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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
3
A pound of coal stores vast energy, capable of 236 horsepower in mechanical work. It surpasses ancient slave labor and compares to modern factory output, powering spinning spindles and circular saws with far greater efficiency than individual human effort.
Ex postmaster T F Anthony of promise City Iowa endorses Mystic Cure for rheumatism. Advertisement by Arthur L Kennedy Druggist Newton promotes two doses as effective. Winn Kennedy offer dollar flour. Claims promise of restored vim vigor mental and physical power with Rocky Mountain Tea. Sec Ask your Druggist.
In the Horse Book by Judge Biggie the Washington era stable at Mt Vernon is featured. It includes a village stable plan and elevation with helpful hints. Price 50 cents by mail from Wilmer Atkinson Co Philadelphia. Go to the Hub grocery for garden seeds in bulk or package.
Florence Hull Winterburg in Woman's Home Companion tells of a 18 month old who balances a penny on a gilt image head after many tries. The baby shows intense concentration and pride when successful, then loses interest the next day, proving short lived persistence but notable early skill.
A merchant meets a youth seeking work and offers a lowly start. The young man aims for advancement, but the merchant assigns him to be assistant janitor with a 4 AM start to sweep the floor. The exchange highlights ambition versus reality in a brief vignette.
Conversation about a new baby and a piano at their house. The baby’s cries drown out the piano and vice versa, suggesting lively household changes and future noise.
The canvasser jokes about a work, the master laments not reading, then boasts no children but a cat. The canvasser suggests throwing something at the cat as he takes the book.
A Dr Miles appeal touts free medicine tests for nerve, brain, heart, liver or stomach ailments. It cites hundreds of endorsements from clergy and professionals, claims cures of many “incurable” cases, and urges readers to request an examination blank and $142.50 of treatment free from the Chicago association.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by this remedy. It delivers immediate relief from retention of water and pain in the bladder, urethra, and back for both men and women. Sold by A L Kennedy, Newton Iowa.
The Homestead The Poultry Farmer The Farmers Institute The Mutual Insurance Journal The Newton RECORD each year for 91.50 sample copies available at the office subscription time is now. Also advertising cards and a bicycle rider note, with Buckene Amica Salve advertised as a cure.
An old newspaper page advertises Dr E Detchon s Anti Diuretic promising value for bedwetting in children and urges Kennedy s drugstore in Newton Iowa to stock it. It also notes a cheap Japan Tea offer at the Hub and an opportunity to become a sales agent with salary plus expenses. The piece lists clubbing rates for the RECORD with major papers and magazines and mentions a new fresh meat department at The Hub Grocery.
All farmers urged to subscribe to The Iowa Homestead, its Farmers Institute editions, The Poultry Farmer and The Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal, plus their own paper for local and county news at 1.50 per year. The four papers are praised as superior reading for farmers and co ops, with sale bills printed at the RECORD office.
Homeseekers can travel on the Iowa Central Railway on first and third Tuesdays for excursions west south and southeast. Round trip fare from one dollar plus cents, includes Colorado Springs and Pu shift. Coupon ticket agents sell dates of sale with limits on territory. Contact Geo. S. Batty G T A Marshalltown Iowa.
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold with Laxatine Bromo Quin tablets. It notes refunds if ineffective and bears EB Grovee's signature on each package, priced at 25 cents.
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