This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Newton News Roundup of People and Places
Local items list residents traveling to Des Moines and Chicago, cambios in posts, social calls, visits, and small events. Notables include Miss Alice King returning to Des Moines, Mrs. Anna Wesemann visiting Dexter, a piano organ dream at Newton church, and postmaster changes at Killduff. Community updates feature pensions, loans, poultry shows, and social gatherings across Newton, Colfax, Mingo, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Swigart
Des Moines
George Swigart
Anna Wesemann
Mariposa
Adolph Altemeier
Dexter
J. C. Haifleigh
Mr. Haifleigh
Muscatine
Louis Kuhner
Fred H. Bergman
Cedar Rapids
Amos Franklin
David McAllister
J. W. Allfree
M. J. Morris
Warren County
M. A. Hunter
Sarah Wheeler
Spring Street
A. M. Hough
Chicago
McC & Meredith
McFarland
W. Foster
Newton
Wm. Hitchier
Dallas Hawker H. Knostman
Wif
Mingo
Indiana
Herman L. Orcutt
Chas Lounsberry
Monroe
Phoenix
Ariz
W. R
Post Hall
Mary E. Battels
Anna M. Patterson
Lec'y
Telura Pardoe
Ralph E. Larimer
Dubuque
Larimers
L. D. Reid
Capt
J. A. Reid
O C. H. Jasper
Davis
Baxter
E. Davis
M. E
Fritz
W. H. L. King
John G. Evans
Davenport