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The Record Publishing Company offers a Shaw Rosewood Piano to the person sending the most Newton Recon subscriptions between January 1 and year end. Subscriptions, $1.50 annually, must be cash with weekly reporting. Excludes Morgan & Hunter staff and all Record employees. Sub counts remain confidential until July 1.
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Revival Prosperity and Local Happenings in Colfax Iowa
In Colfax revival services led by Rev. Jesse Underwood draw about seventy attendees with over fifty joining the Methodist church. The town notes improvements in electricity and hotel activity, a new Ada Bender appointed to the school board, and ongoing religious efforts by Presbyterian and Welsh groups. Destitution remains low, but caution is urged against gambling and alcohol.
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Methodist Church
Jesse Underwood
Christ
Knight
Colfax
Iowa
Ada Bender
Des Moines
Kizer
Hell
Heaven
E. J. Salmon
Newton
J. P. Anderson
Presbyterian Church
Hev. Laye
Drake University
Fairmount Obituary and Local Notes 1895
Mrs. C. C. Neff of Fairmount dies January 6 at home aged about 36 leaving a husband three children and parents. Funeral January 8 at M E church with burial in Monroe cemetery. A five month old boy of Mr and Mrs John Montgomery dies January 6. Various local mentions include funerals, devotions, school literary events, and ongoing revival work with Rev. Shea. Many neighbors visit and assist. community notes cover sickness improvements and local building plans in Farnacunt and surrounding townships.
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C. C. Neff
Fairmount
M. E
Monroe
John Montgomery
Hiram McClintock
Mary Neff
Oliver and
Panien
McClintock
C.C. Neft
Hummel School
Homer Barchinal
J.G. Volk
Charlie McReynolds
Rensner
Shea
League
Mary Lyons
Humboldt
Cherokee
Grant McClintock
Old Flame Rekindled and Merges Two Couples in Bellevue News
In Bellevue a revival began at the church led by Rev. Smith last Wednesday. A DeYoung farm worker lost a finger on a steam corn cutter necessitating amputation. Local notes mention literary meetings at Excelsior schoolhouse, a runaway team incident involving Marty Livingston, and various family visits. A Lincoln Illinois Courier report details the marriage of Mrs. Gaines Fisher and Rebekah A. Fisher, once linked to Pottsville social circles, now remarried to different partners and meeting again in Newton area.
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Illinois
Gaines Fisher
Newton
Rush Deskines
Baldwin
County
Kansas
Rebekah A. Fisher
Portland
Oregon
Pottsville
Bon Ton
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