Fire Hits Stier Grocery Barn Incendiary Suspected
A barn behind the Stier grocery building at Fourth and Walnut streets burned at about 1 am. The fire destroyed the barn and its contents a half carload of salt, with no insurance. Firemen kept the nearby gasoline tank from exploding. Incendiary rumors arise as similar blazes occurred recently nearby and in the Lang barn incident. No horses were present due to earlier moves.
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Atlantic
Stier Grocery Company
Stier
Fourth
Walnut Streets
Morrow and
Neal
Lang
Morrow
Grocery Company
Real Estate Transfers Notice June 25 1910
Real estate transfers dated June 25 1910 list Mrs Emily C Troupe and a party conveying parcels in section 28 township 10 and other described lots to an unnamed purchaser, and George W Mackrill et al to Robert Grant Mackrill in a separate quit claim deed for a described southwest quarter subdivision.
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Emily C. Troupe
Desdemoniac Smith Wd
Lewis Oo
C. Eee Cenee Ee
George W. Mackrill
Robert Grant Mackrill
Leaguers Leave After Epworth Convention
Delegates to the Epworth League district convention left the city last evening and again this morning, satisfied with the reception and treatment they received during their stay in Atlantic.
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Epworth
Old Atlantic
Henry Field Visits Shenandoah Seed Leader
Henry Field, Shenandoah seed man, was in the city over the weekend visiting friend Wilbur Deering. He heads a large seed house employing over 150 people in peak times and operates a printing office connected to the business. The Field concern is the largest seed firm in Shenandoah, using over a third of the town’s annual postage, about $15,000.
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Henry Field
Shenandoah
Wilbur Deering
Mr. Field
Shen
Mr Field
Dentist Dr W A Hammer Located Over Oransky Store
Dr W A Hammer, dentist, operates above Oransky's store with an office phone listed as 417. The brief notice places him at that location and provides the contact number.
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W. A. Hammer
Oransky’s
Lightning Kills Casey Drayman in Home Barn Door
Harley Griffith a drayman in Casey Indiana was struck by lightning while driving to his barn during a storm. He died instantly aged about thirty five, leaving a wife and two children. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with burial in Casey cemetery.
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Kliled
Casey
Harley Griffith
Presbyterian Church
Casey Cemetery
Presbyterian Church to Host Reception for New Pastor Rainey
The ladies of the Presbyterian church plan a public reception for the Rev. Rainey and his wife Thursday at eight o'clock. It will be held at the church and all are invited to attend.
Dr Koob Not Hurt Rumor Circulates Then Proved False
A street rumor claimed Brayton physician Dr Koob was killed by lightning while on an auto call. Mrs Koob confirmed no injury or death. The tale linked to Dr Griffiths death at Casey and a misnamed Dr Zook or Cooper near Adair, but none of these were true.
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Dr Koob
Brayton
Dr. Zook
Cooper
Adair
Dynamos Power Outage Delays Downtown Lights
A Dynamos power unit supplying the residence load failed at the light plant on Saturday afternoon. The disruption forced a shutdown of the machine feeding the business district while operators switched to an alternate unit, leaving the power off for a period.
Glidden Tourists Expected Through Omaha Tomorrow
Glidden tourists reach Omaha on the return trip tonight after leaving Kansas City today. The main body is due about ten o'clock tomorrow morning. They will not stop in town but local business and farmers are decorating and will extend a royal welcome. The road is in good shape and Saturday dragging was minor.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Nelson Ailing Again At Home From Liver Trouble
M Nelson of Bruce insurance agency is ill at home with a suspected liver ailment. He was briefly out Saturday and at the office but fell ill again today. Doctors say liver trouble is the diagnosis and friends wish him a speedy recovery.
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M. Nelson
The
Bruce Insurance Agency
Mrs Bruce Dies After Long Illness in City
Mrs. Bruce died at 4 20 this afternoon after a long illness with tuberculosis. Further particulars will be given tomorrow.
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Jas. E. Bruce
Dr David Findley Dead at 12 05 After Long Illness
Dr David Findley died at his home 401 East Seventh Street at 12 05 Saturday night after a protracted illness caused by hardening of the arteries and old age. Born August 31 1830 in Washington Guernsey County Ohio, he lived in this county since 1861 and in the city since the 1870s. Funeral set for tomorrow at 3 pm at the late home with Revs Spelman and Ritchie officiating. interment Atlantic cemetery. His family includes wife Martha J Barr and five surviving children Samuel Clift Findley William J Findley Mrs Jessie Noble Palmer Findley and Miss Mary M Findley. He held multiple local offices and was active in medical and civic societies.
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East Seventh Street
David Findley
Ohio
Dr. Findley
Washington
Guernsey
County
Samuel and
Margaret (Ross) Findley
Pennsylvania
Ireland
United Presbyterian
Findley
Madison College
Antrim
Samuel Findley
Iowa
Benjamin J. Wadden
Easteen
Iowa City
California
San Francisco
Keep l
Anderson
St. Charles
Madison County
Lewis
Samuel C. Findley
Clift” Findley
William J. Findley
Sac City
Jessie Noble
G.W. Noble
Omaha
Palmer Findley
Creighton Medical College
Mary M. Findley
W. T. Palmer
Old Settlers Association
Missouri Valley Medical Society
Cass County Medical Society
Odd Fellows
Congregational Church
Spelman
Ritchie
Atlantic Cemetery
Mexican section hand killed by lightning near town
Pedro Ricah a Mexican railroad section hand on the Rock Island line was struck by lightning while shoveling a hand car toward the station two miles out. He died instantly with a head wound and a blistered arm. The body was brought to the depot and prepared for burial in the local cemetery this evening after six. Ricah a married father of several children lived in Old Mexico about a hundred miles from El Paso and was related to a Minden worker. The accident left his foreman Fred Poch shaken but uninjured.
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Pedro Ricah
Rock Island
Audubon
Fred Poch
Osborne Undertaking Establishment
Rhum
el Paso
Texas
Old Mexico
Ite
Minden
Poch
Missing Bailey Owes Near $19000 And Vanishes
Baileys debts total about 19000 including 6000 mortgage on his farm and 1200 to Hansen & Lowe. He left home Saturday morning to buy a hay loader and refrigerator, cashed checks for 60 70 and 70, then vanished after leaving his team at Swab feed barn. His father suspects derangement, while authorities seek traces of the Cass county farmer near Lewis Iowa.
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Bailey
H. M. Boorman
Hansen & Lowe
Citizens Bank of Lewis
Whitney Bank
Jas. E H. Bruce
Atlantic National
Joyce Lumber Company
John S. Bailey
Lewis
John H. Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Cass County
Clements
Atlantic National Bank
Jack Lemmon Quits North Branch Conductor Returns to South
J W Lemmon, longtime Conductor on the Audubon branch of the Rock Island, resigns from the north branch run. He returns to his preferred south branch assignment. Olmstead covers the north temporarily until a permanent replacement is found.
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J. W. Lemmon
Jack
Audubon
Rock Island
Mr. Olmstead
Liveryman David Mason Leaps From Second Story
Harlan Iowa June 27 Special to The News David Mason a 50 year old local liveryman in a crisis. He beat himself with a poker then jumped from a rear room window at the livery barn. He suffered serious injuries but officials say the fall may not be fatal. Mason leaves a wife and several children.
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Harlan
Tiat
David Mason
Mason
Weather forecast for Iowa tonight and Tuesday
The forecast for Iowa shows little change in temperatures tonight and Tuesday with fair skies and slight warming trend. No precipitation is expected as high pressure remains nearby.
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Iowa
Plotts Busy Insurance Man Adjusts Lightning Losses
B R Plotts of the Bruce Insurance agency has been busy in recent days adjusting losses for the agency. The lightning killed stock and the Bruce agency acted quickly to settle claims while the incident was fresh.
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B. R. Plotts
Bruce Insurance Agency
Bruce Agency
Cable burned in two halts Musson line outage
The Musson Bros telephone line along the alley behind the Stier store was burned in two by a fire Sunday morning cutting about twenty five telephones out of service temporarily. Repairs were underway and service would resume shortly.
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Musson Bros
Musson Bros. Telephone Company
Stier
Marriage Licenses List From Branson and Griswold Areas
Clarence Mattson of Branson and Bessie Turner of Branson listed as a couple. Ray McLain of Griswold and Florence Wakefield of Mt. Tna potentially appear in the same notice with ages 18 and 19 respectively. The fragmentary text confirms license activity but lacks full details.
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Clarence Mattson
Branson
Kay
Bessie Turner
Same
Eel
BO Ray McLain
Griswold
Florence Wakefield
New Paving Chosen Macadam For City Streets
City council met to decide paving material for new streets. By unanimous vote the specification calls for bituminous macadam with a five inch concrete base and asphalt and crushed rock on top. Estimated cost is about 1.85 dollars per yard.
Pleasant surprise for Miss Minnie Burke at No 4 school пут
At the home of Mr and Mrs William Neth west of the city on Friday evening friends and patrons of school No 4 Washington township held a surprise for Miss Minnie Burke the teacher. Master Oscar Ratzlaff presented her with a ruby ring. Ice cream cake music and games concluded the pleasant evening.
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Wm. Neth
Washington Township
Minnie Burke
Oscar Ratzlaff
Hansen Clothing Co Ad for Summer Underwear
Retail notice for cool summer underwear brands B V D and Porosknit offered by Hansen Clothing Co successors to Neff and Kolb located at 2883.
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Porosknit
Hansen Clothing CO
Neff & Kolb
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Kennedy
NHWS
Casey Drayman
DR. Koob
DR. C. Findley
Washington County
Penn
Martha J. Barr
John
Bailey Hand
Pedro Rican
Jack” Lemmon
North Branch
Plotts
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