Newton and Vicinity Notes And Local News
A compact Newton area update lists visits and travel by residents Frank Davis from Guthrie Center, Miss Anna Wilson to Grinnell, H H Monlux en route to Iowa City, A J Bunker from Lynn Grove, Mimer Hinshaw in Des Moines, and J M Border visiting from Victor. Friday fire dept meeting postponed to Jan 11 with officers to be elected. Church services noted. various social events including a K P dance in Kellogg. Also mentions mince meat at Imor ros meat market, a clubbing offer on multiple papers and the Code of Iowa, and local business activity including Jacob Ploerchlinger’s winter stay and James Hayter shipping potatoes.
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Miller's Cafe
Frank Davis
Guthrie Center
Rufus Goodell
Sherman Township
W. J. Warham
Newton
Anna Wilson
Grinnell
Inez Hellyer
Ceder County
H. H. Monlux
Monsroe
Iowa City
A. J. Bunker
Lynn Grove
Mimer Hinshaw
Des Moines
J. M. Border
Victor
B.C. Ludlow
Border
RE. C
Fire Dept
S. Harvey
Death of Henry Worth a Monroe Hotel Proprietor
Henry Worth a leading Monroe figure and Monroe Hotel proprietor died at his home Wednesday morning last week. Born July 11 1848 on a nearby farm, he spent his life in the vicinity and lived in Monroe since 1871. He married Mary Yoakum in 1871 and they had two sons Elton and Zoro. He joined the M E church in 1844 and was highly regarded by all who knew him.
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Henry Worth
Monroe
M. Citie
Mr. Worth
Mary Yoakum
Elton
Zoro
M. &. Church
A Good Year For Newton In 1897
Newton reports record 1897 improvements over 100000 dollars, including twenty one new residences and a large addition to Parson's Band Cutter and Feeder Works. paving expenditure reached 832000 dollars. The year is praised as a strong start with optimism for 1898.
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Newton
Death of James Bishop Near Galesburg at 78
James Bishop died in Manning on Saturday January 1 at age 78. He had lived on a farm near Galesburg for many years and his body, with three of his daughters, reached Newton on Monday evening. He was interred Tuesday at Mt. Zion cemetery near his former home.
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Rome
James Bishop
Galesburg
Manning
Newton
Mt. Zion
Ah. Bishop
Marie Bell Opera Company Presents La Mascotte
The Marie Bell Opera Company visits the city Thursday night at the opera house to perform the comic opera La Mascotte a charming tale of love intrigue and superstition with lively comedy and sparkling musical gems expected to delight music lovers and theatre-goers.
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Marie Bell Opera Co
la Mascotte
Law office moved to Gorrell Block above Winn and Carrier's
The law office of E. J. Salmon has been relocated to the Gorrell Block above Winn and Carrier's dry goods store. The notice is dated 24-4.
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E. J. Salmon
Gorrell Block
Winn & Carrier
Jesse A. Winger
Newton, Iowa
Stray Red Heifer Reported in Mound Town Records
A two year old stray red heifer with white spots was taken in by Asher Dunn two weeks ago in Mound. Owner may recover by paying charges. The note cites Newton’s 1907 fire record with a single alarm and $300 loss as a benchmark for town fire response.
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Asher Dunn
Towa
Newton
Far mers Mutual Insurance Annual Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of Far mers Mutual Insurance Company will be held at the courthouse in Newton on Thursday January 13 1898 at 10 o'clock a.m. A L Harrah president W F Boyd secretary Schoolport. Report of district No 8 Palo Alto township for month ending December 31 1897. Names Jimmie and Raymond Cotton Clarence Ray and Verne Guessford James Harlan and Bert Lawton. Grace L Atwood teacher.
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The
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Court House
Newton
Cport
Palo Alto Township
Fistabene Sa
Jimmie
Raymond Cotton
Clarence
Ray
Verne Guessford
James Harlan
Bert Lawton
Grace L. Atwood
Death of Mrs J J Smith at home near Galesburg
Mrs Mary A Nagle Smith widow of J J Smith died at her home near Galesburg at 5 o clock on Monday afternoon January 3 1898 after about two months illness. Aged 67 years 1 month 9 days she was born Mary Ann Nagle in Perry County Pennsylvania on November 24 1830 and married J J Smith April 6 1854 in Putnam County Ohio. She leaves three sons and six daughters with one son and two daughters remaining. A Protestant Methodist since 1851 she was a faithful Christian. Funeral services were held at Mt Zion M E church Wednesday morning conducted by Rev James Kirkwood with many mourners present.
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J. J. Smith
Mary A. Smith
Galesburg
Mary Ann Nagle
Perry County
Penn
Putnam County
Ohio
Smith
Methodist Church
Mt. Zion M. FE
James Kirkwood
Life of a President's Wife Reflections From a Cabinet Wife
A cabinet member's wife reflects on the constant scrutiny faced by the president's spouse in Washington. She notes the need to hide youth, the formal nature of state dinners, and the isolation of social life, lamenting the loss of informal visits and friends in the capital.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
United States
White House
Europe
Jin
Washington
Stevens Couple United in Marriage at Wellman Iowa
Will N Shaw and Miss Mattie E Stevens wed at the bride's parents home near Wellman Iowa. They returned to Tainter Ia on Tuesday December 28 and on New Year’s Day their reception hosted by Mrs Louisa Shaw in Taintor drew thirty five guests. Guests included Mr and Mrs Samuel Jones of Oskaloosa Mr and Mrs Beaver and two sons of Union Mills Mr and Mrs Joseph Shaw of New Sharon and Misses Ivy and Nellie Evans of New Sharon. The couple will reside in Tainter with the groom's mother and the community welcomes Mrs Shaw.
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Union Mills
Joseph Shaw
New Sharon
Ivy
Nellie Evans
Tainter
Shaw
Lunt Phelps wedding near community home
On December 29 1897 at the Lunt home Hattie Lunt wed Oliver R Phelps with Rev Collier officiating. Guests included Essie Needham as bridesmaid and George Lunt as best man. A grand supper followed and gifts were exchanged. A reception was held Thursday at the groom’s father Charles Phelps home as the couple begin housekeeping on the parental homestead.
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Chas. Phelps
Fair fuels church debt drive at Sacred Heart event
The Ladies of the Sacred Heart staged a week long fair drawing large crowds nightly with an orchestral backdrop. Goods sold well and refreshment tables performed strongly, aiding the church debt payoff. Voting contests close Friday night for prizes including a chair a tea set a chiffoniere goats shawl a doll and more.
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Mair
Church of the Sacred Heart
Father Merton
New Tax Books Expand Details for Livestock Valuations
Auditor Fisk received the new tax books showing expanded requirements under the new code. Assessors must itemize cattle by age and type including heifers, cows, steers, and work oxen with taxable values based on 25 percent of real value. Extra work and higher costs for townships are anticipated.
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Fisk
New Music Liberal Offer From Popular Music Co
An advertisement promises sixteen pages of popular songs with full sheet music for piano or organ. Readers may obtain a three month subscription to American Popular Music by sending the names of three or more performers and fifteen cents. Also includes a customer testimonial praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm for back and hip pain and claims it treats rheumatism. Wagley & Smead Druggists sell it.
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New Music
Address Popular Music Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Louden Grover
Sardis
Wagley & Smead Druggists
Fraternal Tribunes propose low cost life insurance plan
The Fraternal Tribunes of Rock Island promote a life insurance plan with fixed, age graded rates, guaranteed benefits, and full payout on death or total disability. They argue fraternal orders can offer lower costs by mutual aid, warn against nonuniform rates, and invite inquiries via The First National Bank Davenport or Rock Island National Bank.
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Fraternal Tribunes
Rock Island
Illinois
First National Bank
Davenport
Iowa
Rock Island National Bank
Westfield Woman's Edition urges Croup Remedy
The April 3 1896 Woman's Edition of the Westfield News highlights advice from a correspondent on treating croup colds and bronchitis with Chamberlains Cough Remedy. Wagley Smead Druggists sell 25 and 50 cent bottles.
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Westfield
Ind
Westfield News
Wagley & Smead Druggists
The Quickest Way to Cure a Cold Ad
An old advertisement touts Weeks Laxative Quinine Tablets as the fastest cold cure. It promises no cure no pay and lists Wagley and Smead as the sellers asking 25 cents.
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Wagley & Smead
Mamie Says Women Deserve Rights In Afton Response
Mamie and Aurelie critique a local editor for mocking young women on social life and courting. They argue mothers push girls toward home respectability, while curfews fail. They tease a harsh editor about male suitors and the idea of women earning rights before marriage.
Southern Hospitality Versus Northern Hustle
A columnist recounts a conversation from Citronelle Alabama comparing southern ease with northern bustle. A southern gentleman quips that southerners carry no more troubles than they can kick away, attributing the calm to climate and disposition.
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Citronelle
Ala
Frank Woopbarp
State Teachers Association Holds Largest Iowa Session
The annual Iowa State Teachers Association session in Des Moines drew over 1,200 teachers, the largest in its history. David Starr Jordan of Stanford spoke Tuesday night and William T. Harris, National Commissioner of Education, spoke Wednesday at the Christian church.
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The
State Teachers Association
Iowa State Teachers Association
Des Moines
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Wm. T. Harris
Christian Church
Quickest Way to Curea Cola Tablets No Cure No Pay
Wagley and Smead advertise remedies and sale of Gold Spectacle Frames. A Des Moines railway clerk, Wm H Penn, testifies Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy relieves indigestion and stomach pains after two years of distress. Prices 23 and 50 cents.
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Wm. H. Penn
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Wagley & Smead Druggists
Behind the Footlights in Stratford and New York Scenes
Ada Behan shines in As You Like It at Stratford where Mrs Navarro gathers the company for a private dinner. Cora Urquhart Potter laments American ties and pines for tours abroad while a London burlesque uses reproduced costumes from high society. Yvette Guilbert, four rivals, clash over singing style. Fanny Davenport plans a twenty five week season with one new play and no single-night stands.
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Ada Behan
Stratford
England
Yvette Guilbert
Anastasie
Londre
Duclere
Spahis
Fanny Davenport
Fever in Plants and Wound Induced Heat
Curiosity experiments by H M Richards show wounded plants raise respiration and temperature, a fever-like response. A thermo electric setup records minute changes in potato and onion, with potato peaking at 24 hours then fading and onion showing larger, full-plant fever due to greater oxygen absorption.
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H. M. Richards
Carlyle on Webster’s Fearsome Style and Parlor Eloquence
Thomas Carlyle once met Daniel Webster and described him as a stiff logic buff with parliamentary prowess a grim tall yellow skinned man whose eyes seem wearied but unweariable and lips with a mastiff like droop. He notes Webster’s cleverness and a husky didactic drawl as he speaks of republican institutions in a forceful manner.
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Carlyle
Webster
Thomas Carlyle
Metaniel Webster
Contemptuous remark on a tennis player from a Chicago Post snippet
A fragment shows a woman sneering at a man's tennis ability saying he does not amount to anything because he does not turn up his trousers. Her country cousin challenges her claim as the man in the white flame passes by.
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Chicago Post
Barkhamstead War Record Reveals Uneven Soldier Totals
Barkhamstead Connecticut raised a monument to its dead from the revolution era and found it contributed five more soldiers to continental lines than to the federal army in the Civil War. The Civil War enlistments totaled 125, about ten percent of the town’s current population.
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Barkhamstead
Barkhamsted
Connecticut
When a Girl Fishes Mattie-So Ed Breaks Engagement
A playful exchange turns on romance as Mattie-So Ed ends the engagement and Helen notes the market for suitors remains thin with only “suckers” biting, while she prefers a soldfish.
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Mattie
Helen
Hammock Swap Sparks Short Exchange at Store
A brief comic moment unfolds as a clerk asks if the customer will take one hammock and she replies she wants two. The clerk confirms with a curt tadam, capturing a small, lighthearted interaction in a shop setting.
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Tadam
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Cora Urquhart Potter
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