06 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
1
The Cleveland street car strike ends after a complete tie up since Tuesday morning. The company agrees to discharge conductors on March 1.
The day’s paper references Davenport Eastern Star activities and closes with a funeral notice. The item notes a printer’s error and mentions office relocation for farm loans and Liberty Bonds buying at high market price, inviting customers and new clients.
The O O P club met with Mrs Townsend P E O group meets Saturday at Mrs C A Grubb home. Several families gathered at Mr and Mrs Ben Strittmatter’s Sunday afternoon for a birthday celebration with supper. Guests enjoyed music and conversation at Mr and Mrs G N Collier’s west Fourteenth Street home for a birthday. The M L club held a hard times party at Mrs Ben Strittmatter’s home ending the club year with corn bread ham beans salad apple sauce fried cakes and coffee.
Mrs. Fred Toepfer underwent gallstone surgery Monday at Atlantic hospital. County Attorney Tom C Whitthore is back at his office after several days of illness.
An OCR fragment from a historical page mentions a parliament member visiting a private lunatic asylum, a patient’s fragile sanity, and a dramatic parting moment. It also notes a new hospital ship design with cooling and air systems, plus rare elements in plants and balloon leaps by an American aeronaut in London.
A Richmond Times-Dispatch verse laments the loner who moves through life unseen and unrecognized. It depicts the solitary figure counting friends who never notice him, while hints of hidden vitality suggest a paradoxical, unseen richness within the lonesome man.
A garbled excerpt from a Farmers Institute speech discusses apple trees and forestry. The speaker urges action to drive materials up and mentions rough bark on cole trees. A listener challenges the speaker, asking who has no rough bark. The exchange ends with a question about ending the state of affairs.
A collage of sharp vignettes notes a British military policeman in France asked about his insignia by two French girls, a discussion on aerial photography limits in wartime, a brave shipboard rescue by Floyd McCurdy and two sailors amid boiler-room steam, and quips on Farm and Parcel Post humor.
Birth notices list several families with newborns including Marjorie Belle, Dorothy Lucilla, and Dwaine Albert born to Behrends, Eden, Artlip, Gunter, Sorensen, Kinser, Watkins, and others in Union Pyhosa Noble Franklin Atlantic Lewis Grant townships between November 15 and November 30. Also announces dairy pricing for butter fat at 67 cents and shipping details from Central Town Creamery.
Wesley Taylor allegedly drew a gun and threatened to shoot Charles Campbell during a wood dispute north of Atlantic. Campbell swore out a warrant before Justice Pressnail for Taylor’s arrest. case set for ten o’clock tomorrow.
A faded ad promotes King’s New Life Pills and a cold remedy claiming quick relief from misery caused by colds coughs and bronchial attacks. It cites bowel regulation and cleansing benefits with prices 60 cents and 1.20 dollars. The copy uses old fashioned phrasing and emphasizes comfort and recovery.
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