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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1896
Page
1
A traveler recounts six weeks in southern California describing mild climate fertile farmland and abundant crops alongside nuisances like peddlers and fleas. He notes orange groves blooming, railroads, market conditions, and life in Los Angeles and Long Beach with observational humor and social commentary.
The community honors the late John in the M E church with a funeral procession and sermon by Rev CV Cowan. Prominent locals from Creston and Trinity attend. Notes on Ish Sherman’s career in Eddyville, Des Moines Valley, and Newton postmaster tenure. Pat O’Brien of Elk Creek townships supports McKinley. James O’Brien suffers a serious timber accident. nine stitches needed.
The society notes celebrate a golden wedding of Miss Mamie Carrier and Mr. Harry Livingston in Fairview Township with a large gathering and floral finery near Bellevue. A later item recaps fifty years of marriage for a Fay etteville couple in Brown County, Ohio, with a family-centered celebration and reflections on life and home.
Round Wy Mrs. Glenn F. Chase and baby son travel to Oskaloosa to join her husband and visit. Community updates include lectures by Rev Nugent in Newton, pending sermons, farewell events for Pastor W. A. Searcy, and various travels and visits across Des Moines, Colfax, Rose Hill, and nearby towns. Local residents, family news, and business mentions populate the week’s itemized notices.
The Record will keep the one dollar advance rate for subscriptions as responses show, with many subscribers already paying in advance. The line notes a death in Friends Tennessee, Mrs. Sarah Hammer, age about seventy five, widow of Ira Hammer. The article mentions a lecture course treasury balance and a Rebekah Lodge anniversary at Odd Fellows, plus a church Palm Sunday notice and a bank subscription update.
Two farm homes burned with all contents lost. Samuel Danks residence, three miles southeast of Reasner, destroyed between nine and ten Wednesday morning. Origin unknown. A tenant house near Kilduff, occupied by Geo Watts, burned Sunday. Watts saved belongings and moved his family to Jack McColloms place.
A small group gathered Wednesday as Mrs Wright showcased a new line of bonnets and hats. Patrons admired the colors and designs, with the eye and ear pleased by the display.
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