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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1898
Page
7
The Reading room furnishes Kellogg and Des Moines papers and plans to expand library offerings. Fees go to the book fund and certificates for a year will provide readers with new books. Librarian aids research. indexes and catalogs are being revised to improve access. Country friends urged to visit during spare hours for reading and company.
Advertisements describe 80 acre farm with new buildings near Newton within two miles of town and a nearby schoolhouse. buyers urged to inspect lumber stock and pricing. The page also mentions local figures, medicines, rentals, and notices about a death from diphtheria in Hickory Grove township.
Farmers urged to subscribe to The Iowa Homestead with its Special Farmers Institute editions. Emphasis on practical, farmer-to-farmer content, no theory or fiction. Free sample copies offered by the publisher in Des Moines. Also mentions Weeks laxative products, coal ad, insurance, and a meat market item.
An advertisement notes a good Team, Wagon and Harness for sale cheaply in Newton, Iowa. The snippet, though fragmented, promotes a local newspaper called the RECORD and urges readers to support quality printing and to tell merchants they saw the ad there.
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