound departures from Newton, with stops including Lynnville Loynnville New Sharon and Grinnell, listing daily schedules by No.1 No.3 No.5 and southbound No.2 No.4 No.6 along with local accommodation trains and locals.
Fragmented timetable shows southbound and northbound trains with partial station names Baxter and Valeria. Times listed include early morning and late evening departures and arrivals, but several digits are garbled or missing, yielding an incomplete schedule snapshot.
The Imported Stallion ENAMBUC 18857 will stand the 1897 season at two locations: Monday to Wednesday at J. R. Simbro's, 34 miles southeast of Prairie City and 2 miles northwest of Fairmount, and Thursday to Saturday at L. A. Greenlief's farm southeast of Colfax. ENAMBUC dark iron gray, 16 hands, 1800 pounds, foaled March 25, 1888, imported 1891. Entered for registry in the Sixth Volume of the Percheron Stud Book of America. Terms eight dollars.
To the People of Jasper County the jeweler says after eight years in the trade that A M Bebner, employed three years, has performed better than any previous worker. He notes watches rarely come back unsatisfied and offers to refer many satisfied customers.
Mary L Miller et al to Clarinda Murphy and multiple parcels in Buena Vista and Poweshick counties form part of court house notices. Transactions include transfers of lots and blocks in Baxter Mingo Colfax Newton and Mingo with buyers including James Me Os Erastus McIntire and Parsons’ Band Cutter Co. Marriage licenses listed: Arthur Hendrices Mary Kelly John Hallowell Mary Bench and others.
Legal notices detail two sheriff's sales on special executions in Jasper County Iowa. First, The Newton Savings Bank vs I E Campbell et al, for land in Newton to satisfy a 1887 judgment. sale ordered by June 12 1897 at Newton courthouse. Second, Hawkeye State Savings and Loan Association vs Jennie Spohn et al for the southeast quarter of block No eighty five in Monroe. sale set for June day 1897 at 10 am.
Under the Meeting Imperial Council Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Iowa Central Ry. announces excursion tickets to Detroit at half rates for June 5th, 6th, and 7th with return validity until June 13th. For details contact Iowa Central Ry. agents.
A historical ad notes Shiloh's Consumption Cure as the leading cough remedy. It claims superior effectiveness where others fail, praises its pleasant taste, and asserts it should be in every home. Sold by Wag ey & Smead.
May reports from Fairview Buena Vista Sully Lynn Grove and Sugar Grove elementary schools list enrollment and attendance figures for May 3 to May 28 1897. Teachers Irena Davis Rosa Sparks and Adah B Sims record names pupils and note attendance and tardiness.
Report from Cottage Grove school in Rock Creek township lists 17 scholars enrolled over 20 teaching days, total attendance 232, average daily attendance 13, with 11-17 days counted as neither absent nor tardy. Names include Nemes Tena Hunter Charley and Mae Randall. Gertrude M. Garey is the teacher. Also notes Burton House proprietor Mr Isaac Horner of Burton, W. V. cured of rheumatism after three years with Chamberlain's Pain Balm per a testimonial. Sold by Wagley and Smead. Remember Wilson's bakery for fresh bread and pastries.
W H Broadwell of La Cygne Kansas endorses Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after trying his own medicines and others. He reports one dose helped him and a second cured him and recommends it as the best in the market. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes from Wagley and Smead.
Hundreds of thousands have been induced to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy by reading what it has done for others and, after testing its merits, are today its warmest friends. For sale by Wagley and Smead.
An old advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as a blood purifier. It claims to cure headaches nervousness facial eruptions and to clear the head, with Wagley and Smead as sellers.
Travel notices list Iowa Central Railway B O Minneapolis fare one dollar fare plus fifty cents for round trip with tickets on sale July 4 1897. Martial town second hand furniture sale at Blackledge Sons north of square. Iowa Pill Mixers to hold annual meeting at Waterloo June 11. Maple Leaf Route certificate plan fare one third round trip via Chicago Great Western Railway. Apply to any Maple Leaf Route agent.
An advertisement promotes Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment as a cure for piles including blind breeding and irritation. It claims instant relief, absorption of tumors, and a poultice effect, with guaranteed boxes sold by H J Skiff in Newton Iowa and mailed at 0 and 1.00 per box.
A clear head and sweet breath claimed to be secured with Shilohs Catarrh Remedy sold with a nasal injector free. Available from Wagley and Smead.
The Iowa Central Railway announces excursion tickets from Iowa stations to Marshalltown for the G A REncampment in Marshalltown on June 6 8 10. Tickets good for return until June 12 at half fare. For rates and information contact local agents or Thomas P Barry Marshalltown Iowa.
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