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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
2
A store boy delivers a talk on grafters and reformers then pivots to ovens and kitchen gadgets. He jokes that half baked reformers have too much dough and cannot row, using culinary imagery to praise labor saving tools and modern appliances for housewives and diners. The piece encourages shoppers to visit and explore the store’s modern wares.
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Coming events include Massena Fair from August 31 to September 2 and Cass County Fair September 14 to 22. Des Moines Conference M E Church annual session at Clarinda on September 9. District Court on September 22 and the general election on November 8.
Carson Critic reader remarks on Chautauqua attendance and farmer drivers in a Carson-Bluffs scene. Taft condemns Bryan as a prosperity threat in Athens Ohio. Roosevelt endorses emergency currency. Tillman doubts Bryan’s election. Des Moines rivals face late mysteries.
The Postoffice boys won 8 to 4 over the Chicken Pickers in seven innings at the ball park yesterday morning. It was a well played game tying the series at one game apiece with a rubber to follow. Lineup and scoring details listed. Postoffice to meet Rock Island next Sunday on local grounds.
Des Moines August 31. Democratic leaders oppose a special session to let voters decide the next U.S. senator. They denounce the move as class legislation and political trickery while noting Bryan’s call for popular elections. Republicans seek a voter named candidate after the prior nominee died.
S Leach and Dr F W Porter depart in the morning for Oska loosa to attend the Grand Lodge as delegates from Laurel Lodge No 102. Delegates from the Pythian sisters are Mesdames A M Petite and C L Campbell but neither will attend, so likely no representative will be sent.
Walnut promoter Col George W Adams was elected president of a Treynor based company proposing an electric line from Omaha to Des Moines via Treynor Extra Guthrie Center Panora and Dallas Center. He asserts millions can be secured and hints at family connections to a historic Colonel Sellers.
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