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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1898
Page
8
Local items reveal millinery openings by N L Jack and Mrs Josie Walch, plus town news on real estate moves, lectures by Mrs Whetstone, school teachers, and civic hints. Mentions of W Mann store ads, Des Moines trips, and a Colfax visit blend with family milestones, weathering spring promises and community updates.
A French engineer touring the United States notes that Americans excel in industrial economy by saving wastage in business and paying close attention to small details in big works. He cites a grinding machine that automatically sharpens tools, boosting productivity. He admires American invention and the impact of precision on profitability. The report highlights the Wyoming coal seam near Twin Creek as the world’s thickest, at eighty feet plus.
A cryptic note asks why a woman wears another woman's hair on her head and why a man wears tin on her feet, referencing unusual adornments or dress choices in a puzzling or humorous style. It appears as a fragment or riddle from a gossip or society column.
Ph D REASNOR witty lecturer of the Woodman of the World will speak on The last Analysis of Fraternalism under Riverview Camp No 173 on Friday evening March 25 at Union Church. Rev Dunlavey to fill M E church pulpit next Sunday at 11 am with Sunday school at 10 am. Accidents near Reasnor as Jacob Williams and Bird Williams meet a mishap riding from Newton. Elsie Nolin and Lena Haft wed last Wednesday at the Haft home. Local travelers and happenings include Waring and Allen McDaniel on business trips and a two-huckster wagons touring the county.
Notice of a service advertisement and pension day offering vouching and acknowledgements for 10 cents by Hayden Reynolds at the office over the First National Bank in Newton Iowa. It promotes Sunday church program with morning sermon What is your Church Membership worth to you and evening sermon The Parable of the Leaven.
Ladies invited to spring and summer millinery openings on Wednesday and Thursday March 30 and 31 with Mrs Josh Wright and Mrs Josie Wright. Attend Conklin s auction at Clark building east side square Saturday afternoon. Ammons Allen stock of clothing draws buyers. Fresh garden seeds in bulk at C Griebeling s. Conklin s closing out stationery books wall paper sale to end soon. Everything at cost or less. Chas H Jennings visiting relatives near Greenfield Adair Co Ta. Six perches loans offered by Mr Canns and Allfree. Hough s roasted coffees. Two car loads arriving. Standard goods at W G Mann s. 33d
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