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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
4
The federal district government warned that cabmen cargadors and mecapaleros who accepted tips would be discharged. Yet the public continues tipping these workers despite the risk of insults from those who do not tip.
A London Westminster Gazette reader recounts a letter from a publisher mentioning that the author is named in their columns. The writer expresses amusement and slight objection to how the reference was phrased.
A vintage advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as building muscular flesh healthy tissue and red blood while cleansing the stomach kidneys and liver. The Atlantic Drug Company sells the tea or tablets for 35 cents.
A resident advertises ready baggage handling to and from trains and light dray service plus garden plowing. Seeks orders via Bradley's store on Walnut or Steinke's on Chestnut, or by phone at residence number 890 with one ring.
East bound trains include No 9 Local No 5 Blyer No 17 Mail and Express No 63 Express and No 7 A M Limited with arrivals from 6:25 a m to 9:13 p m. North bound Audubon Branch lists No 389 Mixed ex Sunday 6 40 a m and No 391 ex Sunday 2 20 p m. South bound Griswold Branch shows No 393 Mixed ex Sunday 6 35 a m and No 395 ex Sunday 2 30 p m and No 323 Sunday only 2 35 p m. Nos 63 and 64 do not run Sundays.
Daily train times list No 1 Passenger and Freight at 7:00 a.m. No 3 Passenger and Freight at 1:30 p.m. No 2 Passenger and Freight at 12:15 a.m. No 4 Passenger and Freight at 6:35 p.m. All trains run daily except Sunday.
Chicago markets show hog receipts at 30 000 with mixed, mostly lower bids from 5.20 to 6.35 per cwt and pigs around 4 50 to 3 25. cattle receipts 18 000 steady to 10c lower with beeves 4 75 to 7 30 and cows and heifers 2 50 to 6 65. sheep receipts 18 000 mostly 10c lower with sheep 4 00 to 6 00 and lambs 5 40 to 7 10. tomorrow’s estimates: hogs 28 000 cattle 7 000 sheep 11 000.
A roundup of visitors and locals passing through or visiting the city. C. W. Otto traveled to Oakland on business while Cc. L. Brown and W. C. Williams made local calls. Several residents returned from trips to Des Moines Avoca and Waterloo, and others attended funerals or checked on business matters.
A languid young woman pleads for relief as April’s heavy tears and the doctor asks to define symptoms. She jokes she wants symptoms that warrant a six months in Europe, while the physician seeks a proper diagnosis and treatment plan.
A brief dialogue centers on a woman declaring hunger for a week and a relative obsessed with a fasting deity. The cousin boasts that the fast will yield wonders, inviting the woman to return in a week to share her experience. The exchange hints at belief in unconventional healing through fasting.
Two locals discuss Jenkins reputation as truthful, with one person doubting his honesty and the other agreeing only if he were his witness, reflecting a wary magistrate’s view of character before testimony.
He remarks on Mrs Jones wearing a new bonnet while she smiles. The exchange hints at delight and a joke about dreams requiring a doctor if they were that vivid.
A compact poemish note laments vanity and folly in society. It paints mirth in the air as vanity flaunts and Wisdom is cast aside while a ship’s mast flag is set aloft, signaling daring behavior and social bravado.
A pun in which a speaker misreads Made in Germany as Maid in Germany and crafts a flirtatious quip about a fraulein, playing on language and gender stereotypes for comic effect.
A string of wispy aphorisms on gender, vanity, theft, luck, and marriage. The quip shows social attitudes through choppy observations about nature, self image, desire, and self improvement with humorous but faded moral tones. Strong entities include none. no dates or places.
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