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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1930
Page
2
A worker at a local factory suffered severe injuries when his right hand fingers were mangled in a buzz saw. Emergency personnel responded as doctors attempted to save the damaged digits, with amputation of the first two fingers on the right hand being considered.
A Weston farm house southeast of Anita was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin on Friday evening. Ed Govhanout and his wife were outside when the blaze began on the roof. The farm is owned by the Geneseo Bank of Geneseo Wyo and was insured. Household furnishings were not saved despite neighbors' efforts. Eva Suplee of Dallas Center was visiting relatives in Anita.
Griswold residents Bee Pertey and two children Nolte and Jaan joined friends in Tenex. Omaha visitor Ramong Jorensen spent Sunday with local acquaintances, sharing details of their travels and meeting familiar faces during the weekend gathering.
A robber entered the Kunz Grain Elevator offices Saturday noon while manager Howard Miltotlin was away and stole six blank checks. Police believe the thief forged signatures and altered the party names. News-Telegraph reports the incident as breaking local news.
Miss Berniece Wilson taught at Edna Grove school and visited her Creston parents over the weekend. Numerous local residents and relatives from Cumberland Me and nearby towns were listed visiting, traveling, or returning from trips to Des Moines Nes Moines Council Bluffs Osage Cedar Falls and Collins with updates on school, funeral, and family events.
Mr and Mrs Fred Griswold welcomed a baby at the Methodist hospital in Onahu Friday morning. The newborn adds joy to the Griswold household as relatives celebrate the new arrival.
The furniture firm Carl and Troyer in Harlan changed hands December 1 with Burton Carl selling his share to H C Pauley of Beatrice Nebraska. The firm becomes the Troyer Pauley Company. The Carl family had run the store for about fifty years starting with W H Carl. Mr Carl is relocating to Arizona to start a new business.
Cumberland Cumberland county high schoolers will stage Profesor Pepp in the school gymnasium Tuesday evening December 9. Cast includes Ned Clarke Clair Hebring Maurice Keauth Robert Carter Riley Corey Milford Ver ton Glen Chester Ralph Lehmann Ruth Spencer Helena Speiker Clara Martens Velma Lothman Dorothy Percelli Regina Dougherty Ar lung Berry Evelyn Eblen.
The Ladies Cemetery Association held its annual meeting last Tuesday at Mrs. Flavia C. Hook’s home. A favorable report on the year’s work was presented and officers elected: Forshay as president Hyde as vice president Hook as secretary Mrs. Scholl as treasurer Mrs. J. Brown and Mrs. D. McBermotts and Mrs. G. M. DeCamp as directors.
Costien Lewis and Melnty of Carroll were in Marne on business Friday. Alfred Remien hosted visitors from Atlanta South and Dakota with Mr and Mrs Ruwe of Marne. Mrs Miller of Atlantic departed Saturday morning for Onvaba on business.
The P T A at Washington No 1 met Friday with attendance and a social hour led by Mrs Wilks, Bert Thomson, and Mrs Campbell. Washington plans a Friday Dec 12 event. Victor School No 2 held a regular meeting appointing committees for the next hearing with Mrs John Behrends, Mrs Ted Kloppenburg, and Mr and Mrs Henry Bredehoff on entertainment and Mrs Carl Hansen and Mr Hije Schoenbohm on refreshments. The program featured community singing led by Lucille Ihnen and Viola Schoenbohm, harp by Claus Fritsche, a newspaper reading by Ijo Schoenbohm and Herman Steffens, and two dialogues. Dialogues titled Writing a Letter were by Hazel Schoenbohm and Jeanette Behrends, and another by Freda and Malvin Ihnen. A new globe of the world, desks, and a drinking fountain were installed in the school.
A storm Petrel, a coal laden schooner, sank in Long Island Sound after hitting darkness during a searchlight change. Four men, two women, and a child, all Negro, perished as the vessel vanished beneath the waves near Nantucket. The Coast Guard cutter Nenuta aided the search from New London to Nantucket, revealing only a spray of debris and a dangling rope in the light. Meanwhile an assassination attempt targeted Lieutenant Colonel Norving Simpson, inspector general of Bengal, in Calcutta, with three attackers engaging him in a government building room.
Anita De Mrs BL OF, a well known resident of Anita, celebrates her ninetieth birthday today. Born December 8, 1840 in Rockingham County Virginia, she arrived in town as a child with her parents after a steamboat journey up the Ohio and Mississippi to Bellevue Iowa. Her father bought a hotel on the Belle Vue route where travelers passed. Susan Keister, sister of the celebrant, married Benjamin Sisker and raised nine children with her husband before moving to Anita, where the family has long resided near Highland Church.
The plays a stage production featuring Constance Berit Tully Marshall and Beryl Merger with Lew Ayres in a framework of urban temptations. A heroine abandons bright lights for a stylish home, endures unwanted advances, and seeks justice for herself and her child amid a complex love triangle. Critics hail the ambitious screen drama as a triumph in audible films.
Council Bluffs authorities weigh charges against seven candidates who failed to file Iowa campaign expense reports by the deadline. State law makes noncompliant statements a misdemeanor with up to one year in jail or a $500 fine. Names include S A Greene Floyd Lawson W R Keating G R Picklin J N Lidgott and Osler plus Pinkere ineligible runners.
In Council Bluffs Iowa a December test by Pottawattamie County vigilantes demonstrated readiness for crime defense and offense. Sheriff Percy Lainson, deputies, and nearly ninety heavily armed patrols conducted the exercise under Sheck Lainson and Dr R L Shevler. The operation included eighteen patrols and blacked out every print.
Local framers urge customers to bring pictures soon as stock runs low. Alexander’s advertises quick framing services despite limited molding supply.
In San Francisco Walter Cutler and Arthur Beale were taken into custody today in connection with the killing of former actress Mrs. Rogelta Baker. They were found asleep in an apartment house near her suite. a houseboy identified Cutler as the visitor last night.
Dr McCleary announces a new illustrated book explaining non surgical relief for piles and related rectal issues. The work claims 28 years experience and over 20 000 cases treated by Dr McCleary and associates. Readers can request a free brochure and literature by mail postpaid.
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