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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
2
The text describes an investment of over 30000 in land in a Dakota territory tributary to Aberdeen and mentions plans for land use and securing friends and customers over the next five to ten years. The fragment references Iowa and South Dakota and a visiting trip two years ago.
Ike Block writes from New York City that he has been there three days and enjoyed himself though he has not yet seen the main business district. The note ends with a line urging readers to order coal from Green Bay Lumber Co.
A Cass county farmer voices support for Republican policies, arguing the South lacks political voice under democracy and praising higher crop prices. He cites corn at eight cents rising to sixty and urges paying fair prices to sustain prosperity and wages.
The Chicago market shows hogs strong and higher than yesterday with 5,000 on bid. Cattle and sheep steady with large Monday volumes. grain prices list Wheat 77-80 cents, corn 65-67, oats 87, barley 46, rye 60. Produce prices include eggs 15, butter 18-20, potatoes 50.
In a store scene a boy jokes about grafters and reformers and likens a half baked reformer to too much dough. He notes ovens and kitchen devices as essential for modern times and urges visitors to check out labor saving utensils for housework and meals.
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