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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1908
Page
4
A promotional item stressing that a watch must be very good to be valuable. Atlantic highlights a wide fall assortment of standard and fancy grades with attractive prices and a guarantee that every watch will perform as promised.
Harry F. B. Pierce of Council Bluffs filed for voluntary bankruptcy listing 575,447 dollars in liabilities. Assets include an Idaho mine equity. about fifty creditors. Major debt of 400,000 dollars tied to a Burlington railroad contract for a Nebraska ranch. Other notes and stock purchases also appear. Pierce long active in local and Texas oil speculations.
Chicago markets close with hog receipts around 45 000 cattle 28 000 and sheep 25 000. Prices range for hogs 5 40 to 6 20 per cwt, cattle 3 25 to 7 70, sheep 2 40 to 4 70. tomorrow’s estimates shown. Grain and stock quotes included with corn 60 wheat 83 oats 40 rye 60 barley 48. Weather Iowa showers tonight and cooler in west portion.
It boasts correct construction and five year guarantee. The machine runs easier washes faster and cleaner than competitors. See for yourself by visiting local dealers in Cass county including Atlantic-Marquis Mere Anita-Pegan Co Cumberland Wier & Farwell Lewis J. D. Sheets Griswold G T Wheeler Massena Langworthy Co.
Schain and Keep advertise Poland China hogs prized for great length heavy bone and quality. Breeders invite inspection at a farm southeast of Atlantic Iowa, eight miles.
Westbound No 13 Omaha Flyer departs 625 am No 9 Local Passenger 953 am No 6 Colo Calif Exp 1110 am No 17 Mail and Express 215 pm No 63 Local Passenger 726 pm No 7 A M Limited 918 pm Eastbound No 8 A M Limited 510 am No 16 Local Passenger 925 am No 64 Mail and Express 145 pm No 10 Local Passenger 615 pm No 6 Chicago Express 655 pm No 14 Chicago Flyer 845 pm
Train listing shows northbound and southbound services with mixed ex Sunday stops. Key services include No. 1 Passenger and Freight, Nos. 62 and 64 not running Sundays, No. 891 mixed, No. 321 Sunday only, No. 393 mixed, No. 895 mixed, No. 823 Sunday only, and No. 8 Passenger and Freight daily except Sunday at Audubon Branch and Griswold Branch with specified times.
Fragmentary rail timetable lists No 2 Passenger and Freight routes via Kimballton to Hansen Heights Gates Smith Lake and Atlantic with times such as 9:40 am 9:55 am 1:08 pm 10:18 am and incomplete station names and addresses in a damaged OCR extract.
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