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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
4
Local correspondents report on happenings across townships with brief notes on events, improvements, and community activity as they occur, highlighting notable residents and ongoing local developments.
Miss Selah West elected to fill a school vacancy left by Miss Weeks. Aliss Elizabeth Macy left for Jefferson, Ia to be assistant principal. Mrs John Morrison traveled to Radcliff, Iowa for her father’s illness. C P Crawford and C M Deal ill. typhoid fever concerns. Joseph Slaughter, Jasper county pioneer, very ill at over eighty. John Morrison's brother Doc died in Boulder, Colorado. Wesley Bell’s son injured from a horse fall. J B Ross shows stock at the Down State Fair with premiums near 260 dollars. Francisco couple in Des Moines for surgery. Mercy Hospital patient rallying well. Nate Lee and C M Deal improving from illness. Deal out of danger. A Welrick becomes assistant postmaster until J M Topper’s succession. Harry Welrick, four, struck by pony hoof, minor facial scar.
Considerable grain marketing noted as P F Earley and family traveled from Newton. Des Moines passenger influx 30 Monday while 10 on Tuesday. Will Perin’s birth announcement west of town. a girl born to Mr and Mrs John A Scott last Saturday. Harry Miskimins to Stanhope for drug store job. Frank Beach awarded church excavation contract and began work. 300 ewes and six thoroughbred Shropshire ducks bought by J H Moyer and J A Coe from Jaroleman of Rhodes. Catharine McDermott’s home and contents burned six miles southeast. Rev Tower gave farewell sermon at Elise’s opera hall. Christian church members attended in support.
A wreck of a large wholesale clothing and shoe stock from New York to Chicago prompts a railroad wreck sale in Newton. Sept 15 to Sept 23 offers deep discounts on men’s and boys' suits, overcoats, shoes, and more at the Kennedy building, one door south of the Boston store, with signboards and late hours to attract shoppers.
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