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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
8
Local listings show DeWitt M. Manning licensed embalmer and funeral director with phone line, plus Butler Transfer and a wholesale retail department store offering tobacco and cigars. Also included are bus and rail schedules for the GrIswold branch with various local stops and daily passenger service between Stuart and Council Bluffs, with times and connections.
There is more Catarrh in this region than all other diseases, once deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo is described as a constitutional remedy taken internally, acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. A $100 reward offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure. ads urge sending for circulars and testimonials.
Anita residents report weekend visits and excursions to nearby towns. Vera Newport from Adair stopped by for a Sunday visit with Nora Lanny. H. Harrison returned from Iowa City to visit his daughter Mrs. Guy Hayter. Mrs. Maria Carson visited Atlanta relatives last week. Claude Blakesley and family of Coon Rapids made a trip to visit Anita relatives. L. M. Martin hosted guests including Mrs. J. Carey and Mrs. H. Boyle. Love Farnum visited Guthrie Center to see her sister Mrs. Glen Holmes. Roy Daughenbaugh and three children traveled to Des Moines to visit his mother. Bleth Casad of Atlantic visited Anita friends. Frankie May Bontrager and mother went to Viota for a Sunday visit with her parents. T. M. Wallace and wife spent Sunday with Atlantic relatives. G. M. Felt was an Atlantic passenger Sunday morning. Ernest Barnholdt and family spent the day with local friends.
Sunday in Atlantic featured Mr and Mrs Bert Campbell and Mrs Roy Felt returning home after visiting Mr and Mrs John Robison. Many locals, including Mabel Spence and Mrs Della King with sons, visited Atlantic or returned there. News mentions Walter Hook in Cedar Rapids hospital with deferred operation. several residents made Memorial Day visits and trips from nearby towns.
A flood of notices from Cass county announces candidacies for county treasurer recorder sheriff auditor clerk of district court county attorney representative and supervisor positions. Each pledge follows party and primary date details with names such as Frank Van Brocklin Kringel Harry B Swan M Xxee and M L Newton.
John McCosh funeral held at the Congregational church with Masons and other guests attending from Atlantic and nearby towns. Memorial service in Evangelical church overflowed, with pastors present and a G A R quartet singing, H W Hendricks delivering a sermon on being a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Grace Mickel and Margaret Calkins, Anita teachers, left for home in Walnut and St Paul. Several Atlantic residents and relatives attended the services from Mt. Vernon, S D and Schaller.
A testimonial ad from S. H. Murphy of Wellburg New York extols Chamberlain's Tablets as the most satisfactory remedy for stomach troubles and constipation that he has sold in thirty four years of drug store service The advertisement notes availability everywhere and promotes Tur as a slogan.
Rain benefits roads. Griswold calls and hog deliveries as residents travel by auto. Birth of a baby boy May 27. Local shoppers, business visits, and new cars noted. Class play attendance, fencing work, and concrete work cited amid frequent social calls and farm activity in Noble Township and nearby Grant and Atlantic areas.
Washington dispatch notes mixed reviews from major papers on President Wilsons speech praising some parts but condemning the line declaring indifference to war aims. Commentators stress allied resistance to external interference and insistence on sea power and unhampered military strength.
On the ninety-ninth day of Verdu n fighting the German army with 20 000 fresh troops dented the French line west of Cumieres village. The German war office reports capture of French positions in Cumigres and Corbeaux woods and 1338 prisoners taken. The French acknowledged a retirement toward Cumieres Bethincourt but said Germans gained over 120 yards.
Des Moines June 1 The Iowa Supreme Court in session here ruled that a husband confession of crime does not by itself justify divorce. The court said a wife should prefer criminal charges and strive to redeem her husband. It also defined an habitual drunkard as one who becomes intoxicated whenever the opportunity is presented.
Shanghai reports the province of Hu Nan declared independence amid uprisings against President Yuan Shi Kai. Hu Nan, an inland province draining the Yangtze Hiang, has an estimated population of 22 million as neighboring regions also sever from central authority. In the U.S. strikes and lockouts rise with 1069 incidents in six months and 268 in April per the labor department.
Crockett and Poore's tent theatre provided amusement in Griswold on Decoration Day Tuesday. Rev G T Ashley spoke on Civil War causes tracing it to state interests and foreign agents, a view well received. Veterans' graves were decorated in the forenoon, and Griswold fell to a strong Corning baseball team.
A vintage advertisement urges reading about kidney trouble and presents Mrs. C. G. Rieseberg of Atlantic, Iowa, praising Dean's Kidney Pills after relief from irregular action and back pain. The ad claims the product treats kidneys and notes price and availability from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N.Y.
The article recounts a rough game line with a 14–9 score at the end of the ninth, noting the team was hampered by Neumann's departure and failure to secure a pitcher. It also lists local visits and movements of residents from Griswold and Atlantic, including Miss Decia Bissop, Emmanne Cole, Jack Cole, Mrs. Crestor Proctor, and others, as well as a move by Harry McCartney from the bakery to the countryside and a birth in the east of town by Mr. and Mrs. M. Cullen.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural liver and bowel aid. It claims they relieve indigestion by stimulating digestion without embitterness or pain, featuring the olive color and priced at 10 or 25 cents per box. The copy targets common stomach and appetite complaints and reiterates availability through druggists.
Tuesday morning Dr. R. B. Johnson from east of town visited Des Moines on business. Chas A Donahoe traveled to Omaha to attend the funeral of his old friend William Kellogg Jr who died suddenly from pneumonia. Mrs Tra Paschal of Elliott visited her mother Mrs W H Van west of town for a few days. Frances Prince went to Lewis for a day with friends. Misses Hannah and Elsie Molm left Friday for a three months visit to Swadem to see their parents.
An Atlantic advertisement touts Adler-i-ka a simple mixture of buckthorn Bark and glycerin claiming it relieves stomach gas sour stomach and fore station no longer needed and that a few doses can prevent appendicitis. It promises instant action and relief of chronic stomach trouble.
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