Bergman matriarch dies after long illness in Newton region
Mrs Louise Caroline Flamkamp Bergman born 1832 in Horn Germany died after six months of bed confinement. Her family recalls her devout life, eleven children, and a funeral at St. John's Horn with services by Rev. Huebschman. Surviving children include Mrs. Dena M. Maytag and Mrs. Charlotte Schnatherer. Burial beside husband in the German Cemetery.
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Mother Bergman
Mrs. Bergman
Louise Caroline Flamkamp
Horn
Lippe Detmoldt
Germany
America
William Bergman
Freeport
Ill
Jasper County
Spirit Lake
Great Spirit Lake
Bergman
Newton
William C
Henry Ge Adolph
Chris
St. John's Church
Malaka Township
Henry Huebschman
Chicago
Father Bergman
Newton News Roundup Highlights Local Events and People
Local horse incident injures a child but spares serious harm as Rev. Elias Handy’s family features in a caper. D. G. Winchell travels from Washington to Newton then Atlantic before a Westward move. Jasper county figures, politics, weddings, and town visits thread through a busy week of social and civic notes.
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Elias Handy
D. G. Winchell
Newton
Washington, D.C
No. 3
Atlantic
Prairie City
Dennis
Jasper County
Washington
Fifty Golden Years in Canton Illinois
Ebenezer W. Mitchell and Margaret F. Freeman marked fifty years of marriage in Canton on October 1. Their daughter Mary staged a surprise tea with neighbors and friends at J. M. Woodrow’s home, while son Rev J J Mitchell and relatives joined in the celebration. The couple has lived in Newton since 1856 and many longtime friends would have joined the observance.
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Daily Pioneer-Times
Deadwood
Re. C. B. Clark
Ark
Clark
Huron
Hi Hills
M. E
Charles B., Jr
IMS
Canton
Ill
Ebenezer W. Mitchell
Margaret F. Freeman
Rev. Jones
Miss Mary
Rev
J.J. Mitchell
Prairie City
Morton Brothers to Develop Rat Row into Feed Yard and Showroom
J B and Billie Morton sons of W W Morton have bought the Rat Row site on Main Street from A Osborn block to Olive Street. They will clear the block half and convert it into a sheltered feed yard with a Main Street building for wagons and buggies. The project costs about six thousand dollars and marks the return of the Newton natives.
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J.B
Billie Morton
W. W. Morton
Nevada
Main Street
A. Osborn
Olive Street
Morton Bros
Newton
Blaine on remonetizing silver cited with misquotation
The article rebuts silver advocates who used Blaine’s Senate speech of February 7 1878 to push free coinage. It notes they printed only the opening sentences and misrepresented his cautions against remonetizing silver and the broader causes for silver’s price decline. It quotes Blaine’s warnings about profit from coinage and the government’s unfair advantage to bullion owners.
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James G. Blaine
Mr. Blaine
Senate
Sam
Blaine
Congress
Latin Union
Germany
Death of Miss Kate Moran in this city
Miss Kate Moran dies after an illness of less than a week. She was 27, a longtime employee at McFarland's store, with three sisters and two brothers. Funeral plans depend on Catholic church schedule, possibly Saturday or Sunday. Also notes the marriage of Ida Hough to Franklin in Moulton and their plans to reside in Chicago.
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Tom Dullard
Mrs. Harding
Jasper County Bank
Tom
D. F. Morgan
Bloomfield
J.D. Kelly
Scott McFarland
Chicago
McFarland
Scott
Willie McFarland
Charles
W. Lake St
Harry Morris
Farmington
Ill
Levon
West Main St
E. M. Giles
East Main Street
Giles
W. H. Scribner
Curtis Stream
Des Moines
Curt
Newton
Lenora M. Brown
Kate Moran
Celia
Miss Moran
P. St. Moran
Addie
Anna
Agnes
Edward
Thos
Iri Weas
W. E. Hough
Moulton
Ida Hough
Thos, Hough
Franklin
Jefferson
Mies Ida
Hough
Buena Vista Township
Campaign Rhetoric in Jasper County Prefers Fair Debate
The Jasper county campaign debate contrasts a fair Republican press with an opposition media that accuses officials of theft and corruption. Voters are urged to reject wholesale character assassination and threats of party control.
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Republican Press
Newton
Jasper County
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