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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
4
Hogs receipts 15000 with mixed bids and top 8.15. cattle and sheep receipts 5000 and 17000 with steady to weak tones. Numerous local notices report travel, visits, and farm sales in Anita and surrounding towns including Des Moines, Griswold, and Rock Island. farm land purchases and property transfers noted, with several residents traveling to nearby counties for reunions and medical matters.
South Omaha notes hogs receipts 6300 with prices 7.20 to 7.70 for butchers and heavy. Cattle receipts 8005 slow with steers 4.00 to 7.50, cows 3.00 to 5.00, feeders 3.00 to 5.25. Sheep receipts 7500 steady with wethers and yearlings 4.50 to 5.35, ewes 2.50 to 4.40, lambs 6.00 to 7.3.
Mrs. Winder and children visited her brother Andrew Buckner in Billiott. Theld a Wie gand and Charles Wie gand family members visited Hamburg. Mia and the Muntendam couples plus Mae Peterson and Bessie Stone attended a Griswold reunion. Hd Tromblee, son of Ben Tromblee, reportedly died by suicide near Woodward Oklahoma. Anna and Lizzie Wie gand returned from Freemont. S R Horton and daughter visited Monroe. Henry Wiegand and family from Fremont are in Anita. W J Johnson Jr plans to work in Fort Collins sugar mills. Gertrude Meinhardt visited Atlantic. Sam R Horton visited Brayton to see his father. Mae Ward and two daughters from Council Bluffs visiting.
A detailed Ford sales pitch argues specialization yields value and debunks higher prices. It touts the Model T as a low priced, high quality car with proven service, large production, and a long delivery record. The Atlantic Automobile Company offers demonstrations.
The column lists residents and visitors in Lewis including Mesdames Davis Bohling Gif ford Haworth and others at Chautauqua grounds, families returning from Nebraska and Europe, trips to Denver Seattle St Louis and Dakota, while noting the Lewis Red Sox 8 to 1 loss to Merchants Greys and upcoming Original game.
People and families are noted in travels through Yellowstone Park and visits from Omaha to Iowa. Deaths and medical issues appear with Mrs Hardenbergh's heart failure and a thumb amputation for a felon. Local doctors, sermons, and a medicine ad round out the community bulletin with health remedies and remedies amid August events.
Prompt attention given all orders from J Burner Store in Western Iowa. The ad highlights tobacco and cigars with address at Sixth Street and Atlantic.
An old catalog style ad promotes Pinesalve carbolized for emergencies like bruises cuts and burns and Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as a pleasant prompt remedy for colds. It notes W. T. Palmer & Co. as the selling drug store.
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