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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1909
Page
2
Advertisement offers a pocket atlas listing 40 000 places and 105 Mgezos. Also promotes used typewriters at 28 dollars, self filling fountain pens priced from 1 50, and an auxiliary deodorizer at 25 cents. Address Chicago Illinois.
Chase F. Chase BE P. Chase and R K A Chase are named as directors and stockholders in Atlan tic Iowa post office records under the 1879 act. Carrier rates shown include six months and one month, with mail subscription options for domestic and foreign addresses.
Avoca residents report a surge in ham sales with vendors selling like nostalgic barrel curing days. A drugstore incident ends with a clerk on the roof after a misunderstanding about a sponge bath. City notes mention reformers in northern Iowa, political shifts, new housing plans, and the appointment of Frank Cain as the new city marshal, promising a uniformed, proper town presence.
Danish violinist Skoggaard and his company attracted a capacity crowd at the opera house last evening for a benefit concert for H. P. Rasmussen. Miss Marie Hovey and Miss McGlung also pleased, with over a hundred Danish locals in attendance and a Park Hotel reception afterward. The troupe performs in Audubon this afternoon and tonight.
The State of Iowa v H T Martin bootlegging case was moved from Justice Straight's court to Justice Pressnall on a venue change. Prosecutor Goodspeed and attorney Follett presented evidence and the judge reserved decision until ten tomorrow morning. Martin claimed the liquor was for his own use.
A healthful breakfast promotion urges E-C Corn Flakes and Egg-O-See Wheat Flakes as the answer to chronic stomach issues and overindulgence. It claims a sensible morning meal aids digestion, offers strength, and helps restore health through the original Egg-O-See process.
An advertisement notes one more week of free trial on Conkey's Lice Powder sold by CHRISTENSEN BROS. Merc, Company. It mentions benefits for eggs and includes scattered lines about household tricks and products like Rocky Mountain Tea and marriage licenses. The fragment cites Atlantic Drug Co and figures such as Thomas J. Conray and Eunice Baxter, plus seed corn mentions by A. A. Mickel.
Miss Wisie Moreland from near the city entered the hospital today for treatment. J. W. Love is progressing well and improving each day.
M Chapman and family have moved from their Chestnut street rooms to the Mrs Lorenzen house at 401 Elm street which they have rented.
Rev J George reported via his Chicago son that his wife Mrs Marie George has left the hospital and traveled eight miles home. Friends who followed her condition are relieved by her improvement and recovery.
Mr and Mrs J M Craney who wed here last week have returned from their wedding trip and after a short visit will proceed to their home in Walnut.
Mrs. Lorenzen plans to depart the city in a day or two for Des Moines and then continue to Spokane, Wash., to stay with her daughter for an extended period.
The M. 2. church Kensington event at the parsonage scheduled for Thursday afternoon and evening has been postponed until next Tuesday because of the deaths of W. A. Hamlet and C. C. Conrad. Card of Thanks from Mrs. M. McEnrry extends gratitude for sympathy, assistance, and floral tributes during the illness and death of her husband M. McEntry.
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