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Local Briefs from Newton and Vicinity
A collage of small town notes from Newton and nearby, listing visits, shipments, and happenings. A Luff of Waco Times reports farmers ’ centers. the Poweshiek County druggists formed a new group in Grinnell. Seymour saw an Uncle Tom's Cabin troupe, a mayor was fined for drunkenness, and a bootlegger in jail was allowed to drink. Local families travel, merchants tout holiday goods, and marriage licenses and social notices fill the page with casual town life.
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A. Luff
Waco
Texas
Poweshiek County
Nation
Grinnell
Sheldon
Newton
Jasper County