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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1894
Page
5
Fragmentary timetable text lists locomotive routes and station times between Monroe and neighboring towns. Reads like a railroad schedule with numbers and station names, but many words are garbled. The legible items show morning and afternoon departures and local and express services.
Fragmentary report notes a halt at Newton branch stations and a signal incident. Names and details are unclear due to damaged OCR. Further readable elements reference Murph Sid and Suty with initials and a late addition.
Des Moines and Colfax visitors mingle with Newton residents as friends travel from Des Moines, Monroe, Prairie City and Keokuk. Local events include a city council session, church youth activities, and a Comings and goings montage featuring Connelly of San Francisco and others visiting relatives and staying with Dr. Miller and family.
A fragmented paper item lists a Terchora Mosting program dated December 1804 and dense local notices. It mentions teachers and topics such as geography penmanship and the Socratic Method, plus ads for insurance, chickens, dry goods, window sash, wallpaper, Christmas gifts, jewelry, and a railway excursion offering half fare to Tennessee and other southern states with specific agent contact details.
Downs and Hurt visit Des Moines on business. Colfax shop opens in Webb building with Miss Leefta Buchanan assisting. Stock shipments from Lowderbaugh Gilmore and Lehorman last week. Ollie Schriner begins residence near town. Masons plan Thanksgiving dinner for families. Women’s Relief Corps to serve Thanksgiving supper at Cross Hotel on the 20th. Hog thefts, stock moved back to yards. A Albright visiting Charlton. J M Poage in Rhodes on business. George D Wood and wife visit Purity area aiding Arnold at Baxter Bank. Winter musical plans and new business block brickwork progress. A R Neal to build in spring. Sunday school at 10 am. midweek prayers at 3:30 pm.
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