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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
6
We sell only for CASH. Our stock is larger and more complete this fall than ever before. Prices quoted come from stock as it arrives and every article is guaranteed to be 10 to 20 percent cheaper than elsewhere. If you wish to save money, visit our store before buying.
Readily priced line offers heavy weight dark Cassimere suits 26 to 42 at four fifty, dark gray all wool Cassimere at four fifty, dark plaid wool at four fifty, plus seven fifty suits with many patterns. Shop to see latest novelties and patterns in single and double breasted sacks, cutaway, frock and Prince Albert styles.
Prairie City items report Miss Alice Sprig wed Allen Bradsford in Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Perriman wed at the bride’s home, with a reception later in Mitchellville. Town residents host guests, attend church, and discuss potato harvesting and supply concerns amid a gentle rain.
Otis Latham and wife from Plano NL visited his brother E R Latham and family after a 27 year absence marked by many changes. They plan to return home midweek. Local notices recount poultry buying, church meetings, and visits from relatives including Allen Albee from Illinois and Miss Kish Handy’s visit to Miss Grace Efnor. A quarterly M E church meeting is set for Oct 2 with Elder W G Wilson presiding. Rev J D Snyder, newly appointed, will preach Oct 1 at 8 PM. all invited.
Prairie chickens will be plentiful in the Northwest this fall. Minnesota lakes yield excellent fishing this year. Write to F. I. Whitney G. P. & T. A. Great Northern Railway, St Paul, Minn, for Hunting and Fishing Bulletin, or to S. J. Ellison, D. P. A, 404 Walnut Street.
The Colfax Clipper recounts the arrest, removal to Newton, and commitment of Dr J C Cornelius to Mt Pleasant asylum. It lauds his eleven years as a leading physician, notes cocaine use and ensuing mental decline, and expresses sorrow and hope for treatment to restore balance. Katie Cornelius in India writes of tea near a plantation and her mission work.
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