IW SOCIETY MERRY ROUNDS AT Gates PARTIES IN Newton
Newton social calendar shines with two large receptions hosted by Mrs. L A Gates at her mother Mrs Jesse M Miller's home on McDonald street. Guests include many married ladies and a later gathering with groups of girls and young women. A wedding follows between Miss Gertrude I Besack and Mr Thomas S Dennis at the Besack home on West South street.
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Newton
L. A. Gates
Jesse M. Miller
McDonald Street
To’elock
Mesdames C. Sleanaker
Joe H McColloms
H. G. Bergrates
S. E. Gates
H Morrison
C. Seeberger
Joy
Irey Quaintance
Ed. Eustice
J. M. Fuller
J. W. Wilson
L. M. Cheney
W. J. McLaughlin
N. Townsend
Chas. M. Hinsdale
T. M. Rodgers
J. Jackson
Col. Garrett
A. M. Harrah
J. R. Zollinger
C. P. Axtell
H. 8. Winslow
W. W. Skiff
H. E. Hunter
Kate Miller
J. H. Bailey
J. Y. Bailey
Frank Carter
Chas. McFarland
J.B. Baker
Lida Kissinger
Galia Zollinger
Mmison
Mrs. Gates
Mesdames J. E. Ammons
Kington
E. E. Warren
J. W. Davis
A. C. Kennath
C. H. Jasper
W. H. Jasper
A. E. Hindorff
Harry McCardell
Dick Baum
A.J. Wright
A. K. Emerson
J. P. Newell
W. E. Hough
A. M. Hough
M. A. McKinley
Flo. Clark
Cupid
Gertrude I. Besack
Mr. Thos. S.1
Dennis
South Street
C. V. Cowan
M. E. Church
Happy Twain
Master Robbie
Ora Besack
Grace Besack
Gertrude
A.J. Besack
Mari Sposa
From Around the Town in Jasper County
Miss Ida Lucas visits Newton friends then returns to Lynnville Monday afternoon. George Maund reports new home in Jennings Louisiana with welcome from locals and blooming orange trees. AZ Dennis injured by a post hole fall while hunting. Mrs. Dr. H. E. Hunter and Dr. Hunter recover from carbuncle and related illness. Harold Paschal starts a small blaze in a Colfax show window. neighbor help douses it. Allie Compton buys land near Buena Vista township. Mrs Mahaffey sells eighty acres. John Burton distributes turkeys to Kellogg families on Thanksgiving. Grinnell visitors attend Epworth League debate hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Palmer. Monroe Odd Fellows to dedicate new temple with address by Dr. Shaw. Mrs. Stoffet visits family then travels to Blairstown and Anamosa. Mrs. Kate Miller returned home from Anamosa for sister’s illness. Mrs. Hess D Parsons recovers from accident and returns home. Newton teachers leave for winter term in county schools. James Mullihan seeks pension increase for Rhode Island veteran. Wm. Graham visits aged mother near Aledo. Local church music and revival planning at First M. E. Church. J. B. Owings recovering from fall. Helen Thompson ill then improving. Grandma Brown called to Des Moines for new granddaughter. Corporal Burrel Owens lands job at Taylor-Newell factory. Ex County Recorder Jas. Jeffries plans winter in California. Mrs. Jesse Teagarden returns to Newton to live with daughter. W R C to meet for officer election. Squire E. W. Mitchell still home with stomach trouble. Jas. Hayter coordinates taters for Missouri visitors.
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Ida Lucas
Newton
Lynnville
Ida
Clarence Fuller
J. F. Lucas
Jubal Earley
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Phil. Sheridan
George Ma
Dennis
Wm. Yoffey
Des Moines Jr
M. E
J. B. Owings
John Thompson
Helen
Grandma Brown
Des Moines
J. Edw. Mershon
Burrel Owens
Company L
Taylor-Newell
Jas. Jeffries
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Jesse Teagarden
Coll. Mann
G. A. R. Hall
E.W. Mitchell
Jas. Hayter
St. Joe
Ministers Treat and Townsfolk Triumph in Newton
A Newton ministerial association meeting ended with Rev. Baumgardner paying for his absent dinner as colleagues gathered at the Churchill House dining room. A German farmer from Malaka township, Fred Schnathorst, died aged about seventy five after rheumatism, with funeral services in Newton. Governor Shaw purchased Pete Helphrey’s five year old black team, each animal 154 hands high and 1200 pounds, for Des Moines display on the capital’s boulevards.
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Ministerial Association of
Newton
Rev. Baumgardner
Masters Vineyard
Mr. B
Baumgardner
Association
Churchill House
Fred Schnathorst
Malaka Township
Lisson
Lincoln
Jasper County
Henry
Shaw
Pete Helphrey
Des Moines
Iowa
Distressing Accident Leaves Grandmother in Critical Condition
Mrs Phidelia Lambert suffered a serious accident last Thursday when stepping onto an icy porch. She fell, was brought inside, and though no bones were broken, internal injuries raise doubts about recovery. Grandmother Lambert at over eighty five lives alone southeast of town, with daughter and husband nearby offering care.
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Widell
Hess D. Parsons
Phidelia Lambert
Grandma Lamberts
H. V. van Epps
Hog cholera remedy claim stirs Iowa farmer hope
G W Campbell of Clear Creek near Clyde says hot water treatment in a warm pen cured his remaining thirty hogs after cholera decimated his herd. He notes no signs of cholera in his pigs today and predicts the method could help stock raisers. Also reported: burial of Miss Fannie Sprague in Newton, a snow drift incident with Dr Hammer and Ruby Fay, a minor Central railroad breakdown at New Sharon delaying service to Newton, and passenger Billie Drinkle’s calm response.
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G. W. Campbell
Clear Creek Township
Clyde
Iowa
Hammer
Ruby Fay
Cal Manning's
Chicago
Central
Newton
New Sharon
Oskaloosa
Billie Drinkle
Smire
Illustrated Holiday Event At Congregational Church
An entertainment for the Sunday school benefits will be held next Tuesday evening December 13 at the Congregational church. The program features illustrated patriotic songs and stereoptical views from the late war. Music by the B E R E male quartet and Newton's orchestra. Admission five cents for children and ten cents for adults. The Prairie City News Kodak praises Jasper county paper and notes Mrs Ed Churchill's improving condition after serious illness.
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Newton
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Reasner
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A. L. Jantz
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Edwards
Mabel
Margaret
Anna
Emma Killduff
Stella
Allie Parsons
Dora Baker
Bessie McCuen
Grace Cook
Messrs
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Ted Manning
Leslie Smead
Will Patterson
C. E. Callison
Dan Manning
Tom Wintersteen
Will Manse
Clay Meek
Geo. Guthrie
Grace
Presbyterian Church and Friends
John Doe
Armenia Sampey
Nellie Sipe
McCuen
Mi Mima
S. E. Laird
Lillie Sherman
Laura
Paschal
Colfax
Allie Compton
Mahaffey
Buena Vista Township
Mas. Carey
John Bicknell
Burton
Kellogg
John Burton
Grinnell
Chas, Palmer
Corley
Karl
A. B. Palmer
Odd Fellows
Monroe
W. H. Shaw
Mamie Earley
Carrie Earley
Hick- Vera Neal
Hick
Marion Hammer
Mariposa
Logan Biizzard
Hickory Grove
James P. Mullihan
Valeria
Pension Board
Co. C
Third Rhode Island Light Artillery
Mullihan
Graham
Aledo
Ralph
Santa Claus
Miller
London
England
America
Anna Failor Grandstaff
Burlington
B. M. Fuller
Crand
Fannie Sprague
J. M. Woodrow
Woodrow
B.C. Baumgardner
Miss Sprague
W. A. Sprague
Audubon
Fannie
Colorado Springs
George Sprague
Prairie City News
Kodak
Bro, Clark
Ed Churchill
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