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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
6
An anecdote recalls Carter Harrison winning a Polish mass meeting in Chicago by learning to say My fellow citizens, I greet you in Polish. He trained with a Polish citizen on a corner, then delivered the phrase on stage and energized 500 Poles with the rare gesture.
An assortment of patent medicine claims from Newton Iowa vendors. Spavin liniment promises to remove lumps and blemishes in horses with one bottle. Efficacy touted for coughs, diuretic claims, and child bedwetting cure. Local druggists Wagley & Smead and A Kennedy of Newton are named as sellers.
Tickets sold at Chicago Great Western offices on the first and third Tuesdays of May and June offer a low home seekers rate of one fare plus 200 dollars for the round trip. Tickets valid 21 days from sale. Inquiries to C G W agents or F H Lord 113 Adams St Chicago. juneld.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Amica Salve as a remedy for painful cuts sprains and bruises and as a preventive for chafing chapped hands sore lips burns ulcers and piles. It promises cure guaranteed for five cents and lists W O Foster as the druggist selling it.
Philadelphia captain S R Vaughn reports a plant named snake lily from Cochin China grows nine inches in twenty four hours. It started as a bulb like an Indian turnip and lay in a dark closet all winter. In spring it emerged in a peach basket, soon reached eight feet, with a 1 feet maroon blossom. After flowering the bulb persisted and produced large leaves before dying back.
The wartime speaker John G. Saxe at Greenbush conceded he misaddressed the audience during a flag-raising. He thanked the young ladies for helping fund the flag and offered a playful apology, joking that he thought the young men and ladies at Greenbush were united.
A dated advertising note claims the American Poultry Mixture cures cholera roup and gapes in fowl stocks, prevents spread, and saves money for poultry breeders. It promises a money back guarantee, endorsements from breeders, and instructions to send $1 for a sample box from American Mfg. Co. Terre Haute Ind.
T. F. Anthony of Promise City Iowa praises Mystic Cure for Rheumatism. He says two doses helped more than any medicine. The product is sold by Arthur L. Kennedy, a Newton druggist.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills promising a keen brain and ambition in a 25 cent box. It also promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from grains, claiming it suits both children and adults and sells at 15 cents to 25 cents per package.
An 19th century advertisement touts a “Mystic Cureuiia Gay. Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming radical cures in 1 to 3 days. It promises immediate removal of the cause and disease with the first dose and notes a price of 75 cents sold by Arthur L. Kennedy Druggist in Newton.
Advertises LAXATINE BROMO QUININE tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. Notes E W GROVE's signature on each box and lists a price of 25 cents.
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