Fourth of July in Newton Brought Wide Pleasures
Newton celebrated the fourth with a street fair, crowd scenes, and baseball games. Rex Hook lost a finger from a toy cannon accident, and Elmer Hammer survived a brutal bull encounter. The E T band provided music, while a piano contest at the Big Store crowned Mrs. Ella Van Epps by eleven cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Newton
Kellogg
Haley
Carrier
Chase-Lister Co
Rex Hook
E. T. Band
C. H. Hook
Rex
Axtel
Ella van Epps
Wa. H. Jasper
M.B. Hucking
Minnie Cline
Wm. Albee
Reed Kingdon
Prairie City
van Epps
Union Meeting Opens Series at First M E Church
In a large audience Rev C W Leitzell preached at the first Sunday evening union meeting at the First M E church. The service featured fine music including a duet by Mrs Rodgers and Miss Earley and Lulu Hayter presiding at the organ. Future services are planned for Central School grounds if weather permits. Cyclones and tarantulas are discussed in letters from Phoenix and a Des Moines visit brings local patriotism as Jack Peters recounts a farm incident with a biting mare. A notice announces J H Hise seeking a supervisors seat, praised as a strong candidate and representative of Jasper County’s sturdy manhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.E
C. W. Leitzell
Lutheran Church
M. E
Rodgers
Earley
Lulu Hayter
Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
Congregational Church
Jack Peters
State House
Des Moines
Grief Items Of Local News From Newton Area
A long column recaps local social notes from Newton and surrounding communities. It covers births and health, travels to Colorado and California, homestead work, railroad ventures, politics, celebrations on the Fourth of July, visits from friends, illnesses, and community notices, naming residents and places such as Jennings Louisiana Des Moines Iowa City Eastern and Scandia Kansas. The piece also mentions a candidate for county attorney Silwold, and local entertainments, accidents, and weather.
Flooded river bottoms scar crops as heavy rain hits county
Heavy rain delivers a one and a half inch thunderstorm in 80 minutes and totals 3.07 inches in 24 hours, flooding river bottoms and damaging crops across the county. Statewide notes describe cooler early week, warmer later days, with dry spells needed for harvests and crop recovery, while corn and spring wheat show variable conditions and moisture impacts on potatoes and hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Cedar River
Portrait of Samuel Richards shown at Newton store
A life like portrait of Samuel Richards by Arthur Richards of Eden Ohio is praised as fine artwork. It may adorn the new Newton library, with Richards receiving thanks for enabling Carnegie’s library grant. Knights Templar Band members head to Lake Okoboji for the state conclave, while Rev James Kirkwood moves from Hixson Grove toArthur Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Richards
W. ©. Foster
Arthur Richards
Eden
Williams County
Ohio
Samuel
Richards
Newton
The
Lakes
Knights Templar
Lake Okoboji
Iowa
Oriental Commandery
A.M. Hough
0. C. Meredith
C. H. Witmer
Ea Geise
James Kirkwood
Hixson Grove Methodist Protestant Church
A. L. Hixson
East North Street
Methodist Protestant Church
Maine
Congregational Church
Arthur
Ida County
Newton's Big New Water System Moves Forward
Work on Newton's major water system is set to begin pending arrangements. A river survey and wells at multiple sites will test water availability, with the town deeply invested in a successful completion. Miss Evelyn Rogers is recovering from bilious fever after two weeks of illness, bringing relief to her family and friends. While W. E. Bratton visits the Okoboji K T Band, his wife and two daughters stay with relatives in Guthrie Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hammer
Buena Vista Township
Elmer
Bull
Killduff
Chicago
Ed Gant
Kathrine
Holton
Kan
Kansas
Newton
Ww. Wyrick
E. C. McCune
Monroe
George Sells Davis
Lute Lanphier
Mr. McCune
George Shoemaker
Massillon
Ohio
Robbie
Wils
McLaughlin
D. J. Eberhart
Henry M. Vaughan
Anamosa
Mary Lindley
Evelyn Rogers
L. O. Rogers
W. E. Bratton
K. T. Band
Okoboji
Leila
Erma
Guthrie Center
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hook
C. V. Cowan
Phoenix
Arizona
Mayme Cowan
Phoeni
Hise
J. H. Hise
Board of Supervisors
Henry Hise
Old Jasper
Vicinity
George Maund
Jennings
Louisiana
George
Providence
Esther Durbin
Akron
Colorado
Sam Caldwell
Frank Wilson
James
Des Moines, Iowa City & Eastern
Jim
Frank
Muscatine
Louise Williams
Dena Coppersmith
Morrison
Charlie
Ad. Coppersmith
Lorimer
Hal
Burnell
Fairhaven
Washington
George Earley
Scandia
Carrie
Silwold
A. M. Harrah
Isabelle
Mildred
James Lister
Lyle Reid
L. D. Rela
W. G. Clements
Ollie
Reasoner Grove
Samuel Reasoner
James Hill
Win. Hill
Jasper County
Melvin Millner
Mr. M
W. Hough
Moulton
McDonald Street
Lambert Hotel
Elmer Hough
George W. Warner
Canada Land
Parvin’s News Depot
Will L. Ryan
Will
Mamie Desmond
Harry van Epps
Guy Lain
Marengo
Leta Gode
J. V. Jack
Baxter
Winnie Poorman
Shellady
G. A. St
John S. Hall
Sheila
Hall
Shellady Post
John
Sunflower Club
Gypsie Patton
Anacorte
Wash
Maud Clark Lewis
Payette
Idaho
Laura Kilduff
Lou Salmon
Ella Clarkson
Lewis
Miss Salmon
Prite Dims
Ed J. Talbot
Vale Alto
Mungers
Talbots
Grandma Talbot
Harry Broderson
New Snaton
J. W. McLaughlin
Olive Street
Central
New Sharon
Ethel Gilliland
Mechanicsville
H. M. Whitaker
Max and
Vera
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