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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
5
Church program praised with Endeavor Day observance and Rev Gray sermon from James 5 19 20. Local social items include visits by Mitchellville residents and Miss Ella Christie of Pella. Death of Mrs Kate Condit noted with extended tribute and details on family.
Train numbers and routes listed for Des Moines Valley trains East and West with scattered times and service types including Mail and Express Freight and Local Freight. Partial schedule fragments show No 202 203 201 241 233 234 242 and times around 5:00 am to 7:42 pm.
An advertisement from Mrs. O C Sullivan offers hair work including switches watch chains and monograms at reasonable prices with guaranteed workmanship. Residence noted as one mile east of the city.
Monthly and term school reports from multiple townships show pupil counts, attendance figures, and lists of names. Hickory Grove notes no pupils enrolled in a January report with several named pupils and absentees. Sherman township records 21 pupils, 3814 days attended, and named students. Palo Alto term reports 14 pupils with average daily attendance 114 and a list of names.
Jasper county shows top breeding stock as national buyers travel from Illinois to purchase poultry and horses. William Crawford travels to Venona Illinois to transport five horses, while Burgess & Son importers order three Plymouth Rock roosters from the local farm. The article lauds Jasper county stock as superior to Illinois stock and details regional breeder activity.
J B Van Court writes in affectionate tone praising Ira McNair and his wife longtime Newton residents who traded their property for a Golden City Missouri home. Doug las Stamper will reside at the McNair house and comes recommended as a good citizen. The letter offers best wishes and notes the couple’s Christian church ties and liberal views and hopes Golden City gains while Newton loses social ties.
The next regular meeting of the Ladies of the G A R will be held at the home of Mrs J Li Coon on next Tuesday evening at 7 o clock p m All members are urged to attend by order of the president and RECORD readers will save money by trading with our advertisers.
Real estate transfers include Frank Schwarz and wife to William Ebenk in Mar inosa township for 5900 dollars. Pella National Bank to R A Farmer for lot 2 block 11 and part lot 13 northwest southeast section 11 Lynnville for 100 dollars. Wellemine Harre to Isaac Beebe for part of section 24 Independence township for 2400 dollars. G A Conley and wife to Robbie Bell for 12 acres off east side of authorized survey section 31 Des Moines two for 241 dollars. Thomas Killduff and wife to Frank Carpenter for lot 2 block 10 Killduff for 30 dollars. L S Kennington and wife to G A Conley for 12 acres off east side southwest northeast section 11 Des Moines two for 325 dollars. Lewis Lavalleur and wife to James F Elise for 24 feet lot 3 block 10 RK and B add Baxter for 450 dollars. Junius W Preston to F M Orr for southeast 14 southeast 1y section 35 Independence two for 1200 dollars. Willett Howard Treas to G F Mey ere for ow ee section 22 Malaka two for ? dollars.
F F Failor of Newton Iowa reports a January 27 sale of Duroc Jersey swine, a first public sale for the breed. Weather delayed some bidders but several attended and bid from the catalog. Average price was 32.58 with top bids to 67.50. many sows were gifts. Participants included W Roberts Paton IA John Moler Montezuma IA G W Trone Rushville MI and others. Remaining sale prices ranged from 20 to 27 dollars.
Marriage licenses are enumerated for Richard Buxford with Gertie Van Kam and others including Clyde Wilkinson with Catharine Healy and J. M. Boatwright with Myrtle Reese. A Madison Neb. physician Ed Smart formerly Gertie Lyons is noted, with a humorous tale of milking a cow gone wrong, and a local ad for Shilohs Consumption Cure sold by Wagley & Smead.
The Clerk of the District Court in Jasper County Iowa appoints Cnns J Nutt as administrator of the estate of H L Bean deceased. Creditors must file claims within twelve months or be barred by law. Dated Newton January 31 1898.
Markets section shows farm product prices including butter potatoes oats and wheat, plus two large stock sales. John Clippinger & Son and H J Eggert announce sales near Newton with cattle hogs and farm tools, payment terms and cash discounts. Also notices for boarders and a 10c smoke brand.
Palo Alto reports McCalmont school children visiting the local poor farm on Thursday. David Porter buys thoroughbred sons of William Fraker while Will Fraker sells two Duroc Jersey hogs to Geo Watson for 30 dollars. John Seaton and son Jim call on George Maund in Newton. Mr. S shows interest in Southwestern Louisiana as an investment field and calls on George. Nelson Holmes returns to his sister Mrs G Maund after a visit in Buena Vista township. Bert Turck of Sherman township is gravely ill with an abscess and bowel inflammation as old Iowa ends with a blizzard last Tuesday.
A historical item recounts Constable Harry Agnew trapping George Thornton near Baxter after a long chase from a disturbance era. Thornton hid in hay, was discovered by a pitchfork reveal, and later pleaded guilty before Squire Mitchell paying over thirty five dollars in fines and costs. The piece also notes an newspaper subscription offer and a shop sale.
A through tourist car to Los Angeles via Kansas City departs each Saturday starting October 23 from Iowa Central in cooperation with A T & S F Ry. The upholstered first class car offers first and second class tickets, with berth rates from five to five fifty. Reservations through company agents or Thomas P. Barry, General Passenger Agent, Marshalltown Iowa.
Joe Cunningham offers a 10-year loan secured on farm property with optional payments after one year. The term provides flexibility for payback starting after year one, with a rate and conditions not specified in the fragment. This notice appears as a brief lending advertisement in a rural or agricultural section.
I will sell my house and lot, three blocks from the southwest corner of the square in Newton Iowa. Terms include money at 6 percent. Meredith and Ogg handle the sale for John L Hibler.
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