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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1895
Page
8
A discussion on typewriter durability and maintenance notes that many writers avoid the machines for fear of fragility and trouble. It cites issues like misbehaving keys, misaligned type bars, and the need for occasional repairs while highlighting the long service life of high-grade instruments.
A strange animal found in a South American banana bunch in Ohio is identified by Prof. Kellicott of Ohio State as a Didelphus possum noctivaga species. Described as ratlike with a long tail, it clings to its mother, hangs by its tail, and shows monkeylike behavior, washing its face and hissing when disturbed.
Lucky James Nickley of Pittsburg bought an old clock at an auction store because it was cheap. A few evenings later it toppled from a shelf and he gathered the ruins of the clock along with about $500 in greenbacks found in a concealed false bottom left by a former owner.
A remarkable shad run floods the Delaware River with record fish. On Monday crews between Chester and the lower bay harvested about 30,000 shad, described as large and fine specimens.
The largest plow in the world is owned by Richard Gird of China California. It stands 18 feet high and weighs 36 000 pounds. With a fuel consumption of two tons of coal it can plow 50 acres each day.
Fragmentary dialogue references a Colorado citizen asking about livelihood and salt mining while another questions the activity, framing a rural or labor exchange tone from a historical source. The snippet hints at social roles and work in a frontier setting without a full narrative context.
The piece promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe women’s remedy protected by law, claims life-saving benefits for thousands of women, and urges readers to obtain a free edition of The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser from the Buffalo World’s Dispensary. It emphasizes privacy, home treatment, and availability of a free medical volume by mail with a small postage fee.
A fragmented dialogue shows a husband claiming he cannot afford to keep a girl and asserts he will hire one and pay her himself. The exchange questions how he would manage such a plan and mentions keeping boarders, reflecting a tense domestic dynamic.
Rev. L H De Forest, an American missionary to Japan, urges a shift in tone toward the Japanese and their religion. He says Christians should stop labeling Japanese as heathen, acknowledge truth in Japanese belief, and treat Japan with the same respect governments show toward each other.
A New York apartment roof wash day system causes crowding and mix ups as families share limited space. A West Side maid Bridget misplaces clothes, noting the misfit garments while remarking on their superior quality.
A widow in somber dress tests a display of mourning handkerchiefs at a shop counter. She jokes that the bargains are worth buying for an uncertain future and notes she may need them soon. Jo Neauties Make Good Wives explores whether beauty predicts domestic skill, arguing charm does not guarantee household prowess.
A report notes three million Chinese opium smokers and traces U S and global usage trends. Dr Ne Hammond cites 1840 533000 pounds 1868 90000 habitual users rising to over 500000, with more women than men addicted. The vice is easily contracted private and hard to detect.
In Spotsylvania Virginia a felled tree on the Faulconer property revealed three pistol balls and a carbine ball lodged in the heart of the timber.
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