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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
3
The document lists publication details for AP News Publishing Company with officers Char. F Chase and J P Chase, editor and associate editor, and subscription pricing for carrier and mail delivery to domestic and foreign readers. It notes rates: one year five dollars by carrier, six months two fifty, one month unspecified, and foreign mail four dollars per year.
Clerk L. R. Forsyth, Recorder A. H. Mountain, Justice of the Peace J. S. Pressnall, and Coroner Nels Jensen named for the upcoming election slate.
Ad claims Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea is the safest baby medicine with no minerals or alcohol. It promises to build healthy flesh and solid bone and muscle for babies, available as tea or tablets for 35 cents at Atlantic Drug Co.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger opposes Cartelyot’s vice presidential bid and argues Senator Dolliver is a prudent but less radical candidate. It asserts Bryan will better represent radical sentiment than Dolliver, La Follette, or Cunningham, warning Republicans that backing extreme radicals would doom the campaign.
The New York Tribune notes a citizen alliance worth a billion dollars in breweries pledging to end dives and back temperance. It asserts brewers act from moral conviction or self interest, claiming this marks a broadening sentiment against drink and signals an awakening within the industry.
An article notes a misconception that daily scalp washing cures dandruff. It argues only killing the dandruff germ removes the condition, promoting hair growth with Newbro's Herpicide. Advertises sample by mail and lists prices and sellers Atlantic Drug Co and The Herpicide Co Detroit Mich.
The article questions Cummins supporters joy over Dolliver's possible vice presidential nomination. It argues a Dolliver resignation would occur only when sworn in as vice president, likely after adjournment, allowing Governor Carroll to appoint a successor tied to the Cummins faction. It notes past vice presidential nominees who remained in the Senate and reports Judge Smith McPherson denying a railroads injunction against Missouri's 2-cent fare law in Kansas City.
The Register and Leader offers a year end price of $2.00 for balance of the year and $3.00 for daily and Sunday subscriptions to Jan 1, 1909. It promises unbiased political coverage, a reliable Iowa news service, editorials for the common good, market reports, baseball box scores, and Ding’s cartoons, with home delivery on most rural routes.
A New York Sun report quotes a postal clerk on common schemes to dodge postage. It describes schemes such as edge punching, tearing stamps, disguising loose stamps, overpaid overlaps, and altering cancel marks to hide underpayment.
A London Chronicle excerpt from April 1804 recounts a Duke of Q life routine centered on lavish eating and drinking. The daily schedule lists meals from two in the morning to the early hours, including warm milk bath with almond powder, eggs, jellies, veal cutlet, chocolate, wine, punch, and late roast poulet, all to sustain a carefree, prolonged life.
A humor piece recounts a playful remark about a dress fitting and a brutal reply. It then notes a Texas murder trial where defense counsel asked a centreman about a prior jury, prompting the prisoner’s answer that the sheriff hanged the defendant at the appointed time.
A dialogue from Brooklyn Life features Bilkins Smythe seeking to prove elite status and Wilkins counters by noting Bilkins is “Always short and easily broke.” The exchange satirizes pretensions of wealth and social standing.
A Chicago News quote describes the Swelltons as running an imposing establishment. The groceryman agrees, sighing that he is one of the fellows they impress.
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