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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1924
Page
4
Chicago cash grain shows wheat and corn prices across multiple grades with small lot figures. Livestock at Chicago and South Omaha markets report receipts and mixed price ranges for hogs cattle sheep, noting top bids and overall market softness in parts.
Genuine New Century cultivators, McCormick and Deering hay tools, DeLaval cream separators, Hansen & Lowe.
Report claims twelve new stars appeared between 1648 and 1421, seen by the Dike eye, while none were found in the prior 158 years. Authors attribute the gap to a shortage of cuplille observers.
An unclear item notes a screen paint event at Alexanders, mentioning poor sight and an elephant unable to see beyond eighty yards. The fragment hints at a display or demonstration with visual limitations and a humorously odd animal reference.
A string of Griswold social visits and health updates span a week. F D Millar and Mrs Millar hosted relatives near Winterset, A G Arrasmith visited with J W Carlton kin, and many locals including Raymond Burnham G E Eshelman H D Hully and others were seen in Griswold or nearby towns. Barn construction nears completion after a fire, and several residents journeyed to Omaha and Council Bluffs for work, health, or family reasons.
Atlantic markets report commodity quotes including wheat at 88 cents, corn and barley around 55 cents, oats 45 cents, rye 57 cents. Dairy prices show butterfat 33 cents and eggs 20 cents. Poultry lists spring chickens 30 cents, hens, roosters 7 cents, hogs 6.00 to 6.05. Cattle prices for stockers and feeders 5.50 to 6.60 and fat cattle 7.00 to 10.00.
In a chaotic scene at a Philadelphia drug store, two men in prison garb attempted a store raid but fled when approached. Ardmore officers soon arrived, securing the area and forcing the pair to surrender after a tense standoff. The incident disrupted a local theatre performance as well. Convicts identified as Richard Unis and John H Wood, both local students, were later referenced in school records.
An examination of Wisconsin peat bogs by engineers from the bureau of mines aims to determine the relation to cloud formation.
A new refinery has started operations near Birg hind to process crude oil from distant Persian fields about 6,000 miles away, signaling a major expansion in supply chains and regional energy infrastructure.
Mrs. Otis Largent, former Adair resident, died Saturday at home in Loveland Colorado at about thirty six. She left Adair six years ago and is survived by her husband four children two sons and two daughters and other relatives. A brother and sister Mrs William Spiller of this city have gone to Loveland to arrange the funeral likely to be held tomorrow.
In Avoca Iowa a Klan organization meeting is announced for Wednesday night. A state speaker and organizer were in town recently but details about the venue and other specifics were not disclosed by those suspected of Klan sympathy.
The Massena senior banquet is scheduled for this evening at the home of Mrs. Ernest Westphal and Mrs. Frank Berry’s division of the M. E. Ladies. Twenty one covers will be laid as W. P. Krause entertains his son Raymond and family along with Walter Ulbrich and family from Atlantic Sunday.
The Lewis camp of the Modern Woodmen of America held a memorial service at the Methodist church with Rev. G. R. Hower officiating. Special music by the Haake orchestra accompanied the event. Members then decorated graves at the cemetery for deceased lodge members.
Charles Van Gorder Civil War veteran and retired banker was honored in funeral rites at the Presbyterian church Sun day afternoon. Rev O B Lee delivered the sermon and interment followed at Maple Grove cemetery. A wealth of floral offerings testified to the esteem in which he was held with scores of friends and comrades from the territory in attendance.
Adair Ta June 2 Mrs F P Rosen berger of this city who recently underwent a serious operation at Cherokee this state is reported as doing nicely.
Large crowds attended Decoration day morning and afternoon services in Cumberland Iowa. Several visitors and relatives arrived for the holiday, including Tom Shearer returning from Iowa City and numerous others from Des Moines Red Oak Atlantic Elk Horn and Bridgewater visiting local families and attending services.
About 5,000 people attended Avoca’s opening ceremonies for a new 250 by 185 foot pool praised as one of the finest in the state. The facility includes two houses, showers, and ample conveniences with strict sanitary rules including a mandatory shower before entering.
Train service on the Burlington branch serving Cumberland has been curtailed with only one train a day beginning today. The daily schedule lists arrival at 4 20 p m and a return the next day at 8 30 a m. Roy Hydman and Len Cullen, two youths working at Real Oak, returned home Sunday to visit their parents.
Oscar Powler was stricken with a heart attack on the street last evening. Passers by rushed him to his home where his condition was reported considerably improved this morning.
Elaborate religious ceremonies celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emmanuel Lutheran Church southeast of Casey. Visitors included FL W Heinke of Franklin township Cass county and Rev Griese of Adair. Many locals attended and a list of confirmations since establishment was read aloud as attendance grew so high the afternoon session moved outdoors.
Exira, June 3 Special to Newe Telegraph Earl Schlofeldt son of Mr and Mrs Walter Schlofeldt near Exira fell Thursday evening fracturing his right arm just above the elbow. John Turner of Red Oak visited Griswold Saturday staying with his brother H D Turner.
June 2 Lewis news items report Jesse Smiley in Omaha with family, Glenn Upson and Calbert Markey weekending in Omaha, Mrs. Joe Garrett joining husband in Des Moines where he found work, George Eby back from Burlington Iowa, Myrtle Eby recovering from a head injury after a Saturday night automobile accident.
Mrs. George Way Aernam, an Exira resident past seventy, lies very low in critical condition as her family and friends express deep concern. The report notes her age and grave illness in a brief rural news item from the Sperriattal News-Tolaggraph.
A fire at Casey, Ta, destroyed a home occupied by Albert Nitor and another occupant this morning. All furniture was consumed by the flames. Local firefighters quickly responded to the blaze with limited details available.
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