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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
5
In Villisca Iowa two daughters of John Lacock aged nineteen and twenty three were drowned while attempting to cross the Nodaway River three miles from Villisca. Their brother driving the team upset the rig in deep water. neighbors rescued him but the sisters could not be reached. Bodies recovered. The item also notes local business notices and ads from Emery Burgner and Block & Son.
The Grant City Star lauds Hon H M Boorman of Atlantic Iowa for his Sunday afternoon lecture The Trial of Jesus at the local Chautauqua praising its vivid description and masterful delivery. It notes audience size and calls Boorman one of the era’s strongest Chautauqua orators and predicts a new address next year. City levies outlined for next year include 24 mills total plus a 3 mill road tax. Kate McKay reports a hospital operation with favorable recovery. Real estate transfers dated August 7 1908 listed.
Mayor Straight warns residents practice must stop on sidewalks as it is illegal. The notice includes weather notes for Chicago dated Aug 19, 1968, mentioning generally fair conditions and cooler nights, and ends with a quirky editorial remark and signature Emery Burgner.
Henry T. Auerbach and Frieda Emilie Brehmer wed at 3 PM in the German Evangelical church in a large ceremony with many out of town guests. Rev Braun officiated as they became man and wife. A reception at German hall tonight is expected to be well attended. Also notes: baby girl born to Fred Durr and wife last Sunday and the government post office roof being repainted.
The first day of the 10th annual Cass Montgomery Veterans association reunion in Griswold features good weather, large crowds, and speeches by Hon. H. H. Byers, Walter Ismith, Rev. Allen, and Rev. Oslo. The program includes morning and afternoon addresses, evening talks, and ball games, with about 500 campers and plans for next year’s gathering.
A society page itemizes dinners and gatherings: Henry Swan hosted sixteen boys for supper as visiting McGregor relatives stayed with the Coates. Mrs Swan and Mrs Nichols assisted. Mrs Phelps, Miss Sanford, and Miss Ayers planned a Thursday afternoon visit. Mr and Mrs Brat hosted twenty-five guests on South Poplar, with Dr E S Hill and Caroline Brown attending. An eighteen-guest surprise at Mrs Job Walker’s Poplar home featured baskets, sweet peas, and brass candelsticks gifted to Walker by Dr Hill. The note credits Mrs H M Finkbine and Mrs C W Campbell for planning. Out-of-town attendees listed include Dr Hill of Redlands, Miss Boyle of Anita, Mrs Myers of Rock Island, Miss Belleville of Bolsey Idaho, and Mrs Wm Barber of Wiggins, Miss.
Louis R. Hough the Des Moines hog buyer returns home with his wife after a reconciliation ending divorce plans. He cites nervous breakdown over finances and fear of an Ankeny man as reasons for his absence. He denies elopement claims and says he will face consequences and seek a fresh start in business.
Tomorrow morning from nine to twelve o clock a private sale will offer a large assortment of household goods bed clothing fruits and sells plus a splendid organ available at the Collins and Foley millinery shop.
Old time resident George DeVoss of Douglas township Montgomery county about eight miles south of Griswold died from a fall in a barn he was filling with hay. He leaned against an unfastened hayloft door and fell to the ground breaking his neck, dying almost instantly.
Anita defeated Extra by five to three with Marshalls battery for Anita. The Des Moines conference of the M E church will hold its annual session this year at Clarinda on the 9th of September.
A L Milhollen manager of the Fullerton Lumber Company yard in Massena and Miss Tinwkes of Massena were married this morning at eleven o'clock in the Church of Christ parsonage with Rev W M Elston officiating. The groom known as Roy Milbolin to friends and the bride, daughter of a prominent retired Massena farmer, were attended by two Massena youths who witnessed the ceremony.
A Washington poet recalls a troubling nocturnal vision and recounts a superstition from Virginia about bad dreams. The exchange centers on whether a dream is pleasant or unpleasant and the believability of Friday night’s omen predicting Saturday’s fate.
At the Rock Island depot office last evening the Atlantic branch of the Iowa State Railway Employees Protective Association was organized with twelve charter members. F E Deuel of Council Bluffs acted as state organizer and Bert Ramsey was elected president with C L Smith as secretary treasurer. The group aims to unite railroad workers across departments similar to a labor federation and is rapidly growing in Iowa. Members listed include A E Taylor B N Sankey Gen Lindberg A C Milner Oscar Anderson John Troy Al A Emigh B Ramsey Joseph Schnitzen Kirk Merrick CL Smith and Fred Lykke.
A string of brief social items records visitors and residents in Omaha and Griswold. Miss Rose Davenport, Hazel Davenport, James Hedges, Mrs J G Davis, Ed Ash, J B Frazier, I Whited, Mrs G F Wheeler, Meredith Walker, Mrs P S Appleman, Mildred Appleman, Mrs Copp mer, F C Stritmatter, Miss Florence Graham, Miss Virginita Cuykendall, Mrs Wm Stevenson, and Rev Jesse Cole are noted with their travels, hotel registrations, or attendance at reunions and church events as they pass through the area. Additional lines mention the Griswold reunion drawing many attendees from the city and surrounding counties.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Ky recalls twenty years of sore eyes ending after using Chamberlains Salve from Atlantic Drug Co. Also a local for sale notice lists one bulky caster at 405 Maple Street.
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