Memory of Grant Honored in Grand State Tribute
President McKinley led a vast pageant in New York as 60 000 marched and 2 000 000 watched the Grant tomb dedication. The service in Riverside Park united leaders including Mayor Strong and ex president Cleveland. A grand land and naval parade followed with troops sailors cadets and civic groups. Comrade Sul lens stayed with P R Rice during the visit.
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America
New York
Riverside Park
Hudson
Grant
McKinley
Horace Porter
Strong
City of
Cleveland
Navy
Grand Army of the Republic
Brooklyn
Civic
Dolphin
Close of an Eventful Life Grandma Marian dies in Newton at 108
Mrs Lovina Marian longtime Newton resident and one of the citys oldest colored ladies died at her son Anderson Days home last Saturday night April 24. Born enslaved near Cape Girardeau Missouri in 1810 she was separated from her son as a child and reunited briefly in 1865 when he returned from service in the 60th U S Colored Infantry. The pair later lived together in Newton for about a decade until her death in her sons home. She was mother to twelve children with five surviving. Funeral services were held at the A M E church Monday April 16 conducted by Rev C V Cowin with Rev Walden assisting.
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Lovina Marian
Our City
Anderson Hays
Grandma Marian
Cape Girardeau
Amos Hays
Anderson
Geo. Work
60Th
U. S. Colored Infantry
M. E. Church
C. V. Cowin
Walden
Pension Claim Pooled for Rock Creek Soldier
F M Sullens of Rock Creek township appeared before the local examining board seeking a pension. A veteran of Col Woolford’s First Kentucky Cavalry famed for harsh campaigns against rebels in Southern Kentucky, Sullens has lived in Lasper county since 1867 and now is a total physical wreck, unfit for further service.
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F. M. Sullens
Rock Creek Township
Sullens
Col. Woolford
First Kentucky Cavalry
Kentucky
Lasper County
The Random Rambler on Meeting the Unexpected
The Random Rambler reflects on how people cope with surprises and fate. It contrasts personal heartbreak with nature’s kindness and urges mutual support, then shifts to Newton weather woes with muddy towns Mallerton Silesia and a snowshoe raft rescue. Bob Lain notes truth in a strange land.
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Newton
Mallerton
Crealville
Silesia
Entertainment at Metz School House
An entertainment is planned at the Metz school house next Saturday evening May 1. The program features songs recitations and tableaux followed by supper. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Metz
Newton the muddiest town in the state say critics
A regional letter argues Newton is unfairly labeled muddiest in Iowa. It cites recent court actions over sidewalks in Colfax Monroe and Prairie City while defending local mud as a natural result of rich soil and wet spring conditions. The piece mocks rival papers and lampoons sidewalk liability rules.
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Newton
Mudal disaster spurs paving debate in town
Residents report ten drownings in mud near the area with many stuck but not on it. The mud is described as clean aside from the quantity. The incident pushes New Ton to owe the mud a debt of gratitude and to become a focal point in the paving dispute.
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Newton
Committee Wins Support for Property Signers Plan
The author notes that although skeptics doubted the committee would secure a majority of property owners around the square and beyond, the committee achieved majority backing not only around the square but also for the four extra blocks, validating the effort and investment.
Town weighs paving limits and urgent street tiling plan
Citizens note budget limits on paving all streets this year or next. They urge common sense tiling and draining for the worst unpaved arterials Race Street from Main to the R I depot, Main Street west of Race, and East Main from Mechanic. These roads remain quagmires where horses sink and loads stall.
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Race Street
Main Street
R. I. Depot
Race
Comparison of West Washington and Race at Intersection
West Washington and Race meet at a shaded intersection. West Washington is tile drained, while Race is not.
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West Washington
Newton City Builds Makeshift Culvert Out of Planks
Residents rail at the Newton project as officials advertise a culvert made from four planks. Critics say the structure is unsafe and questions mount over how the failure-prone design was approved. Local officials defend the choice citing budget limits and quick repairs.
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Newton
Accident injures Bert Spencer after cart overturns
Last Monday Bert Spencer returning from town rode home when his horse spooked and ran away. The cart toppled, throwing him against a barb wire fence and the vehicle fell on him, bruising him and injuring his spine. Friends report he improved and hope the injuries are not permanent.
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Bert Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Newton Becomes Curfew Leader in Iowa
Newton was the first Iowa town to adopt a curfew ordinance and its successful operation and marked results for food have attracted state attention. Over fifty leading cities and towns are enacting similar laws with nearly identical wording drawn up by O. C. Meredith as city solicitor.
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Newton
Iowa
O. C. Meredith
Telephone Franchise Secured for City Ten Years
John M. Baker general manager and C K E Hall superintendent of the Iowa Telephone Co met the mayor and city council Tuesday to discuss the ordinance granting a ten year franchise for erecting poles and wires and operating a telephone system. The company sought a longer term but accepted the council’s minor changes and will proceed to install the exchange at once.
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John M. Baker
C. K E. Hall
Iowa Telephone Co
Newton Brick Paving Call Spreads Local Support
A representative from Oskaloosa's vitrified brick works visited Newton on Wednesday. He urged Newton to pave with local brick, arguing that while Newton brick may cost slightly more initially, it could promote a new local industry and return the added cost with interest. The speaker noted that Newton brick could be as good as bricks from Des Moines or Oskaloosa and encouraged choosing home made brick if feasible.
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Oskaloosa
Newton
Des Moines
Gratitude of an Old Slave John Cooper’s Civil War tale of escape and service
John Cooper, an elderly former slave at the Soldier's Home in Marshalltown, recalled his years with Col. Mandeville and escape in 1863. He served with Sergeant D. C. Smoke of Company K, 28th Iowa, near New Orleans, earning respect from his regiment before returning home after the war.
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John Cooper
Marshalltown
John
Louisiana
Col. Mandeville
Lake Pontchartrain
D. C. Smoke
Co. K
Iowa
New Orleans
From Soldier's Home inmate to grateful elder
The subject, once sold south after birth near Louisville, Kentucky, grew up without contact with his parents. Now an inmate of the Soldier's Home, he speaks with enthusiasm of the comforts and pleasures afforded him in his final years, though the dream of reuniting with his father and mother has faded.
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John
Louisville
Kentucky
Big Muddy's Capers Describe Missouri Channel Change
In May issue St. Nicholas recounts how Missouri river altered Iowa's western boundary. Spearman details a 1877 shift near Omaha, ice jams and drift, forming a new channel that left a long old bed and crabs and turtles for sale by tax. The river now runs west of the Big Muddy’s original line, defying Congress.
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St. Nicholas
Frank H. Spearman
Missouri
Towa
Missouri River
Iowa
Omaha
Big
Mr. Spearman
Blutts
Narrow Escape From Drowning In Lynnville
Two Lynnville youths, Johnny Wood and Mathew Craven, nearly drowned when their canoe capsized below the dam on the Skunk River. One clung to tree branches, the other rode the overturned boat for a half mile before being tossed free. Help arrived just in time to save him.
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Lynnville
Johnny Wood
Mathew Craven
Death of a Jasper Pioneer
Conrad Baker an early Jasper county settler died at Long Branch California on Tuesday April 20 from neuralgia of the heart. He came to Jasper county in 1853 lived near Green Castle for 25 years and was widely known in the county. He later lived in Des Moines before moving to California about four years ago for health reasons. He leaves two sons Adam and Dan L. Baker in Des Moines.
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Conrad Baker
Jasper County
Long Branch
California
Mr. Baker
Greencastle
Des Moines
Adam
Dan L. Baker
Kellogg district court rounds wrap with varied verdicts
The district court's term included multiple cases from Kellogg and Colfax. Antle profited on land transfer before a deed to Miller, the city of Colfax faced a suit over a sidewalk injury with disputed damages, and youth offenders from Monroe received fines. Other matters covered cattle sale disputes, a dismissed case, a landlord tenant verdict, and guardianship finances, with probate and land sale orders noted.
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Colfax
Monroe
Prairie City
Newton
Kellogg
Baxter
Cragan
Nourse
Albert Kent
Wallace Seay
Kissock
Goodwill
Benjamin
Norris
Winslow
Joseph B Homan
Admr
Mary J Hadley
Pet
Circuit Court of Hendrix Co
Ind
Sarah A Webster
Guardian
Ward
W O McElroy
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Nature
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Press of
Spirit Lake
Epworth League Grounds
Big Muddy
District Court
FE. M. Ande
Joseph Miller
Antle
Miller
KE. C. Kinsell
Bar
Kinsell
P. H. Cragan
Judge Nourse
Plaintiff
Winslow & McLain
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