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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
5
A humorous verse set previews a forthcoming spring circus. The act promises a larger show with elephants, grizzlies, and clowns, plus a pay raise hinting at a fifty cent job. A joke about a charter member of an Antivice society adds light social satire.
A collection of verse and quips reflecting simple domestic comforts and workaday humor. The verses evoke craving for pieplant pie and pork and greens while offering light banter about work, manners, and women's roles. The tone is wry and folksy with brief exchanges about Saturdays off, salaries, and millinery.
A collection of aphoristic lines on gender, wisdom, luxury, honesty, home life, fortune telling, wealth, and success. The snippets mix social observations with casual humor about money, appearances, and character.
Port Dodge Iowa September 20 1807 Governor Dolliver reassures Governor Cummins he will not oppose Senator Allison. He recalls prior pledges to avoid intraparty hostility, urges harmonious party unity, and notes Allison’s aging illness and the hope of continued public service. The exchange emphasizes mutual assurances and the governor’s future electoral strategy.
A Clinton Alliston meeting on April 30 1908 features a staunch Republican advocate praising Senator William B Allison. The speaker emphasizes lifelong support for Allison, urges Iowa voters to back his reelection, and argues against replacing the esteemed statesman with a challenger.
The article credits Judge Blair of Manchester for a win over the Washburn Moon company in a federal court in Des Moines on May 21 1881. The Beat Eat As Barbed Wire company of Waterloo faced infringement claims defended by Blair. The case notes the early barbed wire era when machines produced about ten wires daily and prior hand methods sold at 15 cents per pound with croilty claims against deceased manufacturers.
Chicago markets show mixed livestock receipts with hogs down 5 cents from yesterday, cattle and sheep steady. Hogs 4000–5400 estimated for tomorrow. cattle receipts about 6000 with steady to higher bids. sheep receipts around 11,000 with lambs and sheep in a 1 to 7.70 price range.
Live stock hogs priced between 5.00 and 5.10. Beeves 5.50 to 6.00. Cows and heifers 3.25 to 5.00. Grain wheat 87c, corn 60c, oats 42c, barley 50c, rye 60c. Produce butter 18 20c, eggs 12c, potatoes 60c, hay 7.00 to 10.00, straw 6.00.
In Another Voice a Zion's Hill pastor warns against assuming others are false believers who share the same views. A round of Scotch toasts ends with Dr Mac Donald refusing to sing and a Scot at table quipping that his singing is up to witch but his veracity is awful.
Timetable No 13 lists East Bound trains including No 9 Local and No 6 Flyer with times from 6 25 a m to 9 10 p m plus No 14 Chicago Flyer and No 63 64 noting they do not run Sundays in the main line. North Bound Audubon Branch trains No 339 Mixed ex Sunday No 391 Mixed ex Sunday and a Sunday only No 321 are listed with morning and afternoon departures. South Bound Griswold Branch shows No 393 Mixed ex Sunday No 395 Mixed ex Sunday and No 323 Sunday only with afternoon times.
The timetable lists No. 1 Passenger and Freight at 7:00 a.m. No. 3 at 1:30 p.m. No. 2 at 11:16 a.m. No. 4 at 6:35 p.m. All trains run daily except Sunday.
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