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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1909
Page
5
Walter Ayres son of the late RP Ayres once editor of the Telegraph, was killed when struck by a streetcar in Marshalltown after leaving Minneapolis bound for St Paul. He was twenty-two, the second son of S P Ayres, and died yesterday at noon.
A pantry sale is announced for Saturday June 29 starting at ten o clock by the Church of Christ at Christerisen's store. The item also recounts a humorous Cumberland rumor about young men paying respects to local women, ending with a comical scene of a table cloth mishap and embarrassed dinner.
Special services announced by the Congregational church for July 4th and 5th with a religious patriotic program. The new Choral Choir led by Prof. R V Miller will present music and the pastor will give an appropriate address. Further details to follow. Rocky Mountain Tea advertised by Atlantic Drug Co. 35 cents. Cook with gas. News advertisers.
New Iowa game laws went into effect, prohibiting harvesting except by hook and line, limiting gear, and imposing a $1 annual privilege fee. Wildlife is state property with penalties for killing or possession. wardens receive compensation. This item also notes lectures by Clarence A Buskirk on Christian Science and a Chicago production of The Hurdy Gurdy Girl with Richard Carle.
The Alaskan attracts crowds at The Great Northern Chicago with a $2.00 summer price. The theatre reports banner business for three weeks thanks to its music, specialties, and novelty. Lora Lieb Edward Martindel and Lawrence Coevert star as top billed performers.
Real estate transfers recorded June 12 and June 14 1909 involving HH Rasmussen and wife. Jens Kjar as trustees. J A McWaid and wife to W F Priebe Co. Marion A Blakesley and heirs to N Myway. and Taylor heirs to Threva Galther. Transactions show lots and blocks with deed dates and amounts.
Local observance of Flag Day was minimal as yesterday many residents did not mark the occasion while a few national pennants appeared in the community.
Atlantic will host the Barnum Bailey Circus this year now owned by the Ringlings. The show arrives July 14 after performances in Council Bluffs and Des Moines. The unit spans eighty cars or five trains and was announced to the local Rock Island office. Local Elks Lodge welcomed three new members at a club house gathering on Wirth and Poplar streets.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions actions by an unnamed sheriff and a group linked to dogs and a "Mason downtown" area. The readable parts reference work on a "Grov Fe Morris" and a caré taker of dogs, with unclear context and several garbled phrases. No clear event, date, or full entities emerge.
Room Mitter to be brought up at a meeting of the city’s retail merchants to organize tomorrow evening at eight o’clock in Smiley’s Music Hall Vose hall. About sixty retailers have signified willingness to join the movement and a large attendance is expected with discussion on crest room and other retailer matters. Mrs Will Joyce visiting her parents in Lewis.
In Council Bluffs on June 14 Henry Kuhl of Avoca paid 839.10 for keeping a saloon within 300 feet of a church. Three Minden and Avoca saloons faced injunctions. Wahl and Wendt fined 223 each, judge Wheeler later fined Kuhl 300 plus 20 attorney fees and 9.10 costs. Contempt hearings for Erikson and Sangen continued. Goodrich charged with selling on nine three Sundays adjourned to June 21.
Brooklyn judge grants Harry Thaw a writ of habeas corpus and orders his production in court on the 17th at White Plains. Also notes a partial solar eclipse visible locally Thursday evening with 35 percent of the sun obscured and a 6.47 pm maximum. Mrs Langdon offers 20 percent sale on all millinery until spring.
Record for 1908 shows 217 births with 133 boys and 144 girls in the county. Pleasant Township leads with 24 births, followed by Atlantic and Union with 23 each. There were 139 deaths, the oldest being John H. West of Noble township at 95 years. Twins were reported for two families, all boys, including Auntinr McFadden and Mr. and Mrs. Hines.
Partly cloudy with likely showers in the western portion tonight or Wednesday. Mesdames J A Shrock and Downing entertained the N E bridge club this afternoon at Mrs Shrock's home.
Miss Nellie Eddy returns to Omata after visiting her mother in Atlantic. Chris Kringel heads to Stuart for the Atlantic District convention of the Epworth League with Winnie Bell in attendance. H C Johnson, long prominent in Clay, recovers from rheumatism and walks with a cane again. Bert Hupp travels to New Mexico seeking relief from health problems. Bee’s Laxative Cough Syrup promoted by W T Palmer & Co as a remedy for summer coughs and colds.
Advertisement extols Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and its pills as cures for general sickness, promising strength and flesh, with a 5 cent tea or tablets offer. Mentions Pincules for kidneys and bladder and claims benefits for back and rheumatic pains.
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