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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
1
Real estate transfers recorded listing Daniel E Roe and wife transferring to Chester A Roe for parcel 29-76-35 valued at 7500. James G Whitney and wife transfer to Josh Cousins and Ernest Zurfluh for parcel 10-14-12 at Atlantic Street McD's addition valued at 5000.
French Army casualties reported as about 3,000,000 killed or wounded, an immense sacrifice for liberty. The piece also touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy imported by Gen H Mayr and sold in America, claimed to cure stomach and intestinal ailments, with money-back guarantee.
Dr Ed Edwards Olive Tablets provide a natural laxative without calomel. The tablets soothe the bowels and liver to function normally, without forcing natural action. One or two at bedtime reportedly yields quick results, with 25 cents per box or 10 cents in stores.
In Cass County Iowa January Term 1999 Prencis Trailer sues Samuel Shields Sabina Shields Francis and Martha Mitchell Joseph and Mary Drake Robert and Mary Babbitt Louisa Page and others unknown Claimants of East Eight and North Thirty-two acres in Sections 32 and 29 Town 77 North Range 37 West Subdivision details allege fee simple ownership by adverse possession over twenty years asks court to quiet title bar adverse claims and decree plaintiff absolute owner with costs and further relief. The notice warns defendants to answer by January 1919 or face default. Furniture sale follows with items listed and auction details.
The American Red Cross in July donated 60,000 lire to the Aricvela Institute for Tubercular Children in Italy. The gift supports the home’s work for sick children and named the President Wilson ward to honor gratitude. The funds help expand care and increase ward capacity for Italy’s young patients.
The Associated Press outlines American military effort in France at the armistice. It notes 78,391 officers and 1,881,876 men in France, with 750,000 combat troops in Argonne, plus vast railway, road, dock, and warehouse construction. It lists 67 locomotives and 18,174 freight cars built domestically, 843 miles of standard gauge railway constructed, 500 miles of new road, 1216 miles of road rebuilt, and 140 miles of German railways repaired. It details massive food and supply stocks, including 890,000,000 rations of beans and hundreds of millions of rations for flour, milk, sugar, tobacco, and more, plus plans to meet Allied needs in winter. It describes port work at Bertha class steamers, docks, and warehouses totaling tens of millions of square feet, underscoring American engineering scale behind the army.
Massive enterprise grows 200000 acres of Indian lands on Crow Blackfeet Fort Peck reservations in Montana and Wing River in Wyoming with 5200 acres seeded and 1880 acres plowed in one day. A. M. Avery helps launch the Montane farming corporation capitalized at 2 million dollars using fifty two tractors and prairie sod beds. Original court notice follows in Cass County Iowa action for 303 and 41/100 dollars plus costs.
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Mrs Addie Wilkerson describes a weak nervous condition cured by Vinci tonic. The advertisement claims Vinci is a constitutional remedy that enriches and revitalizes blood to restore health, with Lewis as the local druggist. Saxol Salve offers money back if it fails for rough, scaly skin.
Public sale of twenty five Missouri males by Frank Tusmutes on January twenty fourth at iGmballion begins at 1 PM. C C Nelson serves as the auctioneer. Ages range from one to four years.
Advert says the preparation has five decades of use, nipping coughs and colds before they develop seriously. It claims quick relief for men women and children of every age with positive results. Generous bottles priced 60 cents and 1.20 dollars.
An old advertisement touts Life Pills as a mild effective remedy for constipation and improved digestion. It claims clear thinking, skin clearing effects, and a gentle action, promoting purchase at drug stores for 25 cents.
The Des Moines Register advertises a special offer for new subscribers. Send an expiration tag from any daily paper to receive the Register for a year at the price of a year, with free time not extending beyond March 1, 1918. Subscription price is $5 per year through News.
Notice to all creditors of the NeBe Shoe Co to call and settle accounts promptly. All balances unpaid by February 1 will be turned over to attorneys for collection. Ensure settlement to avoid legal action and further collection efforts.
Public notice requests all persons holding bills against the late J Merritt Lanphere Latiphere to present them at once to Mrs. J Merritt Lanphere Bowling Every Night Westside Sp16.
An old advertisement touts a combo of Menthol Wintergreen and plant extracts with goose grease and turpentine to soothe chest ailments. It credits Chinese remedies for faster relief, claiming effects in about twenty minutes and urging purchase of a 30 cent jar from local drug stores.
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