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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1900
Page
4
Local happenings as they occur across townships are summarized with brief notes on notable events, social happenings, and community updates gathered by correspondent teams from the county.
Monday visions of sleigh rides gave way to falling snow that soon vanished. Miss Minta Forsythe has spoken only in whispers for five weeks. Mrs. Ed Patterson improves after a long illness. Louis Scull visits Attica. Al Sparks goes to Chicago for lip cancer surgery. Clifford Butrum recovers from illness. Mrs. John Sparks relapses from rheumatism. Henry DeWitt returns from Pella. Ben Van Spankeren visits family in town. Community meeting at Lynnville Friends church yields conversions. Box supper at Metz schoolhouse funds a library bookcase. Spring plans include painting and papering the schoolhouse. Muss Mildred Dunmire teaches Guthrie school. Miss Manning Bear Grove. Miss Baker Newton. Mrs. Clarence Fuller buys a piano from Scranton. Union Sunday School elects Mrs. Wm. Trimble and Miss Hilma Lind as officers.
The Metz column notes warm Sunday weather that caused a deadly sun stroke count in Buenos Aires and a following snowfall. It praises Iowa climate and mentions Mr Hardenbrook shipping poultry to Des Moines on Tuesday with over four tons sent in the last three weeks.
Realnor Ed Mercer will hold a sale Tuesday of this week in preparation for moving to Colfax. Harvey Bean moved last week to his newly purchased farm from Robert McCullough. Riley Lust James Oldham and Harry Tool returned from a search trip to Oklahoma lacking a suitable location, and stayed overnight with David A McGregor and family.
Lived near Reasnor now near Still Water Oklahoma. Eugene and Mrs. Carnahan welcome a baby boy born in February. James Carnahan sold his barber shop to Talbot of Pella a Des Moines barber school graduate. Simpson Rouze family from near Newton visited with Mrs. Rouze’s mother Mrs. Schooley. A child born to Mr. and Mrs. A Kinard. Church meetings continue for three weeks with sixty one new members. John Little returns home to visit his brother James.
Revival meetings persist with growing interest led by Rev. F. I. Poage at Taintor. Mrs. Sam Swan recovers from a two week illness. New child born to W. P. Sparks and wife on Feb. 1. Local business activity includes John Conover shipping three carloads of cattle to Chicago and Macy Brothers shipping hogs. A. Arthur buys store property from Frank T. Edson, now California resident. W. F. Zimmerman stocks ice for next summer. Camp 25 Woodmen of the World plans a Valentine social at their hall on the 14th, inviting public attendance.
Protracted meetings continue at Hixson Grove church led by Rev. J. H. Scull. Laura Wilson, district No. 2 teacher, was off with the gripe. Ella Hopkins visited the N. P. Young family. Myrtle Starrett sick with throat trouble. Elias Bicknell went to Kellogg on business. H. B. Ammons built a new cow shed. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Charley Fenner. Dennis & Agar shipping oats from Murphy. Mrs. Mary Russell hosted a dinner. News of B. H. Dennis of Newton’s death, once living in Buena Vista. sympathy to the family. Alex Auten returned from Ohio. Wm. Matthews of Lynnville visited Murphy meetings. John Smith of Reasner visiting. Gem Russell from Newton home Friday to Monday. Robert Currey of Kapple home from Marshalltown.
Uncle Henry Weideman longtime Killduff resident dies at 74 after heart and lung troubles. Born in Germany, served as Mexican War soldier, postmaster at Killduff, leaves widow and two daughters. Funeral at Killduff M E church. Also includes medical ad for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and public sale notice in Newton area.
Eleven year old Chester Lyday, son of E. E. Lyday, reflects on the death of Rev. Simon's wife and the couple's sending of themselves to the Dark Continent. The boy recounts bidding farewell to relatives and the danger of their mission, noting the uncertainty of ever seeing family again as they followed their calling.
The sudden death of Mr. B H Dennis last Wednesday evening shocked many friends who knew little of his illness. He suffered neuralgia of the heart for years but remained patient, a longtime resident of Jasper County and Newton. Born May 27 1830 in Brown County Ohio, he moved west in 1852, married Matilda Jackson, and later Mary J Davis. He had three sons and two daughters, a devoted Christian and elder in the M E and later Christian churches. The funeral was at Mt Zion church near Newton, with Rev J C Hanna officiating. He died aged sixty nine years eight months four days. He leaves a widow and children grieving a devoted husband and father.
In the District Court of Jasper County Iowa David T Heese brings a claim of ownership to Twenty five acres in the west fractional half of the southwest quarter section of a township. George A Wilkin and other named defendants are ordered to appear by noon on the second day of the April term 1900 at Newton Iowa to answer and defend or default will bring judgment adverse to their interests.
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