Local and Personal items from Newton and surrounding area
Mr and Mrs J Edw Mershon and Kathy ended their Thanksgiving visit with Newton kin and traveled home to Des Moines Monday morning. The pension board in Des Moines ordered an exam for Robert Cross, a Minnesota veteran now in need of aid and guardian care, seeking a raise from $14 a month. Various local notes include court and roadwork visits, a barn project on Main Street, and a short obituary-like pension data excerpt. A note urges readers to support local ads in the Record. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is endorsed as a preventive for pneumonia, with Walgreens and Smead selling 2 and 50 cent sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edw. Mershon
Kathy
Newton Kin
Des Moines
Robert Cross
Des Moines Pension Board
Rob
Minnesota
Judge Winslow
Knoxville
H. M. Farquhar
Marshallton
the Central
Loch Lain
Iowa Central
Red Taylor
Taylor-Newell Co
Marshalltown
Chas. Seeberger
East Main Street
Arnold
Will McGregor
Charlie Brown
Oskaloosa
J. M. Kussart
The
Democrat
Nddyville
C. A. Max
Hardihood
Monroe
John Vandermast
Mirror
Chamberlain
Olagah
Wagley & Smead
Local notes from Palo Alto and surrounding towns
Nelson Holmes of Kansas City plans a winter stay with relatives. Families share Thanksgiving meals. Miss Lelia Drew and Mr Andy Emmett will wed at the bride’s parents’ home next Wednesday evening. Various locals report illness, farming updates, and social visits. births noted for Will Fraker’s Navy son and Chas Ervin Dee’s daughter born on the 21st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Holmes
Kansas City Co
S. H. Rees
A. Guessford
Charlie Drew
Oskaloosa
Lelia Drew
Andy Emmett
Freddie Maund
H. W. Byers
W. A. Livingstone
Monroe
S. F. Blakley
George Maund
Lola Murphy
Geo Maund
O. Adams
A.C. Davis
Sam Thompson
Alex Davis
Charley Porter
Ryan Morgan
Kellogg
Kansas
Nebraska
Hallam
Wim., Vanness
Tama Morgan
Glen Elder
Kan
John F More
Jasper County
Pleasant Hill notes and events mix with ads
Pleasant Hill community notes include illness of Elzora Cowman, Rev Scolia finishing meetings, Margie Veenstra visiting, Wyatt Cadwallader injuring his foot, and local social visits. Also covered are lectures at the Opera House, church and school activities, local business ads, and brief regional updates on courts, politics, and transport developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzora Cowman
Rev
Scolia
Pella
Carter School
Margie Veenstra
Adel
Pete Kersberger
Barbara Veenstra
Annual election of Newton Chapter officers upcoming
Newton and Vicinity notes describe visits by Mr. and Mrs. Moulton of Des Moines to G. W. Hickman in Sherman township, Miss Minnie Warham’s Des Moines trip, and Miss Gertrude Walker staying with Miss Nellie Kelly. The entry notes the next Monday evening election for Newton Chapter OWE.S.Gertrude Walker and Minnie Warham are mentioned among local schoolgirl friends from Lowa College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C. Moulton
DesMoines
G. W. Hickman
Sherman Township
Minnie Warham
Des Moines
Hargraves
K Ashley Cain
Colfax
Newton Kin Folk
Baltimore
McCollom's
Osie Gray
John Capron
Grinnell
Jay
Dick Clark
Miss Gray
Beula Lane
McCollom’s
Newton
Owe. S
Gertrude Walker
Clinton
Nellie Kelly
Lowa College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wm. E. Curtis
Chicago Record
TSS
Virginia
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Young
Samuel Downing
Palo Alto
Will Fraker
Chas. Ervin Dee
Pleasant Hill
Wyatt Cadwallader
Lynn Cadwallader
Maggie Veenstra
Stella Sparks
Charlie Shaffer
Clyde Burdett
North Dakota
Lowa
Christain
Brown School House
Alex Waddle
Percy
Constance Keller
L. G. Bagley
Hueneme
Cal
Wragley & Smead
Opera House
J. H. Lawrence
Social Union
Lawrence
H. Slade
Alex Hume
Mrs. Hoffman
Prof. C. Taylor
Chas Cooke
Richard Bishop
Anna Eva Fay
CC. C. Harrah
Meredith
John Albee
Iowa
Bank of Sully
L. H. Sherrian
W. GB. Walker
Chas. Adkisson
New Sharon
District Court
Dewey
Baumgardner
Manistee, Mich
Mast Side
Tjivest
Corey
Kennedys Drug Store
Ceiver
Daugherty
J. O. Bennett
S. . Ferguson
Marion
Ef. Jwice
Ferguson
Curtis Fleet
Anaheim
California
WashLiy and
SMEAD
C. M. Dixon
Pleasant Ridge
Fulton Co
Madge Stevens
Seattle
Bert Engle
Chicago
Newton and Vicinity
Col. Egbert
Davenport
F.C. Sudlow
C. M. Hinsdale
Gus Hinsdale
Bessie
Albion
Mich
Percy McCord
Miss Hettie
Denry Morrison
Parmefiier
Peilousé
Bert
If. Cookingham
Chicave
Dodge
Alice Dodge
W. N. Talbot
Sully
Ralph Graham Esq
Justice Stuart
China
A. Long & Son
A. Long
Grocers
Ceived
Silveryaire
Sriff's
Geo. Sells Davis
East
Sine Baum & Meclaughlin
McCardell & Meredith
North Side Square
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