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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
4
Reported notes from the REcorD Correspondents cover Miss Floy Little in Chicago and Miss Winnie Berg back from Iowa City. visits to Stuart, Des Moines, and Spokane. a Knights of Pythians memorial day with parades, concerts, and cemetery services. Baxter Fourth of July celebrations, McCormack display, and a large crowd. local artists, business hopes, and a planned memorial day race with prizes.
Clyde E. Bidell receives the usual service of the order amid a cool pleasant day. A 1:15 band concert drew a large crowd, with estimates of over 1000 spectators. W V Terpstra and family visited in Galesburg over the weekend while Miss Maud Holmes visited relatives there.
Mrs M E McManigal and Miss Bertha Ellis visited Newton as Henry De Witt and Miss Lola Forsyth wed June 7 at the Forsyth home. The couple will start housekeeping in the southwest town area. Dr Gould escaped serious injury after a buggy overturn. Rain caused cellar flooding and washed bridges between here and Pella.
Voters in Buena Vista Sherman Newton Mound Prairie Malaka and Palo Alto townships will hold Republican caucuses on June 22 or 23 at local school houses or auditor’s office to select delegates to the County convention and conduct routine party business. Comissões listed.
Multiple notices announce candidacies for county offices including County Recorder County Clerk District Court Clerk Board of Supervisors County Attorney and more. Names include John Clippinger W H Listen C E Davey James Campbell A J Streeter W H Penquite J A Mattern H S Efner Henry Silwold A F Brown in Jasper County with convention decision dates referenced.
The Class of 1900 grad exercise will take place at the Normal College on June 29. The program includes invocation, music, several orations by Minnie C. Jacobs Carrie E. Dyeart Rollo B. Jackson, Nellie Colgar, and others, diploma presentation, cream and crimson colors, and the motto Study to be what you wish to seem. Admission is free. Wood carpets at Jasper & Sons.
Patrons of Dist 4 Buena Vista township staged a planned surprise for teacher Miss Edith Blackwood last Saturday. About 96 attendees gathered at T. J. Wheeler’s home and entered the school room for a bountiful dinner and an all star program by children and a Murphy band orchestra. The day ended with universal praise for No. 4’s happiness and community spirit. New cottages to rent by Carns and Allfree. Hub Grocery adds fresh meat department. Grain-O praised as coffee substitute by A. C. Jackson M D.
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