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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
6
A publication extols physicians while denouncing internal remedies for pregnant women. It promotes an external liniment claimed to ease distress before childbirth by relaxing over strained muscles, detailing its unique blended ingredients and sales approach.
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as a scientifically compounded remedy for morning sickness and labor pain. It claims doctors often recommend it and urges a trial, noting no injury risk and a $1 price per bottle, with a request for an illustrated book from The Bradfield Regulator Co in Atlanta. Also a public notice orders cleaning all alleys before winter, signed by Marshal T. R. Pearllips.
An array of old time advertisements tout Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for a nine year lame shoulder and Dr King’s New Discovery for chest and lung troubles with testimonials. Other items promise stationery printing, real estate ads, and medicinal tonics like Weeks Break-Up A Cold Tablets. Local druggists Wagley and Smead, Arthur L. Kennedy, Miller & Westbrook are named.
Rail timetable excerpt lists multiple eastbound and westbound trains with numbers, stations, and daily patterns. Includes Monroe Newton Des Moines Valley and Newton Branch services with listed departure and arrival times, and notes days off.
In Jasper County Iowa Charles Marsh sues to establish title to extensive real estate described as town of Westfield areas and surrounding sections. The petition lists numerous named and unnamed heirs and devisees claiming interests through deeds mortgages certificates of original entry and other records. Court action seeks to bar any claims adverse to Marsh and establish Marsh as sole owner in fee simple.
A chaotic list of heirs and claimants across Poweshiek and Jasper counties appears in a court filing. Names like Mary Mears Carrie H Jones J H Wales Le C Rouse E A Chamberlain Samuel Cooper J G Dodge Alonzo Chapman Edward Holyoke Fleming Neff Amos G Bixby Daniel Prower Jeremiah Batterson William Israel and others seek to assert rights to land via deeds certificates original entries mortgages and tax deeds. The document asks interested parties to appear by noon on the next term to defend or release their claims.
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