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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1925
Page
6
Hedda Hoyt surveys modern mourning fashion noting the move from full black to second mourning in black and white or gray. She advises refined wear to avoid drawing attention, favors black accessories, and recommends black or black and white prints with subtle patterns and gray wraps to harmonize with frocks.
Local notes show school clubs meeting at the courthouse and church groups planning activities. Mrs Otix Smith leads the 8.1. S. club next Tuesday with entertaining by Mrs Wissler, while Evangelical Women meet Thursday at Mrs Martens home on Rim Street. A bridal shower for Miss Adeline Brinkhart is set for the 22nd, hosted by Misses Pellett Mary Curry and Mrs Ralph Lehman. M. E. W. F. M. 5. meets with program on progress and convention report. Helumala Camp Fire elects Fern Becker as guardian and plans Red Cross ten hour service for soldiers. new officers include President Mancuffers and Lyla Biglow as VP.
Local notices report Miss Glayily Denison visiting west of the city, F C Raton visiting town, Mrs Phil Trainer traveling to Cumberland to see her daughter, and veteran Nick Kenyon improving at 306 West Seventh. Other items note a motor trip to Yellowstone via Wiota and Padroni, family visits, Rotary meeting at Calumet cafe, a newborn son for Forest Warne, Dr Greenleaf returning from the Black Hills, Joseph W Craig joining News Telegraph advertising, births in Omaha, failed license for two travelers, a stray dog shot by police, Baptist Society picnic set for Aug 10, and funeral attendance by G A R and W R C for John M Brewster.
Fashion notes mention beige silk scarf and hat ends. Funeral services for the late J. M. Brewster to be held at 2290 tomorrow afternoon. Dean Pratt and family report diphtheria quarantine remains. Mayor Turner urges strict stop at Seventh boulevard intersections. Katharine Neff recovering after heart attack. Mr and Mrs F E Schoo l and daughters visit from Chicago. United Presbyterians plan Bible school and a guest speaker on Egyptian characteristics. no evening service due to vacation.
Judge George B. Lynch of Adair visited Atlantic on business and to pay a pleasant call at the News Telegraph. Ed Low and wife from Sioux City are visiting Atlantic while he tours old scenes. Joseph W. Brown and Selma Olsen were married by Rev A S Bailey of the United Presbyterian church, both of Randolph Nebraska. The couple will reside in Randolph where Brown runs a harness business.
Atlantic theater under Manager Pierce promotes a busy week at Capitol theater Des Moines showing Black Cyclone with Rex the wild horse. Richard Dix in Too Many Kisses and Tom Mix in Oh You Tony play at specified venues with Borrowed Husbands and Galloping Fish scheduled on Strand. Final day features The Last Man on Earth and for Saturday Bob Custer in The Texas Bearcat and The Riddle Rider with William Desmond and Ellen Sedgwick.
Home made ice cream will be served at a social given by the E L B at Noble Center Church on Tuesday evening August 11. The event promises a friendly community gathering with treats and conversation.
A garbled clipping reports on a debate over privilege in the 18th century context, noting tensions between elites and commoners. The text references privilege and social status while hinting at editorial perspectives from the Gussette Times.
Social calendar highlights in Atlantic Territory include bridge parties hosted by Anne Richter and Mrs. William Albers, with high scores by Mrs. Lyle and Miss Anne Richter. Porch meetings led by Mrs. Burr feature a closing service and picnic. Des Moines hosts include Tuesday bridge hosted by Mrs. J. G. Shipley, won by Anne Richter. Birthday events celebrate Mrs. Ludwig Sehlen, Wade family 50th, and a large Friday dinner. Old schoolmates hold a reunion near Adair with teachers D. J. Cowden and D. Brownlee. Dinner hosts Mrs. W. S. Barney and W. D. McMichael entertain D. J. Cowden, John Fisher, and Sanford Brownlee among others.
Washington Aug 8 INI Colonel John Temple Graves veteran editor orator and publicist died at his home after a long illness He was 69 born in Abbeville County South Carolina began his career in Jacksonville and edited the Florida Union He later led Hearst papers in Atlanta and New York for a decade being known as a top southern orator Since 1915 he lived in Washington in virtual retirement
After a long illness Mrs Dora A Caughey well known resident died at her home 510 Olive street at noon. Born November 13 1864 in Opher Nevada she was daughter of G W Talbot Robina. She came with her parents from San Francisco to New York and then to Delaware Atlantic and later Atlantic. She married L W Caughey of Council Bluffs in 1884. Survived by husband a daughter Bertha A Christensen a grandson Howard and an uncle Ad.
Walnut street hosted the Thimble Bee at Mrs. D. M Kite’s home on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Smathers entertained BE. T. C. club at her parents’ home on County street Thursday afternoon. Kenneth Korope hosted a sixth birthday with games and luncheon. The Merry Maids class of the Presbyterian Sunday School met at Mildred Longnecker’s on Walnut street. Mrs. Bertha Kovhrsen and daughter Mary hosted friends on County street with cards and lunch. The Woman’s Home Missionary Society planned to meet at Mrs.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 30 from the home with interment in the Atlantic cemetery.
Scott Rus sell Scott appeared before Judge David in Chicago on August 8 as he faced commitment to the Chester hospital for the criminal insane. The brief hearing considered provisions to prevent eventual restoration to sanity and freedom. He was returned to the county jail and later to Chester, expected to arrive Sunday.
Audubon Iowa August 8 Special to News Telegraph Roy Chard manager of Audubon Canning announces the plant will start corn packing on August 16. Output to nearly double this year with about 80000 cases planned vs 30000 last year. The plant contracted 800 acres of corn at ten dollars per ton. Farmer recently purchased the plant.
Dr and Mrs Bert Denham welcomed a nine pound baby boy this morning in Cumberland. Dr Denham is a well known local veterinarian, adding joy to the community.
Announcements report Miss Irene Mickel wed Earl Norton in Council Bluffs on August 5. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mickel of Walnut and the groom son of Mrs. Emma Norton. They will reside in Omaha where Norton is employed. Evgeny Craig to lead Walnut Girl events. George Tilton noted on Wednesday afternoon August 12.
Relatives and friends from Council Bluffs Neola Logan and Yorkshire gathered at the G Perfect home last Sunday for a hearty family reunion. Women cooked dinner while men played horseshoes then a ball game, leaving everyone with stiff muscles and fond memories.
Miss Clara Phibben, longtime employee at the W. H. Light store, resigns after twenty years of service. She left for Omaha to visit friends and will return thereafter. The Light store was purchased from H. P. Peterson last spring and Phibben stayed on with the firm through the ownership change.
Griswold business men and citizens plan an auto tour of the county to advertise the soldiers reunion in Griswold on Aug 18 19 and 20. The group, with the Griswold band, will arrive in Anita at 8 30 a m and perform a brief street program.
Des Moines Aug 8 Director G A Brunson announced plans to remove the state prohibition office and consolidate Nebraska and South Dakota offices under the new prohibition administration. He said a Washington survey team will assist in the consolidation in the coming weeks and noted intimation on personnel retained when the Omaha office opens September 4.
Excelsior Springs Mo mob action halted prosecutions after lynching Walter Mitchell a negro accused of assaulting Maude Holt a white girl The mob overpowered county prosecutorRaymond Cummings and dragged Mitchell from jail to Liberty Mo for arraignment The mob then killed him by hanging and shooting disrupting justice in a highly detailed early report from the county incident.
John E. Bishop of the Bishop & Croghan Transfer company takes his first vacation in twelve years. He is ill at home with a severe influenza attack. J. S. Croghan, a local man, is handling transfer work until Bishop can resume duties.
At the Atlantic hospital Mrs. Leon Perkins and Mrs. James Perkins sisters-in-law each underwent major operations today and are reported doing nicely. John Barnholst of Anita was admitted as a medical patient, E B Blankenship, a previously operated surgical patient, was discharged and returned home nearby, and Harry Jimmy Carlton recovering from an appendicitis operation is reported about the same today.
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