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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
4
Rail timetable listing north and southbound trains with numbers, times, and exceptions. Notes include Sunday non-runs for some trains, Audubon and Griswold branch services, and Atlantic Northern Southern divisions with departures and arrivals across multiple lines.
The Chicago market notes report hog receipts at 15,000 with mixed prices and a close down 5 cents, cattle receipts at 3,000 with steady to higher ranges, and sheep receipts at 8,000 with lambs weak. Grain prices are Wheat 87c, Corn 60c, Oats 42c, Barley 50c, Rye 60c. Produce shows Butter 18-20c, Eggs 12c, Potatoes 60c, hay 7.00-10.60, straw 6.00. Also included are rainfall estimates and a Simple Method of Cooking Cabbage.
A notary recounts a day on the job where a boss counsels him to keep a good temper and avoid losing it. He notes a customer buying nails, hardware, and a Diamond Edge lawn mower, realizes he’s being teased for yesterday’s ad, and resolves to be wiser and not stretch the truth in the future.
A fragmented old excerpt ponders why a crab rips at a mutated mourher claw after washing it. It muses on pride fear of blood poisoning and the claw hindering speed, likening the crab to a distant lobster and Descartes era botany.
In a west side street an elderly man argued with a cart driver over a horse's fate. The woman asked what was wrong and the man replied he told the driver it was none of his business, fearing harm to a horse while the scene drew observers.
Unhappiness dispelled as both men and women lament thinning hair. The ad touts Newbro’s Herpicide as a scalp germicide and antiseptic that destroys the germ causing hair loss. It claims a new formula and urges readers to try it, with samples via mail order from Detroit and druggists, priced at one dollar.
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