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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1898
Page
5
Prairie City residents host visitors and travel to relatives in Leroy Minnesota. Mary Hurst of Greencastle dies at 28 after stomach inflammation. Local weddings, sermons, gatherings, and church events fill a busy period as families and neighbors reconnect and plan fairs and expositions.
Hinkleman to open a new n ass restaurant in the Mershon area while the Kirkwood hotel in Des Moines will be enlarged. William Moorfield of Sheridan and Oscar Clifton of Grinnell are in town on business. Col Jackson of the 0th Lawn has resigned. Lieut Col El Lambert likely to command the regiment. A.M. Harrah buys property north of the school on North street for improvements. Mrs Emma Wing Thompson of Mt Vernon IA praises the paper as homey news. Mershon block upgrades hint at new business ventures benefiting Newton. Farser adjudged insane and taken to Mt Pleasant asylum. Mr Parker troubled by mental health after his brother's death. previously attempted self-harm. M E church services listed for Sunday with class meeting, preaching, and various programs. Epworth League later. A Y P S C E social planned on Thurs with a menu contest. supper 25 cents, proceeds for chapel repairs.
Chas Dunbar of Brighton visited Frank Traft on Tuesday evening. W H Walley and J McPhearson now own Steve Cottre restaurant. Mrs A H Brows and Fana returned from Eagle Grove. N Moore left for Rutherford to take a building contract. Mrs Frank Porter and daughter May went to Leighton Friday. Ice cream social in the Park hosted by W E C. Mrs J J Turner visited Browning Missouri. Jake Holderer painted his residence. M White did the work. Miss Mary Bollhoefer of Newton came with sister Mrs B E Moore. Anna Shields mentioned as an infant buried at Prairie City family burial ground. Seth led a young crowd to Skunk for a picnic. Mrs J T Graham and Miss Kila Iggins visited Newton. Mrs John Selby left Vernon County Missouri to visit sister Mrs Wilson. Maid Selby returned from Newton after two weeks.
A Chicago example shows local newspapers as vital to merchants. During four days of no papers, Chicago advertising volumes fell by half as merchants lost a direct channel to buyers.
Colonel W F Cody is honored with a Buffalo Bill Day and will visit Omaha August 30 and 31 for his Wild West show. The Jasper County Normal Institute passes resolutions praising retiring superintendents Kelly and Martindale and sending sympathy to Mrs Wuerras. The Jasper County Agricultural Society announces its secretary’s office will move to Adams Express, near First National Bank.
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