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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1898
Page
2
In a Kossuth county meeting Senator Chubb outlined practical road improvements. He endorsed a dry, well-ditched, tiled road with firm packed grades, a competent supervisor, and civil service rules. He suggested sowing tame grass to stabilize the road bed before later adding gravel or burnt clay.
A Hay Trade Journal item recaps a Kansas claim on crop output and estimates by J. R. Sage of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service. He computes freight car counts for Iowa corn oats hay and other crops plus live stock, totaling about 1,678,381 cars and a 10 535 mile train, joking it could reach Calcutta if stretched to the Atlantic bridge.
Brief message requests submitting a sale bill printing to the office with a garbled closing quote. The readable fragment indicates a local notice or instruction about document delivery for printing.
The piece notes that fourteen Denver department stores pulled ads due to high rates, only to lose business as rivals filled the space. When sales fell and staffing cuts followed, the stores admitted they overreacted, recognizing newspapers as valuable for city commerce and the trade they previously feared to lose.
The Iowa hog and cow report shows January cattle receipts total 10 582 with Iowa 1053 Illinois 2685 and Missouri 2095. Hog receipts total 10 0 cars with Iowa 4243 Illinois 3600 Wisconsin 1203 Minnesota 600 Missouri 568 and Indiana 502. Illinois and Iowa gains are listed, with state-by-state changes from last year and losses for Missouri Minnesota Wisconsin in hogs.
A student at a theological seminary urged a young woman to hear a sermon on Light. He made violent gestures and shouted blot out the sun moon stars. The scene ends with the woman saying turn off the gas.
Supreme Court letter to Logan petitioner G E Ferguson confirms the taxing rule for briefs remains at actual cost with a 1.44 per page limit. The court clarifies the $1 cap is on costs only and printers may set their own terms, charging less or more as long as the brief is printed at a fair profit. The $1.00 limit exists to prevent payday speculation due to underpricing by some county offices.
An advertisement promotes an 80 acre farm with new buildings and improvements within two miles of Newton and a quarter mile from a schoolhouse. Buyers are urged to call GyQRGE MAUND and inquire through ER & SONS.
The text highlights that Ireland, with 5 million people, has 578 centenarians while the German Empire with 55 million people reports only 78 centenarians, suggesting Ireland’s residents live longer than others in Europe. It references a quotation praising Ireland and cites European statistics on longevity.
The notice invites readers to name three or more piano or organ performers and send fifteen cents to receive sixteen pages of current popular songs with full sheet music for piano or organ. It offers American Popular Music for three months and directs to Popular Music Co. in Indianapolis Indiana for mailing.
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