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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1896
Page
12
Prairie City reports a week of prayer at the Congregational church, illness updates on H. C. DeWolf and Dr. Potter of Des Moines, and social events including dinners and birthday gatherings. Local travel, auctions, and a Lang phonograph demonstration at the Congregational church are noted along with church services and a lecture by Rev Small in Des Moines and Oakland health trip.
On is very sick with long trouble. Mrs. John Mason has been very sick with pleurisy and is no better at this writing.
Monroe and nearby communities report residents returning to colleges and towns, family visits across Newton, Des Moines and Des Moines area, weddings, new births, illnesses, and social events. A band concert is planned, revivals begin at Pleasant Hill, and ice harvests foretell a harsh winter. ongoing travel and farm activity mark town life.
Local itemography reports residents in Sully and Baxter visiting, working, and socializing in nearby towns. Mentions include Jennie Gove, Perry Monday fesare, Rev. Collier, Osage Regan, Johnston Rafferty sale to A. St Carpenter, and various lodge installations. Also notes dances, weddings, illnesses, and church revival plans with several names and places across Sully, Pella, Des Moines, Chicago, and Iowa City.
Samuel Hut traveled to Colfax on Tuesday Lust went to Menlo at the week’s start J M Odum moved to Bristol Tennessee Imer Fitzgerald visited Des Moines Monday Ailma Lind spent Sunday with her parents in Colfax M C Wilson’s Des Moines brother visits Des Moines trip Iyccum started at a school house Saturday evening Johnny Lind ill with lung fever but improving Three carloads of stock and potatoes shipped from Metz in December Munson returned to Des Moines Hannah Larson resumed dressmaking work in Colfax Metz boys saw two wolves near the south corn field Mell Engle shot one wolf the second escaped Protracted meeting at Metz schoolhouse led by Rev Lovelace Rev Wilson and wife and Miss Maring left to hold meetings at Barnes City Mahaska county
The clipped items describe Hendricks pension increase notice a birthday event in Galesburg and a surprise plan by Schnug. Other fragments mention buying horses for the south a cowboy en route to Connecticut and a Laing Bros phonographic entertainment at the Christian church under Otley band auspices with a full house.
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