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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1897
Page
6
A narrator recalls a West side play and the audience’s reactions comparing art to life. Lester, his fiancée, and the narrator discuss how stage language differs from real speech amid a tale of love, deception, and a fateful letter ending in self destruction.
Request names and addresses of three or more performers on piano or organ and ten cents in silver or postage to receive sixteen pages of sheet music including songs marches and waltzes arranged for piano or organ. Also Arcorp office Newton offers fancy stationery and engraved printing for weddings balls and society events. Iowa clover crop reported as largest ever known.
H W W Connell, the sunflower man of Lincoln township, reports sixty acres of sunflowers in full bloom. He seeds for sale at fourteen cents a pound, estimating $25 to $35 per acre net. Stalks and seed heads provide fuel, rivaling coal in heat, offering a potential fuel solution for households. Also mentions Chamberlain's Pain Balm praised for back relief and local coal and fuel sources.
Timetables list east and west bound trains for the RI and P rail lines, Monroe branch, Des Moines Valley division, Grinnell, and Baxter routes. It shows departure and arrival times for Prairie City, Fairmount, Monroe, Newton, and other stations, with notes on daily or Sunday service and accommodation trains.
The Thrice-a-Week Edition of the New York World is described as first among weekly papers in size frequency and content. It promises prompt impartial political news plus market reports, illustrations, and departments for households and women. A one year offer combines the World with The Record for $1.75.
A promotional verse invites buyers to W. Fr. Rothrocks for harnesses blankets and robes with quick fit and bargains described as out of sight in vivid 19th century style.
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