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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1896
Page
3
A Maine town church fair carries the boast Every game will be square in its advertisement. In Michigan Calhoun County teachers face a board’s demand to abandon dancing or lose their positions. Holguin Cuba defenses use miles of barbed wire to deter sudden assaults.
A fragment discusses bilious symptoms and urges taking Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to cure chills fever constipation dyspepsia rheumatic and kidney troubles and nervousness.
A fragment suggests a scene where a teacher whipped a boy for whispering in class, provoking a mother’s reaction. The dialogue implies a harsh punishment and the boy’s loud response, highlighting tensions over discipline methods in a school setting.
Lands along the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line in South Dakota are available for settlement on reasonable terms. Prospects and harvests look excellent with thousands of acres unoccupied across more than twenty counties. For details contact N F Hunter Immigration Agent, 295 Dearborn St, Chicago.
The article catalogs fairy teacups from Carlsbad, chocolate cups in odd shapes, and new mini loving-cup designs with carved handles. It notes rum bottle substitutions at tea, boat shaped bottles with a stand, teacups shrinking toward the after-dinner size, and a stand integrated with the saucer. Bonbon boxes, plain linen teacloths, and Carlsbad china tea strainers with floral finishes complete the decor. Prices range from 50 cents to 2.25 dollars.
A fragment from a newspaper page features witty exchanges about women imitating men in speech and lifestyle. The Beales in Pianos mentions piano preferences for a daughter. A humorous contains a misidentified Hawkins and a social night involving Miss Senior and Miss Trivet, who reportedly received five marriage proposals.
Mail request offers a summer resort book from C.8. Crane, Wabash Railroad agent, St. Louis. It highlights a lake region accessible by the line and quotes poetry about daisies and violets as enticement.
A portrait of Dr Samuel Johnson reveals his susceptibility to flattery yet stern humor toward women. He claimed low regard for female intellect but could compliment brilliantly. His strict dress judgments at Streatham offended Mrs Thrale and guests, including Fanny Burney and Mrs Thrale, who faced sharp fashion scrutiny.
The critic discusses a ten year old Ellen Terry as Puck in a Robin Goodfellow role. The performance uses dark brown red garments with moss trim and a similar crown. Puck’s movements relied on stage machinery. two disappearances were achieved by a board pull and a flight effect.
A collection of varied notes on religious insults, bread consumption by weather, Scottish cultivation, Amsterdam Hebrews in diamond trade, English gold in circulation, Chinese vermilion symbols, factory accidents, Chinaman limb disposal, Washington tree care, Boston tramp controls, and proposed Windward Canada marriage migration.
Edson A Wood of Chicago recalls a lifetime of work and illness from Wyoming County New York to Illinois. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with relief from locomotor ataxia symptoms and general weakness after years of sun strokes and army service. He endorses the medicine and notes his intended continued use and spread of the remedy.
Gen Longstreet was hosted by the Middlesex Club in Boston on Grant’s birthday. Pere Hyacinthe a 68 year old priest to wed Laura Bucknell. The prince of Naples reportedly spurned by an Italian princess over garlic. A. J. Balfour praised as a skilled musician in the House of Commons. John W. Clark, Ashley miner hero, died after delaying a mine collapse at Wilkes-Barre in 1879.
A guide to northern summer resorts across Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Iowa and Dakota near lakes not fished out. Rail links from Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul enable quick trips by frequent trains. A description of principal resorts with summer hotels boarding houses and rates is available free from Geo Heafford Chicago.
A child asks to order mansions in the skies with a bath room. The parent responds with a caution about the idea of preordering eternal homes. The exchange captures a humorous domestic moment.
In a humorous exchange, an elderly farmer urges his spouse Mary to call the doctor and have him bleed him, claiming he feels a sick spell coming on as he jokes about buying another gold brick. The scene blends illness with quirky financial whimsy.
The paper commends Dr. Marsh for his twenty five years in curing opium and morphine habits. He is well and favorably known for successful treatments and is personally vouched for by the writer who has known him for twenty five years.
A company with capital of 3,000,000 dollars is formed to build railroads to the glaciers of Mount Tacoma. The five nations of Europe own 2,310 warships mounting 88,209 guns ready for service. Alta is the highest town in Iowa at 1,519 feet above sea level.
The obituary notes sculptor Victor O. Tilgner, an Austrian artist, died from a stroke. It mentions remedies for teething in children and a quip about the pope awarding a prize to a Bulgarian prince’s wife. It also cites a supposed prophecy about a cup of tea and a tangent about Cuba’s pre-revolution debt of 2206,000,000.
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