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Dec 22, 2008 | Posted by: roboblogger

A look back 150 years to Christmas in Newton of yesteryear

Full story: Newton Daily News

They say that history repeats itself, and, in this holiday season, I am reminded of the Newton of a century-and-a-half ago, when times were tough and there was widespread dissatisfaction with the administration ...

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Big Balls

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Dec 29, 2008
 
This is all the further we have come in 150 years?
Why would anyone want to live here I often ask myself. Newton Pride, Where?
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Newton chases all the businesses away from here. Altoona is the place to live!!
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