Longing for the Master Sums Up Veteran’s Passing
John C. Wilson aged 87 dies at 11:30 after a long Civil War service and years of illness. He was a longtime Presbyterian elder in Newton and a trusted church leader with a life of charity and duty. Funeral held at the local church with G. A. R. honors and taps. Nettie Chapin, notable Jasper County author and teacher, widowed wife of E. N. Chapin, dies in Marshalltown. her memory praised for Civil War support and literary work. Mrs. Wood of Colfax dies in Denver after a toe infection leads to blood poisoning. funeral services in Colfax and Brooklyn follow.
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John C. Wilson
Wilson
Champion Hill
Miss
Texas
Presbyterian Church
Chilisquaque
Penn
Columbia County
Old Home Farm
Newton
John
Lettie Wilson
James
John C
Isaiah P
Robert
Mary
Martha
Eliza
Isaiah
Rock Island
Parthenia Connelly
J. Frank
San Francisco
James P
Chicago
28Th
Iowa Infantry
Champion Hills
Sarah J. Elliott
R. F. Chambers
The
S. G. Russell
Henry Morrison
J. H. McCalmont
A. H. McClean
M.A. McCord
C. W. Campbell
Garrett
Nettie Chapin
Marshalltown
Nettie Skiff
Portage County
Ohio
Stephen Skiff
Jasper County
Malaka
Daniel Sanford
May Adalaide
Washington
E. N. Chapin
Marshall County
Mina Springer
Nancy Logan
Colfax
Reys. Cozier
Stahl
Brooklyn
Wood
M. Church of
Mr. Wood
Frightful Accident In Palo Alto Town Ship
Robert Spearing sustained a severe tongue wound when a colt kicked the pipe stem through his tongue while rescuing the animal at Spencer Rees’s home in Palo Alto Township. Dr. Hammer treated the gash. Spearing endured heavy pain but is hopeful for a good recovery despite swelling and distress.
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Robert Spearing
Spencer Rees
Palo Alto Township
Rob
Robert
Hammer
Local Newton Notes Highlight Residents and Events
Daily Newton column covers visits from Nellie Hunter Miller and family health notes on Mrs. Rebecca Hunter and Mrs. Sarah Kearns, plus neighbors Jim White and Judge J M Clements reporting on farms, trades, and church life. Also notes births, marriages, a cabinet of local politics, temperance talks, and upcoming social events and meetings.
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Nellie Hunter Miller
Lincoln
Neb
Newton
Des Moines
Rebecca Hunter
Sarah Edgar Kearns
Band Concerts Before K T Conclave Leave Chicago
Knights Templar band gave open air concerts in Chicago before departing for Louisville Kentucky. The group performed marches overtures and songs then joined by F D Winn in Chicago. Bend details include band members and a Palmer House concert.
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Oriental Commandery and
Knights Templar Band
Chicago
Knights Templar
Louisville
Kentucky
Philharmonte
Tancred Pamtasia
Janice
C. €. Smead
F. D. Winn
Henry Held
0. Malmberg
F. M. Crosby
C. V. Cox
W. E. Bratton
Meredith
L. &. Hurt
C. E. Jones
Horry
J. W. Loyer
A. W. Morthespe Johnson
J. Elrod
J. I. Pax
N. A. Crownsea
G. W. Ramsey
Ed. Ramsey
H. Schmidt
F. K. Meredith
A. A. Wettstein
L. Kenn Flate
F. W. Eberhart
G. R. Townsend
F Shoe
J. Robbins
J. W. Jack
Ralph Clark
F. M. Dunn
P. W. Hough
R. C. Daly
F. A. Long
Palmer House
Lake Park
Logan Monument
Rinehart reunion seals vows after surprise wedding
Jasper county families picnic on Skunk River near Monroe bridge with forty six attendees. Rev D M Helmick weds Mary A Scheck to O C Carstens during the meal. The event ends with a festive reception and renewed kinship. A burglary at Robt Burns’ grocery netted cigars and cash, traced to a possible neighbor. Town notices warn of a Twenty Second Iowa reunion at Town City with veterans urged to attend. William B Walker dies in Chelan Washington, body to be returned for burial.
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Teinenart
Jasper County
Skunk River
Monroe Bridge
D. M. Helmick
M. E
Monroe
Mary A. Scheck
O. Carstens
Golead
Texas
Rineharts
Grinnell
Twenty-Second
Lowa
Town City
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Phil Sheridan
Pany
Newton
Ola Company
J.C. Switzer
Iowa City
22Nd
Iowa Association
Georgia
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Chapin
Geo. D. Wood
Jim White
Lorimer
J.t.thayer
Malaka Township
Jasper
Jim
Charlie
J. M. Clements
Helena
Montana
W. G. Clements
Hugo Timpe
L. L. Miller
Maurice Rodgers
Maurice
Phoenix
Arizona
Great Northwest
Luther B. Ritter
East Main St
Lute
J. C. Willits
FE. B. Macy
Lynnville
Central Committee
Carrie Jackson
C. J. Flouser
Mildred Ryan
Grandpa
Grandma Townsend
Drew
D. R. Myers
Democratic Central Committee
Kennington
J. R. Gorrell
Will D. Byerly
Henry Kissel
Universalist
Mitchellville
Stover
David
East Washington Street
Charlie Kapple
J. M. Doolittle
Albuquerke
Mexico
School House
C.F. Lusk
Baptist Church
Lusk
Jay Forbes
Rose Boatman
Mahaska County
Freemont
Ervin Forbes
Palo Alto
Everett Bodley
Harrold
Jonathan Drew
St. Louis
Obed Drew
Mr. Drew
Citiz
Iowa Conference
Iowa
United States
Murray Galusha
Wichita
Della Howard
Jiladys
N. M. Holland
Walp Hr
D. S. Stover
Holland
Mae Winifred Morrow
Lawrence Spohn
Rank
North Winest
W.N
Twentieth Century Club
Bertha Fehleisen
Hastings
John Bisom
Arkansas
Springdale
Walter E. Bratton
K. T
K. T. Conclave
L. M.cheney
R. Wagner
Shadyside
Cottag
Hollis Murphy
Dan Murphy
Buena Vista Inp
Hollis
Harry Eagle
Drew Parker
A. Drew
Myrtle Drew
Owen R
Minneapolis
Bloomington
Wis
Parker
Happines
Meunion
Billie Walker
Hay
den Reynolds
William B. Walker
Chelan Wash
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