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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1897
Page
8
A New York Post piece reports a cable car conductor speaking bluntly of filthy money. He describes hands stained greenish yellow by copper, nickel, silver and bills, saying washing never yields clean hands and customers avoid touching him. He laments money’s grip and hopes his hands will bleach with time.
A Wellesley Magazine reader retells a Thanksgiving time joke about a little boy, Sammy, who asks for more ice cream. The scene unfolds on a neighbor’s porch with a lingering Southern afternoon mood as Sammy finally admits he has had enough everywhere except in his mouth.
A playful quarrel in a literary household reveals a child scolding his sister for poor speech. In a burst of sharp wit he condemns her grammar, proclaiming You bad grammar, you. The line captures parenthetical humor amid family banter.
Pittsburg horsemen conquer lazy and bulky horses with a few volts of electricity. The method is described as more humane than whipping and achieves good behavior by stunning the horse into submission.
Frederick Kirn of Portland Oregon, a restaurant and groceryman, died on Newton Clarke glacier on Mount Hood after a fall from a sliding rock mass. He ascended alone at dawn without a guide, misled near the summit, and plunged 7100 feet to rocks below. Local landlord Langille retrieved the body days later.
A reader discusses Grant Allen critic and the claim that educated speech should use are supposed to do. The writer explains regional history of ellipsis in England thirty years ago and recalls initial disdain for American book English usage I should like to do so. He doubts the universality of the usage among educated Southerners and reflects on its current acceptance.
A Spanish brigand named Jose Maria, pardoned on condition to abandon crime, recounts a tale of robbing an English youth and servant but returning the servant’s horse and sixteen dollars. The youth asks for his watch, claiming it was a gift from his father who loves him. Jose Maria keeps the watch, reasoning a loving father would gift another.
A light exchange quotes editors weighing Japan, Cuba, Congress, and war prospects. They anticipate quick settlements and adjournment yet imply sending a few men to seek sea serpents as a final note of whimsy.
A sixty year old widow from Tiden ham Glouchestershire has been sentenced to two months in jail for milking other residents’ cows on the town common.
A Denver Times profile recalls Powers, a Leadville judge and former engine wiper, who survived a rail accident losing an arm and later became a trusted civic figure. He once faced a capital horse theft case from Joplin and outmaneuvered a discharge motion, preserving his political hopes and earning respect in the community.
A nobleman confronts a banker over proof of title for marriage to the banker’s daughter. When the count claims a $3,000,000 fortune and offers to settle $20,000 on the banker for a $1,000 yearly income, the banker concedes the nobility and ends the inquiry as satisfactory proof.
Ladies are urged to try Karl's Clover Tea to relieve constipation sallow skin and fatigue. The advertisement notes the tea is pleasant to take and lists Wagley and Smead as the sellers.
Owing to overcrowding and poor ventilation in schools, teachers and pupils suffer lung and throat troubles. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is recommended for coughs colds and bronchial issues. Endorsements from A C Freed superintendent and local merchants support its use. For sale by WaagLey & Smead.
An ad announces a new Surrey at a livery barn with a 10 cent sheet music promotion. It quotes a testimonial from J.M. Reynolds & Son and from FE J. Schall of Meyer Bros. Drug Co praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm for a boy's lacerated hand and touts 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by Way & Su, nap.
A roundup of extraordinary place names and coinages from Gaelic Welsh and German. The piece cites Vorde that Trouble the Tongee on Mull and Mynyddywliyn near Cardiff, notes Germans’ long coined terms such as Constantinopelscher dudlelsack pfeifer, and mentions Rabela and Anantachaturdasivratakatha among other examples from Latin, Sanskrit, and Plautus.
The piece notes that after Nansen’s final expedition the thirteen superstition would fade. It recalls the Fram carrying thirteen men, departing for the North Pole on March thirteenth, 1895, breaking the ice on August thirteenth, 1896, and Nansen arriving at Tromsø on August thirteenth, 1896.
In a scene from Through Unaknowsa African Countries the narrative describes a clash where several lions encounter a pack of about thirty hyenas. The confrontation unfolds with the two species circling and testing strength in a tense survival moment.
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