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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1898
Page
3
The Assembly at Colfax opens June 22 and closes July 4 featuring a varied, instructive program and a charming camping ground. Rev. Chas. J. English, Ph. D., Colfax, Iowa, handles information requests.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers Homeseeker tickets from Des Moines at one fare plus $2.00 round trip with fifteen day going period and twenty one day return limit. Tickets cover broad regions including South Atlantic, Gulf, Mississippi Valley, Southwest, Colorado, Great Northwest, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan and Northwest Iowa areas along the Maple Leaf Route. I H Hunter, agent, provides rates and details.
The Iowa Central Railway announces sales of home seekers tickets on May 3 and 17, and June 7 and 21, to numerous western and southern states and Indian Territory at low rates. Tickets are valid twenty‑one days from sale. For details, contact any railway agent. The Record Law Book awaits subscribers paying through January 1, 1899 or with valid receipts.
A large wartime poem by Lillian Taylor evokes courage for sailors and soldiers as a banner waves across the sea. The second piece reports the Catholic Church wedding of Minnie Leary and John C Hubbitt at Sacred Heart Church with a small guest list and a post ceremony trip to Baxter for the Great Northern Railway position.
Henry Kennedy, who worked in Seattle, and Carl Kennedy who sailed up to Alaska, surprised their parents Sunday morning by returning home after months away. Carl was near the Alaska snowslide disaster area. They report scarce work and tight money in the north, and say Iowa remains the blessedest spot for now.
Parsons-Rich Manufacturing Company rapidly rises as a solid city institution with seven or eight workers already employed at their foundry. They ran off their first heat last Saturday in the moulding room. Their A.K. Brown foundry building on Washington and Race is too small, a 24 by 80 foot warehouse is being built next to it to house operations until a larger brick building is completed.
Frank McAvoy of Westfield claims Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy has served his family for over a decade and calls it the best of its kind. The ad notes the product is for all bowel disorders and is sold by Wagley and Smead.
The message invites travel to Waterloo for the Grand Lodge annual meeting on May 10 and 12. It notes Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip travel at one third fare on certificate plan.
James Rowland of Fairhaven New York reports his wife cured of twenty five years of rheumatism after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. A single application left her able to sleep within an hour and she now uses it for aches. Wayley Smead offer 25 and 50 cent bottles.
Independent Workmen travel on Chicago Great Western Ry to Waterloo for the Biennial Grand Lodge meeting held May 11 to 21. The round trip fare is reduced to one third with the certificate plan. An Ohio husband recently fathered seven children with six surviving, and Stock advice includes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy sold by Wagley & Smead.
Advertises a remarkable cure for kidney bladder and back pain claimed to relieve distress within six hours. Verdict highlights prompt relief and immediate relief of retention for both men and women. Sold by Kennedy the Druggist in Newton Iowa.
Edwards and Parker of Plains Georgia praise Cham berlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism lame back and deep seated muscle pains sold by Wagley and Smead.
REcoRp partners with a first class bindery for low priced magazine and book binding. Century size six months bound in cloth 55 cents per column leather 60 cents leather 70 cents. Ladies Home Journal size 85 cents to $1. Rebinding old books 50 to 75 cents. Bring in your magazines and books.
Oskaloosa hosts Newton visitors who praise the Birdsall Hotel as the best stop in the area. Western roads agree on a round trip fare of one dollar plus two dollars for major annual gatherings including the Grand Army encampment and the National Educational association convention.
Large supply of receipt and note books priced at ten cents each. Also a Liberal offer for American Popular Music new monthly, promising sixteen pages of latest songs and full sheet music for three months to respondents who submit three or more pianist or organist names and fifteen cents to Popular Music Co in Indianapolis.
The RECORD reports a new large supply of its condensed Code ready for distribution. All entitled to the same can secure them by calling at this office.
A leading cough remedy, Shiloh’s Consumption Cure is praised as effective and pleasant to take. It is described as reaching the source of coughs and is advertised for households to keep on hand, sold by Wag lev and Smead.
An advertisement highlights premiums and magazine offerings led by Samantha Allen humorous works and the Iowa Weekly Capital. It touts low yearly prices for Farm and Fireside and Woman's Home Companion, plus reduced rates for The Recokp and other periodicals.
An offer described as the best subscription deal ever from The Recon promises six items for a two dollar price. The bold pitch highlights value and limited time appeal aimed at readers seeking affordable access.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment as a cure for piles including blind, bleeding, ulcerated and itching forms. It claims instant relief, absorption of tumors, and suitability for private parts, with boxes priced at 50c and 1.00. Sold by Williams Mfg. Co. and Foster & Callison, with local agents and printing promotion noted.
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