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Newell Chronicle Marks Early 20th Century Growth
Newell merchants kept long hours before 1911 and mostly closed 6:30 p.m. on most days. In 1913 D L Hoefle became jeweler and installed a gasoline powered fan. The Motorcycle Co opened. P J Sandburg praised for 1914 graduation photo. By 1916 two motor trucks appeared, the Farm er's Co paid rebates, and new leaders formed a commercial club later named Newell Community Club. Electric lights arrived, street improvements continued, and a sanitary sewer system was installed. War 1917 spurred patriotic displays and mass mobilization with 180 township registrants and a growing Red Cross chapter.
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Newell Merchants
D.l.hoefle
A.J. Larsen
Motorcycle Co
Chaney Brothers
L.e.couch
A.e.morse
P.j.sandburg
Newell
Henry Kliest
H.A
Harvey
Maggie Sorensen
Bess Point
Anna Porath
Hazel Hunter
Bishops
Farmer's Supply Co
Carl Mathiasen
Newell Lumber and Coal Co
William Wilde
First National Bank
F.C. Foley
L. F. Parker
Newell Community Club
Ernest Sievers
Theodore
W.a.waterman
Roy
Archie Reding
Hawkeye
P.M. Jensen
Newell Bakery
Alfred Kair
Chris Wilson
New York City
Fulton Street
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
A.E. Foster
Laurina
Parkersburg
E.e.grove
A.H. Bonebrake
Farmer's Cooperative Supply Co
W.l.holtz
Peter Rasmussen
Storm Lake Light and Power Co
Storm Lake
Newell Mirror
Newell Township
Red Cross
Hallie Kinney
Newell Boys
C.w.waterman
Soren V. Jensen
C.F. Jorgensen
Emil Jensen
Elmer Ellrich
Niels K. Simonsen
Chris P. Thompson Martin Nielsen
Perry Toombs
Ed West
Rasmus Rasmussen
Arthur Nelson
James Kimerup
A.a.kelso
Enoch Faber
Chester Doty
Henry Wehrenberg
Godfried Carlson
Justine Jensen
Carl Jeppeson
DeLois Clark
George
Conley
Glenn Doty
Chris Gravesen
Lieut. I. A. Lawton
Charles Sullivan
Anton Sorensen
Chris Christiansen
Einar Jensen
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Buena Vista County
Cherokee County
Einar