Local Notes and Classified Items from Newton Area
Trading Stamps good until July 4. News items include births. hires and relocations. local meetings. visitors from Des Moines Ames and Arkansas. post office and town business notes. farm sales and real estate moves. community notices and upcoming events. continuous human-interest snippets across Newton and Colfax region.
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Winn & Carrier
P. Myers
South Dakota
Congregational Parsonage
Death of Mrs. O H Towsley in Buena Vista township
Mrs. O H Towsley aged 72 years four months seven days died at home on East Street at 3 o'clock Thursday morning in May. Born Sarah A. Lawrence in Jefferson County New York on December 2 1829 she married Oliver H. Towsley in 1845 and moved with her family across Iowa to Mahaska and Buena Vista townships before settling in town nineteen years ago. She was the mother of ...
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Collins
Baptist Church of
Monroe
Hawthorn
Hazel
S. Dakota
Washington County
Brookhart
Dewey
Helen Ward
Des Moines
Jesse Ward
Jess
Hiram Hall
L. L. Lockard
Anamosa
J. J. Thompson
Kansas
Hall
H. B. Allfree
Newton
Fred Otcheck
Oakley Farm
Alltree
Perry Attig
Jasper County
Grinnell Herald
S. Shields
Mabel Hammer
A. W. Lossing
Kalkaska
Mich
Chicago
Knights Templar
Temple Commandery
K. T
K.t.’S
Towsley
O. H. Towsley
East Street
Sarah A. Lawrence
Jefferson County
New York
Oliver H. Towsley
Mahaska County
Buena Vista Township
Epworth League and church life notes from Newton
Obituary and local church items recount the death of Mrs. Towsley of Newton with two surviving children Miles Towsley and Mrs Eva Jack. The Epworth League anniversary and officers, a social, and graduation list follow, plus a letter from Carl Brown dated El Paso Texas describing travel from Newton through Eldon to California and Mexico Express travel details.
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Carl Brown
EL Paso
Texas
Eorror
Newton
Monroe
Eldon
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Pratt
Oklahoma Strip
Texas Panhandle
Liberal
New Oklahoma and railroad towns bloom along Rock Island line
Cant Browne notes rapid growth along the Rock Island corridor with new stations and ranch houses replacing dugouts. He contrasts light straw colored buildings with red roofs and highlights the Band Lands and Estabade plains in the Oklahoma strip. Browne predicts irrigation will unlock prairie fertility and feed millions.
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Rock Island Railroad
Oklahoma Strip
Kansas
Illinois Prairies
Land boom spurs rapid purchases in Dakota fields
A South Dakota land prospect letter from May 12 1902 describes skyrocketing prices and stiff demand as buyers rush to acquire parcels near Pierpoint Groton and Turner. Investors note land rises in 60 to 90 days with sellers commanding high prices and big landowners profiting.
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South Dakota
Langroup
Drak Free
Pierpoint
Turner
Thompson
Groton
Vance
Harry McCardell
Real Estate Transfers in Newton and Colfax Districts
Real estate transfers list transfers between individuals and entities in Newton and Colfax areas. Entries include JD Young to W F Young for golf lots, G W Wormley to Esther Woodruff, Esther Woodruff to G W Wormley, F M Woodrow to W F Frary, A F Lacy to Chas Lundeen, J H Chew to Loretta Chamberlain, A J Woods to Colfax, and Jas Mullen to A and S Mullen, with nominal sums noted.
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JD Young
F Young
North
Newton
DF Young
W Wormley
Esther Woodruff
M Woodrow
Fairview
J H Chew
Loretta Chamberlain
A J Woods
Jas. Mullen
A and S Mullen
Property Transfers and Debits Around Prairie City and Colfax
A stream of real estate transfers, debt payments, and trust deeds spans Mingo Prairie City and nearby towns. Transactions include J F tea Jot, Benj Emery to Benj Franklin, O W Stier, and Christina Pauls involving several parcels, prices from 125 to 9000 dollars, and multiple lot descriptions across 41132 Mingo wd, 15 and 6b 2 Eaton, 33 80 19, and other tracts.
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Valeria
Anna Shoemaker
MF Berkley
J K Knostman
Mingo
JE Fox
JK Knostman
Benj Emery
Benj Franklin
JH Knostman
Stier
Jas Nugentex
Frey
EJ Coker
H Wheatcraft
Reasnor
GE Parish
D E Morgan
Jacob Holdefer
Sarah Feathers
Prairie City
Norris
M Norris
Norrisada
P City
M Kramer
Eaton and
Nortons
Jas W Davis
Christina Pauls
Susan Harsh
Sarah McConkey
J A Wilson
Peter Pauls
Dsc
Chas Anderson
Leonard Ene
Margaret Gates
Frank Flynn
Melissa Lemon
Colfax N Ry 2A
Aug
Vos
MG Cheeney
F Norris
BF Norris
Prairie City News Briefs and Notices
Garfield Graham and Miss Daisy Sternberg wed last Wednesday. Mrs W Bryan and Mrs D C Gifford attended the P E O convention in Ames. Cyrus Dowden adds a kitchen. M Feathers nears completion of a brick building. Mrs Margaret Jane Porter died May 3 1902 aged 56. She was born near Wheeling West Virginia Aug 23 1845 and married March 5 1867 at Red Rock. Funeral at M E church, interment Monroe. Rev C E Welle moved to Cherokee. Prairie City loses. Lela Woodard Anna Hanes and Oliver Brown visited Ames. Ira Draper family returned from California.
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W. Bryan
D.C. Gifford
Ames
Cyrus Dowden
M. Feathers
Margaret Jane Porter
William Porter
City
Porter
Walker
Wheeling
West Va
Red Rock
Iowa
Jennie Duntley
Prairie City
John W
Oskaloosa
Anna Lee
A. T. Jeffreys
M. E. Church
Monroe
C. E. Welle
Lela Woodard
Anna Hanes
Oliver Brown
Ira Draper
California
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Charlie Westphal
Myrl Gray
Margaret Giles
Mellie Guessford
Vernie
A. M. Hough
P. E.O
Don Harrah
Arkansas
Emerson Griffitts
Mitchellville
Father Hill
Palo Alto
Charlie Hoss
Council Bluffs
Milwaukee Railroad
Jensey Heifer
J. H. Fugard
Addie Moran
Minnie Coppersmith
Frank Kuble
Des Noines
Clifford Cox
Frank Eberhart
Iowa City
E. T. Band
Mrs. Gates
O'Brien County
Wellson
East Main Street
Tillie
Grace Wendt
England
Germany
A. P. Joy
Hot Springs
Elias Kuhn
Baxter
Jesse M. Miller
Plattsmouth
Neb
Mike Coon
Fred Meredith
Meredith & Son
Colfax
Edith Spohn
Omer Parker
Dr. Engle
Mrs. Allfree
McDonald Street
Rockland
E. T. Ascension
Warder Richards
Mattie Robinson
Laurel
John Clippinger
F. T. Patterson
Zion City
East McDonald Street
Alma Vanson
United States Civil Service Commission
Post Office Service
Thompson Bros
Red Cross Drug
Carl Scheark
Clyde Husband
Sally Ledger
Commonwealth
School Board of
Ellison
E. Warren
Col. Longley
Charlie Warren
Vicksburg
Charlie
Henry McFarland
New Plymouth Congregational Church
J. M. Fuller
A. I. Baker
Newton M. E
Home Missionary Society
Montezuma
Poweshiek
Los Angeles
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Las Flores
United States
Bennett Joiner
Byers
Zach Foreman
Charlie Coppersmith
Lorimer
Winn & Canninn
Foster
W. B. Foster
Kellogg
Dave Burnett
Ed Cross
Ida Carruthers
County
Jasper
Newton City
Ste Hiatt
Grinnell
Hayden Reynolds
Fred Barbee
Chelan
Washington
Barbee
Miles Towsley
Eva Jack
Rex. Willits
Ipworth League
Epworth League
M. E
Libbie Dean
John C. Willits
Minnie Callison
Tama Drake
V. P
Mercy and
Alton Reynolds
Carrie Earley
H. J. Wilson
Edith Ludiow
Minnie Saylor
Arthur Wright
Grace Besack
Hi. L. Wilson
Jesse Winger
Emma Martha Steigliz
Mary Lucy Ludlow
Bertha Bell Campbell
Earl Eine Finch
Phila Gem Russell
Sayer Judson Miles
Cora Belle Bennett
1Ora Blanche Kennedy
Edith May French
Roy Arthur Hough
Ray Abraham Carrier
Alice Alta Simpson
Leona Benjamin
Abbie Elizabeth Hall
Arthur Clements
Gunsaulus
Otto Heuer
Rock Island
J.oe
Snotce
Wale
Raymond & Ewing
Palace
McCardell & Son
Erwin Forbes
O. J. Turner
Lands Land Agency
Canby
Minn
Raymond & Ew1ne
Carns & Allfree
Carrie White
Garfield Graham
This City
Daisy Sternberg
Plu
Bigelow’s Grocery
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