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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
4
A local courier advertises baggage handling to trains and light drayage with garden plowing available. Prospective customers are invited to leave orders at Bradley's on Walnut or Steinke's on Chestnut or call residence No. 890, single ring.
Eastbound and westbound trains listed with numbers and times. No. 63 and 64 do not run Sundays. Audubon Branch arrivals include No. 339 and No. 391 mixed trains. Griswold Branch schedules show No. 393 and No. 395 mixed services and No. 323 Sunday only.
Daily passenger and freight trains operating with No 1 leaving at seven in the morning and No 3 at 1:30 p.m. No 2 departs at 11:16 a.m. No 4 at 5:35 p.m. All trains run daily except Sunday.
A new alcohol stove uses vaporized denatured alcohol to produce a blue flame like a gas range. It claims low operating costs around 2 cents per hour and 25 cents per hour at full two burner use, suitable for impromptu meals and outings with nickel or aluminium accessories.
Hogs receipts light with prices mostly steady to $5.80 top for the day. Mixed and butcher hogs 34.58 to 5.80. good heavy 5.30 to 5.50. light 5.30 to 5.70. bulk 5.04 to 4.75. pigs 4.40 to 5.20. Cattle receipts steady with 23,000 expected Monday. Sheep receipts 15,000 steady with 22,000 expected Monday.
The article describes new shirt waist styles showing innovations like underarm tucks inside armseye, plain fronts with wide tucks, large armseyes with fitted straps, and neckband collars. It notes variations such as turndown collars, sporty hot weather wear, double breasted tailored waists from standard patterns, and pin tuck decorations on waists and sleeves.
The text urges women to massage using cushion tips of the fingers in tiny outward circles along wrinkle lines. It warns against using muscular pressure and suggests gentle strokes starting at the mouth corner and moving outward. It notes skin oils and tonics may help reduce persistent wrinkles.
Henry Ivers on, with Theodore Iver son, visit relatives before returning to Whiting Indiana. Local tradesmen Christensen Lang plumbing. Frost damages fruit trees around Elk Horn, delaying harvest. New depot nearly finished and lumber sheds updated by Elk Horn and Kimballton Lumber Co. Aly Marius Sorensen opens restaurant basement business. Various residents travel to Atlantic for work or medical needs. Governor Cummins excursion on A N S line draws 66 passengers from Elkhorn. Cream separators advertised, Iowa capacity 600 lbs. for 65 dollars.
Sam Abert fools his wife with theater plans and a staged rift. He withholds truth, lets her assume infidelity, then claims business behind the scenes as a clever ruse. His wife confronts him at breakfast, tears flow, and he claims forgiveness while a cigaret flick signals a self satisfied finale.
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