Wedding of John Garfield Stevenson and Ruth Herbert
Last evening at seven o'clock a wedding uniting John Garfield Stevenson and Ruth Herbert took place at the home of Mrs. Maria Herbert 1102 Locust street with about sixty five guests. Reverend A B Griffith performed a ring ceremony as Mrs W H Bixby played the wedding march. The couple, from prominent Cass and Shelby county families, will reside near Buck Creek and visit Ruth's grandmother in Indiana before returning for Christmas.
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Maria Herbert
Locust Street
John Garfield Stevenson
Iss Ruth Herbert
Buck Creek
W.H. Bixby
Walnut
A. B. Griffith
W. R. Bixby
Frankie
Laura Clawson
Council Bluffs
Ralph Herbert
Audubon
Wm. Stevenson
Clarinda
Melville P. Herbert
Belle Pisine
Canada
Cass
Shelby
Ruth Herbert
South Bend
Ind
Iowa City
Bell Ringers Tonight At Methodist Church
The Chicago Male Quartet and bell ringers appear at the Methodist church this evening as part of Epworth League events. Atlantic residents are urged to attend and support the young church members with a full house. Reserved seats are available at Misa Parsons drug store until seven o'clock tonight.
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Chicago
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Atlantic
Misa Parsons Drug Store
Ishmael Tonight at the Theatre With New Play Cast
Tonight Ishmael is presented at the theatre a new play with an excellent fourteen person cast and special scenery. Also offered are kodaks and Brownies valued $1 to $12 with a complete outfit for $4. News office advertises white tissue paper gift wrap and Xmas coin cards.
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Ishmael
Atlantic to Close on Two Mondays After Holidays
A city petition signed by local business men leads to all stores in Atlantic closing on Monday December 26 and Monday January 2. Shops will close Saturday night and reopen Tuesday morning to give employers and employees a rest after the holiday rush.
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Atlantic
Miners Entombed as Leyden Coal Mine Burns
United Press reports a coal mine at Leyden, fourteen miles from Denver, is on fire with fourteen miners trapped inside. Authorities fear all are dead as efforts to reach them continue amid thick smoke and unsafe conditions.
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The
United Press
Denver
Leyden
Erree
Elevator collapse kills two Moore Bros men in Fargo
In Fargo North Dakota a Moore Bros elevator collapsed crushing corn, wheat and machinery. Rigsell A. Moore and Carl Tuskand died. Isaac Bell, a clerk, was severely injured. The accident occurred early today at the Moore Bros facility.
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United Press
Pargo
N. D
A. Moore
Moore Bros
Carl Tuskand
Isaac Bell
Attacked by striking workers a detective fires
Chicago December report states Detective Sergeant Chas Welnicki fired his revolver during a morning clash with striking garment workers, killing an unknown striker and fatally wounding another as unrest spreads. Other items note clericals and Carlists allying in Madrid and Turkish troops deployed to quell revolts in Syria.
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United Press
Chicago
Seargent Chas. Welnicki
Congressman Joel Yook Dies In Philadelphia Home
PHILADELPHIA Penn Dec 15 Congressman Joel Yook died at his home here today The notice includes a flashback sequence of carnival acts and local jokes but the central fact is the death of the congressman at his residence in Philadelphia The piece also mentions a quirky cultural aside about a unique Wednesday and Thursday but provides no further official details.
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Yook
The
United Press
Philadelphia
Penn
Joel Yook
Young makes maiden speech in the Senate
Senator Lafe Young of Iowa delivered his maiden Senate speech opposing tariff revisions and warning that free farm products while protecting manufactured goods would breed a new insurgent movement. He cited Governor Foss of Massachusetts and invited him to visit Iowa.
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Lafe Young
Cummins
The
United Press
Washington, D. C
Massachusetts
Iowa
Senate
Cumming
Young
Foss
Canada
Senator Young
Grand Jury Opens Probe Into Mexican Lynching in Texas
In Austin on December 15, a grand jury at Rock Springs began investigating the lynching of Antonio Roderiquez, a Mexican man. District Judge Burney instructed the panel to indict every person connected with the lynching to prevent further trouble between the United States and Mexico.
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Burney
District Court
Roderiquez
United Press
Austin
Texas
Rock Springs
Antonio Roderiquez
Mexas
Railroads Seek Mediation After Wage Talks Collapse
Despairing of wage settlement with 30 000 engineers 67 western railroads appeal for mediation under the Erdman act. Roads say employes rejected 9 percent wage increases and demanded 18 to 17 percent. They urge Knapp and Neal to come to Chicago at once to aid peace. Weather predicts Iowa fair and cooler, with promotion ads and appointments favored. New Lathrop Michigan village wiped out by fire. Flint reports communications cut off.
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United Press
Chicago
Chas
P. Neal
U. S
Martin Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Knapp and Neal
Michigan
Flint, Mich
New Lathrop
Married Today at Local Civic Ceremony
Geo Huddleson and Miss Wilma Mass, both of the Wiota vicinity, wed today in a ceremony conducted by the mayor in Straight City. The couple resides nearby and their marriage was announced in today’s notices.
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Geo, Huddleson
German steamer Paterno sinks off Cape Boce with 24 dead
A German steamer named Paterno struck a rock off Cape Boce on Spain’s west coast and broke apart. Five passengers and nineteen crew members are reported lost, with rescue efforts underway as weather and sea conditions hinder operations.
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Meuberg
United. Press
Madrid
Spain
Cape Boce
Police raid buck et shops. factory sale unsettled
Details from Chicago dated December 15 report police, at federal request, raiding a dozen bucket shops and arresting many men. Durr & Sun ice cream factory sale not yet completed. deal may transfer to Waller Day of Beatrice, Nebraska tomorrow. Center Schoolhouse box social postponed for weeks. Cumberland wedding set for December 21 between Miss Carrie M Johnson and George B Keyser. police court fined one drunk. marriage licenses issued for Gieo Huddleson Wiota and Wilina Mags. Baptist Ladies to hold pantry gate December 17. references to Christmas gifts and enclosure proposals.
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United Press
Chicago
Durr & Sun
Waller Day
Beatrice, Nel
Chambers is Doing Well in Western Pacific Private Secretary Role
The News reports J. H. Chambers known as Jess, private secretary to the Western Pacific Railroad passenger traffic manager Lomax, visited with his wife and relatives here. He departs tonight for New York on business, praising Frisco as improved after the disaster. The piece notes his enthusiasm and prospects for a better job if he continues focusing on his duties.
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Western Pacific Railroad
J. H. Chambers
Jess
Chambers
J. A. McWard
New York
Western Pacific
Mr. Lomax
U. P
Joss
Frisco
Funeral of Mrs Wood in Congregational Church
The funeral for the late Mrs Amy Wood will be held at 3 PM Friday at the Congregational Church with Rev H O Spelman officiating. Interment in Atlantic cemetery. The casket will not be opened at the church. viewing at 1:30 to 2:30 PM Friday at B A Wood 1009 Chestnut Street. Mrs Bagge, daughter of the deceased, will accompany the remains arriving tomorrow morning.
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Congregational Church
Atlantic Cemetery
Amy” Wo. Wood
H- O. Spelman
B. A. Wood
Chestnut Street
Bagge
Deoeaged
Battle renewals near Guerero in Mexico clash
In El Paso on December 15, reports say renewed fighting between Insurgents and Diaz forces at Guerero. Both sides reinforced, about 2000 men engaged, Diaz artillery inflicted heavy casualties, with roughly 300 killed and wounded on both sides as insurgents were driven from trenches and pursued to hilltops.
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United Press
EL Paso
Texas
Guerero
Card of Thanks and Local Personal Notes
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to the G A R ladies for flowers during illness. Notes on Mrs W C Carter improving, C B Osborne’s hearse readiness, H M Boorman attending legal business, J L Winne attending a funeral in Lewis, Mrs Helen Lewis traveling to Chicago and Wapakoneta, Louis Hagen and Peter Thulin visiting News with subscription tidbits.
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C. B. Osborne
H. M. Boorman
Audubon
Lewis Cemetery
Helen Lewis
Chicago
Wapakoneta
Nellie Streght
Louis Hagen
Cumberland F
Peter Thulin
Griswold
Dustn
Hire Department Elects Officers At Meeting
The Atlantic Fire Department elected new officers for the ensuing year at a meeting last evening. Chief Leslie Smith and Zachary Lang asst chief, John Hoffmann 2nd asst chief, A W Brown secretary, Will Cornell treasurer, Peter Janus chief of police, Frank Perkins property man, and trustees A W Brown Bud Rowe and Ernie Rushenberg. New officers assume duties January 2nd as current officers retire. Chief David Snyder ends a two year term with notable progress including a new horse-drawn hose wagon.
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Atlantic Fire Department
Leslie Smith
Lsat
Zeno Lang
John Hoffman
A. W. Brown
Will Cornell
Peter Janus
Frank Perkins
Bud Rowe
Wrnie Rushenberg
Phoenix Hose Company
Modern Wood Men Elect New Officers at Park Camp 167
John D. Denison of Dubuque attended the January meeting of Park Camp 167 M W A and accused the order of graft. The lodge dismissed the charges as unfounded, electing F J White as council and M H Funk as master among other officers for the coming year. Installation is set for the first meeting night in January.
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M. W
F. J. White
Miller
Wo Deering
Clork
J. W Gardner
Wateman
Peron
Harl Coa
Mullins
Graham
M. H. Funk
John D. Denison
Dubuque
Corns
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Jack Fat
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Ahrens Millinery
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Jerusalem
Adna
Syria
Jim Stim
Fale
Fred ‘Alexander's. Att
Commissioner of Labor
Rhody
Tech News
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Willis Vanderventer
Joseph R LeMar
Supreme Court
Fred Alexander
Center Schoolhouse
Washington ‘Township
Grach Borchardt
Cumberland
Carrie Mabel Johnson
S. I. Johnson
George B. Keyser
Dickinson
Police Court
Gieo, Huddleson, Wiota
Iwilina Mags
Same
Baptist Ladies
Christensen’s
News Office
Red .Alexander's
Wood
Conrad's
W. C. Carter
Dollis
Conrad
LHS
Smith
Giera
Snyder Out Ag
Woodmen
Menting
Toytallation
John D. Dennison Hore
Coney Island
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