Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1903 — Newland [ARTICLE]

Newland

Frances Hniiihan visited frier ds at Attica and Fowler last week. Dennis Brooks has secured a position on one of Hac ks dredges near Hebron and will mpve there at once. G orge Beedy who formerly lived here with bis parents, bat has been living at Blue Island,'"lll , the past four years moved back Monday and will try farming next year. Charles N wlaad and wife of Lima, Ohio has moved here and will work in the oil fields until spring and tlen try farm ng and onion, raising. John Richmond and Theodore Smith are buiidtng bridges this week for T. M. Callahan. Jake Johnson purobased a new buggy o' Giffjrd & Callahan last week. Now girls is your chanoe. The C. W. V. will run an excursion to Rensselaer show day. Julas Raska of Aix was a caller here one day last week. Onions are fine here this year the aoerage is not so large as some years ago but what we have are fine, oorn is also good. But oats are very poor will not make a ha’f a crop. Miss Edna Gifford who has been visiting friends at this place went to Laura Friday to visit her brother Freeman before returning homer' at Sandwich 111.