Local Griswold notes mention many travel and family events
Griswold Iowa June 3 readers note dozens of neighbors traveling for funerals and visits. Fanny Prince and Caroline Scherdin attend a funeral in Lewis. Oscar Yappe and John Yappe on a Nebraska business trip. Many relatives leave for Seneca Lorimer Atlantic Indianola and Council Bluffs. Frank Morford moves to City Hotel. Mrs Arrasmith bedridden. An eight pound girl born locally.
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Red Oak
John Bishop
Lenney Denny
John O'Connell
M. T. Casey
Ed Wilson
Griswold
Council Bluffs
Elmer Ackerman
Minneapolis
Baldwin
Frank Morford
City
Fred Wohlenhaus
Frank
John Martin
Lewis
Lawton
Anthony Morton
England
Tiyoure
Osceola
Talbot
Salem
Hardenburgh
Atlantic
Marshall
Indianola
Buckman
Forsyth
Joe Tye
East Main Street
Ed Reed
West Main Street
Tye
Reed
Arrasmith
Del
Fred Burnham
Texas
Oklahoma
Apache
Okla
Sidney
Fred Wheeler
Ocean Park
Calif
W. J. Martin
Convention Declared A Great Success By Attendees
The Odd Fellows district convention drew about five hundred visitors for a well received day program and a long social at the hall. Initiations were performed by Anita Lewis Cumberland and Viota while Atlantic Concert Orchestra provided dance music. A banquet and extended social followed, with many staying until morning to visit before leaving on early trains.
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Odd Fellows District
Odd Fellows Hall
Anita
Lewis
Cumberland
Viota
Atlantic Concert Orchestra
Odd Fellows
Atlantic
Real Estate Transfers June 2 1909
Transfers include George H. McCormick to Anna Clark for Atlantic property valued at 2500 dollars and deed details for several properties in Whit and Atlantic additions. Also listed are Rockwell to Worley, Emma Be Poch to Ida M Poch, Edward Eichhorn to David Hope, and Frank E Thompson to Charles Miller with respective legal descriptions and prices.
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George H. McCormick
Anna Clark
Atlantic
RC. Surbridge
Albert T. Powell
Butenhofff
Herman Jahnke
Rockwell
W. H. Worley
Emma BE
Ida M. Poch
Edward Eichhorn
David Hope
Sec
Frank
E. Thompson
Chas
Miller
A Good Show at Opera House Draws Mixed Crowd
The opera house last evening offered a clever exhibition by Canning with mystifying stunts and pass solutions. Counter attractions in the city kept attendance from a full house, but the performance deserved a big audience and promises a good turnout this evening.
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Opera House
Canning
Kensington Ladies Union Meet at C W Curtis Residence
The Congregational Ladies Union will hold a Kensington at the residence of C W Curtis on Monday June 9. Mrs Curtis will be assisted by Mesdames W K Barnard J D Goff I W Petit C L Crouch Wm HamErich H B Newcomb A N Gaylorn Henry Miller E M Willard and R Berry.
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Kensington
Congregational Wladies Union
C. W. Curtis
Residents Prepare Apache Visit Extended Road Trip
At the home of Roy Peebles and wife in Apache Oklahoma Mrs Binkley and family have been visiting relatives in Omaha Mesers and Mesdames Barnes and Kneedy left the city Tuesday morning for Apache Oklahoma for an extended stay They will visit a number of other points en route. Patronize NEWS advertisers.
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Roy Peebles
Apache, Okla
Assessor Defends 1909 Atlantic Property Assessment
Atlantic Iowa assessor George W. Towne explains 1909 property value changes noting 631 valuations altered, 372 raised and 259 lowered. Net raise $68,696 with real estate improvements and personalty gains, rejects link to saloon closures while citing adjustments made during assessment and money repatriation from hidden sources.
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Atlantic
Arti
Bruff
Cavenaugh
Woodbine Odd Fellows Leader Visits News Office
L W White grand master of the Odd Fellows of Iowa and former Woodbine Chronicle editor called at the News office last night during the district convention. The veteran newspaper man, now in the Odd Fellows role, is a longtime friend of the publisher and enjoyed a cordial visit.
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White
L.W. White
Woodbine
Odd Fellows of
Iowa
Woodbine Chronicle
Conjurer Cunning Performs At Opera House Tonight
264 pleased people witnessed Cunning the Conjurer in a marvel program last night. Tonight promises Frank Man Honing the Champion Buck and Wing Dancer and Cunning's Mystery with a Packing Case act and a new program. Prices 25 35 60e. Bert Butler welcomes a baby girl at home as friends send best wishes.
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Cunning
Frank Man Honing
Bert Butler
Albert Johnson
Pioneer Elmer Ackerman Lies at Death in Minneapolis
Griswold correspondent reports pioneer Elmer Ackerman is dying in a Minneapolis hospital and his children have been summoned to his bedside.
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Griswold
Elmer Ackerman
Minneapolis
Atlantic's New Cement Works Opens in town
A new cement works east of Durr and Day on Second Street showcases modern electrically operated machinery for making concrete blocks. The plant mixes cement and sand, pours into molds, then tampers and dries blocks on a side-track system. The partially completed building will employ six men initially and expand to include more workers as operations grow, boosting Atlantic’s economy. The Women’s Missionary Society meeting is moved to Friday at 2:30 pm with Mrs. R J Lavery.
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Durr & ‘Day
Second Street
Atlantic
Women’s Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
R. J. Lavery
Invincibles vs Merchants Greys Clash at Local Grounds Sunday
The Invincibles of Council Bluffs travel to meet the Merchants Greys in a Sunday baseball game at the local grounds.
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Invincibles
The
Merchants’ Greys
Invincibles of
Council Bluffs
Better Than Spanking For Bed Wetting
A freedelivery advertisement promises a home treatment by Mrs. M. Biuen mers of Rox W Notre Dame Indiana to help children with bed wetting. It claims curing adults with daytime urine difficulties and urges mothers to write today for free instructions without payment.
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M. Biuenmers
Rox W
Bryan Would Lecture Here in City on 26th
William Jennings Bryan, three time Democratic presidential candidate, may speak in the city on the 26th this month. J W Guykendall of the Atlantic Canning Co friend of Bryan, received a letter from him proposing a stopover after a Rockwell City engagement to lecture for the local Y M C A if arranged, and the matter is being considered by city officials.
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William Jennings Bryan
Democracy
J. W. Guykendall
Atlantic Canning Company
Bryan
Rockwell City
M.G. A
Duykendall
Saturday Deadline Urges Cemetery Walk Fund Drive
A village appeal asks residents to subscribe to fund a permanent cemetery walk. Delegates list contact names and locations for signing up this week, warning the project will be dropped if enough money isn’t raised by Saturday.
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Althor
Fred Alexander J. B. Jones
Theo
G. Sthinker
H. Bailey J. A. McWaid
Personal items of local interest from the city
Mr and Mrs Brosser of Agoog have been visiting here. Wm Cartwright of Lewis advanced his weekly credit ahead a year yesterday. Chas F Strutz called at Walnut to check tailoring. H E Harris of R F D 2 made a pleasant call. Mrs Geo P Fish returned from Grinnell after a week with daughter Mrs R M Nutt. Will Bailey of Giffen furniture is back after a pleurisy vacation. F A Okeil of Lewis visited and paid ahead a year. Col Nordman and R H Bell with Wiota Odd Fellows visited. C C Weaver of Lewis, long without the News, placed his name again. George Kohl of R F D added his name to read Evening News. John Reid and family of Carsom arrived at 607 Oak Street. David Draper from Delaware visited Cuykendall home and may stay this summer. Rev P Bell in Chicago ill with typhoid fever. friends hope he improves. Antid Tribune notes Ralph Forshay of Omaha ill, thought to have appendicitis but improving. locals glad to hear.
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C. C. Weaver
Lewis
George Kohl
John Reid
Carsom
Chicago
P. Bell
Antid Tribune
Omaha
Ralph
Forshay
D. Forshay
Weather Outlook for Iowa Aims for Partly Cloudy North
Forecast notes partly cloudy conditions in Iowa with possible showers tonight into Friday. Temperature expected to remain steady across the period.
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Iowa
May Abandon Fort to Get Walk to Cemetery
The cemetery association warns it may abandon efforts to build a sidewalk to the cemetery if funds do not come soon. The plan, praised as a civic improvement, hinges on timely money. the paper urges public attention to the fundraising.
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Cemetery Association
Cook With Gas Patrons Advertisers Read the News
A compact reader note urges patrons to engage with advertisers while perusing the news, highlighting a local newspaper’s advertising support as part of the reading experience.
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Mr. Brifi
George W. Towne
Atlantic’s New Cement Works
Ander Way
Atlantic Hardware News
N. W. Deering & Son
Cuykendall
United States
Oda
Bear Grove
Fern Marker
Gailon
Geo. Lindeman
Jacob Herstein
M. E. Myers
Joe
Geo
Lindeman
H. H. Rowles
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