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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
4
The timetable lists daily departures for Nos. 9 6 17 and others from Omaha with times from early morning to night. It notes local passenger and express trains, limiteds, mail and mixed trains, and indicates some Sunday restrictions for the Audubon Griswold branches.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a marvelous preparation of healing herbs. It claims the product brings perfect health and happiness when others fail, offered as tea or tablets for 35 cents by Atlantic Drug Co.
Community invite forThursday evening dance at the Hiberian Hall featuring music by the K P Orchestra. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. stationery available at this office for attendees to select from.
Chicago markets show hog receipts around 25 000 with steady to firm prices as higher and mixed butchers range from 5 35 to 5 95 per cwt good heavy 5 65 to 5 85 rough heavy 5 40 to 5 80. Cattle receipts near 11 000 with slow demand and 10c lower beeves 4 90 to 8 20 cows and heifers 2 50 to 6 40 stockers 2 60 to 5 50. estimated 3 000 tomorrow. Sheep receipts 13 000 weak 5c to 10c lower sheep 3 15 to 4 30 lambs 4 25 to 6 40. tomorrow estimated 7 000.
Live stock hogs priced at 5.00 to 5.15, beeves 5.50 to 6.00, cows and heifers 3.25 to 5.00. Grain wheat 87 c, corn 60 c, oats 42 c, barley 50 c, rye 60 c. Produce butter 18 20 c, eggs 12 c, potatoes 60 c, hay 7.00 to 10.00, straw 6.00.
A rodent reportedly climbed a marble chimney and silver candlestick to eat a candle over several days. The scene ending with a bare wick suggests careful navigation and persistence, as described by La Nature.
The passage notes Kaffirs as light hearted, free of worry about the future. After work, girls may play the igubu, a bow fixed to a gourd with reed, marching and twanging a single note. The music is described as a war song to the girls' sweethearts and as food of love.
A Kingston street scene ends in a dust drenched scuffle as two women laugh off the quarrel and declare they were fooling. Also recounted are tales of a lost Scarboro sea captain found in Africa and a massive family grave in Honduras described with ghostly statues.
A battle unfolds as the chief of a South American republic orders General Blanco to advance with his regiment. Ten minutes pass, then more, but the regiment fails to appear. An aid returns hatless, shouting that Blanco’s troops were delayed by two drunken Americans blocking the road.
An almost incredible triple coincidence occurred in France. In 1894 the Ardennes deputy was M Ferry, Loir et Cher deputy was M Brisson, and Vosges deputy was M Hugo. Exactly 101 years earlier, in 1793, each district had the same trio of represented surnames in the chamber.
A brief London Globe snippet shows a quarrelsome exchange as a woman declines to come downstairs while a friend uses a lock impression to forge a key, hinting at a planned midnight visit and a tense domestic scene. The fragment also references a witty remark about a wife and a playful, fading fancy.
A concise proverb entry notes the line He is lifeless but in faultess, reflecting a French saying on virtue beyond vitality. It emphasizes steadiness and integrity over liveliness, preserving a cultural nuance in concise form.
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