Watch schemes and theater notes from Newton era
A Newton notice coyly suggests a married woman could attract a suitor if a gentleman’s watch is repaired by R. T. Smith within sixty days. The piece cites other townsfolk like Tony Farrell with Garry Owen at Lister’s Opera House on October 9. It mentions Seeberger’s Climax Ranges and various social events and performances echoed by a Chicago Tribune quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaugh
R. ‘T. Smith
Garry Owen
Lister
Opera House
Newton
R. T. Smith
Smith
Tony Farrell
Charles Seeberger
Newton Residents Gather for Social and Land Ventures
Miss Grace Roe returns from Grinnell while Rev. David Phillips assists at the Methodist church service. Evans sisters receive a piano from family. Mrs Emma Nethergall visits Davenport then returns home. Residents visit relatives in Atchison Riverside and Des Moines as several local figures attend the McKinley meeting in Des Moines. A syndicate buys sixteen acres southeast of Newton from Senator Gorrell, planning lots, streets, shade trees, and new homes, known as the Gorrell addition with spring construction planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Roe
Grinnell
David Phillips
Brooks
Sadie
Mamie
Lelia Evans
Fred
Emma Nethergall
Davenport
John Crawford
City
Ming
George W.cooney
Atchison, Kansas
Newton
Thomas Vanatta
Mary McCully
Riverside
California
Stuart
George Weaver
Judge Ryan
W. McElroy
N.townsend
Des Moines
C.C. Welsh
Queen City
Glenwood
Missouri
Wm. Burney
L.G. Fuchner
Wendt
Freeport
Ilinois
Fanniz Power
Monroe
Cora Patton
Junia Chisler
Iona
Ler
Neice
Wahnettie Benat
Albee
Illinois
Dewey Heywood Grand Concert Company
Lister
J. F. Spencer
Kokomo
Indiana
Samuel Townsend
Mary Losh
W. H. Gaston
Mary Mann
Iowa
Hill & Early
Barnard Riley
Palo Alto Township
James Vance
Jerset
James Healy
J.M. Dickson
Dickson
Baby
Creston
Ninros
Kicsonp
Pella
Rice
Holy Land
Bible Students
Wm. Hill
George Early
Arthur Gorrell
Senator Gorrell
Gorrell
Mortgage sale of Errett clothing stock at mortgagee's sale
Fall and winter wear bargains advertised as money savers. Pumps offered at Joe Stevens. Best Insurance by A J Wright. Desirable jets for sale by W R Manning. New fall stock of millinery at Mrs Josie Wright. Get winter clothing at Errett stock sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stevens
A. J. Wright
W. R. Manning
Josie Wright
Errett
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Jasper County
Continental Clothing House
South Side Square
Hunter & Wagner’s
Hunter & Wagher
A. R. Gorrell
Miles
Square
Jersey
Zollinger’s
Guy Lay's
D. J. Eberhart
New York Weekly Press
McLaughlin
yGvy la McLauughlin
Lai 1
Jasper & Sons
McCollom’s
Lister's Opera House
Bryant
Chicago Tribune
Gallcoes
Country
City, and Normal College
New
Ani
Morocco
Ssseam
Chicago
Jasper
Newton and
A. B. King
Capital City
Carrie Harvey
Colfax
F.T. Campbell
Our City
Emma Rodgers
JF. Albee
A. A. Ph Ps
Glen
Cofax
W. W. Morton
Orie Wright
Sully
Grace Beard
Lymnville
John Zink
Murphy
Maple Grove
Laura
Cumistias Cuerent
Hey
Aylesworth
Winslow
Ezra Adkins
Jay Baker
Dist Episcopal
Lutheran Church
J.C. Second
Methodist Chtt
Terian
Edwin J. Rice
Sidon
Salvation Army
Agnew
Carr
Tompsett
St. Louis
St. Exposition
Joorish Palace
South Side Park
Iona Tral Ry
Tnos
V. Barry
Stevens Block
E. J. Miles
Errett Clothing House
West Side Square
W. W. Skiff
Fugard & Brown
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