Newton and Vicinity News Highlights and Local Bits
Miss Delia and Minnie Richmond left for Des Moines. B F Logsdon of Baxter granted pension increase. Potatoes shipped to Kansas City by Tom Wart. James Hayter sent car loads to Garnett and Jefferson City. Elm street work and new residence progress. Several community notices include church supper, dances, and business visits. Abe Carrier’s leg injury and livestock notes. many townsfolk mentioned with farm, market, and social updates. Equitable Life policy details offered by agents in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Logsdon
Baxter
Tom Wart
Kansas City
Jess Ward
James Hayter
Garnett
Kansas
Jefferson City
Live Stock Market Summary From Chicago Exchange
Furnished by A D Gregory correspondent for the Reserve Com Co of Chicago. Markets show hog receipts 21000 with slow trading. price ranges light 3.00-4.10, mixed 3.95-4.10, heavy 4.12, rough 3.80. Cattle receipts 8000 steady to strong. sheep 8000 strong. Estimated hogs tomorrow 19000. Hogs closing slow. cattle weak, lower. sheep weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Gregory
The
Reserve Com Co
Chicago
Stevens Building
Newton Market Prices and Local Remedies Listed
The Newton market week ending April shows price ranges for potatoes at 6 to 560 per bu and cattle at 10.2 to 216 per Ib. Local remedies advertised include Shilohs Vitalizer for stomach distress and dyspepsia and Karls Clover Root Tea as a laxative, both sold by Wagley & Smead. Tuesday evening April 26 marks a note on the Alba Heywood Co event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle
Eses
Cpa
Sienna
Shiloh
Wagley & Smead
Farmers of Malaka Call for Mills Haulage
Farmers of Malaka seek hauling of their mills and appeal to Amos Myers with headquarters at Henry Hoerling's for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaka
Amos Myers
Henry Hoerling
Galesburg notes and local happenings
Miss Mattie Earp travels to Bussy and lies ill with diphtheria as her father and Dr. Carpenter go to her. A Sunday school is organized at Brown school house. Elk Creek farmers press seeding amid hard times. A resident claims to have seen the air ship over Galesburg last Sunday night. The Independent District of Brown replaces old seats in its school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
New York
Mattie Earp
Bussy
Brown School
Elk Creek
Galesburg
Brown
Fairmount Health Notes and Local Farming Chores
Montgomery Hummel remains sick as rain slows relief. Will Livingstone’s sciatic rheumatism worsens while farmers hustle to work the ground. A stray cow at John Taylor’s last week now awaiting owner’s claim with description. House cleaning season keeps residents busy in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingstone
John Taylor
Rail timetable notes eastern and western trains
Historic timetable lists east and westbound railroad departures and arrivals. It details Monroes Newton Des Moines Valley schedules, indicating daily options except Sundays, with times for Prairie City Fairmount Monroe and related stops.
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Acc
West, D
Monroe Branch
Newton
Monroe
Monroe S
Des Moines Valley Division
Liit
D. Lirt
A.m. Prairie C’y
Fairmount
Iowa Central Newton Branch Train Schedule Fragment
Fragmentary timetable notes show Iowa Central Newton Branch line times for eastbound and westbound trains, with station stops including Murphy, Sully, Lynnville, Oskaloosa, and New Sharon, and a main line schedule toward Grinnell with north and south No 1 3 5 2 4 6 90. Accompanied by accommdation locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Ds Ae Murphy
Lynn
Lynnville
Lynne
Ese Rou
NewSharon
Lacey
Ogop Om
Oskaloosa
Go A.m
Chicago Great Western rail schedules fragment
Southbound and northbound service numbers listed with times for Baxter Valeria and Insa stations. The OCR shows a jumble of numbers and station names, including miles and times such as 32 a.m. 6:07 p.m. 11:29 a.m. 10:30 p.m. and p.m. formats, indicating a damaged timetable snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Baxter
Valeriab
Dr. J. F. Battin Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon
Dr J F Battin is listed as a homeopathic physician and surgeon in the directory. The entry identifies him by name and profession with no further biographical details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Battin
Enambuc 18857 Percheron Stallion Season Details 1897
The Imported Stallion Enambuc 18857 will stand the 1897 season on Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays at J R Simbro's 34 miles southeast of Prairie City and 24 miles northwest of Fairmount and Saturdays at the farm of L A Greenlief southeast of Colfax. Enambuc is iron gray, 16 hands, 1800 pounds, foaled March 25 1888 and imported in 1891. He is entered for registry in the Sixth Volume of the Percheron Star Book of America. Terms 88.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Simbro’s
Prairie City
Fairmount
Percheron Star Book of America
Record partners with Homestead for Jasper county farmers
The RECORD has arranged with the Homestead the largest farm paper in the United States to reach every farmer reader of the Tricorp or any farming reader in Jasper county who is not yet a subscriber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Carter
Carter & Remington
Geneseo, Ll
Jasper County
M.L. Devan
Des Moines
A. L. Harrah
Mr. Devan
Iowa
Peter Benshoof
Lee Wilson
Denver
Col
Lee
W. J. Wilson
Adamson Grove
del Burnett
The
Record
Homestead
United States
Tricorp
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Newton and Vicinity
Delia
Minnie Richmond
Coll Mann
Jas. Hunter
Spring Streets
Churchill
Abe Carrier
L. M. Randles
J. D. Bullock
Minnesota
Arthur Lufkin
Washington St
B. J. Russell
Fred Reeves
Fay
Kellogg
Arthur Stratton
Frank Dean
North and
Farmer Sts
C. E
Congregational Church
Wm. Henning
Harry Springer
Dave Sampson
Fred Maytag
Dakota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Frank Needham Jr
Warren Thomas
R. I. Depot
Frank
Bertie Castorf
Killduff
Joseph Reynolds
Joe
J.C. Cook
Cedar Rapids
Grace
Ruth Axtell
Grandma Miller
Mrs Windus
Mel
Fr. Wright
Equitable
W. Morgan
Carrie Marie
J. A. Fisher
Charles Roy
C. V. Cowan
J. B. Homan
Danville
Indiana
Hadley
Richland Township
Sigourney
Co. D
John Dixon
John
Geo. T. Anderson
BE. J. Miles
Mr. Neilson
Fonda
Frank Kimberly
Clear Creek Township
Racorp
H. V. Failor
Denison High School
Lee Westfail
Mingo
Geo Hunter
Joe Everly
Henry Kissel
John Mathews
John Seaton
Dave Stover
Soger
Tyson
Newton Markets
April Ogra
Alba Heywood Co
Montgomery Hummel
RI & P
Grinnell
Great Western
Valeria
A.m. Baxter
Enambuc
L. A. Greenlief
Colfax
Nobby Children’s
GUYER
Judd & Dunning
Haprop & Gist
Fedoral
Ammons & Allen
Tlomestead
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