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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
6
Mrs Wesley Clemens reports relief from kidney trouble after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She describes back and loin pain and irregular kidney action improving with treatment. Advertisement notes pills cost 50 cents per box and are sold by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
A miscellany of anecdotes and snippets from a periodical page includes Yale faculty discipline banter about a fast student and a questionable date, social quips about marriages, a humorous exchange on consignments, a British duke marriage joke, and ads or jokes about eye salve and toothpaste, all presented in a light, magazine style.
English fishermen in Tampico report a dramatic encounter with a giant devil fish in the Panuco river. A harpoon entangled Captain Paget, seven boats faced being dragged seaward, and a final wild thrash freed the monster after towing the fleet to shallow water. The 18 foot creature weighed a ton or more and inspired tales of coast and sea encounters with such monsters.
A natural sequence notes that Jenks earned praise for a rescue during a fire, described as a feather in his cap. The comment suggests he takes pride in the achievement.
A laborer named Mike Conlin leaped from Madison Avenue bridge into the Harlem River to rescue a hat that floated like a peach basket. He saved himself first after a double somersault, then helped others haul him aboard. The rescuers clarified there was no woman in peril. the hat remained afloat.
Nianlie Pa Stella Weller daughter of Joel Weller of this place is said to charm animals including geese with a low musical whirring sound. Her web footed pet Goosey responds instantly. Stella helps her rural mail carrier sister Clara travel 21 miles daily between this place and Barto.
A five foot rattlesnake appeared in a Centerville schoolroom startling teachers and pupils. The reptile retreated to a corner as students fled while a local rescuer D N Thorne shot the animal. Classes could not resume that day.
Des Moines judge directs verdict for Rock Island Railroad in the Agar Packing hog shipment dispute. Central issue: whether intrastate shipments to Valley Junction and reshipment constituted one continuous interstate movement. Agar Packing plans appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court.
Washington report notes Senator Dolliver’s strong push on the wool schedule during tariff bill debate. He urged amendments to Aldrich measure, argued duties are unfair, and pressed that compensatory duties be based on actual wool content rather than cloth weight, drawing opposition from Warren Heyburn Smoot and others. Senator Carter acknowledged Dolliver’s points but warned of broader schedule upheaval.
Fort Dodge Ia June 9 The national colors fly as about 2000 delegates gather for the thirty fifth state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic with a Song of Veterans banquet and elaborate Sapp of Veterans dinner at Crawford hotel Commander Yaggy of Davenport presiding and speeches by Mrs Ring Dr Patten and others Also Nora Springs reports a 97th birthday celebration for Rev Mr Foster oldest county minister and cousin of former President Cleveland in Charles City
Winchester Indiana women write to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company praising Vegetable Compound for curing irregular periods cramps and backache. The ad urges others with painful or irregular cycles to seek help by sending a confidential letter to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and guidance.
The Farmers Co operative society of Chapin has let the contract for an elevator to W N Clause Co for 3900 dollars. The building will sit on the Short Line tracks and be finished by August first. Forty five horses burned in Olathe Kansas when Saunders brothers barn and storage rooms burned.
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