Various Newton News Briefs From Spring 1900
A long, fragmentary column reports pension increases, travels, visits, marriages, illnesses, and local happenings in Newton and Jasper County. It notes Robert Blizzard's pension rise to eight dollars monthly, visits to Davenport, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Kansas, a Republican County Convention hint, a Des Moines auditorium fire, community socials, school and church events, and multiple travel and family update items across residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Horn
Messrs. L. A. Andrew
Wes Morgan
Liverpool
Des Moines
Eastern Star
Folke
Caleb Lamb
Knights Templar Band
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Newton and Vicinity
The
A. M. Behner
South Side
South Side Jeweler
Newton
Iowa
Dave Burnett
Robert Blizzard
Don Stibolt
Davenport
Stibolt
Reub. Galusha
Wichita
Kan
Andrew
Byron and Rockford, Jr
Vesta
Grace
Gertrude Beard
Chicago
Maggie Morgan
Charlie Hinedale
Philadelphia
R. P. Davidson
Mary Kracht
Baxter
Court House
John C. Willits
E. H. Robb
New York
Sherri Drew
Marshalltown
Clear Lake
John Loyer
Charlie Westbrook
Hollis Joy
Ralph Graham
Adolph Bergman
Howard Witmer
Will Clarkson
Will Preston
Burr Westbrook
Fred Claussen
H. E. Hunter
Nancy Rickman
Mary
Bozeman
Mont
Joshua D
Manhattan
Arthur Kennedy
East St
Josh
Kansas State Agricultural College
Parsons
F. L. Maytag
R.C. Anderson
A. M. Hough
Harry McCardell
Anderson
Charlie Hook
Robert
Nelson
Jasper County
Frank Wilson
Jasper County Bank
A. C. Kennath
Fleming Matchett Esq
David Matchett
Palo Alto
Willliam Sheark
Germany
America
Joe R. Rodgers
Indian Territory
Major Lacey
Owens
Harry Platt
Jennings
Burl Owens
Kate Reed
Council Bluffs
Neva Rayburn
Ethel
Irene Vanatta
Montezuma
Homer
Charlie Vanatta
Ed Harvey
Hiram Hand
Malaka Township
Robert McGregor
A. J
Colorado Springs
Lena Brown
Watts
Mingo
Peter H. Earley
Jasper County Board of Supervisors
F. C. Mitchell
Earley
Mitchell
Flora Vandike
Belle Plain
Victor Bair
J.C
D. J. O’roake
Bert Stallings
Tom Campbell
Lynnville
Edith Blackwood
Deep River
Handy
Oskaloosa
R. S. Redman
W. H. Redman
Elsie
Manley
Grinnell
Redman
Guthrie
Anna Porter
P. N. Moss
Fred Millard
Weltmer
Mershon
Weltmer Institute
Bertha Ellis
John Ellis
Kellogg
Thos. McManigal
Miss Ellis
Pasadena
Cal
Jasper
California
Frank Woodrow
Oquawka, Ill
G. A. Drew
Creighton, Neb
A. C. Morey
Viola Cleveland
J. C. Hanna
Maggie Parks
A. H. Clark
Waterloo
F. H. Haines
Sully
Nebraska
Kansas
Larimer & Clark
D. G. Spencer
Congregational Church
Thel. M. C. Orchestra
Hermsdorf
Wilton
Lowa Central
Wh. Fritz
Lettie Hurst
Willis Law
Florence Holtz
Chan. Smith
Geo
Harlan Rilla Morton
Dullard
Wh. Shull
Ey. Wells
Wm. Weber
A. L. Sparks
Wm. Vance
J. H. Clippinger
J. A. Spencer
T.S. Dennis
Twine
Bergman Bros. & McKinley
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