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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
3
In the early days of the Commonwealth Puritan authorities prohibited joyous celebrations and sent a crier through towns to announce the formal ban on festivals. A separate reflection notes that success comes from seeking work and embracing one’s labor rather than longing for pleasure.
The article states the first postoffice scheme was private enterprise and began about 1464. It notes a claim about mortality of jokes contrasted with the saying about the fate of the good.
Chicago markets report March 31 show hogs receipts 14,000 with prices 3 to 86 above yesterday. Mixed and butchers range 3 to 86, heavy weights 4.30 to 6.25, pigs 4.90 to 5.80. Cattle receipts 3,500 steady with beeves 4.74 to 7.49, cows 2.50 to 6.25, stockers 3.25 to 5.25. Sheep 15,000 steady with ewes 5.40 to 7.00 and lambs 6.25 to 8.25. tomorrow’s receipts forecast 15,000 hogs, 18,000 sheep, 0 cattle.
An Atlantic Drug Co. ad promotes Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Tea or Tablets, offering a gentle life giving warmth and pleasure through the product. The listing notes a price of 35 cents.
The piece recounts Robert Fitzsimmons staging a mock bout to illustrate his famous solar plexus punch against Jim Corbett in Carson City. Percy Williams arranges the stunt using Reggy Williams as a reluctant participant with a board and a vest containing iron, ending with Fitzsimmons striking and pretending pain as his left hand is injured for six weeks.
Prof Schuster argues animals have no moral feelings or sense of shame or honor. He calls their courage a mere impulse of nature and says animals lack pride related to their kind or individuality. They have no consciousness of value, enterprise, or capability, and are not proud or dismayed by status.
Mixing flour and water should be smooth without lumps using a fork or egg beater. Do not beat cereals or rice with a spoon as it makes them pasty. Use a plated silver fork and store silver with camphor to prevent tarnish. A large toy iron keeps infants clothes neat and undamaged. A high chair can be used while ironing. Heat butter on a tin spoon over an oil lamp to compare butter and oleomargarine behavior.
Chicago based timetable lists trains including No 13 Omaha Flyer No 9 Local No 5 Phyer No 17 Mail and Express No 63 Express No 7 H M Limited No A M Limited with various morning and evening departures. Some trains Nos 62 and 64 do not run Sundays. North bound and south bound branches show mixed ex Sunday schedules and Sunday only services with specific departure times.
Leave No. 1 Passenger and Freight 7 00 a m. No. 3 Passenger and Freight 1 30 p m. Arrive No. 2 Passenger and Freight 11 15 a m. No. 4 Passenger and Freight 5 35 p m. All trains daily except Sunday.
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