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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1909
Page
5
South Omaha reports hog receipts 7,700 with prices 10 to 15 higher for butchers heavy at 6.35 to 6.70, others 6.10 to 6.40, bulk 6.30 to 6.65. Cattle receipts 4,700 with steers 4.50 to 6.60, cows 3.50 to 5.60, feeders 3.30 to 5.35. Sheep receipts 7,800 steady, lambs 6.25 to 7.50, wethers and yearlings 4.00 to 6.85, ewes 3.50 to 5.30.
High school boys did well financially with the Midway at the opera house collecting about 210 in receipts and a handsome profit from the souvenir program. After all expenses, a sum around 150 is expected. The exact statement is not yet final but the result pleases friends of the school and its supporters.
Forecast calls for snow in Tona tonight and Tuesday with possible heavy accumulation in the south portion. Colder conditions expected in the east and central areas tonight. Brisk to high northerly winds are forecast across the region.
Grain prices listed include wheat at 97 cents, corn 53, oats 46, barley 80, and rye 68. Livestock ranges show hogs 5.50 to 6.00, beeves 5.75 to 6.50, cows and heifers 2.00 to 3.50, feeders 3.60 to 4.25. Produce quotes cover butter 25 cents, eggs 15, potatoes 60, apples 1.00 to 1.25, hay 8 to 9, straw 35 to 6.00. Poultry items list hens and pullets 9, young roosters 1, turkeys 15, ducks 8, geese 6, old roosters 4, old gobblers 13 cents.
Mell Reynolds of Webster City visits family and friends in town. Several names including Fred R. Dimig Fred Low Imperial Neb Wm Sandhorst Massena J B Darling Wiota John Broderius John W Carlson John Venske H G Marker Henry Wiechmann Gee Anderson Luther and Wyo were among those paying subscriptions at the office Saturday and today.
An ad claims pimples blotches and rough shiny skin stem from blood and stomach. The remedy is Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with tea or tablets offered at 85 cents at Atlantic Drug Store.
The ad describes a boy from Henrietta, Pa., whose five year battle with eczema, said to have poisoned his blood and afflicted his lungs, being cured after seven bottles of Electric Bitters. It touts the remedy for eruptions, eczema, salt rheum, sores, blood disorders and rheumatism, priced at 50 cents and guaranteed by druggists.
Local news office advertises limited 5 cent box paper for quick sale. Prompt purchase advised to avoid missing out on remaining stock.
PANITA NEWS ITMS. Bennie Muntendam came up from Griswold to spend Sunday with his mother. Mrs. C. S. Alvord visits her daughter in Atlantic. Edna Todhunter of Earlham visits Anita with uncle A G Todhunter and family. Bert Conley from Council Bluffs travels with wife. People moving this week as if playing Pussy wants a corner. Charles Baker leaves Anita for home in South Dakota. Mrs. L. M. Story and son Rose leave for South Dakota. Gus Hunter travels to Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ford and baby plan Missouri home. Lew Anderson buys I A McKinley residence on College Hill. Vacant houses scarce as hens teeth. W J Johnson family visit Anita with Andrew Johnson and wife. Meinhardt returns from St. Joe with spring millinery stock. Mrs Chester Smith of Atlantic visits Anita with her mother.
Mrs. Arthur Walter returns to Omaha. Will Roberts visits Neola. Andy Buckner returns from Cody Wyoming. Miss Ethel Booth and Miss Ruby Rowe appear in Anita. William Atwood dies, funeral at Christian church. Mrs. J. B. McGrew visits Wyoming. many locals travel and host visitors. notices of illness, a coffee club oyster fry, and community events fill the page. Chamberlain's Salve praised for skin issues. several residents ill or traveling. nearly all diseases of skin eased by the salve. multiple tributes to social and church activities in Anita.
In district No 8 Chas Geoken was unanimously reelected as school director for a third term. Clark Swiger erects a new windmill wheel for a Wood manse. Fred Warren buys a new road wagon. Mr and Mrs Geo Kohl made a business trip to Anita last week. Mrs Mae Gingery helps sister Mrs Frank Joyce family settle in new home twelve miles south of Arita. Grove school pupils under Miss Maude Stoodt prepare a program for Friday afternoon. Wm Toepfer hauls corn from Ambrose Pellett. Fred Warren reports a cow killed on the railroad crossing east of town after delivery. Mr and Mrs Boyd of Anita visit Geo Kohl. O N Becker sells his bay horse to horse buyers early this week.
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