Mourning in Newton as McKinley Dies in Buffalo
The nation mourns after President McKinley dies at 2:15 PM following a relapse. The town of Newton suspends business from 2 to 4 PM and holds memorial services at 2:30 PM at the Methodist church. Theodore Roosevelt sworn in at Buffalo as new president. local notices invite public attendance and plan services in Canton and Newton. Local wedding festivities and a state conference occupy the social calendar amid grief.
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McKinley
Newton
Milburn
Buffalo
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Wilcox
Frank A. Long
Iowa
Canton
Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
Congregational Church
A. Lo
Newtor
M. E. Church
E. J. Salmon
W. G.wilson
Grinnell
Bishop Merrill
R. *. Hurlburt
D. D. Burlington
John S. Ferguson
Local Notes Describe Homes and Moves Around Newton
Healey family plans a new 28 by 28 foot house with a 16 by 30 foot ell and modern conveniences. Other items cover arrivals and visits, college trips to Champaign, moves of harness shop and meat market, a picnic at Ames, court cases, real estate sales, and community updates on residents and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Healey
Healy
Tom
Alex Carey
Jasper County Fair Thrives Despite Rainy Setback
The Jasper County Fair drew strong crowds after a heavy rain dampened its start. Thursday and Friday brought lively attendance with exciting races including a 2:19 pace won by Kiowa of Knoxville, aided by Hidalgo in every heat and a track record broken twice to 2:17. A green trot won by Yowell of Prairie City followed, and LaGrippe secured wins in the running race. The page-long prize list will run from page three to six. The community mourns Dr. B M Failor, murdered Wednesday. funeral Sunday drew many, with multiple organizations attending and a county-wide procession to the cemetery. Dr Failor, born 1831 in Bucyrus, Ohio, served as Civil War surgeon, practiced in Newton since 1865, leaves wife Sarah Picking Failor and children Anna Grandstaff among others.
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Jasper County Fair
Kiowa
Knoxville
Cunninghams
Hidalgo
Wervangiit Tisainda
Yowell
Prairie City
Hazel
LaGrippe
Diamond Dick
Chas. McLain
B. M. Failor
Knights Templar
Masonic Order
Eastern Star
Garrett Post G. A. Woman's Relief Corps
Jasper County Medical Society
Lutheran
C. W. Leitzell
Failor
Lla Himes
Geo. W. Guthrie
Messrs
Lee Brown
Chester Guthrie
Cora Long
F. D. Winn
K.T
Benjamin M. Failor
Bucyrus
Ohio
Sarah Picking
Anna
Grandstaff
Burlington
Newton
Allites
Alstere
Mary
School Opening Lists Teachers for City Districts
Public schools reopened with Prof Beard and staff classifying pupils for the new year. Enrollment likely higher than before as East School delay crowds Central School. Assignments include Central School Miss Minnie B King High School L V Beard and others. West and East Schools also posted.
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Beard
Central
Minnie B. King
L. Vesta Beard
Lucy E. Hall
Mame FE
Waterman
Ada Baugh
Jean Stewart
Lettie Earley
Edith Ludlow
Oda Fuller
Fannie Leighton
Vaughan appointed Chief Accountant at Anamosa Penitentiary
Newton loses a favored family as H M Vaughan and his wife depart for Anamosa for his new role. The Warden, Wm A Hunter, arranged the appointment. Vaughan, a Newton longtime leader in business circles, and Mrs Vaughan are well known locally, with Mrs Lindley remaining to care for the Vaughan home.
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Newton
H. M. Vaughan
Anamosa
Wm. A. Hunter
Vaughan
Henry
Mrs. Vaughan
Mary Lindley
Tenth Wedding Anniversary At Stewart Home
The home of squire and Mrs R N Stewart in Md Prairie township hosted a lively tenth wedding anniversary last Monday with a hearty dinner. Mrs Stewart, formerly Miss Amelia Harvey, was celebrated by Newton friends and Harvey families. A Des Moines trip interrupted Margaret Sankey due to a serious accident to her son in law James R Hunter, who fell thirty three feet from a railroad bridge while talking with a man, suffering internal injuries and may not recover.
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Hymen
H. W. Pardoe
North Market Street
Vera Kennedy
Florence Bergman
Telura Pardoe
Wm. Edward Swim
Geo. Selle Davis
J. Q. Swim
M. E
Pana
Ill
T. M. Rodgers
Bri
Pam
Winifred Poorman
Will Schwartz
Des Moines
Freddie Scharf
Marie Davis
Freddie
Mendelssohn
Rodgers
Ida Griebeling
Swim
Telura
Newton High School
Poorman
Bertha
Lura
Happine
Charlie
Hattie
Helen
Harry
Clyde¢ Templeton
J. B. Hart
Oskaloosa
Helen Templeton
Washington
Penn
James Drennan
Gretta Whitehill
New Sharon
Villa Erdman
Keokuk
Fred Poorman
Baxter
Jennie Isianenara
Lsiscer
Peoria
Kennedy
Ames
Tom Clark
Rob ‘Thompson
Paul Phillips
Frank Hummell
Jesse
T. W. C. Anderson
Kansas
Oklahoma
John Q. Wallace
Squire J. W. Allfree
Bennett
Ella Morton
Winn & Carrier's
Drake University
Huldah Longfellow
J. C. Hanna
Liscomb
Misa Nettie Failor
Leavenworth
Kaw
Stella Parsons
Steph
Shenandoah Valey
Virginia
Charlie Howard
Iowa
Old Virginny
Squire
R. N. Stewart
Prairie Township
Stewart
Amelia Harvey
John H. Harvey
Jasper County
Newton
Harvey
Frank Morgan
Albert Lufkin
W. J. Morgan
Mathew ‘Derbyshire
Nellie Pangborn
Delia Morgan
Margaret Sankey
James R. Hunter
Hunter
East Desoines
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Canto
Rogram
E. J
H. Beard
J. C
W. Coxe
D.id
J. W. Hancher
D. D
Iowa Wesleyan University
J. W. Hackley
Tow
Hume
Ervin Leake
W. H. Austin
Omaha
Iowa-Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association
Our City
Stephen M. Merrill
Affine
Hayes
Garrett Biblical Institute
Chicago
Merrill
Jasper
Charlie McElroy
Union
the Opera House
Sarah Goodell
E. Cragan
Colfax
Goodell
Jacob Goodll
Rockford
Roy Martin
Eustice
Champaign
Illinois State University
Y.M.C. A
Charlie Hunter
Bob Lain
Chemung County
New York
Hannah McCalmont
Kanas City
McCalmonts
McCalmont
A. F. Brown
Feq
Fugard & Brown
Mershon Block
Brown
Iowa State University
W. Hough
Moulton
Elmer
Burt
Hough
Harry P. Engle
Iowa College
Vinton
A.p.king
Cambridge
A. P
J. S. Mahan
Jasper County Telephone Co
Reba Mahan
la Porte City
Mr. Mahan
Grace McQuirk
Mrs. Mahan
Vine Street
George Weaver
Dakotas
George
J. R. Gorrell
South Dakota
Kimball
Sheldon Marshall
South Spring Street
Howard Snyder
Betory
E. W. Mitchell
Jas P Wilson
John C. Wilson
withMurray
Edward
Rae
Wayday
Samuel Failor
Andrew Failor
Washington, D. C
D. L. Fullerton
Augusta
H. E. Cook
Hanover
M. Vaughan
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