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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
4
Colfax items note T E Spohr’s recovery and return to Perry, Mrs Spohr’s visit, and travel reports from T P Burchinal. Miss Mayme Stephenson’s engagement to Dr. Miller, teaching changes, a linen shower, and wedding notices. Local births, bank moves, land sales, and forthcoming county fair plans pepper the page.
The Monroe City Council held a special meeting to appoint a committee to study the Practical Cold Process Gas System claim as cheaper and preferable to electric light. Included are local updates on marriages, fires, stock shipments, politics, and community notices.
Lynnville notes A J Pemberton and wife of Iowa Falls visited Rev H C Pemberton’s home. J M Bartlett has closed his restaurant and moved to a farm southeast of town. Eliza Conover returned from an east trip attending a Endeavor convention in Cincinnati. Residents visited Buffalo exposition and relatives in Kingston NY. Nine loads of stock shipped from town to three consignors. D Meredith and four others shipped. Johnson Bros Chas and Willie attended.
The Innes band consents to perform at Buffalo Pan American Exposition May 1 to Nov 1. Open air concerns over woodwind heavy instrumentation were resolved by staging in the Temple of Music on the Court of Honor. The Newton performance is set for February 2 afternoon. Omissions: contingencies for encampment in Ol/land Ohio Sept 10-14. Chicago Great Western offers Cleveland excursion tickets Sept 7-11, return options Sept 15 or Oct 5 with no transfer. inquire with agents or J P Elmer in Chicago.
Public schools will reopen on Monday September 7 with examinations at Central School on Friday September 11 and Saturday 14 starting at 9 o clock. All students seeking reclassification or new enrollment must appear to allow teachers time in early term. Local notices also list fair dates and community ads for Ca ndies bread and wagon sales.
Raii Prackwoos left for Ames for college. Mr and Mrs Fred Bangel of Springfield Illinois visit Scharf families in Newton and Monroe. Mrs T K Townsend and her nephew Clarence Brunner arrive from Billings Montana. Several other relatives and travelers pass through Newton for family visits, fairs, weddings, and trips to Des Moines Chicago and San Francisco.
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