Newton City Solons Debate Paving and Sidewalks
Newton Iowa residents gathered as the city council discussed paving estimates for the public square and adjacent areas. Petitions urged immediate action while opponents urged general ordinances and careful drafting, with county liability considerations resolved by the city solicitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
J. H. McCalmont
N. K. Show
McCalmont
Newton
Iowa
Jasper County
E. J. Salmon
Burglars Break Into Sully General Store
Burglars ransacked Van Spanken and Weller’s general store in Sully on Tuesday night but fled before taking much. Only cutlery, notions, and a few items were missing. Steve Sparks notes local talk of forming a vigilance committee.
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Sully
van Spanken & Weller
Steve Sparks
New Postmistress Appointed for Newburg
Miss Sarah J. Clay is appointed postmistress at Newburg following Mrs Mary S Crawford's resignation. The appointment is praised by patrons and built on Clay's prior tenure under Harrison, where she earned praise for faithful and efficient management of duties.
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Newburg
Sarah J. Clay
Mary S. Crawford
Miss Clay
Harrison
Streets Near Completion After Dry Weather
The streets are being put in passable shape this week by the grader. With a few more days of dry weather our streets will have regained their usual condition.
Spring House Cleaning Reveals Worn Team Mien
The annual spring house cleaning has been under full sway this week, and a large percentage of the men you meet have a haggard, careworn appearance.
Water tower repairs brighten aging structure
The city reports its water tower is being repaired with fresh mortar filling large stone cracks. The completed section now appears almost new after pointing up the masonry.
Churches set evening services to eight o'clock
At the last meeting of the ministerial association it was decided that evening services in all our churches would hereafter begin at 8 o'clock instead of 7 30.
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Ministerial Association
Shakespearean Party At South Race Street Home
Miss Effie McLellan entertained about fifty young ladies from the Entre Nous Club and friends at her parents’ South Race Street home last Tuesday evening. It was a Shakespearean party with many guests dressed as leading characters. Refreshments were McLellanesque and excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie McLellan
Entre Nous Club
South Race St
Editorialist Ralph Robinson Attends Missouri Meeting
Ralph Robinson, by special invitation, joins the Fifth Iowa District Editorial Association at Excelsior Springs Missouri this week. The group plans a Kansas City visit Saturday hosted by the board of trade. Robinson seeks rest and a long overdue reunion with an old friend he hasn’t seen in fifty eight years, hoping the waters will permit a longer stay if their benefits prove notable.
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Ralph Robinson
Iowa District Editorial Association
Excelsior Springs
Kansas City
Board of Trade
Robinson
Runaway Team Spares Mrs Hammer in Narrow Brush
Mrs M R Hammer met a runaway team while driving from the farm last Friday noon near the David Porter place. She escaped injury by jumping from the buggy, but bruised her knee and limb and cannot walk without crutches. The team belonged to David Sampson and was stopped shortly after without further damage or serious injury.
Double Birthday Dinner at Sanderson Home
A lively gathering at Mr. and Mrs. James Sanderson's home three miles north of town celebrated Mr. Sanderson's fifty third birthday and Mr. Dennis birthday, both born May 2 1844. Attendees included Chas Jennings 9th Iowa Cavalry Dennis 3rd Iowa Miles Humphrey 5th Iowa Jas Sanderson 63d Ohio Joseph Fisher 40th Iowa, Henry Allfree and family Sherman township, and Mrs Lyda Martin Monroe.
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James Sanderson
Mr. Sanderson
Mr. Dennis
Chas. Jennings
Iowa Cavalry
At. Dennis
Iowa
Miles Humphrey
Jas. Sanderson
Ohio
Joseph Fisher
Henry Allfree and Family
Sherman Township
Lyda Martin
Monroe
Death Angel of a Midland Monthly Poem
G F Rinehart, a versatile Newton attorney, is praised for poetry. The Midland Monthly digest includes his piece The Death Angel from January of the prior year, describing a vision of a righteous soul at death and the angelic light guiding the spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
G. F. Rinehart
Midland Monthly
Special Invitation to Hotel Colfax Grand Opening
Hotel Colfax in Colfax Iowa will open May 15 with a grand hop and banquet in the evening. The invitation extends to Newton and surrounding communities to attend. Music will be good and prices satisfactory. N. T. Weston is manager and L. B. Westbrook is cashier.
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Colfax
Newton and Vicinity
N. T. Weston
L. B. Westbrook
Snakes Oust Airships in Local Sightings
Bob Lain of Central reports a boa constrictor seen in his yard after weeks of watching for airships. The serpent is described as enormous with spotted skin and loose hide, large enough to swallow a colt. He says the creature escaped and the airship craze lost appeal.
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the Central
Bob
Library Benefit Aids Public Library Support
A Reading Room Friday evening entertainment by Mr. Hindorff drew good attendance and raised about thirteen to fourteen dollars for the public library. The show featured "electric dolls" with minor wiring glitches, praised for its pleasing execution and community support for maintaining a top local library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindorff
Ed Eustice Leaves Newton For Three Month Sales Tour
Ed Eustice resigned from J. F. Baker's grocery to become a travelling salesman for J. B. Lewis wholesale shoes in Boston. He begins his trip Monday with Deadwood South Dakota as first stop, then the Pacific coast to Los Angeles California, lasting at least three months. His M. E. Sunday school class of young ladies gave a farewell with a silver hat mark, praising his two to three years of teaching.
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A. Eustice
J. F. Baker
J. B. Lewis
Boston
Deadwood
S. Dak
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Calif
M. E
Newton
Wish Bone Party Honors Miss Lydia Gruenewald
Rev and Mrs H F Schreiner hosted about thirty at the German M E parsonage Monday evening for Miss Lydia Gruenewald on the eve of her departure to Brimfield Illinois after a month in Newton. Guests enjoyed refreshments and music with a souvenir wish-bone and a card bearing a wish. Gruenewald left for Illinois Wednesday morning amid warm goodbyes from local young people who valued her visit.
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H. F. Schreiner
M. E. Parsonage
Lydia Gruenewald
Brimfield
Ill
Newton
Child Trampled by a Horse Near Stable
Edith Stonehocker seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Stonehocker, was found unconscious with a deep head wound and severe bruises beside a horse in the garden near the stable on Tuesday morning. Mrs Stonehocker alerted her husband and Dr Hunter after discovering the injured child. no bones were broken and no injuries appeared immediately life threatening.
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Tom Stonehocker
Edith
Hunter
Child in semi conscious condition after incident with horse
Up to Wednesday evening she remained in a semi conscious condition but since then has been gaining slowly. It was at first thought the horse kicked her, but the position when found indicates she tried to climb from the manger to the horse's back and fell, being trampled by the animal. Parents and the little patient receive tender sympathy.
Visitors harbored by Sheriff Triff after Pacific House stop
A man and woman detained by Sheriff Triff after staying at the Pacific House in Colfax were arrested and tried there. They left in haste next morning forgetting farewells and settling debts. The pair sought food, told a plausible tale, and received three days of free board as punishment for attempting to secure one night’s lodging on the same terms.
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Triff
Pacific House
Colfax
Memorial Day Plans For Garret Post Celebration
The Garret post decoration day committee advances plans for the May 30th observance, moved to Monday. Gen. Given of Des Moines will deliver the oration. Memorial Sunday services will be at the M E church with Rev. J Ferguson of the U P church officiating. The programs for both days promise notable interest and quality.
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Garret, Post
Gen. Given
Des Moines
M. E
J. Ferguson
U. P. Church
Old Soldier's Saw Affliction Becomes Cancer Battle
Adam Burnham, longtime Jasper County resident and former Co. D Iowa soldier, is afflicted with cancer in his right jaw. Doctors offer little hope of a permanent cure. He recently moved from Newton to Pella two years ago and endures his illness with soldierly resolve, aided by the support of old comrades and neighbors.
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Adam Burnham
Burnham
Jasper County
Newton
Pella
Co. D
Iowa
Accident to Mrs. Nettie Chapin near Marshalltown
Mrs. A J Logan reports a serious accident involving her sister Mrs. Nettie Chapin who was thrown from a buggy when her horse shied at a street car on the way to a farm near Marshalltown. She suffered a facial gash and a severe spinal injury but is not considered in danger. Chapin is a well known resident of Newton and Jasper county, attracting widespread sympathy.
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Nettie Chapin
A.J. Logan
Weather Notes for April 1897
Weather notes summarize April 1897 figures with maximum and minimum temperatures omitted, total rainfall and counts of clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy days. The fragment lists 78 as a maximum on the 22nd and 26 on the 19th, but many words are garbled, leaving unclear total rainfall and day counts.
Good Roads Debate Praises Wide Tire Road Make
From the Oskaloosa Herald the piece argues wide tires on wagons improve roads. It cites France where wide tires are mandatory and notes Michigan tax abatements for wide-tired teams as incentive. The call is for broader tire use and legal inducements to promote road work.
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Oskaloosa Herald
France
Iowa
Michigan
Distinguished foreign jurists attend district court session
The district court convened with eminent jurists including Judge Day and Judge Phil lips of Des Moines and Judge Robt. Ryan of Nebraska observing. The Shropshire versus Ryan case failed to prove its claim and was likely to appeals to the supreme court. A separate Horton versus Monroe town case proceeded with a verdict for the defendant after a brief trial. The term cautions that municipal corporations are not insurance societies. Judge Chester C. Cole, former Iowa supreme judge, also attended, noted for his polished manner and sharp wit.
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Shropshire
Ryan
Young Gorrell & Rinehart
Winslow & McElroy
Day
Supreme Judge
Phillips
J. B. Ryan
Des Moines
Robt. Ryan
Supreme Bench of
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Mina Horton
Monroe
Talesman
Talesmen
Chester C. Cole
State of
Iowa
Temple of Justice
Judge Cole
Mary F Winnegar and S W Macy consolidate motion
Admi motion to consolidate the Mary F Winnegar case with S W Macy proceeds to trial. Jury returns verdict allowing a $9,600 claim. judge orders accordingly. Cases involve estate matters for Amos Alfred final report notices and postings, and various probate actions with executors guardians and bond amounts.
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Mary F Winnegar
S W Macy
Amos Alfred
Susannah Parsons
Wm Henry
Jesse Slavens
Slaughter
Wm Taylor
W G Clements
W R Taylor
Wm Hitchler
W A B Tramel
J J Tramel
Actmr
Chase Parker
D 8S Couch
J W Bailey
Guardian
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Eeting
Solons
Ways and Means
Thos. Hughes
Jas. Walden
Kennington
Jas
Davidson
Wright & Lufkin
Lambert Bros
Lafe Haines
INO. Youngz
Thos
Raisbeck
Chris Rasmussen
Seca Vee
Jasper & Looms
Thos. Smith
Bergman
Chicago General Fixture Co
Electric
Aeror
Cook
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Brown
Earley
J. M. Woodrow
Jasper County Bank
Mershon
N. Townsend
E. W. Ewing
F. F. Failor
Addie Wilson
F. W. Bicknell
At Des Moines
Republican Party
Wish Bone
District Court
E N Hollen
H D Parsons
H J Parsons
W O McElroy
LAW and Equity
EM Antle
Jos Miller
Law
EC Kinsell
Pitt
Joseph Kissock
George Myera
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