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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
7
Royal Baking Powder Company of New York advertises use of its powder to raise bread and cake, highlighting its leavening power for home bakers.
Chicago market report shows hog receipts 11 000 with mixed quality and steady bid ranges from 5.15 to 5.80 for various classes. Cattle receipts 400 steady with Monday forecast 28 000. sheep 2 000 weak with Monday estimate 25 000. Also notes a home talent play at the opera house Tuesday December 22 directed by J Frank W Whitcomb titled On the Frontier with a praised cast and anticipated strong attendance.
Market figures show hogs five dollars, beef steers five fifty to six twenty five, cows and butcher goods two to three fifty, stock steers three fifty to four twenty six. The late Mrs. John Dimig was buried from the Catholic church at ten this morning, Father Daly officiating, with a long procession of carriages and a large turnout. Pallbearers listed as Strittmatter, Odem, Richter, Bopp, Comes and Ross.
A promotional ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for constipation headache biliousness and malaria and claims they are painless. It also markets Pincules for the kidneys as quick acting globules claimed to relieve backache rheumatism lumbago and fatigue with a 30 days trial priced at $1.00. Sold by W T Palmer & Co drug store.
A remarkable preparation for rheumatic pains, lame back, sprains and bruises. Claims quick relief from pain worth its cost. Priced 26 cents small size 50 cents large. Sold by Atlantic Drug Co.
Public sale of farm assets to clear estate set for Wednesday December 28 at 10 a.m. on property 3 miles NW of Atlantic and 4 miles SE of Marne on the Marne telephone road. Items include 7 horses, 12 cattle, 22 hogs, farm implements, and miscellaneous produce with usual terms. Also an advertisement for hair care product Herpicide from The News office.
A long list of residents from Wiota Walnut Earlham Marne and Griswold were in or traveling through the city today. Names include Miss Ella Larson Mrs H H Harris Earl Coe Mrs Wm Meyers Mrs Ed Crowe Grace McCarty and many more with various Atlantic O omaha or Des Moines connections.
T H Hendershot escaped serious injury when a stray rifle bullet crashed through his shop window and buried itself in opposite woodwork. The shooter, a careless boy, violated city ordinance forbidding guns within corporate limits without mayoral permission. Authorities investigate potential prosecution.
Advertises a home absorption treatment for piles with promises of immediate relief and permanent cure. Encourages sending address to Mre M Summers, Box P, Notre Dame, Indiana for a trial kit with locality references if requested and requests no money up front.
Mark Johnson offers electrical supplies at East Fourth Street with Musson phone Green 212.
The funeral of Mrs. Rhoda Bair will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of her granddaughter Mrs. Harry Cavenaugh located at 200 East Fifth Street. Interment will follow in Atlantic Cemetery.
A Notre Dame woman promotes a home remedy for rheumatism promising relief for muscular and joint pains, sciatica, lumbago, backache, kidney pain and neuralgia. She claims the cure is contactless with no climate change needed and requests sufferers write for the treatment free of charge.
An ad states Chamberlain's Cough Remedy supports nature by soothing the cough aiding expectoration and relieving the lungs to restore health. Sold by Atlantic Drug Co.
The News denounces free promotion for public events and money making schemes. It says advertisers must pay standard advertising rates for boosting in the paper, or rely on the job office with free mentions only.
C M Reynolds postmaster and publisher at Sutherland Neb arrived in the county to handle business and was a welcome caller at the office today. His brother C G Reynolds came up from Griswold to assist with matters in the city.
One essential for happy homes is information on quality products. The text promotes a well known laxative Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical remedy praised by physicians and the well informed, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co, available through leading druggists.
Mrs A C Williams of Beech, Ky recalls a graveyard cough tearing lungs apart. Doctors failed, then Dr King's New Discovery gave relief, she gained 58 pounds and regained health. The medicine, claimed as a world healing record for coughs and lung diseases, is sold with guarantee at 60 cents to $1. Trial bottle free. Atlanta Drug Store hawks Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a top health builder.
W C Klestler of Halliday Ark praises Electric Bitters for malaria stomach and liver troubles and run down conditions saying the medicine keeps him well. It purifies and enriches the blood tones nerves and imparts vigor. Money back if it fails to help. 60 cents at dealers.
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