Endorsements and attacks in Jasper county campaign missives
A long unsigned political feature urges voters to support Republican nominees including Pred Maytag for senator and Miss Libbie Dean for school superintendent, while defending Dean against editorials. It also mentions Maytag’s farming roots, personages in Jasper county offices, and backlash to a predecessor’s criticisms. Community events include smithing wood, a death in Redlands, and a quiet wedding near Sully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper County
Pred
L. Maytag
W. W. Hawk
Frank Roberts
Chas. Hook
Libbie Dean
Wm. Deutsch
Capt. Jacobs
W.F. Byers
Local Briefs Highlight Farewell to Newton Trio
Mrs Henry Vaughan and Mrs Mary Lindley left Newton for Anamosa with many friends bidding farewell at the depot. Henry Vaughan reports a satisfying new state penitentiary post. Also noted are Mrs Martha Lloyd I daughter Bessie in town, Mrs Price long in Utah politics, and several local relocations and health updates among Newton residents. An upcoming old soldiers meeting, a Rathbone Sisters minstrel show, a marriage, a real estate purchase, and a gas of social events fill the remainder of the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vaughan
Mary Lindley
Newton
Anamosa
Vaughan
Henry
State Penitentiary
Anna Treman
Martha Lloyd I
Bessie
Price
John Lloyd
Utah
Jake Coles
Dexter
Harry
S. Dakota
Jasper
Dennis G.winchell
Washington
D. C
Joe Cunningham
Rev
D. Phillips
Sonora
Frank Thomas
B. R. McLellan
George Reed
Michigan City
Ind
John S. Davis
Buena Vista Township
John
Buena Vista Grange No. 544
Davis
Grange
The
Buena Vista Grange
Iowa
Jasper County
Buena Vista Lodge
Pretty October Weddings Tie Two Couples
Miss Bessie Hinsdale wed Vester H Morgan at her parents home in Newton amid flowers and friends. Irma Lorene Gibford and William Wesley Miller of Chicago married at the Lutheran church with guests from out of town. Mrs Iva Campbell dies after foot injury leads to blood poisoning and lockjaw. funeral at Union Chapel. Hattie Castorf and George Hendricks wed before friends near Sully and begin life on a farm near Galesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tharp
Rebecca Norwood
Davenport
Jesse Winger
Rosa B. Norwood
Garrett Post
Old Hall
Plymoth Congregational Church
Des Moines
Mabel Livingston
Hayden Reynolds
Charlotte Morris
Stephen Morris
Tenth
Iowa Infantry
Smith Russell
Will Sellner
Nita
Colleen Springer
M. K. Livingston
Russell
Court House
Spring Street
Tommy Vanatta
Charlie Vanatta
Montezuma
Bessie Hinsdale
Vester H. Morgan
Hinsdale
J. Evans Ryan
Henry Hinsdale
Frank Eberhart
C. M. Hinsdale
Mudge Stevens
Arcorn
Seveenstair
Newton
Irma Lorene Gibford
William Wesley Miller
Chicago
Ethelyn McCord
Daisy Robison
Mendelsshon
Will Reeves
Mrs. W. Miller
Miss Ida
Iva Campbell
Colfax
Campbell
Clara Stock
James Stock Jr
Mingo
Union Chapel
Ninuren
Wm. Castorf
Sully
Hattie Castorf
George’ Hendricks
J.G. Ostermann
Kellogg Lutheran Church
Efe Schnell
Mrs. Hendricks
Galesburg
H. L. Moffitt
Sherman Township
Sarah Green
Missouri
Willis Green
Lindley Moffitt
Twenty Years of Wedded Bliss in Prairie City
The community marks Ellis and Mrs McConnaughey of Prairie City at their twentieth wedding anniversary with the Anniversary Club and local supporters presenting them a Havilan china set. Shared supper and fond memories follow as neighbors reflect on their long union and hopes for a golden anniversary ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
Mre. McConnaughey
Prairie City
Mr. Land Mra
A. H. Brous
Ellis McConnaughey
Stani Springer
Dora
Also Mentioned on This Page
Es Dean
the Herald
Miss Dean
Book Exchange
Dean
Normal Institute
Mr. Maytag
Evan Adamson
Evan
Betsy
Ann Richards
Libbie Owler
Adamson Grove
al Coleman
Cauifornia
George T. Anderson
John F. Marsh
Redlands
California
Marsh
Greencastle
Frank R. Witmer
Tueday
Vint
Mitchellville
Ernest Duer
Towa
George Adkinson
Denver
Col
John C. Wilson
Adkinson
Grace Wilson
Isaiah I’. Wilson
Moline
Til
Helen
Willard C. Winslow
Horace I
Loren E
Lincoln
Neb
Bennett Joiner Place
East Washington St
Samuel Garner
Ryan's
Tainter
Frank
Garners
W.M. Hard
East Walnut Street
Pearl Hard
Francis A. Bennett
E.P. Leake
Christian Church
Rathbone
Opera House
Daisy Hall
Creston
Liy Newton
George J. Williams
Edgar Anderson
Tacoma, Wash
Edgar
R. C. Anderson
Mesdames A. M. Hough
Harry McCardell
Hawkeye
Monroe
Andes Turck
Grand Junction
John Walsh
Minnie
John Miller
Grinnell
Nev. Leake
Taylor-Newell
Hendricas
Fort Wedding
R. I
Rock Island
Benj. J. Cain
Baum & McLaughlin
Lagrange
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