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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1897
Page
7
A June 26, 1897 item notes a celebrated surgeon and specialist for the cure of all chronic diseases, listed with a Chicago box address, Box 975, Chicago Illinois.
City paving contract requires contractor to protect curbing with fencing boards during paving and to repair curb damage. Withholding of payments possible if labor or materials unpaid. Contractor liable for patent claims. payments by certificates against abutting property. Work to start within 15 days, finish by November 1, 1897, with 3 year defect guarantee. Mayor and City Clerk authorized to bid. resolution effective upon lawful publication.
Mr and Mrs Phil Dinsmore, Harry Agnew and daughter enjoyed an outing on the Skunk river from Wednesday to Monday. They camped at Hickory Bend and reported excellent luck in fishing. The party claimed the finest string of fish from the river at that point in recent years, possibly 38 fish weighing a pound each or one fish weighing 38 pounds.
Central Station Des Moines Iowa June 8 1897 frost severe in northern and central districts followed by cooler weather rainfall deficient grapes damaged vines and plants in north half of state fruit and vegetable gardens injured crop stand reduced corn prospects poor stand due to cold weather replanting widespread corn condition 79 percent oats spring wheat barley and grass fair timothy and clover seeding good no signs of overproduction in staple crops
Austin Hilliwill was in town on business. Eberhart and wife of Newton visited Metz. A horse thief searcher found a stray horse six miles north. William Miller traveled to Marshalltown on business. Eddie Bovee aged 18 barely escaped a horse kick injuring eye and arm while on Mr. Lyons farm. A Sunday picnic hosted by Secular or Free Thinker Sunday school and Spiritualists included a planned debate that may not have occurred. Miss Hilma Lind visited Metz.
The report notes activity across central Iowa with corn loading at Newton Elevator Co. and two car loads of hogs shipped by Mobberly Bros. A car load of potatoes was sent to northern Iowa for seed, with John Offit of Prairie City loading another. Prairie City marks the banner potato region.
Charlie Murphy returns from Red Oak Express duties as Monroe hosts a busy week with visits from relatives and long list of travelers. The Mary Bench wedding to John E Hollowell in Des Moines, E. P. day celebrations, Knights of Pella parade, G A R services, and cemetery ceremonies mark a day of civic pride and community ties in Monroe.
The piece critiques the glorification of extreme eating and drinking, citing a famed bon vivant who died young after defying medical advice. It argues newspapers amplified gluttony as a heroic act, reflecting a lingering epicurean cult and a motto of “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die,” per the Medical-Surgical Bulletin.
Several Monroe residents left Monday morning for Marshalltown to attend the G. A. R. Encampment. Included in the group were Mrs. M. E. Hinson, George Kipp and his wife and daughters, John Rinehart and wife, Mrs. Samuel McKee, Mrs. Townsend, Mrs. McGriff, and Miss Belle Neff.
Three opinions laud The Chicago Record as a near ideal daily journal. Quotes from Harrisburg Call New York Newspaperdom and Evanston Index praise its journalistic standard. Sold by newsdealers and postmasters handle subscriptions at 181 Madison St.
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