Newton and Vicinity News Briefs and Notices
Local items cover jewelry advertisment by A M Behnel and holiday displays. Knights Templar banquet with Beloit orchestra. Janeway schoolhouse social for library funds. new sausage brand trench sausage from Fred Claussen. Christmas window displays in Newton. Miss Givendolen Doxie visits from Colfax. new Parsons Band Cutter engine and portio ns of Jasper County industry. Porto Rico veteran Jesse Davis returns to Chicago. Newton Township Sabbath School Convention reports and officers. proof of will for James Harrison filed in Jasper County District Court.
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Knights Templar
Beloit
Janeway
Library Fund
Fred Claussen
Newton
Parsons Band Cutter
Murray Iron Works
Burlington
Iowa
Jasper County
United States
West
James Harrison
J. A. Matte
Geo. W. Harlan
Newton City Schools Report for December 1898
The board receives a detailed monthly report on enrollment attendance and truancy. It notes a library fund surplus used to buy nature and civics books including Tennyson and How We Are Governed, plus 19 non resident high school students contributing $113.60 in tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
Independent District of
Newton
West Central
Tennyson
Dawes
The
United States
EJ. H. Beard
Clerical Nimrods Enjoys Sport and Revival Mood
Clerical Nimrods Rev C V Cowan Rev B C Baumgardner with Dr A B Palmer and C H Jasper hunted eight miles northwest of town. James Fish joined for dinner at his farm. They bagged squirrels rabbits and other game amid lighthearted fun before the revival. Cy Miller returns home after three months in Massillon Ohio to care for his ailing father Joseph Miller aged about seventy. Joel J Bailey & Co sold out and a new joint stock firm formed. Cy will join them at year start. A birthday surprise raid on Mr and Mrs Thomas Anderson on South Market Street featured a feast and gifts including fine china pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Cowan
B.C. Baumgardner
A. B. Palmer
C. H. Jasper
James Fish
Cy Miller
Massilon
Ohio
Joseph Miller
Mr. Miller
Philadelphia Nation
Joel J.bailey & Co
Realismer
Thomas Anderson
South Market St
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Local officials seek readers to support ads in Recorp
A patchwork page lists newspapers and magazines, urging subscribers and merchants to see ad purchases in the Recorp. Delegates J J Gorrell and Albert Lafkin, plus Clarence Craven and John W Murphy, travel to Fort Worth Texas for the Farmers National Congress. Gorrell and Craven plan a Arkansas hunting trip after congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Gorrell
Albert Lafkin
Clarence Craven
Kellogg
John W. Murphy
Murphy
Fort Worth Tex
Shaw
Farmers’ National Congress
Dr. Gorrell
Mr. Craven
Arkansas
Lone Star
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Newton and Vicinity
Jamali
Hikconp
A. M. Behnel
South Side
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Benner, Senner
South Side Jeweler
Evelyn Craig
Oakland
Cal
Geo. W. McCalmont
Chicago
Washington D.C
Towa
Givendolen Doxie
Colfax
Porto
Jeaae Davis
Dixon
Ill
Julia Davis
Major Patterson
Porto Rico
Co. E
Utuado
Patterson
Isaac
Township
Newton Township
Suny
North Newton Mission Chapel
W. S. Jasper
Ella Hough
Congregational Church
F. T. Patterson
Comte
North Newton
Forest T. Patterson
Mra. F.C
Newton City
Wlayer
J. W. Lover
First National Bank
New York
Toledo
Omaha Hee
Marshalltown
Times-Republican
Des Moines Daily News
Des Moines
McClure's
New York World
Peterson's Magazine
Town Homestead
Wallace Farmer and Dairyman
Spirit of the West
Horsemen
Frank Leslie's
Youth's Companion
Demorest’s Magazine
Cosmopolitan
Leslie's Popular Monthly
Harper's Monthly Magazine
Harper's Young People
E.e
Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Illustrated Weekly
Century
the Forum
the North American Review
Catholic News
Midland
Golden Days
Farmers Tribune
Prairie Farmer
Word and Works
Galland
C. H. Jaster & Co
Winn & Carrier
At_Vaughan
At_ Vaughan’s
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