New Arrivals in Newton Bargain Goods
Newton Iowa shop highlights new shirt waists in five styles including Black India Linen and Linen Batist options at 1.00 to 2.00. Black Silk and Secilian Skirts priced from 5.00 to 8.50, plus 42 pieces of wash goods and trims featuring Franchonia Castilian batist and Limons Swisses. Also Kimona fabrics and cheap petticoats advertised.
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Hebernia Dimities
Lorenza and Cecilia
Franconia
Castilian Batist
Local Notes From the Community Chronicle
Miller and G Westbrook. Uncle Daniel Lanphier slowly improving. Mr and Mrs Frank Bicknell visit before Kansas trip. Miss Gertrude Livingston closes Elk Creek No 8 term. Miss Marie Fenner visits brother Dell. James Lanphier returns home to ill father. Mrs Elsie Snyder back near Killduff. Guy Hammer visits Elmer. Lewie Chenoweth owns Lakeside organ. Frank Gifford in neighborhood. Mr Ewing of Newton seeks Dakota land buyers. Miss Irma Hammer at home. Children's Day at Hixson Chapel June 15 at eleven. Preston in Des Moines. Preston Offill planted potatoes on Good Friday. size of a hen egg sample sent to News. Rathbone Sisters host social for Mr and Mrs J M Keating. Mr and Mrs C P Norton return from Starkville. winters in Miami. Frank Richopt injured, broken right arm. Supper at N D Riddle home hosts Dr J F Harp, Dr McConnaughey, Dr Chase, J W Jeffries, J H Little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Livingston
Elk Creek No. 8
Marie Fenner
Dell
James Lanphier
Elsie Snyder
Killduff
Guy Hammer
Elmer Friday
Lewie Chenoweth
Lakeside
Preston Offill
Rathbone Sisters
J. M. Keating
C. P. Norton
Starkville
Miss
Miami
Florida
Frank Richopt
Pleasant
N. D. Riddle
J. F. Harp
McConnaughey
Dr. Chase
J. W. Jeffries
J. H. Little
Kin gery brings a son and local notes from Monroe
MONROE. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kin gery, May 21, a son. Martin Mulcahy liked it so well in Arkansas, that he purchased a 160 acre farm. Mrs. L. P. McCroskey has been seriously ill the past few days, but we are glad to say she is now im proving. Mrs. John Rinehart ran a rusty nail into her foot the other day which proved to be quite serious, and in capacitates her from her usual ac tivity. The man Morgan, of Reasner, who was lately taken to the county jail for selling intoxicating liquors passed through here one day last week in charge of a United States marshal for violation of the revenue laws. Mrs. Gertrude Dennis and baby Dorothy of Newton made a week's visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Livingston. Among outsiders here Memorial Day we noticed Mr. and Mrs. John Morrison, Miss Louisa Mains, Dr. and Mrs. A. Fry, Colfax, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hook, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Rob erts, Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. Shrop shire, Mrs. Rose Elrod, Mrs. O. B. Kipp, Newton.
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Frank Kingery
Martin Mulcahy
Arkansas
John Rinehart
Man Morgan
Reasner
United States
Gertrude Dennis
Dorothy
Newton
W. O. Livingston
John Morrison
Louisa Mains
A. Fry
Colfax
C. H. Hook
F. E. Roberts
Cunningham
Shropshire
Rose Elrod
O. B. Kipp
Grandpa
America
New York
Boston
Green Eyed Man
Elnathan Harmon
Pwperty
Roger T. Howell
Seal OF
Hough’s
Prairie City Notices and Personal Moves
Mrs. Carrie White conducted business in Des Moines on Tuesday. Mason Churchill planned to join a party heading to Colorado that day, but his plans were derailed by his son-in-law Will Martin's illness, which has him under siege at home.
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Carrie White
Des Moines
Mason Churchill
Colorado
Will Martin
Will
Kellogg News and Family Appointments Report
A daughter was born to Dell Hamilton and wife on Monday. Mrs Lulu Smith of Newton visits her uncle John Helphrey. Miss Ida M King of Chicago visits her cousin Miss Maggie Sulser southwest of town. W H West and son Kenneth arrived last Saturday. Kenneth to live with grandparents A G West. Mrs John Apple fully recovered from a two week old accidental shooting. Notables at decoration day included C N Doane and Mrs James Pickens. Emma Bobzin spends summer in Joliet Chicago and Monee Ill. she was a successful primary teacher in Enterprise.
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Dell Hamilton
Lulu Smith
Newton
John Helphrey
Ida M. King
Chicago
Maggie Sulser
W.H. West
Kenneth
A. G. West
C. N. Doane
James Pickens
J. G. Morrison
Emma Bobzin
Joliet
Monee
Ill
Bobzin
Enterprise
Baxter Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Mrs Will Buchanan and Vivian Earley drove to Newton Friday. Mrs Alfred Davey left for Wisconsin to visit friends for a few weeks. Libbie Dean county superintendent attended commencement exercises last Saturday. Miss Bessie Rorabaugh from Colfax visited Baxter Saturday and Sunday and joined in the commencement. Miss Mary Connelly, re elected Baxter primary teacher, will vacation at Churdan. John Vansice and Jess Cross returned from a ten days tour.
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Will Buchanan
Vivian Earley
Newton
Alfred Davey
Wisconsin
Libbie Dean
Bessie Rorabaugh
Colfax
Baxter
Mary Connelly
Baxter Schools
Churdan
Town
Land bargains and pasture profits in South Dakota
Mr. Vanshe pur chased a quarter section of land near Hurosm and alleges he made a good bargain. Mr. Cross purchased land in that vicinity some time ago and was offered a good round sum for the farm but refused to sell, though he might have cleared a thousand dollars.
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South Dakota
Vanshe
Hurosm
Cross
Sully News Briefs and Local Notices
In Sully and nearby towns residents and visitors are noted on various travels and visits. Several engagements include Miss Yetta Terpstra of Galesburg visiting Mrs Terlouw, Mr and Mrs Wm George in Des Moines, and J W Jones former Ledger editor in town. Distant trips include C Forsyth returning from Minnesota via Searsboro and Henry Welle and S C Youngkin in Des Moines. Local business mentions include Al Sparks painting, Sully meat market renovations, C C Bomberger shipping butter, and John Pos noted as an artist with work in Henry Welle & Co.’s store window. Obituaries report the death of Mrs Dick Bruxvoort at 28 with service details, and Bruce Smith’s passing at 17 with M P church service and O O F cemetery burial. Change in railroad service promotes through sleeping cars between Peoria and St Paul Minneapolis with improved connections, plus an Iowa Central note. Final line advertises late wallpaper sale and a note on thoroughbred red bulls from Gro HANS.
Ghost Story Hoax in Old Coach Town
A village trip before railroads becomes eerie as a green eyed man claims he can raise the dead for a bet. Midnight hour delivers shrieks and a vanished peddler with the stake money, leaving eight men duped and out forty dollars.
FOR THE CHILDREN Rooster Mesmerism Feats At Home
A Quincy Optic tale describes a boy who bent a bright rooster to perform tricks. The bird appears sleepy when chalk lines are drawn on its bill and neck then wakes to crow with its eyes closed. The boy lures imagined danger with a light, then taps the tail to mimic a furious fight.
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Quincy Optic
Noise Maker Ruvey Rescued By Grand Army Neighbors
A playful poem tells how Peruvious Ingomar Renaselaer Pyte, known as Ruvey, kept a block awake at night. Neighbors captured the racket with guncotton, quilts, and ropes in a comic attempt to restore peace, while a mercurial threat of louder noise underlined the scene. Also classified ads list a Short horn bull and a Chester White Boar for sale and window shade bargains at Foster's.
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Peruvious Ingomar Renaselaer Pyte
Ruvey
Peruvious P
Ingo
B. I
Mercury
Reliable Cholera Remedy Exceeds Patient’s Expectation
In June 1900 W E Bosworth of LaFayette Alabama suffered a severe cholera morbus attack and found relief in fifteen minutes after one dose of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad notes the medicine as a safe, reliable at hand cure and lists Wagley and Smead druggists as sellers.
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Chamberlain
W.E. Bosworth
LaFayette
Ala
Wagley & Smead
Meeting in Boston June 15 to 18
A meeting in Boston is planned from June 15 to 18. Obtain favorable rates on Nickel Plate Road before buying elsewhere. Tickets go on sale June 12 to 14 with final return by July 3. Contact John Y Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St, Chicago. Rent signs offered at 10 cents each. Foster's soda fountain advertised.
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Boston
Nickel Plate Road
John Y Calahan
Adams St
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa
Miller &G Westbrook
Buena Vista
Daniel Lanphier
Frank Bicknell
Kansas
Frank Gifford
Mr. Ewing of
Dakota Land
Irma Hammer
Hixson Chapel
Preston
Monroe
Prairie City
Kellogg
John Apple
John Vansice
Jess Cross
Sully
Chris Broderson
Reasnor
Yetta Terpstra of
Galesburg
Mrs. Terlouw
al Sparks
Wm. George
R. R. Riley
New Sharon
Lou Sherman
Wilson B. George
C. Forsyth
Minn
Searsboro
Wm. Bomberger
Annie
Dallas Center
C. C. Bomberger
Frank Conover
Gus Hesselman
J. W. Jones
the Ledger
Robt
Willocks
John Pos
F. S. Barrett
St. Joe
Henry Welle
S. C. Youngkin
Henry Welle & Co
Dick Bruxvoort
van der Mey
Bruce Smith
Thelr. O. O. F
Lynnville
C. B. Francisco
Murray
Cliff Sparks
Effie Hammer of
Kappel
Iona Lamphier
Ed. DeHeer
Jennie
Pella
Iowa Central Railway
Peoria
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Iowa Central
Rhoad
Gro. Hans
Helen Kilkenny
New Portland
Ayer
J.C. AY CO
Lowell
Mass
Variety and Grocery
Olive Preston
Chester
E. L. Bopley
Foster's
Eastman Kodaks and Supplies
Westbrook & Geise
West Side Sq
Newton, Ia
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