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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1894
Page
6
Schedule fragment lists times for Monroe branch and Des Moines Valley Division. Entries show Newton departures at 7.0? am and 2.39 pm, Monroe arrivals around 10 am and 2:40 pm, with various local freight and fast mail notes. Contains station names Prairie City and Fairmount with time stamps but legibility is partial.
Newton and vicinity reports list visits and travel plans across Dallas and neighboring counties. Des Moines, Colfax, Colfax, and Winterset residents are noted visiting kin, attending exams, or pursuing work, with rail and local business updates and a petrified man exhibit.
Charles Richards of Ira visited town on business while J Logan Davis of the Davis House was in the capital city. A hard times dance is set for Elise’s Opera House November 10. Various locals including Miss Mattie Small and Miss Mary Reynolds appear in town notes, weddings, and social events. A wedding of Austa Bair to Victor O. at the Van Dyke home drew many relatives. Notes on local theft, a Waterloo trip to hear Reed, and school district updates accompany cultural pieces and a Lincoln tariff anecdote with broader commentary.
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