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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
4
Dr Thorold Williams of London warns physicians have yet to understand alcohol, calling it a narcotic rather than a stimulant. He cites his 16 years studying alcohol and recounts seeing its ravages in London versus abstinent Wales, urging doctors to focus on the alcohol question.
Brant encounters Silent Murphy a Custer scout in a secluded camp. Murphy confirms a young woman known as Phoebe Spencer has hidden identity and a close interest from two local gentlemen. Minister Wynkoop plans a church reception as Brant contemplates competition and social duties in a rough mining town.
A detach ment of the Eighteenth Infantry trapped by Indians endures a three day siege in a narrow gorge. Hampton and Gillis escape and later reunite with Lt Brant as Miss Gil lis and Naida move through Glencaid. Phoebe Spencer arrives to teach and the Bachelor club ball is announced.
Chapter XIV describes Jack Moffat’s plan for a grand reception for Miss Spencer above the Occidental, with stairs, boarded passages, and strict entry controls. Mrs Guffy supplies refreshments, Buck Mason manages invitations, and guests travel up to a large hotel dining hall for a raucous social event. The crowd is male‑majority with distant feminine attendees within sixty miles, awaiting the festivities.
A sermon arguing the Bible is literature commanded and guided by God, preserved through ark safekeeping and ancient manuscripts. It outlines three inferences about divine authorship and discusses Vatican Sinaitic and Alexandrian manuscripts, noting the King James Bible’s accuracy despite earlier access limits.
Records show a drastic drop in intoxicant use in London County asylums from 1889 to 1906. Nine asylums with 19,457 patients consumed 250 gallons of spirits and wine and 1,281 gallons of beer in 1906, versus 8,107 patients in four asylums using 1,902 gallons of spirits and wine and 255,486 gallons of beer in 1889. The note argues temperance aligns with science and improves character and welfare.
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