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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
1
A townwide Christmas preview outlines church plans for trees gifts and cantatas at Congregational Catholic Lutheran Presbyterian and United Presbyterian congregations. Highlights include Santa Claus programs at multiple churches, special masses, concerts, decorations, and a future United Presbyterians church reopening with new premises.
A large Wichita gathering mourns Grace Miller wife of Dr B A Miller. She died after a brief marriage from Vermillion South Dakota. Born December 28 1872 in Newton she would have been 25 this month. Funeral at home officiated by Rev C V Cowan and Rev B C Baumgardner with family and friends in attendance.
The Newton Camp of Woodmen of the World welcomed Sovereign Manager C. C. Farmer of Omaha this week. Sovereign Commander Frank Dean led the program with Farmer’s address on W of W origins and deeds, brief talks by Prof. Beard and Dr. Perry Engie, followed by an oyster supper at McMurray's cafe. The event was warmly received by members and guests.
The Recorp announces a shift in press day to Thursday evening to ensure all copies of the large edition reach subscribers on Friday. Submit announcements and notices early in the week, with advertising changes due by Wednesday morning. Correspondents should forward letters on Monday and Tuesday.
The Newton Masons visit in Mitchellville drew high praise from the Index. The lecture by O N Wagley, lasting 55 minutes, was described as the best heard there, presenting Masonry features vividly and leaving a lasting impression. Wagley is noted for his considerable expertise in the field.
Mrs. Della Weaver of Colfax started for California last week with her two children in hopes the climate and scenery will aid her son Roscoe's health. The move reflects a health remedy trend among families seeking improved living conditions and access to warmer climates.
A long, alley-deep digest of Newton and nearby happenings covers a wandering young woman aided by officers and sent east, local family travels for Christmas, a Moore era recital, church revival progress, injuries from accidents, social events, police cases, and a string of court actions including petit larceny, a bicycle thief six months, a property dispute, and a personal injury suit against Jasper County.
Miss Irena Moffitt and cousin Lew Moffitt returned Tuesday morning after about six weeks visiting relatives in Randolph and Jay counties Indiana. It is Irenas first return to her childhood home in more than forty five years. The countryside has changed with forests cleared and landmarks gone. The old homestead was replaced by a modern style house and the farm remodeled. She plans not to move back permanently but enjoyed visiting over sixty relatives in six weeks and did not see half of them.
Miss Corda Wert eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs D M Wert died at her parents home on Monday the 20th and was buried Wednesday afternoon Rev Ferguson conducting the funeral. She was 21 born and raised in this city and had been gradually afflicted by consumption for about a year. She was a devout Christian, a member of the U P church and faced her illness with Christian fortitude. Sympathy is extended to her family.
In a neighborhood southeast of town cholera has been killing swine at a frightful rate. George Maund lost all but six out of eighty head, Silas Blakely sixty to seventy, John Coakley forty to fifty, Hixson Brothers thirty, Geo Hill about sixty, David Porter about half, and Charlie Porter many more. The losses are discouraging and draw broad sympathy.
Alfred Woeedward of the Fred M Murray place sustained a broken left wrist when his horse shied returning home from town. The sleigh toppled and he was thrown to the ground, suffering the injury near the Gates farm.
News reaches Newton of the death of Mrs. Sarah Webster at her brother John Harper’s home in Hayesville Ohio on Friday December 10. She was about seventy two, long a Newton resident and photograph business partner with her husband who died in Sandusky. Her will gave 1600 to a niece, 2000 to a nephew, 2500 to Newton Baptist church, 2500 to Mrs. Mary McCalmont, 1500 to the Newton Reading Room, and the rest pro rata among named heirs. a later will left Newton Baptist church and legal heirs equal shares. Her estate is valued at 15000 to 16000 dollars.
Miss Alice Anthony of Litchfield and Will N. Hellen of Webster City became engaged after a rapid courtship. The announcement was made to friends at Hotel Churchill where they were guests. Anthony helped run the Merchants Carnival while Hellen, a traveling man, arrived about a week ago.
A. I. Coppersmith spent Sunday with family in Des Moines and planned to dine in Newton. The Des Moines Cabinet Co where he serves as secretary and J. N. Wilson as president is thriving beyond expectations, hiring twelve workers in addition to the owners and filling all available orders.
T H Erickson has opened a first class bakery and restaurant in the Anderson block on the east side square.
Jessie Hammer spends a week with his brother M. R. at his Ira area school, joining activities and staying with family. The visit highlights a brief family gathering near Ira and notes the siblings’ time together during the school term.
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