Newton News Briefs Highlight Local Life and Wedding
Local column covers John A Seaton praising his Vernon Kansas home with ripening pears and bountiful peaches. Community happenings include PEO Chapter entertainment, church renovations, a missionary fundraiser, a near fatal ditch collapse, large family gathering for visiting relatives, and the wedding of Grace Russell to Guy H Lain with kin from several towns in attendance.
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Guy and
Grace
Olivia Russell
Nellie Reynolds
Palme and Roses
C. V. Cowan
M. E
Twain
Valenciennes
Hymen
Cupid
Jennings
West Main St
Miss Carrie Jackson Receives Farewell Gifts from Pupils
Presented with a gunboat and silver spoon, Miss Carrie Jackson, awaiting pupil reports, is honored by her students as she prepares to retire for the coming year. A wreath of roses and a homemade miniature battle ship named the Carrie Jackson symbolize the affection of her 13 year old pupil Willie Kintz.
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Carrie Jackson
Willie Kintz
Cervera
Miss Jackson
J H Helphrey Dead in Omaha
Telegram reports Jay Helphrey died at his Omaha home and his body was brought to Newton for the funeral at Mrs. Wilson’s home. Knights of Pythias conducted the service. Jay, born in Newton, was son of Samuel and Julia Helphrey and brother of Warner Helphrey. His father served in Company K 28th Iowa and died in service.
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J.H. Helphrey
J. W. McLaughlin
Jay Helphrey
Omaha
Warner Helphrey
Wright Wilson
Newton
Samuel
Julia Helphrey
Company K
28Th
Iowa
Jay
Reese Myers Returns From Soldiers Home Visit
Reese Myers has returned from a week with his two sons Denny 14 and Frank 7 at the Soldiers Home in Davenport. Denny recently graduated the Home's graded school and will enter Davenport High School next term. His commencement oration was on Spain, a moment of pride for Reese. The Iowa home, founded during the Civil War, is well managed and cares for hundreds of orphans.
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Reese Myers
Denny
Frank
Davenport
Spain
Reese
Iowa
Lowa
Newton Wins Again Over Grinnell In Tight 4 2 Game
Newton baseball team defeated Grinnell 4 to 2 on Grinnell grounds in a close, well pitched contest. Mor Morrison struck out twelve. Newton Normal College commencement exercises are scheduled for June 24.
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Newton
Newton Baseball
Grinnell
Morrison
Newton Normal College
War News From World Sides and Epworth League Report
Reports from Porto Rico Spain and Cuba indicate diplomatic tensions after a British consul banishment and bombardments near Santiago de Cuba. Washington projects a war revenue plan coinage of two million in silver monthly and 400 million in bonds with possible Hawaii annexation. The Epworth League Convention opens with musical praise and addresses focusing on preparations and action.
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New York
St. Thomas
Porto Rico
United States
San Juan Harbor
Sampson
Santiago de Cuba
Washington
House
Congress
Hawaii
Reed
Committee On Rules
Newton Dentists Sued for Advertising Conspiracy
Dr KE R Perkins of 510 West Walnut Avenue Newton has filed a $5,000 damages suit alleging conspiracy by five Newton dentists to deprive him of advertising opportunities. Spurrier Maxwell of Des Moines will handle the petition filed today. The dentists named are A B Palmer Bert Miller A P Joy H P Joy and E W Kerr.
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Newton
Des Moines Register
KE. R. Perkins
West
Walnut Street
Spurrier & Maxwell
A.B. Palmer
Bert Miller
A. P. Joy
H. P. Joy
E. W. Kerr
Three Day Camp Meeting Planned for Old Soldiers
Ira neighborhood visitor reports E. H. Keyes Post G A R plans a three day camp for veterans and families on Indian Creek south of Mingo in August. Tents provided and army rations with possible side dishes. attendees urged to bring wives and children for a festive gathering.
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Ola
J. H. Smith
Ira
E. H. Keyes
Indian Creek
Mingo
Jasper County
Almost a Fatality as Woman Exposed to Poisonous Roach Mix
This forenoon Mrs. Chas Yarham inhaled fumes from a powerful roach poison mixture of carbolic acid turpentine and glycerine. She was overcome but doctors Battin and Hammer revived her and she is expected to recover, narrowly escaping a worse outcome.
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Chas. Yarham
Baxter Volunteers and Odd Fellows Elect Offiers
A Baxter youth reports Ed Vonn recruiting twenty four Baxter men for Des Moines duties. Colonel Lambert may easily fill Jasper County quota with twenty six more. The Odd Fellows elected officers Monday night with Samuel Failor as N G and N W Clause as W G installation set for July 1. The IOOF remains a strong fraternal order in the city.
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Baxter
Ed. Vonn
Flower of Baxters
Des Moines
Lambert
Jasper County
Odd Fellows
N. G
Samuel Failor
W. G
N. W. Clause Treas
A. Long
E. J. Failor
J. A. Clutter
Baxter and Newton Junior Baseball Duel
Baxter met Newton in a Wednesday afternoon game at the fair ground. Newton’s infants proved they were giants, matching Baxter’s effort and drawing cheers from a delighted crowd. The final score favored the Newton giants 23 to 11.
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Baxter
Newton
Palmer Cox
Fair Ground
Giants
Letter from Col Lambert on Cuba Libre camp life in 1906
A detailed, informal letter from Col E E Lambert at Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville Florida dated June 6 1906. He describes tent living electric light from a candle in a beer bottle bathing at the ocean beach horseback riding at night and humorous exchanges with locals and officers. He notes possible return to Des Moines for recruiting service and mentions hometown friends and soldiers from Newton Iowa.
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Cuba Libre
Jacksonville
Fla
Belle
Ocean Beach
Atlantic
St. Johns River
Monroe
Muscatine
War Department
Des Moines
Co. B
Sam
Manning
Papas Mistah
Nebah
Kunal
Florida
Georgia
E. E. Lambert
Jackeson
Daly
Wisconsin
Iowa
Harry Lewis
Burrell Owens
Herman Dahlgren
Ed Beard
All
Newton Boys
Ell
Gramophone and Stereopticon Event at Congregational Church
All town children invited to a Monday evening program at the Congregational church featuring a talking machine, Sousa band selections, cornet, trombone and vocal solos, banjo duets, recitations, and projected views of battleships Cuba Havana and the Maine. Free admission for those under 16. others pay 10 cents. Murray Galusha of Wichita, Kansas visiting for a couple of days.
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Congregational
Sousa
America
Cuba
Havana
Maine
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