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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
11
A collage of aphorisms on law, anger, truth, and virtue contrasts with brief travel ads and quips. It includes reflections on weddings, ignorance, money, and character, plus notices about train schedules to California and Florida routes and a few light doctor jokes.
A promotional note extols Southern Alabama as a superior home area with favorable climate and cheaper living. It cites 1890 census farm investments, compares southern profits to the North, and touts land along the Mobile & Ohio line at about 5 per acre. It mentions lumber prices, health benefits, and invites readers to request a pamphlet from A. Wilcoxen of Des Moines Iowa.
A fragmented Texas Sifter item satirizes Prohibition era debates in Rhode Island and temperance talk. It riffs on gossip about labor and politics, notes fear of asking for aid, warns against temptations near railroads and distilleries, and closes with a folksy jab at modern ministers and a rustic preacher.
A collection of short remarks touching religious reflections on using gifts, Christ’s mission, and perceptions of heaven, alongside brief notes on Germany surpassing France in glass coloring, a new African giraffe, San Francisco theater ads, and army worms turning to moths near Rutland Vermont.
Lita Berry daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Berry of 127 West Eighty-First Street will debut next season in New York society. At seventeen she resembles actress Maude Adams and is identified as the living prototype of Bijou from a French translation by Katharine di Zerega. Her musical talent comes from a notable amateur singer mother, with a mixed brunet and blond appearance and rich expressive charm.
The Two Nogales in Arizona and Sonora function as one town despite separate governments. A sentry box and iron boundary monument mark Le linea International, yet people cross freely with no friction. Citizens share business and social ties, aiding one another in times of trouble, as shown by the failed bank robbery on the American side and the Mexican customs attack.
The Egyptian cobra, northern Africa’s most venomous reptile, lacks the spectacled mark of the Asiatic cobra. Snake charmers favor it, using finger pressure at the neck to render the creature rigid and unconscious, a ploy likened to biblical miracles where Aaron turned his rod into a serpent.
Negotiations for purchasing the Whittier home in Amesbury Massachusetts as a memorial are concluded for the present.
An 1890s style advocate piece features Mrs W L Elliott praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after suffering with headaches bearing down pains soreness and irregularity. The letter claims eight bottles of the compound and three of Blood Purifier restored health and ability to work. It mentions drug ads and a general medical promotional tone typical of the era.
A collage of unrelated phrases appears from old advertisements and quotations. The garbled text includes claims of cures for dyspepsia and consumption, notes on gold circulation, remarks on church membership, and scattered references to notable figures and historical trivia.
A fragmented, colorful OCR sample blends pithy maxims, medicine pitches, and scattered notices. It includes quips about fortune, virtue, and living in the moment, plus promotional lines for No-To-Thacy and Cancarets, and stray references to Lawton cemeteries and Japanese history.
Fragmentary OCR shows garbled text but mentions 1806 burglaries in the United States. The readable parts reference a man named Hobbe-Dear and a matinee, with mixed dialect phrases. The passage is nonsensical and lacks a clear incident to summarize.
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