Newton and Vicinity News Highlights
Local notes from Newton and nearby towns list church services, visits by Virgil Failor and other residents, recitals, construction updates, crossings, and social events. Mentions include Miss Corrine Harvey, Miss Gertrude Parsons, and the Con g regational Memorial Day program. Readers see travels to Des Moines, Ames, Colfax, and Meeker Colorado, plus school commencements and church gatherings.
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Smith
Record Building
Will Hixson
Okoboji
George Hixson
Henry Toedt
Mariposa
Des Moines
Lizale
Walter Cain
Colfax
Ashley
J. N. Corbet
Iowa
Newton
Gertrude Parsons
Ama Johnson
T. W. Birchard
Kellogg
City
Mr. Birchard
Jas. K. P. Baker
Harlan
Bruce Sattele
Callison
Josie
Nellie
Mitchellville
Jane Adams
Hull House
Chicago
Congregational Church
Nellie Wasson
Reasner
E. Haworth
Lawrence
Kan
Wesley Roberts
Cy Miller
Massillon
Ohio
Jesse Slavens
Harry Phillips
Forrest Woody
Monroe
John Janigan
Geo,Shenton
Levi Woody
Rev. Ferguson
U. P. Church
New Castle
Penn
Arnot Adams
Evan Adamson
Ames
Wiley Stone
Ies Humphrey
O. O. Carpenter
Galesburg
Genevie Green
Alvin
Dr. Harp
Prairie City
Paul
Colorado
Eva Hadley Jordan
Carrie
Denver
Col
Eastmans
Hadleys
Jordan
N.L. Hadley
Ed Wright
Parsons Band Cutter
Maxwell
Wright
Rose Townsend
John Townsend
Belle Hastings
Winnifred
Dex Moines
Daisy Oden
Davenport
Jennie Blanchard
Fred
Eaton
Miss Oden
From Around the Town in Newton and Colfax
Local notes recount Decoration Day visits by F. T. Campbell and family and siblings, births, weddings, and anniversaries. Veterans Jacob Ulrich and Charlie Grima noted, with community updates on housing, farms, theater, church services, and a fatal wreck on the Iowa Central rail line near Lacey.
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Storms and Wrecks Hit Central Iowa on Sunday
Storms lashed Iowa from Burlington towaterloo with a fatal wreck causing nine deaths and forty injuries. A twister damaged Keswick in Poweshiek County while the Iowa Central saw sixty tracks washed out near Grinnell. Rail washouts delayed trains across central and eastern Iowa with two minor wrecks on the Great Western near Oelwein and Westgate. Cities like Fonda Dows Clinton reported heavy rain hail and wind.
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Iowa
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Northern
Waterloo
Poweshiek County
Keswick
Iowa Central
Grinnell
Central
Great Western
Oelwein
Westgate
Fonda
Dows
Clinton
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Newton and Vicinity
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Te Gel Anm
Benner
Jeneler
Ito
Gorm
M. Boaier
A.M. Behner
A.M. Bruner
Southside Jeweler
South Side Jeweler
the Baptist Church
Wright & Lufkin's
Virgil Failor
Denison
Eaty
C. D. Wood
LC. Colfax
Turner
Corrine Harvey
M. E. Church
Manet Livingston
Union
Spence Bros
Cleveland
Sadie Stolte
J.C. Waring
Reasnor
John
V. Cowan
A Ford
Clara Miller
A.M. E
Morton
Frank Winn
Walter
Anamosa
W. Treman
Fa Zellinger
John Scarbrough
E.C. Ford
Wa. Hixson
P. Myers
Huron
Delia Morgan
May Wheeler
T. J. Wheeler
Werton, Neb
Webster
N. N. Club
Wiliams
Iowa City
Newton Lutheran Church
Julia E. Teele
Belle Smith
Vermont
Nettie Wiley
Wallace Cunningham
H. M. Harp
Maggie
Claud Daly
Meeker
H. 8. Harp
Mary Manning
W. R
John Manning
Ethel Manning
Decatur
Ill
Phillips
Alifree
Scarbrough
Kiddo
Mercer County
Uinois
Wm. Brown & Ben
Kiddoo
Jacob Ulrich
Jake
Prussia
United States
N. S
Colfax Post
F. T. Campbell
G. Smith
A. K. Brown
Robert Dixon
Wright Wilson
Minnie Bergman
Miss King
California
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania
Robt. E. McCully
A. L. Dalrymple
F. L. Lane
Perry
Nate Lee
Washington Township
Garfield
Blaine
Logan
John Clippinger
Garrett Post and Relief Corps
Fannie Holland
Walpole
N. H
Grandpa
Grandma Stover
A. M. Harrah
Willis McCollums
Mr. Harrah
Silas Morton
Dunlap
Gev
Kelly
O'Neal
Neb
Chase-Lister Theatre Company
St. Joseph
Glen Chase
Jasper County
Woodmen
Grandma Dixon
Mary Gleason
J. C. Carpenter
Detroit
Mich
Grandma
Joh
Mary Shepherd
Ed Shepherd
Mary
Rev. Rasche
Malaka Township
F. W. Rasche
Lydia Schaeffer
Horn
Milo H. Gause
Maude Arnold
Lynnville
C. V. Cowan
E. C. Meredith
Joseph Arnold
John H. Gause
Lynngrove Township
R.G. Galusha
Western Newspaper Union
Wichita
Reub
Joe Rodgers
Company B
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Charlie Grima
Harvey Dixon
Charlie
Jennie Dixon
Wm. Dixon
Geo. R. Ledyard
Arthur Lister
Oskaloosa
Wm. Eichner
Mitchellville High School
E. T. Preston
Baxter
Rev. Baumgardner
J. N. Johnson
Kansas City
Dr. Smead
Belle Tait
A. A. Brown
Jughter
Laulee
Kle Parker
Hull
Wat. Stottler
Prairie du Chein
Wis
Stottler
Dan Hill
Horton
Harry
Ethel
Helen
Tom
Burden
Fairbury Neb
Z. B. Law
St. Paul
Minn
Company L
Spain
Harry Townsend
Valley Junction
V. J
Charlie Newton
Lacey
Skunk River
W. S. Chandler
al. Lindley
8. S. Walton
Iowa Centra
Portland
Oregon
Tacoma
Seattle
Wash
National Baptist
Columbus
American Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Imperial Council
Los Angeles
Cal
National Educational Association
Sam
Union Pacific
Council Bluffs
U. P. Treaster
U. S
U.S
U. P
Des Moinee
Newton Post Office
M. A. McCord
Omaha
Nebraska
Westbrook
R. M
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Kodaks
Lectaroell & Meredith
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John D. Rockefeller
Levi McCracken
Greencastle
Callentine
Levi
Pennsylvania Regiment
Morgan & Hunter
Wright & Lufkin
Wright & Lufkine
Morton Bros. New Feed Yard
J.M. Young
New City Directory
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