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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
8
Newton and Vicinity brief notes indicate interested parties have the privilege of a claim process. The document urges submission and verification of facts to ensure proper handling by the issuing office.
Newton area notes list social calls and visits across Des Moines, Iowa City, Kellogg, Killduff, and Ames. Mentions births, marriages, farewells, church events, farm sales, and civic meetings with multiple residents and neighbors named.
Maud V. Clark and Harry T. Lewis lawfully wed. Gee T. Lane and Mary E. Weeke listed. W C Pierce and Hattie Harp among other couples aged 21. Names appear in a probate or civic registry of licenses with partners listed.
Local notices from Winch Oak and vicinity include visits by Ethel Meredith and others, school reports for Rushville Kellogg township, and a big public sale at the Callison farm near Newton. Also mentions a favorable Chicago Chronicle tribute and a brief dialogue about building material from Jasper & Sons.
The season’s notable event is announced for Saturday evening September 20 in Callahan’s production A Romance of Coon Hollow with the same scenery used at the Fourteenth Street Theatre New York. The cast includes the Coon Hollow serenaders a troupe of colored singers and dancers. Unique electric and calcium displays are featured but the play relies on vigorous plot and strong characters true to life. It has enjoyed success in New York Boston Philadelphia New Orleans and other cities and is in its fifth season.
The Iowa Mercantile Co. undertakes a major build in Newton with a complete new heating plant, elevators, and extensive stock. C P Axtell will lead as general manager and Morgan & Hunter oversee furniture and the undertaking department. Kraft drives clothing operations from New York, Hindorff expands the drug and stationery line, and Grace Churchill guides millinery with Josie Walrath as assistant. The Big Store prepares for a full, first-to-second-floor rollout as cars deliver furniture, groceries, dry goods, and more.
The Philadelphia journal expands from sixteen to twenty four pages weekly with a double issue every fourth week. The Fall Fiction Number features a colored cover and 32 pages of short stories and entertaining articles by popular writers. On newsstands September 28. Price unchanged.
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