Forty fourth annual Lutheran Iowa convention opens in city
The Lutheran church of Iowa holds its forty fourth annual convention in our city with many ministers and lay members present. Rev J A Koser is elected president, reports read, sessions held daily, and Women’s Synodical Society to meet with speeches by Rev Snyder and Schrader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church of Iowa
Lutheran Church
J. M. Ruthrauff
Carthage College of Mines
J. A. Koser
Sioux City
J. D. Simon
Newton
W. H. Bailey Eng
Iowa City
G. W. Snyder
Council Bluffs
B. Barnitz
Des Bioines
Colver
Jacoby
Maggart
Ladies Synodical Convention
Synodical Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Snyder
Schrader
Tuy. M. L. Kunkleman
Jesse Hessell
Odebolt
C. A. Gelwicks
Tipton
Des Moines
J.C. Jacoby
Webster City
J. L. Hammond
Marysville
A. Koser
Climax of Love's Young Dream Wedding at Wilson Home
One hundred guests witnessed the marriage of Nellie J. M. and John H. Clippinger at the Wilson home on Spring Street Newton. The ceremony conducted by Rev. Chambers followed a Mendelssohn wedding march and a spacious reception across the lawn. The couple will reside with the groom's parents near Colfax and their union unites two veteran Jasper county families. Other notes include the Iowa Conference appointments and Rev Cowan's return to First M. E. church Newton for a fourth year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wilson
Spring Street
Nellie J. M
John H. Clippinger
John Clippinger
Colfax
Newton
Mendelssohn
Ralph Parmenter
Cathie
R. F. Chambers
Presbyterian Thurch
Chambers
John
Nellie
R. F. Parmenter
Jasper County
J. R. Keasey
Ira
Frank Kendig
Geo. D. Wood
Etta Barton
Sioux City
Iowa
Montezuma
V. Cowan
M. E
Elias Handy
Oskaloosa
W. G. Wilson
C. V. Cowan
E. Handy Kellogg
D. R. Martin
Lynnville
A. C. Boyd
Reasnor
D. C. Dunlavy
Rose Hill
A. W. McBrain
Sonora
A. S. Loveaul
Ft. Madison
J. M. Coats
New London
E. E. Doud
Centerville
E. C. Brooks
Fairfield
I. O. Kemble
Keokuk
J. A. Boatman
Mystic
Richard Collier
Selma
B. F. Shane
Letts
D. C
Big Wa watermelon Patch Yields Spectacular Statewide Hopes
Wm. Robinson, residing three and a half miles southeast of Reasnor, Iowa, reports eight acres of watermelons producing prodigious yields this year. He has hauled away over 30 wagon loads, with hundreds more still in the sandy soil patch. Melons weighed forty five to fifty four pounds in a large load brought to Reasnor last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper County
Muscatine
Wm. Robinson
Reasnor
Robinson
Patch of Canada thistle stirs town debate at depot
Around the town notes thistles north of the depot prompt controversy over Canada variety. An expert, Mr. Wm Gardner, confirms they are the Canadian type after a later grow, with no clear origin. Community efforts guard against spread amid social and local happenings across Newton and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Wm. Gardner
Simon
Gala Day and War Veterans Visit Stir Newton Crowds
Next week Newton hosts entertainments for veterans of a Iowa regiment from the Civil War era with a Camp Fire at the opera house, while hog cholera devastates Palo Alto Township herds with many farmers reporting heavy losses. A large Gala Day crowds returns to enjoy balloon ascensions and aero feats, as a straw fire destroys a wheat stack, and local crops show mixed prospects with a strong 90 acre corn yield predicted by William Krohn. Frank Carter leaves Colfax Mercantile for a new role in Spring City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Iowa
Opera
Palo Alto Township
Jack Spearing
Jack
Eugene Blackledge
Albert Lufkin
Wan
Rees
H. Middleton
Hugh Smith
John Crawford
George Guessford
George
Peter
Andrew Brodersen
John Wasson
Henry Mety
Harry Phillips
Frank Carter
Colfax Mercantile Company
Frank
District Court in Session in October Term
The October term of the District court convened Tuesday and has sat through the week with 45 probate cases, four garnishments, 104 law and equity, seven criminal. 14 divorces filed and five decrees granted to date. The grand jury is in session. jury trials were not held. Jorel Livingston Porter wedding reported with Ida Mae Porter to Archie Livingston. Rev. R. W. Smith officiated. Several local residents are ill or near death, including Mrs. E. N. Hollen and Wesley Roberts. Other marriages noted include Addie M. Bean and Fred Bain. upcoming weddings listed for Lonna Morris with William Alte meier and Sophia Stolzman with Eddie Wehrman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Law and Equity
Susan Callison
Geo. H. Callison
Katie Richards
Wm. Richards
Sarah Roseman
Ferdinand Roseman
Harriet Sheeler
John S. Sheeler
Etta Wert
R. J. Wert
Jorel
E. N. Hollen
Our City
Wesley Roberts
Newton
Grant Townsend
Addie M. Bean
Fred Bain
Reasnor
Lonna Morris
William Altemeier
Stephen Morris
Rushville
Sophia Stolzman
Eddie Wehrman
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Martin Luther
Jasper Realty
Alice Desmond
Andy McCalmont
Frank Scarbrough
McKinley
Tassel County
Grandma Widell
Hess D. Parsons
Malaka Township
Mother Widel
Parsons Home
Geo. Pomeroy
San Francisco
Nellie Wilson
Big Wa
Termelon
Atlantic
Ulysses
Mullins
L. F. Mullins
Monroe
Leila Shaw
E. A. Shaw
State University
Niagara Falls
New York City
Harry White
Gorrell
Sherman Township
Clay County
James White
Prairie City
Harry
August Wendt
Ed. Giese
Giese
Wendt
Frank Peavy
Shropshire
Cottswold
Kiser
Union Mills
Towa
Byal
Kimball
Neb
E. E. Als
Paugh
Floral
Kans
Orcutt Bros
Denniston & Partridge
Orcutts
Will Ritter
Ritter
Beard
Jacksonville
Glenn Chase
Little Riley
Chase-Lister Company
Ohio
Livingstons
Scarbroughs
Colemans
Gee. Coleman
Chesterville
Day
Joshua Dillhorn
Newton and
Vicinity
T. M. Coleman
City
Joshua and
Smith Chipps
H. Reese
Palo Alto
Frank Reese
Kildare
Ohil
Mary Reese
Anson Reese
Capt. Atwood
Grace
Rev. Ferguson
Geo, Maund
H. M. Reasner
J. W. Fraker
Geo. W. Fraker
Mt. Pleasant
Barney Helm
Company L
Ryan Hotel
Burrel Owens
Frank Besack
Dick Hays
Barney
H. W. Brandt
Jennie Blanchard
John Newell
H. M. Vaughan
Homer Galloway
Blanche Skiff
Lonnie Woodruff
Newton Electric Co
John Manning
Lulu Bollhoefer
Skunk River
Ike O. Willson
Frank Fisk
James Jeffries
Jimmie
Horace Shepherd
J. F. Baker
Roy Owens
Roy
Horace
Charlotte Dingman
N. T. Dingman
Twenty-Eighth Revi
Ascension
West
Aeronaut
Townsend
William Krohn
Prairie Township
Krohn
District Court IN Session
Court OF Justice
John Glenn
Father Glenn
Oscar V. Wells
Fairview
T. W.C. Anderson
Wells
Tom
Buckeye
Baxter
Alex Scott
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