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!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1897
Page
5
Readable lines show a Chicago Great Western event with numbers and times. The fragment mentions a program or race listing two national numbers and a 2:30 pm time, suggesting a schedule item or result snippet. Entities include Chicago Great Western and a numeric time marker, but details are incomplete.
Community items recount visits by Ward family from Council Bluffs and others to Colfax area. Local road and bridge work progresses with Thompson’s crew and Bfior’s bridge repairs. Creamery faces equipment loss yet maintains milk intake. Telecommunication expansion discussed and hoped for. School terms end. local residents listed by name and town. Various health and social notes include sick list, church visits, and a bee sting incident.
John Wheeler traveled to the county seat on business. Vantbaren near Reasnor owns about 210 acres of corn with 60 more rented out, plus roughly 600 bushels of old corn he raised himself. John Waring and John H. Martin Jr. moved. preaching at Union church July 11 at 2 20 pm led by Rev Huffman. Ice cream supper at Wheeler's hall July 10 to raise funds for sidewalk work. Mrs. O McBride improving after illness. Wilson's bakery remains the place for fresh bread and pastries.
Notice to contractors announces sealed proposals due by 7 p.m. July 28 for paving Maine Market and McDonald Streets and Spring Street in Newton Iowa with brick on concrete and Portland cement curb. Bids allowed for complete or partial work on each street, with unit quantities approximate, samples required, and 10 percent certified check. City reserves right to reject all bids. Newton Iowa June 28 1897.
Mr and Mrs William Watt left Tuesday for California and expect to be gone about a month A J Hammerly takes charge of Mr Watt s milk route during his absence George Goodrich suffered misfortune when a valuable horse was killed in a recent electric storm Myrtle Ritchy of Keota and Miss Mary Witmer of Newton visited Parker s newborn daughter Whitmer superintendent of Monroe schools spent Thursday and Friday in Des Moines and planned summer study of Economics at the University of Chicago July preparations under way Rev Lawrence of Des Moines to be orator at Way parade races, parades, ball games, fireworks closing celebration Glee club and colored band to perform Detroit GOP convention July 13 16 to discuss tariffs with topics on trade relations with China Japan Pacific islands Americas Canada Europe and the role of Nelson Dingley Jr
Advertisements promote a Newton July 4th event with A. Long & Son as headquarters, a paint closeout by Skiff, and travel deals to nearby Lake City. medical claims tout Dr Williams' Indian Pile Ointment with guaranteed boxes sold by H. J. Skiff in Newton Iowa.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.