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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1895
Page
6
The report covers Mrs J W Murphy social evening success, a horse injury to Murphy Russell, community visits, church and school notices, illness in families, and various local people attending events from Kellogg to Des Moines, with births and new labor at Ira lumberyard and other neighborhood updates.
The aid society hosts a literary social with Mrs Belle Rodgers and Belle Lambert aiding at Mrs F H Russell residence on Friday evening April 26. A collection will be taken. Go to Maytag and Emerson for sewer pipe road tile lime cement and hard wall plaster. 3S8tf
A feature show titled Story of the War in Song and Tableaux debuts May 1 with souvenir programs showing a tattered flag. The program traces Civil War events from Harper's Ferry to Appomattox with solos, choruses, and tableaux including The Battle, Marching Through Georgia, and When Johnny Comes Marching Home, concluding with Decoration Day tableau.
The Iowa Central Railway offers excursion tickets to Clinton for the G A R encampment from May 7 to May 9 1895 with half fare return valid through May 10. Two through trains connect with C N W Ry at Marshalltown arriving in Clinton ahead of other lines. For rates and information call Iowa Central Railway Agents, 3912.
Mr and Mrs Carl Jacobs were Bax ter visitors one day last week. A few of our young people attended a dance at Tommy Goodhue s last Saturday evening.
A reward of 1000 dollars is offered for a piano that is better made or presents a purer, clearer tone than the Shaw piano. The notice invites buyers, makers, and dealers to present competing instruments for comparison.
The listing shows East and West train numbers with times for the Rail Road Time Tables. It includes stops at Newton Monroe and timing for connections on the VonRoke Branch with morning and afternoon arrivals and departures.
Local timetable details eastern and western main line services with station stops from Monroe Fairmount Prairie City and Lincoln to Oskaloosa. Includes arrival and departure times, signal stop notes, and service numbers for Going East and Going West trains.
Fragmented timetable notes list Baxter Mingo Valeria and times in am and pm blocks with inconsistent formatting. No clear event, destination, or carrier is readable.
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