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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
2
Dysentery is a dangerous disease but can be cured. Chanerlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has been successfully used in nine epidemics of dysentery. It has never been known to fail. It is equally valuable for children and adults, and when reduced with water and sweetened, it is pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists.
AROLL of short notes records visits and travel by residents and visitors. Miss Erden Ferguson visits friends in Omaha while Mrs Ona Malone returns to Vista. A R Putnam of Griswold tours Atlantic as Mr and Mrs Frank Trailor of Maine spend the day here. Several locals, including W J Woodward of Lewis and Fred Dittman of Anita, transact business. Other items note illnesses, hospital visits, and travel plans among residents, with names and destinations such as Rock Island, Moberly, Txira, Des Moines, Casey, Boise, and Los Angeles.
A light morning rain at around nine left only one drop per square yard while the street sprinkling wagon was briefly taken out of service. By about two in the afternoon the rain had vanished and the driver resumed sprinkling duties.
The city council finance committee works on the levy for the coming year. Officials believe the rate could be cut by 2 mills without worsening the city’s already hard up condition. Some councillors consider not lowering the rate and instead addressing ongoing financial strain. Special at UNIQUIE tonight features The Iron Tamer.
C A Salisbury supervisor of Cedar street water mains suspended work as heat struck the crew. One man was seriously affected while two others were only slight cases and the city grading gang member also quit. All are better today but none attempted to work.
Swab rents his feed barn to Charles Kinsey who has been employed there for months. Kinsey will run the place on the same plan as before. Mr. and Mrs. Swab plan an extended eastern vacation and will leave soon.
Two youths faced Mayor W. S. Straight for speeding on horses and were fined lightly as a warning that horses should not move swiftly on streets. Justice Pressnall set August 30 for the beer trial in Griswold and CotLhell's legal for illegal sale of liquor before the same court on that date.
The Atlantic Automobile Company sold three machines yesterday. One car went to a customer near Council Bluffs, another to Charles Marlowe of Massena, and a third to A. M. Roberts of Grant.
Mark 8 Fulton and Ola Margaret Graham Lewis marry in a license listing. Burton L. Tyler of Afton and Gertrude T. Davis of Griswold are also noted. An ad promotes Little Liver Pills from W. T. Palmer & Co Drug Store with claims of ease and safety.
Mrs Joseph Schnitzen of North Chestnut Street lies very low after a severe neuralgia of the heart. The note the lions tamer is not present and the warning to avoid danger stands.
Dacken and Tobias sold 120 acres known as the Otto Westfall farm, 434 miles northeast of Atlantic, to August Gerhardt for 165 dollars per acre. The deal establishes a Cass county land record. A program at the UNIQUE features the Lion Tamer tonight. BB N Wolever, a North Dakota land man, with four companions, was delayed in St Paul by illness of Mr Hayes.
The Franks Drug Co promotes ZEMO as a universal cure for eczema and all itching skin conditions with instant relief. They invite customers to request a sample and view displays of numerous cures, alongside a cinema listing for The Lion Tamer at the UNIQUE tonight.
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