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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
7
The Office Boy muses on age and ambition in a compact essay style. He jokes that children and workers shape future leaders, laments the slow path to owning a store, and advocates selling guaranteed goods with honest shop policies for a fair trade.
Auctioneer Herman Nau conducts a sale for N. W. Deering and Son in Atlantic, listing items and terms for bidders. Community attendance expected as customers seek household goods and tools.
Phone 13 on either line. Subscription rates show several options: 7 Carrier one year costs 5.00, 4y Carrier six months costs 2.56, 3y Carrier one month costs 0.50. Mail within the United States one year costs 3.00, mail to foreign countries costs 4.40. P. Chash, Associate Editor.
The report recounts the Marianna mine catastrophe and the brave rescue of John J. Ivill Jr. by his uncle and father, who descended the shaft to recover him. It also includes a Des Moines Register item debating the meaning of anything, a courtroom quip, and local notices about residents and medicines advertised by W. T. Palmer & Co.
A notice promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a cure and advises treating each cold seriously to avoid chronic catarrh. Miss Susie Ehrman visits from Anita. Emma Johnson returns to Maine after visiting the Harris home. Mrs. M. White of Butler, Tenn., shares a testimonial praising the remedy for throat and lung relief.
A gold and enamel watch charm with monogram I C S and allegorical reverse is missing from Walnut Street or the old Commercial Bank Building stairway. Return to Messenger office for reward. Also ads note crepe paper sale and a Kensington and cake sale hosted by the Presbyterian Ladies at Mrs. George’s home Friday evening.
The Well-Informed favor the laxative combination Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna for its known wholesome components and gentle yet prompt action. The California Fig Syrup Co. cites ethical supply and merits, urging purchase of the genuine product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
Fancy crepe paper priced at 16 cents a roll offered at the News. Peter Hopley left for Chicago to attend the National Live Stock Show. Real estate transfers list several parcels and trustees, including Mrs. Clarence Hedges to James E B Bruce and others dated November 30, 1908, with properties in Atlantic and surrounding parcels.
Mrs Pearl Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Rowe takes charge of the Northwestern Railroad station at Hanford Iowa for the month. The office handles railroad business via phone, not telegraph. Limited supplies offered include Ham mer pencils at four cents each or seven for twenty five cents. Carbon paper sells for 40 cents a dozen sheets at the News office.
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