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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
2
The Atlantic Telegram notes 1912 resolutions to advertise daily and boost the town through the Commercial Club. It remarks on Lorimer news and local interest in Judge Arthur, praising the judge’s work and urging consistent effort to earn a living amid national unemployment.
The Cumberland church hosts ongoing meetings inviting all to attend with evangelist C. O. McFarland and wife delivering the fourth lecture in the series at the opera house Friday night. Families from Masena, Anita, and Massena share holiday meals and news as residents gather. Plain details note travel plans as Walter Pratt and family relocate to Seattle for a new home.
A period advertisement touts D D D Prescription as instantly relieving eczema and skin troubles caused by germs. It argues skin issues grow from germs, warns against waiting, and offers a 23 cent trial with a full guarantee if the first full size bottle fails.
Christmas social notes and visits fill the town diary. Des Moines telephone girl Bessie Harrison spends Christmas with her parents. Town residents travel to Omaha and Des Moines for holidays. A fire alarm at John Wylie’s house prompts bucket brigade efforts but the home is saved with end and roof damaged. The piece catalogs numerous local visits, family gatherings, and small purchases during the season.
Wiota notes recount visits by Mr and Mrs Carson and others, school vacation news, a resignation of Prof Cornell, local Christmas celebrations at Atlantic and Wiota churches, Santa Claus at the Methodist program, dances at Woodmen hall, wrestling plans, staff changes at area papers, and a Christmas purse for Clint Foster as a local Good Fellows gesture.
An old line promotes Chamberlain's Haiment as a reliable remedy for sprains bruises muscle soreness and rheumatic pain. The ad notes it is sold by all dealers and targets general family use with a trusted formula.
Advertisement claims ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP cure pimples blackheads eczema dandruff and skin or scalp irritations in infants and adults. It asserts quick relief and one bottle or soap cake often cures minor cases and promises you will feel like a new person. Sold by leading druggists and at Moore Drug Store Atlantic City.
ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP are advertised as universal cures for eczema and related skin conditions. The ad claims quick relief for infants to adults, detailing a penetrating action that removes germs from beneath the skin. Endorsed and sold by Moore Drug Store in Atlantic.
Mr. B W L Hall of Waverly Virginia advocates Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the best cold medicine. He states the quicker a cold is cured the less danger of pneumonia and other serious diseases and that friends agree with his view.
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