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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1898
Page
6
A local advertisement promotes a line of goods with low prices on sorghum sardines flour coffee potatoes maple syrup and soap. It invites customers to buy now to avoid missing a good supply and notes they pay top market price for produce in exchange for groceries and just received a carload of Gold Coin Flour.
Rail timetable fragments show Monroe and Newton branches with east and west service, connections and station notes. Local ads promote lumber stock, house rental signs, and medical remedies from Chamberlains and Johns Cure, with testimonials from residents including Geo W Humphrey and A T Moreaux.
The Atlantic argues for practical free hand drawing and readiness as core in architectural training, criticizing modern trends and schools. It contrasts past apprentice craft with present “no tradition” guidance, praising learned taste from artists while doubting teaching of design itself. It also touches optic nerve function, Nelson and Wellington meeting, and a Russia liquor monopoly impacting venues.
A comical exchange features a boarding mistress lamenting two borderees brought home by cab with no funds to pay, while an anxious guest entreats indulgence. The witty dialogue showcases social tensions and financial strain with sharp humor.
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