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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1925
Page
5
Nominees for the News Telegraphs 7000 Gift Distribution will be published tomorrow with a 9 pm Monday deadline for submissions. Active candidates can boost votes to win big prizes including cars and cash, with a 20 percent commission on subscriptions turned in.
At the State Fairgrounds in August the Farm Bureau members discussed farm marketing. Frank Evans of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged administrators to quit half measures and to pursue a united program on production and consumption, warning that persistent surpluses hurt markets and urging organized backing for a common proposal.
Dr D Emmert Avoca who disappeared from Hill's Retreat last night was found at Valley Junction early this morning after hours of search by police and hospital staff. He had started toward Avoca but returned to the hospital none the worse for his experience.
Miss Ona King, fresh from Des Moines University, has engaged to teach for the coming year in Aurelia Iowa schools. She was accompanied to Aurelia by Lester King and wife who returned home Sunday.
Candidates in the N-T Everybody Wins campaign are urged to use Opportunity Coupons before their first week ends to secure 150 000 extra votes with each three yearly subscriptions. Some weeks end tonight tomorrow night or Monday night. Reports must be filed by 9 pm closing night to qualify. Second week coupons are the only extra vote coupons allowed in the election.
Local residents report forthcoming weddings between Mr. Christensen, a farmer, and Miss Fang Petersen, a popular young woman. The engagements were noted as public in Elk Horn with ties to community families, though exact dates and ceremony details remain uncertain.
Special to Sew4 Telegraph reports Silfred Carlson 45 living southwest of Cumberland had a close call Sunday night after swallowing corrosive sublimate thinking it was cathartic. His sister-in-law and physician induced vomiting and treated him, with milk, to remove the poison. He is now recovering. the cabinet held the cathartic used for sanitary purposes following a recent childbirth in the Carlson household.
Belfast Aug 31 official forecasts say the forthcoming Irish Boundary Commission report will transfer large areas from the north to the Free State stirring Ulstermen. Talks of direct settlement between Sir James Craig and President Cosgrave emerge as a possibility in the area.
Thieves broke into Stoffel and Earl men’s furnishings store in Casey Ta last evening and stole about 300 worth of sweaters and other merchandise. Entry was gained through a basement window.
Exira public schools opened for the year with F. J. Eckles leading the administration. The start signals or preparations were noted in the Aug 81 report, highlighting the district’s new term and school leadership.
Audubon Aug 31 Special to a es aph William Jacobb i and wife welcome a new baby boy born Sunday. The child completes their family with this newest member.
Iowa fair records list Cass County youths and their cattle entries. Winners include grand champion senior Angus Shelbu Ty and top Shorthorn, Jersey, Hampshire, and Hereford animals from several 4-H clubs. Calves numbered in hundreds competed across divisions with many awards.
Fragments show fair conditions with a low around 37 tonight and a rising temperature Tuesday. Northeast portion expected warmer, while north central remains cool tonight.
A garbled notice reports a death linked to a related action, mentioning a wife and close observers in a small community. Details are unreadable, but the fragment hints at a distressing event and local reactions.
Mrs Carley, 40s, a well known antisept an ex- husband and children survive. Funeral set for Union Church tomorrow with Rev My Church officiating. interment at Exira cemetery.
Nevada Iowa August 31 The Nevada Community Club secretary Carl Biffler provided information leading to the arrest of Samuel Detrick for fraudulent mail use. Detrick, operating as United States Sales Service, advertised good wages for addressing envelopes and required buyers to purchase a fountain pen for 1.68 dollars that proved worth about 26 cents.
The Rev. a longtime Elk Horn pastor and Racine, Wisconsin native dies after an extended illness. He served at Elk Horn for several years, leaving behind two surviving children and a deceased son Raymond. His family and community remember him as a man of wide reputation and ability.
A fatal auto wreck near Belle Plaine Iowa leaves one man dead and another dying. Herring, a Milwaukee roundhouse employee, was thrown through the windshield and died on reaching a porch after blood loss. Sankat, a local farmer resident, suffered chest injuries from the steering wheel as coroner Mobility plans an inquest today.
Elk Horn la Aug 31 Peter Nelson a well known transfer man is very ill at home with obstruction of the bowels. He is a sick man and in a serious condition, according to this News Telegraph special report.
President Coolidge indicated he would attend the annual convention of the American Legion to be held in Omaha, Nebraska. Alton T. Roberts, chairman of the distinguished guests committee, relayed the invitation between October 5 and 9, with plans suggesting arrival around October 6 for the big event.
In Well City Iowa on August 31 Jeanette Miller was sentenced to five years for larceny following a Dubuque conviction. Authorities linked a suspected arson near Rayuiste to a straw stack pyre on July 24, and James M Ridden reported a belief the Carlisle murder victim is younger than 25 after dental skull analysis.
A fire at the George Cutchall farm near Hancock Iowa destroyed a corn crib holding about 4500 bushels of corn. The grain belonged to Mike McCarty with a mortgage held by local banks. The farm had changed hands from Capehall to McCarty and was later repossessed by the former owner.
Walnut public schools opened for the year with Superintendent Guy C. Miller heading the schools. The Aug. 1 report notes the start of classes and the district’s administrative leadership.
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