New Fall Dress Goods Display At Low Prices
A department announces new fall dress goods with up-to-date styles and colors. Shoppers are urged to examine the stock and note the large variety and low prices designed to please customers.
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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
4
A department announces new fall dress goods with up-to-date styles and colors. Shoppers are urged to examine the stock and note the large variety and low prices designed to please customers.
Promote fall fashion with Taffata Silks priced at $1.00 $1.25 and $1.50 per yard. Available widths range from 24 to 36 inches. Claims of superior quality by actual comparison highlight these fabrics as a top choice for seasonable wardrobes.
Our stock features black poie de soies and other old time favorites. We buy goods from makers and ship direct from mills. Each yard is guaranteed and invites noncustomers to compare prices before buying elsewhere. Agents for all Patterns priced 10 and 15 cents.
The M E Sunday school attended the Epworth Assembly Monday and a convention is set for Tuesday August 20 in Fronsgrove four miles south of town. Rev J J Mitchell preached to a large audience Sunday. there were no M I church services. Roy Austin visited Iowa's capital Monday. Vernon White was bitten by a dog. the dog eluded capture. The death of Wm Stayner eldest brother of local residents is announced. Stayner lived here years, moved west, and last visited about eight years ago.
Will Fisher of near Oswalt was arrested Tuesday evening on cruelty to animals charges after driving a near-starved team. He was fined 485 and ordered to rest and feed the horses. J P Keipp A W Hall and Dr Turner travel to Cedar Rapids next Monday to represent Silver Spray lodge N 4 at the Grand Lodge Knights Pythias. John Pierson will represent Bud of Hope lodge and Mrs Emma Keipp Golden Rod Temple of Rathbone Sisters. Three-year-old Mabel Kennedy narrowly escaped a fall from an upstairs window last Saturday after a shutter opened, tumbling about seventeen feet but recovering with no serious injuries. Geo H Meier plans to depart for the north next Tuesday morning. M Stayner received a telegram from Spencerville Ohio on Wednesday.
R L Arnolds new house nears completion and will be among the prettiest in Baxter. James Jack and wife of Newton visited Baxter over Sunday as relatives of the Northups. Will Mowry and wife returned from Newton where she visited her parents. E Tower former Baxter pastor now at Lyons Iowa was in town. S J Miskimins visited Mitchellville and Cedar Rapids with F C Ecklund City Bank cashier. A veterans meeting near Mingo is planned for September with Major Charles Mackenzie of Des Moines to deliver one of the principal addresses.
Sally Newton travels for a hat and cap business. Mrs W S Gove receives word of her mother's sudden death in Alva Oklahoma. Charley Francisco buys 120 acre farm near Murray Clark county and plans to move soon. Jack Swan visits from New Sharon seeking land to build a home. he sold his property and contemplates Sully as a future residence.
Kellogg and Colfax area items record farm sales and transfers with Donahey selling to Emmett at 72 per acre and Dan Donahey buying near Newton. Local clergy changes include Rev F W Collins resigning at year end and Rev W L Brandt moving to Mitchellville. Also mentions Miss Lura Paine visiting Beatrice Nebraska and Miss Lorano Mattice visiting Kellogg. Public notices include G A R event at Crawford Grove near Mingo September 3 4 and 5.
In Monroe last week Dr Hendershot was seriously ill but hopes to recover. Rev J D Guthrie of Oskaloosa, a longtime settler and effective speaker, will headline the Old Settler’s meeting on the 22nd. Edwine Sheeler, born March 3 1883 in Keokuk County Iowa, died August 6 1883 in Monroe, survived by mother and siblings. Win Bench Jr was declared insane by County Insanity Commissioners and sent to Mt Pleasant asylum.
Miss Young of Sully visited county capital Friday. H C Pemberton met with Yearly Meeting leaders in Iowa Falls Tuesday seeking a pastor role. Carrie Nelson and Hazel and Helen from Oskaloosa visited Macy's and friends. Elma Snyder and two children came from Oskaloosa to visit relatives over Sunday. Moody and Son opened a new hardware store at Searsboro with a grand Saturday evening.
Real estate transfer notes list multiple parcels with names such as WG Mann, Mary E Mann, Rosetta Lavalleur, A C Randolph, Lillian E Ainsworth, W H Morgan, Martha Wilson, E A Atwood, and others. Transfers reference parcels on Newton and adjacent streets, with prices like 4000 and 330, and include terms such as lot 1, lot 2, and various dedications.
The Wallace Circus will exhibit in Oskaloosa on Wednesday August 21 1901 with Iowa Central Railway selling excursion tickets at one and one third fare roundtrip for August 21 trains, return allowed to August 22. Also notices on building materials from Hanson Lumber Yard and local business ads including Rector remedy claims and Jasper County Fair contests by Newton Business Men's Association offering prizes for township teams and equipment.
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