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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1909
Page
10
A missionary jokes that the best present for elderly folks in China is a coffin, jokingly comparing it to a box of Havana cigars. His father, offended, leaves the room in a huff. Also notes on Resinol eczema ad and Japanese compass sleeping customs from The Sunday Magazine.
An advertisement extols the New Klondike Incubator as a stylish, oil‑efficient unit for raising chicks and ducklings with low heat needs. It invites readers to request a catalogue from Klondike Incubator Company in Des Moines Iowa. The passage also includes a brief literary quote from The Circle about a man who buys a song for 60 cents.
Beware of ointments for catarrh that contain mercury. Mercury damages health and should only be used on prescription from reputable physicians. Wall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists. Pills for constipation. Hamlin's Wizard Oil touted for throat relief. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS with PAZO OINTMENT. RUSS BLUE recommended for whitening clothes. N. W. Hide & Fur Co. buys hides and furs in Minneapolis.
Collier's Weekly reports on Erie Railroad testing a 12 mile electric automatic safety signal system. It auto stops trains for obstructions, logs times to prevent false reports, uses a green track clear light, and enables station and line telephony for quick orders. The system promises reduced wrecks and lower costs than current rolling stock losses.
An old Rock Island engineer recalls a sighting of a man stepping onto the track and a crash that seemed like a ghost. The victim, a deaf-mute, survived with a broken leg after the engineer stopped the train. The incident left him shaken but convinced the event was real in hindsight.
Consul Damm reports the Canadian Pacific railroad maintains a floral department to beautify grounds at 1500 stations and through 2000 packages with 500000 bulbs for indoor and outdoor planting. The program entails high costs but yields attractive station grounds and pride. Some stations feature miniature parks laid out by landscape gardeners, with many employees showing strong engagement. Western divisions offer cash prizes up to 50 dollars for top gardens, ten dollars for best in each division, and smaller awards for smaller districts.
A Chicago Inter Ocean editorial lauds motormen and engineers for daily heroism and fearless conduct. It argues that transit workers bear the burden of public safety, with courage beyond training, and compares their risk to knights in battle.
In the shadow of financing schemes the Big Four consider a 20 million bond issue while Missouri Pacific targets 175 million and Atlantic Coast Line 200 million. Other major lines seek large capital as railroads prepare for extensive track, rail, and equipment purchases next year and the year after.
An elderly railroader recalls his father on the Illinois Central in early days. He describes dangerous stock on unminted fences and a famous belligerent Shorthorn bull that blocked trains until a pepper box revolver was used, after which the bull vanished from the line.
A witness recounted in his own words how a railroad accident unfolded as he walked the tracks with Ole, noting the progression from Ole’s hat to multiple body parts before realizing something terrible had happened. The tale is paired with a note about Pennsylvania Railroad’s new terminal in New York featuring 16 miles of tracks and 21 standing stations.
The piece touts 160 acre Canadian homesteads in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with yields of 40 to 60 bushels per acre and fields producing 100 bushels of oats per acre. It notes rail lines schools churches and towns growing along the Grand Trunk Pacific and urges readers to consider moving to Central Canada to become wheat producers for Canada and the United States.
A renowned clergyman travels in a nonsmoking compartment headed north. The only other passenger lights a cigarette without asking. The reverend, preferring to smoke, asks permission with a sly smile. Also a comic exchange from Puck features Mrs Boggs and Mrs Woggs lamenting domestic annoyances.
Advertisement claims a radical cure for rheumatism in 1 to 3 days by Dr Detehon relief. It asserts the medicine removes the cause and the disease quickly disappears with strong first benefits cited to druggists. A stray line notes a jealous woman remark in a separate thought.
Frederick Mayer born in Hessen Darmstadt to Milwaukee in 1851 began as a journeyman then started his own boot making business. By 1890 his Milwaukee and Seattle factories produced 9000 pairs daily, employing many and paying over six hundred thousand dollars in wages. His sons continued the policy, expanding Mayer shoes across 24 states with sixty five traveling salesmen. He died March 16 1893 leaving a sizable, thrifty German enterprise noted as a monument. The piece closes with a rector anecdote about a reciting officer seeking to meet local clergy.
Mrs. Jeanette Ryder, an American humanitarian, has spent ten years in Cuba. She is credited with doing more than others to suppress bull and cock fighting on the island.
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