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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1896
Page
3
A garbled miscellany from a historical page bundles jokes about wages, racism, misfortune, and social mores. It includes joke lines about wages, a policeman’s taunts, immigrant slurs, a widow’s lament, clockwork humor, a boardinghouse complaint, and a travel advertisement for a spring trip south to Louisville and Nashville with return rules.
A collection of old time remedies and home hacks. Castor applied for warts daily may remove them. Camphor in dresser drawers prevents tarnish while parsley with onions freshens breath. Smoke a salt drenched wick to keep a light burning. Wormwood in vinegar treats sprains. A cough remedy combines lemons with licorice root sugar and water boiled to a thick syrup.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a market scene where a seller boasts about large feet and a buyer questions footwear. The overheard exchange includes playful mispronunciations and attempts at humor amid a crowded stall.
May 5 homeseekers excursion tickets go on sale from West and Northwest points via the Big Four to Virginia and Chesapeake Ohio and North Carolina at a single round trip fare. Virginia offers cheap farm land, mild winters, and good markets for settlers. Free descriptive pamphlet and time folders available by mail. Also low-rate tickets May 1 via Missouri Kansas Texas Railway to Missouri Kansas Texas. Addresses: A Cherrier Chicago and J B Cockerly Des Moines. Misc notes on remedies, power costs at Great Falls, and various ads and curiosities.
JIN WOMAN'S CORNER surveys wartime fashion with bold sleeves and cuffs. It highlights varied cuffs from lace frill to snake-head shapes, describes children’s and maid outfits with embroidery, puff sleeves, and epaulets, and notes Chicago Daily News favoring pique jackets for children amid the Dresden lace craze.
Fevers aside, the article describes 9 to 10 year old girls dressed in summer gowns and jackets. It notes brown velvet yokes, dull blue sloth material, simulated velvet loops, large button closures, buckles on sleeves, and velvet ribbon trims. It highlights gray green organdie with rosebuds, puff sleeves, yokes, and full skirts, plus pique jackets and coats in coordinating tones including pale green.
An era kitchen note details a child toning regimen using sulphur and molasses over three mornings then paused, followed by a stuffed beefsteak recipe. The beefsteak method describes rolling a seasoned bread crumb stuffing into a steak, rolling in flour, browning, and baking with added water.
A fragment claims Netter Than Refined Gold is body comfort for rheumatic nervous conditions and bilious fever, suggesting it promotes appetite and sleep. The dubious ad hints at horse drawn carriages becoming rare within a decade.
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