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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
2
Reader notes a curious classified style plea from an office boy offering a marriageable girl with a sweet disposition and musical talents. The ad shifts to a shop pitch touting furniture and houseware at low prices, promising quality and a quick money back guarantee, ending with a puzzling sign off.
A brief masthead style notice lists THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY and CHASE family as directors and stockholders. It provides mailing and phone details, and rates for carrier and mail subscriptions within the United States and abroad, in a period tone.
I B P Chase sworn as secretary treasurer of The News Publishing Company states the paid circulation of the Atlantic Evening News in Cass County Iowa on August 19 1908 was 1880 copies. Sworn before Notary Harry Cavanaugh on August 20 1908.
List of upcoming events includes State Fair Des Moines August 20 to 28 Massena Fair August 31 to September 2 Cass County Fair September 14 to 2 Des Moines Conference M OE Church annual session Clarinda September 9 District Court September 22 and General election November 3rd.
A Pittsburg dispatch reports an ozone plant proving remarkable for curing colds in twenty minutes and purifying water to kill disease germs, with hopes it may clean public supplies. The piece also riffs on political chatter about Bryan, anti imperialism, bank deposits, and gubernatorial blame while noting ironies and peevish jabs at Springfield and Des Moines gatherings.
Republican delegates from Cass county are called to convene August 29 1908 at the Atlantic Iowa opera house to select 11 delegates for the state convention. The state convention will meet September 6 1908 in Des Moines to nominate a candidate for Supreme Court to fill the Bishop vacancy. By order of the Cass county Republican Central Committee August 17 1908.
Ad for Dr WU Hanvse a dentist located at 516 Chestnut street Atlantic offers office contact and services. Mentions office phone 417 and includes notes about fire tornado lite and accident insurance.
A young son arrived for F. C. Pellett. Jack Talty lays a cellar wall for O. N. Becker. Fred Warren cut his hand on a window pane and required stitches while building a new house. Grove party picnicked at Smith's Lake. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. John Brix. George Baylies, visiting his daughter, returns to Red Oak. he is a North Dakota land agent. Vern Hedrick visits his two children. Harl Beckhart attends chautauqua in Oakland. A Pellett trips to Casey. R Scholtz and wife of Riverside, California, visiting Manning, head home to California today.
A lengthy advertisement extols Prof. Leon as the foremost medium and clairvoyant in the country. It claims he can reveal full life details, offer guidance, and provide cures without medicine under a No Cure No Pay motto. Hours listed as 7 PM to 8 AM and Sunday hours 1 to 4 PM.
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