Old City Picture Reveals Atlantic Streets Forty Years Ago
Woolsey found an attic photo showing Chestnut and Walnut streets with scattered houses and many stores. The lumber yard stood where the Cardio Hotel now stands, Reynolds House is Hotel Pullman, and landmarks include Park Hotel, Commercial House, Sam Havens building, Walker livery barn, Atlantic National Bank, Casa County Bank, and the G Conrad Swing later F M Alexander store.
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Woolsey
Atlantic
Walnut
Cardio
Reynolds House
Pullman
Park Otel
Commercial House
Sam Havens Builting
Walker Livery Barn
Atlantic National Bank
Casa County Bank
Reynolds Browse
G. Conrad
F. M. Alexander
Conrad & Chapman
Whio
New
Polling Places Same as Last Election in Atlantic
Voters will cast ballots at the same sites as the city election with polls open 7 am to 8 pm, or 9 am to 8 pm if needed. Ward locations include Moss Camblia, Christensen, White Pole Garage, and various ward rooms. registration hours align with polling. Parties mobilize for gubernatorial race and suffrage push expected to boost turnout.
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Additry
Atlantic
Moss Camblia Cute
War
N. P. Christensen
Tee
Weese St
Grand Jury
Girt Hose
Feund
White Pole
Walnut St
Lowit
Lang Hotel
She
Setund
Atlantic Auto Co
Chestnut St
Fourth Ward
Atlantic Co
Doperative Delivery Co
Ansitor
RBI
Vote for Harry B. Swan County Attorney Ad
A political ad urges votes for Harry B. Swan for County Attorney. It cites First Baptist Church events led by Arthur Finrley Ph D pastor with services and youth meetings, and promotes Swan as offering competent faithful service if elected.
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First Baptist
Arthur Finrley
Church of
Harry B. Swan
Weople
Notice to the Public from Thomas B Swan
In semantic Iowa on June 2 1916 Thomas B Swan states that he will render any assistance to his son Harry B Swan if elected County Attorney free of charge to the public or the county. He denies any paid arrangements for services.
Porter leaves city editor post for Chicago field work
Earl Porter, eight months city editor, departs for Chicago to join Mutual Chau tauuqua Company as superintendent of assemblies. He plans to open an architectural office after the season, having trained at Armour Technological Institute. The News-Telegraph notes his valuable service and wishes him well.
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Karl Porter
News-Telegraph
New Company
Earl Porter
Chicago
Mutual Chautauuqua Company
Earl
Andéias
Armour Technological Institute
Tegret
Miller Carburetor Pushed Ahead In Race Use
Miller Carburetor Sales Corporation of Chicago reports that Barney Oldfield used the Miller carburetor to break the track record at Indianapolis and that several leading cars in Decoration Day races relied on Miller. Various drivers praise the carburetor's efficiency as shown in ads by Cushing Machine and Auto Co., the local Miller agent.
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Miller Carburetor Sales Corporation of
Chicago
S. Harlan
Barney Oldfield
Indianapolis Speedway
Miller
Bollot
Resta
Peugeot
D'Alene
Duesenberg
Christingus
Sunbeam
Oldfield
Delage
Henderson
Maxwell
Hatbe
Qstering
Johnson
Crawford
Alleg
Ogren
Cushing Machine and Auto Co
Miller Company
Vote for Tom? church notice and services listed
Zion's Ey. Lutheran pastor J. W. Lindemeyer notes Sunday school at 9 45 am German service at 10 30 am and English service at 11 00 am. A reference to “Vote for Tom” appears on his record with the address 530.
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Tom
Health bill for marriage approved by Des Moines ministers
Des Moines ministers consider requiring medical certificates of good health for couples to be married by local clergy. The move follows a rise in divorces in recent months and has drawn response from leading clergy and local officials.
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Des Moines
Woman Pleads Guilty in Murder Trial in Providence
Mrs. Oakley pleaded guilty to a murder charge for the death of Armand Vadeboncoeur after he ate poisoned cream. She was sentenced to twenty years in state prison. In other reports, Italian troops evacuated Asiago as Austrian forces advanced, per Rome correspondent.
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Providence
R. L
Mra. Uattie E
Oakley
Armand Vadeboncoeur
London
Asiaga
Rome
2,000,000 Attend Gallien Rites Paris
Two million mourners witnessed the funeral of General Gallien in Paris. Allied leaders attended as contingents paid final respects. Commutation tickets for sale at the Atlantic Beauty Parlor.
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Paris
Jung
Gallien
Saylor
Atlantic
Roosevelt and Hughes Force Win In Hilles Clash
George W. Perkins arrives and backs Roosevelt as GOP contest unfolds in Chicago. Hilles opposes subcommittee disputes while Smoot leads Hughes forces. Sixty two seats contested, Alabama regulars win, Roosevelt pledged as potential standard bearer. Roosevelt declines to attend Chicago convention.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Hughes
Republican National Committee
Old Guard
Charles D. Hilles
Encounter
Documenta
Alt
Hilles
Smoot
Beet Smoot
Utah
National Committee
Alabama
Mar Bers
Pope M. Lenz
Th. Barker
O. D. Street
James J. Curtin
Wiliam L. Chenaut
John M. Aitken
Perkins
P. Chance
George W. Perkins
The
Bull Moosers
Arived
Mr. Perskins
John McGrath
Coloniel
Wives Rarely Act Thusly in Indianapolis Case
Wealthy New York broker Mann Schwartz left Henry Cine fifteen thousand dollars to move with his wife after his death. Cine married in Pittsburgh last October and moved to Indianapolis a month later. He has not heard from his wife since December 20 when she was living at 127 McKean Street Pittsburgh. Turks Open Drive on Ruse in Caucasus as Turkish troops attack Russians. front open twenty miles. Berlin reports unconfirmed news of King Victor Emmanuel and staff departing Italian HQ Udine due to Austrian offensive, heading to Venice.
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Indianapolis
Hermann Schwartz
New York
Henry Cine
Mve
Cline
Pittsburgh
McKean Street
Ruse
Constantinople
Caucasus
War Office
Mamakhuatum
Ergerum
Rustans
Italy
Berlin
Cologne
Volkegeltung
Victor
Manuel
Udine
Venice
Louis W Hill Son Takes Up Burden Left by Ermpira Builder
Louis W Hill assumes the responsibilities once carried by the famed Ermpira Builder, taking over the project duties and overseeing ongoing construction work. The transition signals continuity in leadership and commitment to completing the development as planned.
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Ermpira
Britain Buys Norway Fish For Year’s Catch
The board of trade has concluded negotiations to purchase Norway's entire salmon and fish catch for the year. This move deprives Germany of a valuable food source and boosts Britain's stock of foodstuffs. German activity on fishing grounds and many British vessels reassigned to naval duties have cut British fish supplies to a minimum.
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Germany
London
Board of Trade
Norway
Skefington Slayer Tried in Dublin Court Martial
The court martial of Bowen Cathorpe opened in Dublin with press access. The officer ordered the execution of F. Shee following the Sinn Fein revolt. Cathorpe is a British officer who served at the front.
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Courtmartial
Bowen Cathorpe
Dublin
Ireland
F. Sheehy Skefington
Sinn Fein
An Ishman
Rail Accidents Kill Thousands in Three Months
Interstate Commerce Commission figures for the three months ended September 30, 1915, show 2,531 killed and 43,519 injured in U S rail accidents. The totals mark a net decline of 217 deaths and 3,687 injuries from the same quarter in 1914.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bat Nelson Stricken With Appendicitis in Detroit
Bat Nelson former lightweight champion of the world was stricken in Detroit while dining on June 3 and underwent an appendectomy. Doctors say a one day delay would have been fatal as he escaped death by a few hours. Kingston Jamaica Archbishop Enos Nuttall dies at seventy two after leading public affairs after the 1907 earthquake.
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Nelson
Detroit
Battling Nelson
Kingston
Jamaica
Enoa’ Nuttall
The
West Indies
Germans to Vote New War Loan
Berlin reports a Reichstag meeting will be held in midsummer to vote a new war loan. Officials say existing funds suffice for several months.
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Berlin
Vosslache Zeitung
Reichstag
Mildsummer
Shackleton Safe Arrival at Port Stanley Falkland Islands
London reports Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton has arrived safely at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. A message to the Chronicle confirmed his sanity and relief efforts are to be sent promptly to his team still at Elephant Island. Berlin reports a general move by Anglo French forces toward the Macedonian border, per Bulgarian army HQ, noting French reconnaissance detachments advancing near the frontier.
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London
Agngn
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Sell
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
The
Chronicle
Shackleton
Relef
Elephant
Berlin
Baloniki
Lnsted
Hs Frontier Ng
Liebknecht to be tried for treason in Berlin
A Berlin dispatch to Politiken reports that the court handling the preliminary examination of socialist leader Dr Karl Liebknecht decided he should be prosecuted for treason. He has drawn opposition for opposing government war policies and was arrested in Berlin for participating in a May Day peace demonstration.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Politiken Saya
Karl Liebknecht
Liebknecht
Volicies
Farm hand takes clothes as debt payment in Indiana
William Devine, a farm laborer near Flackville Indiana, admitted in Criminal court to taking four suits from Jamey Boyes as payment for a $3 debt after Boyes failed to collect. Indicted for larceny, Devine was sentenced to ninety days at the penal farm after paying $18 to secure Devine’s return and relocation to Madison.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Devine
Criminal Court
Jamey Boyes
Flackville
Boyce
Devine
Madison
Cotling
20 Shot in Venezuela Riot Over Support for New President
Twenty people were killed or wounded in Maracetto Venezuela when troops opened fire as citizens tried to prevent General Garcia from landing in Maracaibo from the Merida. The crackdown quelled the disturbance, with many prisoners taken, including Sonor Arangan whose popularity sparked the uprising.
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Willemstad
Curaçao
Maracetto
Venezuela
Garcia
Zula
Arangaren
Merida
Maracaibo
Sonor Arangaren
Bla
Umbrellas Used as Mashers Draw Crowd at Alexandria Station
In Alexandria on a July three transfer day a pretty girl and a companion rejected advances with a playful display. Two umbrellas were brandished and used to tap the heads of men who had flirted, one umbrella breaking amid the fracas.
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Alexandria
Ind
Jane
Auburn
Ave
Chicago
Mexican Raider Is Killed in Border Clash Near Presidio
Two Texas Rangers in a border engagement near Pulgo, twenty five miles southeast of Presidio, killed one Mexican during a clash with Francisco Dominguez and his brother. The Mexicans were allied with Villa and involved in the Columbus raid and the Glen Springs raid. Rangers tried to arrest them.
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Presidio
Tex
Kate
Francisco Dominguez
Pulgo
Here
Villa
Columbus
Glen Springs
Suffrage Report Held Up At Hearing
Washington June 3 Congressman from woman suffrage states at a stalemate hearing before the house judiciary committee urged a report on the Susan B Anthony amendment so suffrage could be voted on. Several oppose suffrage left the room and the committee faced a quorum issue.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Susan B. Anthony
Conductor Seeks 30000 for Loss of Leg in Crash
James Rutledge of Avansville sues the Chicago and Illinois Railroad Company for 30000 in a Terre Haute assail incident suit filed June 3. The conductor, aged 31, was in his caboose when a collision near Terre Haute in December 1914 required amputation of a leg. The case names Rutledge as plaintiff and the railroad as defendant, seeking damages for injuries.
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Phnceton
Ind
Plainthrig Bylviiua Rutledge
Avansville
Chicago and Aftern
Iligois Railroad ‘Company
Cendant
Ee Garrete
White Rutledge
Terre Haute
Terre Haute, Another Train-Van, Into Itafd
Negrasa' 121 Year Old Dies in Princeton Ind
A reported 121 year old Black resident Lewin died at Princeton Indiana. The obituary notes a long life amid slavery era memories. No further verifiable details or corroborating names are provided in the fragment.
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Negrasa
Wéare Gid
Princeton
Ind
Casald Lewin
Virginia Haalavery
No-Question Fact Declared Unquestioned Truth
A concise assertion states that a fact stands unchallenged as a true certainty. The remark underscores the inevitability of recognizing the stated fact as an established reality.
William Cook Not Out Of Danger After Denver Crash
Mrs. Rowe Cook reports son William Cook remains hospitalized at Fort Logan after a motorcycle and street car collision in Denver. Doctors still hope to save his leg as a special medicine from New York City is used in treatment.
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Pondoe
Abe
Thomas B. Bwan
Qemantic, Iowa
Ady
Barney
Mls
Indiannapotis
Speedway
Bas
Ational Commilies
Hughes and
McGrath
Theodore Roosevelt
St. Louis
Louis. W. Hill
American Press Association
Britain
Skeffington
Archbishop Nuttall
Lieut, Shackleton
Liebkneght
Indiana
Texas Rangers
Plato Batte
Villa Bandits
House
Evanovills
Hedges Bros. the Cleaners
E. E. Hobbs
Ambulance
Hervics
Atte
Peacock & Trede
James Carnell
Raiway Exchange
William Cook
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