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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1908
Page
7
A dealer advertises low prices on Buggies from the J. H. Needles Estate. Hand Made and Factory styles available with a one year warranty. Inspect stock before paying. repair dept open for work, rubber tire service and horse shoing offered.
A fragmentary line notes a maxim by Samuel Johnson about choosing a certain outcome over an uncertain one, capturing a folk wisdom tone without further context.
A compact reflection on humility citing Homer and the virtue of modest bearing. The fragment underscores restraint in speech and action, suggesting pride harms judgment and social harmony.
The first postoffice scheme emerged as private enterprise and was inaugurated around 1464. The note highlights the early development of mail services and the private sector role in establishing postal networks in that period.
A witty line contrasts mortality with humor noting that while the phrase warns against early deaths the comic bone of jokes outlives the gravest risk. In playful tone the item hints at jokes enduring beyond their makers.
A stream of small ads lists Dr A H Wolf moving to Mrs Marsh's boarding house after April 11 at cor Sixth and Poplar Sts. Also multiple ads selling Upland hay, pure bred Brahma and Wyandotte eggs, a residence for sale on Locust Street, and a modern eight room house with utilities. Additional notices include unused upright pianos and piano cases offered for exchange, a cottage for sale on 512 Locust Street, and White Wyandottes and White Holland turkey eggs for sale. Local services include shoe dyeing, an organ sale, and a dentist and insurance listings. Multiple small business notices and product offers fill the page.
A physician recalls a patient whose husband visited him asking if there is any need for any unnecessary anxiety about his wife. The remark highlighted in Woman's Home Companion reflects a light moment about medical worry.
Several brief notes cover a brightened Kuhl store interior with new goods, a hot eighty degree day confirming summer warmth, Gail Hamill visiting from South Omaha, a planned Knights of Columbus class in Neola May, a Dickinson, North Dakota thriving report, and a Maine area farm house fire affecting Therkeld Jensen family with insurance handled by Farmers Mutual of Gass county.
Ed Wissler son of Henry Wissler and Carroll County attorney was in the city over Sunday and returned home. He praised Carroll's thriving condition and noted his renomination bid before the Democratic primaries with no opposition in his party and none yet on the Republican side. Tad has been a good official and locals likely will endorse his candidacy by a large majority. His two visiting children accompanied him home.
A class of about twelve year olds were examined in geography after a grammar test. A boy aged eleven answered that there are two zones: the masculine zone is temperate or intemperate, the feminine is torrid or frigid, reflecting playful misinterpretation of the term zones.
A fragment from the Liverpool Mercury features quotes about a woman’s satisfaction and a man’s suitability as a husband, with remarks by Bass and Mrs. B. reflecting contrasting views on happiness and expectations.
Sir Dyce Duckworth told the faculty of medicine that many are constitutionally predisposed to rheumatism and gout yet show tissue antagonism to tuberculosis bacilli. He noted that the more rheumatic or gouty a person, the less their tendency to consumption, as reported by the London Post.
A dialogue vignette from The Louisville Courier-Journal features a witty exchange about a photograph. Henry teases about loving another man while a woman replies with a self-portrait joke noting she once had hair.
A note of gratitude to the fire department for prompt work at my store Saturday morning which prevented a serious fire. J. I. Winnie.
Peter Lynch expresses gratitude to many friends for their kindness during his recent misfortune. He thanks them all for their support and consideration.
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