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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1895
Page
9
A collage of domestic advice, society gossip, and uplifting appeals. The column urges charitable giving to a ailing girl, discusses Miss Frances Willard engagement rumors, and offers health, fashion, and household tips with short, practical prompts and light social commentary.
A Boston man, Frank J. Ware of 213 Washington Street, recounts a sudden paralysis that began six years ago. After multiple shocks and weakness, he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring strength, enabling him to work and feel much younger. He notes his father and grandfather might have been saved had the pills been available earlier.
A collage of curiosities from distant places and daily life. Notes recount salt water being heavier than fresh, a 4 foot copperhead in Brooklyn, Peru and Bolivia farming at high altitudes, a one armed Georgian plowman, and immigration figures. Other items cover London parks, a dragon tree myth, Virginia’s High Knob, state pension totals, English corporate interest, Bremen wine ages, Indiana corn output, giraffe hide value, Armenian photo-less funeral, a record long chess game by mail, and a dramatic incident of a woman with balloon sleeves ignited by a gasoline stove floating to the ceiling and surviving with minor injuries.
Once a New York millionaire, John Henry Barker lost his property and travels the country taking orders. He was a former New York real estate agent who, during the city bread panic two years ago, distributed food to thousands in need and has slept in Central Park for fifty-one nights while waiting for promised food assistance.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirmed the will of Samuel Eddinger a Moore Township man who died shortly after executing a mostly punctuation free handwritten document valued at about 5000 dollars The will bequeaths 1000 dollars to his son and sets a life annuity of 125 dollars to his daughter with the remainder of real estate to the son The court ordered the annuity paid from real estate since the personal estate was about 100 dollars The document appears copied from a printed form with the writer claiming debts funeral expenses and settlements before distributions to his children and dowry arrangements The decision centers on the intended distributions the son John to settle debts and receive real estate after the daughter Margaret’s annuity ends and the heirs’ claims.
A Kansas City Star item recounts a man with extreme finickiness ordering breakfast with insistence on hot strong coffee a rare fatless sirloin dry toast dry sliced tomatoes dry fried eggs and precise preparation. The waiter listens with restraint noting the bedrock of character at breakfast and the man’s morning cough. Queen Victoria’s interest in photography and her vast collection is also mentioned in a separate note from Godey’s Magazine.
Medical authorities in Europe discuss a new serum for consumption with high claims. Early records show improvement in eighty three cases. a trial is warranted, as such modest gains are only what could be reasonably expected from any remedy.
A moral vignette about George Stephenson’s tenderness after he accidentally caused a bird’s death by closing a window. The tale contrasts his great engineering impact with a moment of compassion, followed by scattered notes on travel, rate announcements, and miscellaneous quotations.
A deciphered fragment discusses cash flow, stock, and stock generation while noting differing charges. The text mentions a cashier and a newspaper named Gazeta, suggesting a historical financial or accounting note with unclear details and scattered European phrasing.
A fragment discusses hosiery rules to shape leg appearance with color placement for ankle slimness and calf fullness. It notes reverse color positions for a straight look and front dark shading to avoid a flat effect. The passage moves to social chatter about Mrs De G. and a casual European trip, then a stray remark about Henry Clay in the U.S. Senate opposing the constitution.
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