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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
6
An advice essay by Albert Payson Terhune for aspiring college athletes. It emphasizes training over mere exercising, builds wind through long runs, and outlines running form, starts, and shoes. The piece warns that unprepared youths risk harm from early college pressures and urges six months of focused prep before competition.
During a westbound voyage from Rotterdam to New York the passenger Bertha Byzlik reportedly tossed her infant daughter Lisa into the sea amid a storm driven scare. The ship’s steerage passengers pressed burial at sea while authorities hold Byzlik at Ellis Island awaiting mental state determination.
While walking with his dog in South Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Arthur Griever witnessed his dog battle a six foot water snake. The reptile wrapped around the dog, but the animal bit the snake's head off, ending the fight.
Sioux City report details the twenty eighth annual Iowa Funeral Directors association convention ending in wild revelry around a naked cadaver. Undertakers mocked the corpse dressing it propped on a platform with a cigar, tearing clothes, laying it on an improvised bier, and dancing amid flowers while the crowd jeered.
Philadelphia report highlights District Engineer John Smith of Engine No. 1 racing from Fifteenth and Christian to Howard Hospital to save four year old Rosalie McTague, who died shortly after admission. Fire at Christian Street home began when the girls played with matches. Parents burned. fire extinguished with $250 loss. In Illinois, Cadet Sapp at Western Military Academy eats a live hoptoad to win a wager, recovers by two days.
Record shows New Zealand wealth at 1480 pounds per person, the highest globally. It claims the distribution is more even here than in other nations, enhancing the favorable view beyond initial impressions.
New Zealand estimates an available coal supply of 1.2 billion tons, with no more than 20 million tons mined so far. This marks the first British colony to test the state ownership of colliery property as an experimental approach.
An Indiana man killed his wife for talking too much and spoiling his newspaper time. The piece describes the couple, his sham divorce hesitation, and his final act, followed by satirical poems and jokes about married life and social trends.
Chas A Grubb presents special work and opinions on title, registry and probate. Affiliated with Iowa Trust and Savings Bank.
G R Miller a dentist lists office suite number two in the Gillespie Building. The Musson Atlantic office contact shows telephone line 896 for appointments.
Classified note listing a homeopathic physician surgeon formerly an interne at State University of Iowa. Includes contact numbers and office location at 263 Black and house line 461 Black in Atlantic area.
Wills drawn and probated with reports for administrators and guardians and appointments secured. Probate practice described as a specialty. General law business transacted in Atlantic.
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