Jasper County supervisors meet in session in 1899 minutes
The Board of Supervisors of Jasper County Newton Iowa meets through November 15 16 and 18 1899 with regular sessions. They approve minutes receive bids for coal for the court house jail and poor house assign officers for the insane transfer and rebate taxes on the electric plant and Mrs Pillow. They divide bridge work with Story County and approve delinquent tax collection. They rebated charity taxes on Mrs Peck and award a steel bridge contract to N M Stark Co. for Cherry Creek. They plan adjournments and remind readers of the Next issue. Public notices include special subscription offers and large public sales by Ahas Vanatta and sales at Fairfield Montezuma with cattle auctions near Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Court House
Kellogg and
Colfax
Newton City
J.T. Winters
D. R. ‘Tripp
Mt. Pleasant
City of
Pillow
North Newton
Jor Hans
Iowa
Aise Bers
W. J. Miller
Jasper County
J. B. Shaw
Story County
Jasper
Story Counties
Sec. 2
Hors
Mound Prairie Township
James Lister
Palo Alto
Ed. Cook
District Court
Joe Horn
Ahas
Vanatta
Wm. Ewart
Ewart
Local notices and price trends in Newton area records
The column notes paper shipments and rising costs for print paper, with prices up 80 cents per hundred pounds over five months. It mentions local merchants advertising in The Record and hints at cheaper goods in Newton. Community obituaries, relocations, and visits are sketched, including Lieut. Neil Murray’s illness and death, and various social tidbits from Colfax and What Cheer Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Iowa
From Around the Town reports many local notes and events
Mrs Andes Turck returns from Bedford county with samples of White Pippin Red Pippin and King apples While Wade Tornado Vaudeville Co performers recount uneven tours in several towns E C Meredith receives surprise rocking chair from teachers Miss Nomi Gaston to lecture at Baptist church Show Bros unveil sandsifter and moulders sand cleaner News of time card changes on Rock Island and various local social visits and meetings across Newton Jasper County Iowa
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Andes Turck
Old Bedford County
Penn
Wade Tornado Vaudeville Co
Eagle Grove
E.C. Meredith
Meredith
Nomi Gaston
Hattie Mallicoat
Jones
Muscatine
Wyoming
James Mallicoat
Jasper County
Deal
U.S
Iowa Automatic Fire Alarm Company
Newton
Iowa
W. W. Houston
A.H. Bergman
M.A. McKinley
J. A. "Coe
W. C. Bergman
Edward A. Haynes
H. C. Geterm
F.H. Bergman
Frank
Logan Blizzard
Logan
Death of Mr. Waring in Reasnor Iowa
John G. Waring longtime Reasnor resident dies at home north of town after years of illness He was 53 and survived by a widow and six children Community notices mention visitors and travel to Des Moines Ames Colfax and Plattsville with a holiday social and a Thanksgiving service planned at the M E Church Notes on births dinners and schooling enrich the local scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil
Neil Murray
Vandalia
Company C
Iowa
Mr. Murray
M. A. Hunter
Z. Condit
Sarah Wheeler
North Spring Street
Newton
Webber
Richland Township
Geo. J. Williams
The
Presbyterian Church
G. Russell
Eli Adkins
Osceola
J. O. Agnew
J.M. Woody
Monroe
Newton Friends
Congregational Church
D. J. Eberhart
William Vaughan Eberhart
Young People’s Bible Club
Congregational Church Sunday School
Chas. McFarland
John G. Waring
Reasnor
Mr. Waring
G.F. Rinehart
Des Moines
McLain
Colfax
Col. W. R. Manning
Capital City
Henry Reasner
P. Newell
Ames
W. W. Houston
Grace Campbell
Harrah
C. H. Jasper
Order of Eastern Star
Union Missionary
Samuel Reasoner
Reasonor
C. Campbell
Clara
Stella Burns
Columbia
Mesdames A. F. Brown
S. B. Dennis
J. H. Bailey
C. Seymour
Olive Street
L. 8Ennington
W. R. Cooper
McCardell & Meredith
M. E. Church
R. F. Chambers
Mabel Edwards
Tom Reed
Julius Reed
Photon
M. E
Mabel
John T. Edwards
Tom
Albert H. Reed
South
Trouble Over a Divorce in Adel Case
A Des Moines based divorce case features Baxter George accused with attorney Steven Harris of fabricating evidence to ruin Julia George. A court panel imputes a conspiracy involving a detective and a slum woman, but Julia wins a divorce with 3000 alimony as Baxter’s cross bill fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter George
Adel
Julia George
Baxter
George
Steven Harris
Applegate
County Court House
Des Moines
Mrs. George
Auditors Minutes Recorded and Adjournment to Poor Farm
The Auditor's Office in Newton Iowa records the fifth day minutes noting approval of the previous session. The board adjourned to the poor farm and spent the day with all members present. Jor Hors, Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Iowa
Jor Hors
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Board of Supervisors of
Axtell
Belle Fourche
A. K. Emerson
C. B. Brown
Omaha
DeWitt
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Charlie Coon
Jerome Cotton
Geo. Cotton
Vincent Gray
Lynnville
Quaker Village
Jerome
Clarence Roupe
Charter Oak
Crawford County
Frank Peavy
James Eastman
Newton Normal College
Rock Island
Mail
Ex- Press
Eastern Star
Dewey
Opera House
Hobart
Patterson
N. J
Hay
Sherif Tripp
J. T. Winters
W.O. McElroy
Agricultural College
McElroy
Florence Eastman
Rock Creek Township
J. H. Hastie
Altoona
Christian Church
D. F. Cowman
Linois
D. F
Jton Township
Associa ‘Tion
United Presbyterian Church
Knight Templar
FE. H. Ewing
Swan
Iow
Dr. Gorrell
U. S
Survey Myers
W.F. Byers
Mary Ellen Woody
John T. Woody
Fairview Township
Bradstreet’s
Mrs. Byers
Albert S. Hews
M. Belle McCullough
West McDonald Street
Hanna
Mrs
Frank Young
Ottumwa
J.G. Morrison
Plattsville, Wis
Percy Morrison
Robt. Larimer
A. A. Willits
Opera
Standard Oil
Wyest
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