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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1926
Page
2
Anita Te June 4 A record crowd attended the Anita Concert band opening night of the summer series with a lively program. The event was broadcast via KYLZ station, the Walnut Grove Hog Remedy company headquarters, allowing distant listeners to enjoy the full program.
Avoca Ta June 4 Special to News Telegraph Farmer Burns of the game gave an exhibition and lecture before the Avoca Young Men's club at the pavilion last evening. Pictures of the Caddock Stecher title match held in 1920 were shown. Earl Gaddis, a sports editor of the Omaha News, attended and spoke.
Evelyn Stout aged 17 was sentenced by Judge H J Mantz to the state reformatory for girls at Mitchelvillé for incorrigibility until age 21 or earlier release. The ruling followed a parental complaint by Mr and Mrs Roy Stout that the girl had become unmanageable. She was taken to Mitchelville Sunday.
About 200 students registered yesterday morning for the summer school extension course in Audubon. Opening registration was not as large as hoped, but many more are expected to enroll in coming weeks as local schools finish their terms.
Rev. L. Nixon of the Elliot Methodist church will exchange pulpits with J. Bingamen of the local Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening June 6. The event is described as a special exchange of pulpit duties between the two pastors.
Duane Orton, son of Mr and Mrs B. Orton living southeast of Griswold, was injured while plowing corn. A shovel struck him in the eye as a corn stalk was raised, risking loss of sight in one eye.
Elliott, II, June 4. Special to News Telegraph. Elliott weighs a Fourth of July celebration sparked by the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The fifth annual Cumberland High School alumni banquet will be held Friday evening June 11. The Junior Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church will serve. About 200 invitations are being sent and a large crowd is expected to attend.
Temperance Sunday will be observed in Cumberland with a union service at the Baptist church Sunday evening June 6. The public is invited to attend. Elliott. News-Telegraph special reports the Meeker Produce station has moved from the west end of Main Street to the Dale Petty building, in the Hardware stage area.
Leland Jewett, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Jewett of Anita, has completed his enlistment in the U S naval forces after several years of service. He returned home by water last week from travels to foreign ports and states he does not plan to re enlist.
Adair Iowa June 4 Special to Newa Telegraph Petcher Hunt an Adair garden enthusiast reports that he had new potatoes from his garden Monday May 31 The potatoes were the size of hen eggs Mr Hunt thinks that Iowa can produce early vegetables as well as some other states
Leonard Garske of Audubon, Iowa, learned of his brother's death from an automobile crash on May 18 north of Audubon only after moving from Spencer to Sioux City. He had not been reached at Fort Dodge or Spencer, and only learned of the fatality last Saturday via a letter to his son.
Anita records a visit by Mrs Blakesley, an Anita pioneer’s daughter and Edwin Cate’s daughter, who is welcomed by former neighbors. She will stay a few weeks with her son Ed M Blakesley at Walnut before returning home.
Griswold, Se June 4 Special to News Telegraph Richard Chambers son of Rev and Mrs R F Chambers formerly of Griswold now of Adair was among the graduates of Adair high school He obtained the highest average for the four years of high school work there.
D H Mueller wife of Walnut visited this week to study conditions for relocating near Anita. Anita, birthplace and former home of Mrs Mueller, daughter of the late Thas H Rogers, was cited in the report as the potential site.
A homecoming program will be held at Victoria Chapel Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon with Rev. E. L. Spiller in charge. A complete program has been arranged and a large crowd is expected.
The monthly night program at the Congregational church in Anita Iowa has been postponed for two weeks and will be combined with a homecoming reception for students who have been away attending school. Rev. Robert N. Chord Vionagd to hear from the originators for attendance at this conference.
Mil dred McCarthy, formerly of Griswold and now of Red Oak, has been accepted as a member of Battle Creek college women's athletic association. Russell McCarthy, her brother and Griswold High School graduate, leaves for Fargo to begin work as assistant superintendent with the United to handle telegraph system.
Lieut Howard Turner, West Point graduate and son of Mr and Mrs Frank Turner of Avoca, visited home from Kelly Field Texas. He gave fly and bombing exhibitions at Fort Sill Oklahoma, then flew 460 miles to Avoca in his Army plane, refueling at Fort Riley and Fort Sill before returning to Kelly Field. A large crowd gathered to greet the aviator and mark the hometown stop.
Miss Ramonz Shipley will represent the local Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church at the Council Bluffs district convention. The event will be held in Council Bluffs in June, with special telegraph notices confirming attendance and participation.
Memorial day reveals only five Civil War veterans remaining in Cumberland Isle. The survivors are F. L. Edwards A. DeWitt W. G. Buckley Ed Perry and Herman Pringey.
The Anita Adair band under R C Rasmussen presents a special program for the season opener this evening at the News Telegraph office. Local music lovers are invited to attend this first concert of the year.
Washington dispatch notes that despite growing calls for a stronger Volstead Act, Congress plans to avoid partyline votes before adjournment. The Senate prohibition committee postponed action on nationwide referendum bills, citing lack of constitutional provision and conflict with the eighteenth amendment. Senators Means Harreld Goff Walsh supported the measure. Reed did not vote.
The Anita Congregational church will observe Children's Day on Sunday evening June 13 with a planned program in preparation. All are invited to attend and enjoy the event.
An angels Comedians will be here the week of June 14. This is not Billy Angilo's show, but the old time Je Angels show. Mr. Angel him. sete fe here with his troupe.
The gospel team from Atlantic Methodist Episcopal Church will lead the morning service at Lewis Methodist Church with Epworth Teague in charge of the Sunday evening program. A program titled West! is planned, featuring a throughline of musical items and testimonies.
Des Moines June 8 An Iowa state bar examination result shows forty two takers. thirty five passed. Chief Justice Lawrence DeGraff awarded certificates. Passes include Frank P. Brennan Atlantic Alfred H. Christensen Guthrie Center Donald T. Fitsgibbon Missouri Valley Arthur H. Lee Boone Floyd M. Lewellen Dexter Proctor R. Perkins Council Bluffs Albert R. Swale West Union Fred R. Jones Guthrie Center recently resigned from the state banking department to become federal receiver for the National Bank at Tama.
A Shenandoah man pleaded guilty to a charge connected to a traffic collision that occurred in Iowa. The defendant, Hugh McKie, admitted guilt in court as details of the incident emerged from the local police report.
In Council Bluffs on June 4 a holiday carnival scene masked a deadly event. A woman, wife of Grvild D. Stubbs, turned on gas in her stove at 3211 Second Avenue and penned a note to her husband as deadly fumes filled her home. Authorities call the note among the most pitiful they have read.
In Omana June 4, the army court martial of Captain Alten heard testimony identifying two women with Captains Woodward Allen and Wyth Arnold at Fort Crook the night of liquor possession arrests. Alice L. Borsheim and Marguerite Havens testified, with Borsheim revealing she once dated prohibition agent Homer Banner.
Des Moines June 4 William Cassna of Berkeley Calif editor of Qua% the Drake university year book expelled from the university. Officials cited in subordination and refusal to attend a board meeting. Campus gossip linked Cassnas dedication of the year book to Prof Joseph B Gif ford leaving the university to faculty action.
Des Moines diinc report notes Drake University will confer diplomas to 288 students from five colleges in a Monday commencement. The ceremonies observe traditional rituals with graduates set to receive diplomas and participate in the university’s long-standing tradition.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests an event involving a baccalaureate sermon attributed to a person likely named Lovle or Lovle, with a reference to St. Lovle Place and a scholarly or church setting. Details are unclear due to corrupted wording.
The writer describes a severe bout of constipation and relief after starting a Mellon ALL-BRAN breakfast plan, noting improved digestion with no further trouble.
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