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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1897
Page
7
Des Moines Valley Division timetable page lists schedule details for the C K P and associated lines. Contains arrivals and departures, with station names and times implied by the table layout. Readers are cautioned to verify exact hours from the printed timetable.
The item notes Editor Frank L. Woodard's marked improvement after illness and that he, with his brother C. C. Woodard, plans a southern trip to regain strength. Other local notes mention social visits, school events, and community happenings across Prairie City including church, M E aid society activities, and upcoming meetings.
Sunday evening at the M. E. church a Temperance Mass meeting brought together three churches. Rev J J Mitchell presided and Chas Bryan served as secretary. Speakers urged support for temperance, criticized the Maidi law, and urged public action to enforce prohibitory laws and back favored legislators.
The piece recalls southern practices before the war, noting kindness by some masters to slaves and a poignant reunion between Mrs. Jones and her old nurse Melinda who had cared for her. A church meeting afterward covered missionary topics, funding, and global gospel work led by Rev. Helmick, Rev. Rihelhaffer, Rev. English, and Dr. Miller.
The Fairmount missionary convention drew about a dozen attendees in hacks and buggies despite rough roads and sleet turning ground to ice. Dr. Miller chaired. Rev. Enoch Hill spoke on the baptism of the Holy Spirit, urging renewed power for saving work. The message used rail metaphors to urge spiritual propulsion, followed by five minute sermons. the gathering adjourned with Mrs. Jennie Criley noted as deceased later in the week.
A souvenir edition of the Ames Intelligencer arrives highlighting Story County and Ames. Engravings of the college, churches, public buildings, residences, and notable citizens narrate local history. Hon. James Wilson, longtime Ames editor, now secretary of agriculture under the new administration, is featured prominently.
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