Thanksgiving Day 1888

BROWN, CLIFF, MCCORD, MILLER, SAIDRIDGE, SALMON, SCRIBNER, WAGLEY, COWLES, PHILLIPS, GRIFFIN, EVANS, HOWARD, CLARK, WILDER, CURTIS, MEYERS, LYDAY, SLOANAKER, FAILOR, JONES, ROBINSON, WILSON, RYAN, HUNTER

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 3/22/2012 at 09:56:15

Thanksgiving Day in Newton – This year Thanksgiving Day was ushered in with leaden skies and a general air of dreariness, making a striking contrast to the faces and hearts of the people, which were full of hospitality, charity and real sunshine-making it one of those happy days one loves to remember.

Union services were held in the Christian Church attended by a goodly number of our people. Rev. D. Brown of the Presbyterian Church, delivered an excellent and appropriate discourse after which the usual Thanksgiving collection was taken up for the benefit of the poor, amounting to something over $18.00

While our entire country is observing this holiday in National Thanksgiving, Newton is not behind. Socially, it was the day for general family and friendly re-unions and in this respect was probably more generally observed than ever before in our city. We give below, as far as we have been able to gather them, a list of those who entertained friends and relatives:

At Supt. J. W. Cliff’s –Prof. and Mrs. W. A. McCord, of Des Moines, and Supt. and Mrs. Dan Miller.

Mr. John Saidridge’s – E. J. Salmon and wife, W. H. Scribner and wife, O. N. Wagley and wife, M. Cowles, Jake Cowles and wife, W. H. Phillips and wife, W. Phillips and wife, A. D. Griffin and wife, and Miss Elizabeth Evans.

Mother Howard’s – All the children and grandchildren.

Mr. Alanson Clark’s – Chas. Wilder, Oscar Little and wife, Miss Bee Curtis and Mr. O. P. Meyers.

E. E. Lyday’s J. H. Lyday and Chester Sloanaker and their families.

Andrew Failor’s-Dr. Failor and Chas. Failor with their families, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Jones.

Ralph Robinson’s-Mrs. Gen. Wilson and Rector Ryan with their families.

George B. Hunter’s – mother Hunter, Dr. h. E. Hunter and family, J. B. Eyery and Judge Lewis.

Miss Kittie Mulhern’s - Messrs. Lester Laird, Charlie Brown, and Grannville Ryan, Colfax, and Misses Stella Winn and Ida King.

Jas. A. Kerr’s - Father and Mother Zinn, Mother Kerr and family, C. M. Hinsdale and family and Wesley Roberts and family.

Robt. Dixon’s - Harvey Dixon, of Des Moines, Mrs. Hiatt, Mrs. A. Dixon, and the Smith, Brown and Campbell families.

A. Lufkin’s – H. J. Skiff and wife, Ralph Parmenter and wife, Frank Morgan and wife and Mrs. W. J. Morgan.
Wm. Vaughan’s – Fred, Henry, and Ella with their families. Mrs. Mary Lindley and Mrs. Pinney of Michigan.

Chas. McFarland’s – Henry McFarland and family, W. G. Work and wife, Dr. Linn and wife, J. H. McCord and wife, C. W. Mennig and wife, all of Des Moines, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winn. In addition to the above, the following were also entertained by Mrs. McFarland in the evening; The families of S. G. Smith, I. B. Carns, F. T. Campbell, Frank Wilson and A. K. Brown.

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Davis entertained their son Frank and his wife, of Des Moines, this being their first visit to the parental home since their marriage.

W. A. McCalmont’s – Mr. and Mrs. Chal. Hunter, Chas. Porter and family and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parcells of Chicago.

Wm. B. Ritter’s – Mrs. Anna Hammer, of Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ritter, and Mrs. Merl Ritter, of Kansas.

W. C. Parvin’s – Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Dickenson and family.

W. C. Winslow’s – Judge Winslow and family.
N. Townsend’s, - T. m. Rodgers and family.

D. L. Clark and wife and Jay Clark’s family were guests of Mrs. Lena Abdil, in Des Moines.

Judge and Mrs. Ryan met with a number of other friends in general thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Macy, in Md. Prairie Tp.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McGregor, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown, and Robt. and Will McGregor were guests of their brother, Jas. McGregor, ir. Des Moines.

We would have been pleased to have given a more complete list, and if any are missed it was not been from any lack of effort on our part to ascertain them. ~ The Newton Journal 12-5-1888.