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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1901
Page
2
The Minnesota board of health reports 144 new smallpox cases in the state over two weeks, with 42 localities affected, signaling spread as cold weather nears. Urges vigilant quarantine and trained guards on trains to prevent contagion, noting a Tama Indian reservation outbreak as a cautionary example.
The piece cites Edgar Thornton’s twelve year snow record with a quirky list of years and numbers. It includes a testimonial by Elder John W Rogers about a violent croup attack cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It promotes the remedy as safe for all ages, notes local druggists Wagley & Smead and Westbrook & Geise, and advertises groceries, pancake flour Grandma's Wonder Brand, a new meat market, eggs and hogs for sale, paper hanging, chocolates at Newton News Co, and lawyers EM. Hurd and Wendt Building. Also lists general ads for wallpaper and printing at the RECORD office.
A mixture of items mentions Perry Davis Painkiller praised for sixty years, Bucklen's Arnica Salve curing skin eruptions, Mystic Care for rheumatism, and New Great American Kidney Cane for quick relief. Local merchants including Waisley & Smead, Neel's Bakery, and the REcoRD offer printing and drugstore products in Forkland and Newton areas.
Amazing relief promises for rheumatism and neuralgia with a "Mystic Cure" said to cure in days. Claims action upon the system removes the cause and ends the disease after the first dose. Sold by Arthur L. Kennedy, druggist, Newton. Old papers available at this office. 2 for de.
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