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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
7
The Record advertises a new line of fancy stationery in Newton including wedding and society invitations birth announcements menus and dance invitations at moderate prices. Subscriptions are offered at 81.00 per year.
A reader’s installment recounts a trip abroad with Rome scenes including two Italian boys at the Colosseum who dream of America, and Lucerne Switzerland's Alpine beauty. The party meets five American priests during a lake ride and ascends Burgenstock by cable cog rail, where one priest quips about purgatory.
Auction notice for November 7 at 10am lists 21 cattle, three horses, one mare foal, 1500 bushels corn, 120 acres, farming implements, 6 dozen chickens, household goods, heating stove, and more. Terms offer 10 months credit at 8 percent interest if paid when due, otherwise 4 percent discount for cash. $5 and under cash. TIM DOWLING M A McCorp Auctioneer Ep. Frxce Crawford Land for sale. West 170 acres of J Crawford farm offered with improvements and orchard. CARNS ALLS FREE.
The first proofs of town and township plats were shown at the courthouse during the week. The transfers up to November 1 were entered on the plats with a few minor corrections. The work is ready for painters. Subscriptions remain through Saturday November 9.
An ad touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy to make unattractive women more marriageable. It references a big store and claims the product enhances appeal. Includes testimonials about cholera remedy and a headache cure, plus promotion for wedding stationery and a newspaper subscription.
Rail timetable snippet shows the Des Moines Valley Division schedules with various No. of trains, routes between Monroe Newton Prairie City and Des Moines. Daily and weekly patterns listed. times include morning, afternoon, and evening departures and arrivals. It notes routes Going Fast and Going West with multiple numbered trains and exceptions for Sundays.
An old time patent style claim touts a single bottle as the most wonderful blemish cure for horse ailments including blood spavins curbs splints and sprains. The ad imitates period speech promising save $50 by use of one bottle and cites Newton as a name.
An assorted page lists Neel's Bakery items including candies and laxative tablets, groceries and meat at the Hub, and Rent signs. It advertises a California tourist car with weekly departures and a Homeseekers Excursion by the Iowa Central Railway with special fares, plus a free sample offer for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets by Wagley & Smead.
Regular Junk announces he has left the hog business entirely and will devote time to purchasing rubber bones iron brass lead, paying the highest cash market price. Goods weighed at Bergman Bros. & McKinley. Notify via post office. he will call for the goods.
W J Yarham offers pump and wind mill repairs with quick service. Bore or drill wells, 40 foot tower geared mill erected for 40.00, 40 foot force pump priced at 11.75. New harness stock available. Promises neat repairs and money savings on prices.
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