Marriage Licenses and Carpenter Services Offered in Newton
Advertisements note marriage licenses and home repair services by A. I. Bennett and A. F. Dunn. Bennett invites inquiries for building or repairing on houses or barns, with contact at his shop two doors south of the alley on the east square in Newton Iowa, or via Box 701. Dunn offers thirty breeding ewes and about twenty four lambs of the Cottswold breed for sale, in whole or part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Iowa
I. E. Bennett
A. F. Dunn
Editorial Correspondence on London Landmarks and Banks
The writer tours London noting Newgate, the Guild Hall, and the Bank of England with its 1,000 employees and vaults holding at least 100 million in gold and silver. They visit St Helena church, Fleet Street papers, the Strand law courts and inns, Regent's and Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Kensington Gardens, Albert Memorial, Albert Hall, Imperial Institute, and the National History Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newgate Prison
London
Richard Carvel
Guild
Bank of England
The
Bank
Mansion House
Royal Exchange
Stock Exchange
St. Helena
England
Fleet Street
Times
Victoria St
Strand
Law Courts
Temple
Lincoln Inn
Gray’s Inn
Regent’s
Hyde Park
Regent's Park
Cumberland Gate
Park
George IV
Kensington Gardens
Palace
Albert Memorial
Europe
Albert Hall
Imperial Institute
National History Museum
South Kensington Museum
Great British Museum Visit and London Travel Thoughts
The writer reflects on the British Museum as a vast educational trove beyond reach in a single visit, noting the museum's breadth for serious study. They describe London transit options, praising buses, cabs, the underground, Thames steamboats, and rail, and commend the friendliness of English people toward the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
London
Thames
United States
L. A.A
Death of Mrs Lucy Owens in Jennings Louisiana
Burrel Owens returned to Newton with his mother’s body for burial in the local cemetery. Mrs Owens died at her daughter Mrs Harry Platt’s home in Jennings on Monday of last week after a long illness. She was sixty eight, born in Canada, married June 7 1853, and left only two living children. Funeral services were held Friday at 2:30 p m at Neal Show’s home conducted by Rev J C Hanna of the Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrel Owens
Newton
Burrel
Harry M. Platt
Burre
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and local notices
An old newspaper fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incureable catarrh and lists testimonials from Toledo druggists. The notice also includes local business card style items on visiting cards, shingles from Jasper & Sone, coal sales by C. H. Jasper & Co, and a call to subscribe to the RECORD. It cites names such as F J Cheney and W est Truax and mentions Davenport and Newton Circle membership in the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic of Iowa
Davenport
Newton
Robt. Magee
Conrad Kinceback
Lynnville
Real Estate Transfers in Newton and Vicinity
Entries list transfers involving JW Preston to Martha Sego, Amanda J Lint to J S Booth, First Baptist Church of Newton to Gee A Scharf, and multiple other parcels. Transactions include town lots in Baxter and Newton, with prices ranging from 100 to 1400 dollars, and a grounding furnishing by Carns & Allfree Abstractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Martha
Sego
Amanda
Lint
Alto
Booth
Baxter
Henry Doune
J S Booth
Rippey
First Baptist Church of
Newton
Gee
Amanda J
Gee A Scharf
Orig Town
JB Burton
Francie Carns
Harry B
Alifree
Thos A
Brakin
Ed S Gulling
John Cavett
Martha Johnson
Hilsler M Baker
Etna Williams
Alice Dodd
GM Bradbury
Lina Rakestraw
J D Bushong
Lynanville
Emory Pflaum
John Pearson
Weston’s
Woodmen Picnic Postponed to July 17 at Fair Grounds
The Modern Woodmen picnic, delayed two weeks due to wet weather, will be held at the Fair Grounds next Tuesday July 17. A large crowd is expected. In the evening Fritz Boone and a capable company will perform the play Carl Johnson the Woodman at the opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
Fritz Boone
Carl Johnson
Opera House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
John L. Reniz
Des Moines
Mary Jones
Annem
L. Pendleton
Reasnor
Alnie Chambers
Alexander Speer
Monroe
Mary Wort Earl E. Stevens
Cora W. Warner
Sabah
K. W. Hurst
Estella Brown
Arther C. Squire
Lillie L. Tilton
Carstens
Biche
Nellie M. Bouma
John Dimon
Daisy Hanawalt
Lucy Owens
Jasper & Sone
Hickory
Centerville
C. H. Jasper & Co
Columbia Osborn
E. R. Perkins
J.M. Rayburn
Wreshe Ane
J. Yarbam
Carns & Allfree
Woodmen
Chase & Sanborn’s
Ralston’s
Roberts Bros
Cash Grocers
Tal
Jowa
Marshalltown
She Spencer-Letts Coffee Company
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