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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1895
Page
9
Investors eye a strong wheat harvest as prices drift higher with bids nearing 1.44 per bushel. A market report notes limited liquors at a Boston establishment amid casual street chatter about speculation and new commodity trends.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that comforts and improves health when used properly. It claims swift relief from constipation, headaches, and fevers, praising its taste and gentle action on the kidneys and bowels. Sold in bottles by California Fig Syrup manufacturers and local gifts.
Anticipating a Newtown soiree, Phil Turpin opened his open window to shave when a robin nest blew away his ten dollar bill. A wind storm later yielded the bill, found in the nest. Turpin redeemed the damaged note at the treasury yesterday.
A Philadelphia proposal by J Chester Witton would fix the facing issue by mounting William Penn’s statue on a revolving base. The plan calls for a 24 hour rotation powered by electric clockwork with marks on the base indicating time and north east south west. Illumination at night would let the time be read after dark.
The text lists famous women and their children counts. Mme George Sand had two children, Mme de Stael three, Elizabeth Barrett Browning one son, Somerville the astronomer three, George Eliot and Mrs Craik and Mrs Barbauld were childless. It notes varied family sizes among renowned women.
Old items from a Jacksonville Florida paper recount a Laporte Indiana man ninety one winning the consent of a former 20 year old love interest now aged fifty after persistent pursuit. The page also notes a child in Jacksonville dying after hearing piano music, lectures by Gen Low Wallace, and various advertisements for books and travel.
The Zoological Society announces the acquisition of another giraffe for its dark blotched type in the London zoo. The young animal from South Africa stands over ten feet tall and has found a safe home after a tricky transfer under railway bridges. Spectators watch as keepers plan grooming while the giraffe resists brushing with gentle kicks.
London bankers profited from a convict fraud scheme when the prisoner requested a new set of artificial teeth. They sent £5 to the prison governor, enabling the ex-prisoner to repay £1,500 of earlier losses with information leading to the fraud recovery. The teeth cost £4, returning a £1 remittance from authorities.
An Indiapenteore argument esteems the turkey yet favors the hen as the nation’s premier bird. It notes hens add $135,000,000 yearly in eggs, compares English poultry imports, and muses on the economist’s neglect of the hen despite its economic heft and imagined threat of extermination.
A man at Grand Central heard a woman at the ticket window request a Troy ticket. He returned a dropped coin, they spoke on the journey, and that evening in Troy they were married, in a tale from New York Weekly.
Mrs Grace Broomhead served as bridesmaid to Miss Clara Gregory, who wed Alfred Broomhead in Chicago. The ceremony drew laughs when the clergyman noted their shared surname. The bridesmaid replied she is his divorced wife, explaining the coincidence.
An old volume in Col. Chandler's Gainsville office revealed Georgia's first marriage license dated December 7 1754 during King George II's 28th year. It records the union of Thomas Bassett and Elizabeth Mills.
A wager led George Pecere of Shamokin Pennsylvania to drink a quart of whisky in an hour and a half. His friends covered his funeral expenses with the $50 prize, following his death.
A miscellaneous clipping presents eclectic snippets including a pompous passenger and an offended gentleman arguing over a clipped address, scattered sayings about sin and character, and brief notes on curiosities like a tall Australian eucalyptus and an Egyptian mummy. It also references a coroner in Oklahoma and stray lines about remedies and birds.
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