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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
4
Local shop promotes reduced prices on a wide dry goods stock including Crepone crepons Black Dress Goods and Venetian Saltings. Advertises ladies jackets capes ready made wrappers flannelettes Alders and stockings with low prices and special on 10 yard patterns. Also notes community notices and local residents visits.
L. J. Anderson sold the Grinnell Gazette to D. H. Murphy of Dedham Iowa and it will be published as a Republican paper. G. R. Gallant moved from Portland to oversee business interests. W. B. Foster and Will Japcke return from Minnesota threshing. Earl Shoemaker visits with his father C. T. Shoanaker. H. W. Marshall expected to vote straight Republican. Dr. Hawk’s victory boosts Republican support and shifts Democrats toward the straight ticket in Colfax precinct.
The 624th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W C Johnston was celebrated last Friday with a large afternoon gathering of about 100 friends. Newton reports bicycle thefts rising and urges vigilance to keep vegetables out of sight. Ed Bolthdeffer of the Iowa Mercantile Co returns to work after malaria illness though still weak. M A Blodgett, a Republican, traveled from Birmingham to Kansas City to Memphis on a southern trip where he sold twenty three cars of potatoes to a firm in Memphis, returning by Tuesday.
Rev Gray of Prairie City leads a series of meetings at Pleasant Hill M E Church starting last Thursday and continuing through next week. Rev Helmick of Monroe preached there last Sunday and will return every other Sunday at 3 pm. Sunday School is held weekly at 2 pm.
Mrs Geo McCullough learned of her father Mr Quinns death near Cambridge Ohio. Mrs Vena Trevits Davis lies very low and Ina Eaton will attend Newton high school this winter. Mrs Tom Pickens mourns a sister death at Rock Setand. A child of Henry Lemke Kellogg ill with malaria. Mrs Jacob Hixson funeral well attended with Rev C C Harrah’s comforting words and Hixson Grove cemetery burial. Jennie Haun of Newton visited Harry Atwoods over Sunday. Most farmers finished corn harvest. Bert Fenner and wife attended Center church near Amboy. Photo enlarger agent called Friday. Ella Murphy closed a successful term at Jane Way school Kellogg township with entertainment. Bertha Russell visited Lisle Bunker Sunday. Several Murphy residents traveled to Newton Wednesday for business and the Iowa Central ride.
J F Kile upgrades to steam heat at opera house to keep tenants comfortable amid rising costs. The Modern Woodmen of Newton stage a large blowout with neighbors from Ira and Newton attending. Newton foresters help initiate two candidates. A surprise dinner for Mr and Mrs Clancey draws about seventy five guests. A local journalist shares a tale of a Newton Record copy mailed from Manila and surviving a voyage, with weights and mailing notes. A new corporation, Newton Steel Cut Milling Company, forms with A H Bergman J H Lyday and E C Smith as directors.
The Newton business men will run a free seven-coach train next Wednesday leaving New Sharon at a.m. and arriving Newton at 10. The Centerville passenger will be extended to Newton and then to Centerville, with morning departures from Newton. The crew plans to move from Centerville to Newton, hinting at new service. The Friends church was dedicated last Sunday with remarks from Penn College president Rosenberg and a sermon by Rev. Z I Martin. Diphtheria patients are improving. quarantines remain for several locals and nearby families, with the illness described as mild thus far.
Hiram Williams progresses on a new residence with Rev. Scarborough directing. Andrew Carnahan nears completion of his house and will be ready soon. A new schoolhouse is rapidly nearing completion. Craig Ross occupies his new home bought from Amos Carnahan. The M E Aid Society ladies sewed carpet rags last Wednesday at Mr and Mrs. Carnahan’s home.
A fall concert promises top performances with a showcase slated for Thursday night. Organizers urge patrons to arrive early as doors open before the showtime.
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