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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
3
Distressingly promotional retail medical ads tout quick relief cures for headaches colic and diarrhoea with claims of guaranteed results. The notices list multiple products from Wagley Smead Westbrook Gelse and Chamberlain’s with testimonials and price cues along with services for printing bills cards and pedigrees.
A collage of notices and remedies appears, offering medicine cures, loan money, real estate ads, and a rare encyclopedia sale. Local names include C. Sloanaker, Wagley & Smead, and Evans Newton Iowa, with addresses and service pitches for glass, hair restoratives, and medical tonics.
An uneven page fragment lists product ads and notices including poultry farming topics, insurance journal mentions, medicine pitches for Cherry cough syrup and blood remedies, travel fare to Chicago, receipt books, and testimonials praising Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption. Several brand names and firms appear, with prices and locations such as Buffalo, Philadelphia, Danville, and Westbrook & Gelse.
Mrs. Margaret A. VanNatta widow of Rev. Peter St. VanNatta died recently at the Chicago home of her daughter Mrs. Mattie Wilson. She left a large circle of acquaintances in the county and leaves children Mattie Wilson Joseph VanNatta Earl Park and John C. VanNatta. Interment in Greenbush cemetery after monon rail arrival. Includes obituary notes on Parker Boyd and local notices on fashion, education, farming schemes, Harvey's cakes and local ads. Tickets on Des Moines Prohibition Party convention train sale announced.
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