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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1898
Page
8
Local notices mention residents visiting in Monroe and Des Moines, moves between Kellogg and Newton, church services, sicknesses, box social at Maple Grove, and a sermon series. Multiple named individuals and nearby towns are noted along with community events and travel.
An exhibition at Hickory Grove School No. 2 in Sherman township last Friday evening drew a large audience for two hours of songs recitations and dialogues. A box social funded lamps for the schoolhouse while visitors Gee Myers Kellogg and Jesse Hammer Newton enjoyed performances including How Jones Whipped the Bear and How I Courted Sally. Teacher M R Hammer Jr. received applause for his in dialogues, and the school is praised for two scandal free years.
Albia Union notes tests on shelled corn vs cob content. Shelled corn per bushel yields 56 pounds with 14 to 20 pounds of cobs when sold from the car at 70 to 75 pounds per bushel. If corn is worth 25 cents, the farmer loses 3 to 4 cents per bushel. Market ad for Frearp & Brown offering lending at low rates.
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