05 Jul 1920
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1920
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers who do not receive their papers in the evening may have some delivered if they call before seven o clock. Call Red 403. This is not the number of the News Telegraph.
Poetic fragment laments the sea and warlike nature of life beneath waves. It then shifts to a business notice from R B Shepard stating League orders for Walnut Grove Hog Remedy at Malone Seed Co or Drs Robinson and Robinson until July 25th due to absence from town.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a bold brace on a monument labeled 1f with unclear ordex terminology. The unreadable segment obscures meaning and source context for this historical note.
Weather notes forecast warm waves and temperature rises across the Pacific slope with storms behind them. July crop outlooks warn of drought damage to corn and cotton and hail. hog cholera and other diseases linked to planetary alignments are discussed, with criticism of news distribution and government effort.
Our neighbors report LL Herchenbach ill with pneumonia and J A Smith weak amid advanced age. A car accident injures Carl Carlson and Thyra Fauborg while visiting eastern Iowa. Welders, cafe staff, and several residents face injuries. Rev C Y Kloth leaves for Westbrook Maine after six years in town. the Beta club raises 400. Various relocations, marriages, and community changes sweep through Audubon and surrounding towns.
A late Thursday tornado tore through the district between this city and Prescott, injuring several people and destroying property valued at about $150,000. Victims include Vernon Carr with leg and spinal injuries, William Thomas with head and back bruises, and Mrs. Kingee and her 12 year old son struck by flying timbers. Despite extensive damage, no lives were lost thanks to swift cellar shelter. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Samuel Mershon, a long-time resident since 1854.
Scattered notices from Red Oak and surrounding towns chronicle a bronze tablet honoring a warship hero in Havana harbor, a Red Oak burial for Marjorie Stevens, a Red Oak graph of marriages and moves, and community plans including a Monte Fento event and highway route committee progress.
Police investigated a grim discovery in Kansas City when a box containing the skeleton of a young woman was unearthed from twelve feet of earth. The skull showed two rows of teeth suggesting a young victim, with a missing person inquiry underway for Maude Belle Bonsteel, daughter of a local physician. The case stirred local authorities as they sought to identify the deceased and determine the circumstances of the disappearance.
From The Old Files Thirty Five Years Ago 1885 notes the death of Judge Sarah leaving a vacancy, filled by appointing John C. Stewart of Brighton township. The piece mentions considerations for locating a station midway between two towns on the James W. Brown farm in Bear Grove township.
A Saturday evening gathering celebrated the twenty second wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J A Brown. Guests included Mrs. Fred Berg and children, Mr. and Mrs. J E Allen, and other local residents, with heartfelt toasts and surprises noted.
The readable fragment references appetite loss and adjusting meals to two per day for a few days. No clear person, place, organization, date, or event is identifiable.
The text advises timing meals with at least five hours between them, resting four periods before a second meal, and eating a moderate amount. It suggests daily outdoor exercise to curb appetite, and links loss of appetite to constipation recommending Chamberlain's Tableta as a remedy obtainable everywhere.
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