Local businesses showcase services and fixtures in Atlantic
A garbled ad page lists multiple vendors in Atlantic offering plumbing, autos, watches, electrical goods, and cleaning services. Notable names include Boggess Bros Plumbers, Purcell's Jewelry, Cushing Machine and Auto Co, Farmers Savings Bank, Wissler & Worth heating, Kimballton Construction, and Collins Bat Shop. The assorted items promise repairs, installations, and seasonal offerings with emphasis on prompt service and reasonable prices.
No Other Paint Guarantees in the World
An advertisement argues that no paint offers true protection against chalking cracking peeling blistering fading or unsatisfactory results. It claims a bona fide guarantee is impossible from any dealer but Bradley & Vrooman offer a gold bond guarantee with every paint bill, insuring the customer against those issues. The text also references a season’s demand for hats and various goods and services from local shops and a dentist in the Fifth and Chester area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley & Vrooman
J. B. Sones
English Polo Team Honors to Go Along With Golf Trophy
The English polo contingent will receive honors alongside the golf trophy in a ceremonial event. Team members and officials are expected to attend, with organizers emphasizing sportsmanship and national pride in the presentation.
Resolute Wins Third Race as Vanitie Suffers Tragedy
The yacht Resolute won the third trial against Alexander Cochran's Vanitie after two crewmen on Vanitie fell overboard and perished or were rescued. A press boat saved one, another was taken aboard, and the Resolute finished alone at 1 55 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryo
N. Y
Aine
Resolute
Alexander Cochran
Vanitie
TS Inete
Long Island
Abduction Trial Details Revealed in Denver Case
Rev. O L Spurgeon testified in a Denver trial of ten men charged with abducting and robbing him after a lecture attack on Catholic clergy. He said he was seized from his hotel on April 5, forced into a carriage, beaten, and robbed of $10. A crowd gathered as the assailants entered his room and dragged him away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Merritt
O. P. DeFord
SPECIAL SWITCH RATE ORDER AND RELATED LEGAL MATTERS
Des Moines reports the Iowa state railroad commission issued a special switching rate of % cent per hundred for carload ice brick and tile in the Sioux City industrial district. It also withdrew a 14 cent rate on excelsior between Dubuque and Council Bluffs citing an interstate rate of 141% cents. New rate takes effect in 30 days. Warren Garst addresses engineers warning that underbidding by uninsured contractors harms responsible bidders under Iowa's compensation law. Meyer extradition papers forwarded. possible transfer to Canadian courts. Jones habeas corpus brief filed against a constitutional amendment allowing county attorney informant indictments. Wesley Greene forecasts Iowa apple shortage but better prospects for other fruits. May fruit condition at 66%. Kansas seeks 2800 farm hands and 600 extra teams for Pratt county wheat harvest around June 22. Des Moines melon shipment hearing set for June 23. Sixty-four law students certified to practice. four fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Sioux City
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Dorn
Iowa
Warren Garst
Maintainig
Meyer
Cosson
WW. J. Bryan
Franz Meyer
Winnipeg
Elizabeth Hepperta
Ein
Washington
Jones
Beu
Grand
Earl G. Jones
Corning
Fort Madison
Grace Runyan
Supreme Court
Greene
Wesley Greene
Kansas
A. L. Urick
Isbor Commins An.er
Pratt, Kuan
Pratt County
Town“commission
Hat Shower Latest Eulogy for Attorney Quigley
In Cleveland on June 5 thousands of hats in all colors and sizes flooded Attorney Eugene Quigley's office sent by messenger parcel post and express each lid offered as a tribute by Delta Theta Phi law fraternity members who call him supreme chancellor Quigley redirected the hats to the Salvation Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Eugene Quigley
Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
Quigley
Salvation Army
Synodical Council Convenes in Sycamore UK
The Swedish Lutheran church synodical council met in Sycamore UK with Dr G A Brandell of Denver serving as vice president and presiding. The ministerium will assemble on June 6 and address church affairs, preparations, and regional matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Synodical Council
Sycamore
Synodical Council of the
Swedish Lutheran Church
G. A. Brandell
Denver
Tuna
Capital Flows Into Mexican Oil Surge of Investment
The article details vast U S and foreign capital into Mexican oil over four years, with $200 million invested in Panuco and Topila fields, dozens of companies, and extensive tank farms. It notes daily outputs, shipments to U S ports, and the push to protect leases amid Tampico disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Tampico
Panuco
Topila
Philadelphia
Holland
Germany
United States
Itta
Mexican Petroleum Company
Lord Cow
Don’t Lose Sleep Coughing at Wight Take Foley’s Honey and Tar
An advertisement asserts Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound stops coughing quickly. It promises immediate relief as the medicine coats irritated airways and eases chest tightness, claiming mild laxative effects and no opiates. Children like it. substitutes are discouraged. available at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wight
Foley
All Druggtats
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Constitutional Remedy
Dr W C Heers dentist in Fulton Building listed with Green 4x contact. Advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as only constitutional treatment for catarrh, claims 100 dollar prize for any cure failure, includes mailing address in Toledo Ohio and references to Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Heers
New Fulton Building
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Rail Road Time Cards Messy OCR Summary
Train schedule fragment shows departure and arrival times with garbled text. The Sunday service lists a 11:38 am departure and 1:55 pm arrival. Nearby mentions include lines for leave and arrive and miscellaneous unreadable characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. IL
Wehene
Griswold
City Business Directory listings for professionals and attorneys
A dense compilation of local professionals including physicians surgeons dentists chiropractors osteopaths attorneys and notaries with office and residence addresses and phone numbers shown for multiple firms and individuals across Gillespie Chestnut Fifth and other streets, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century urban directory. The items include Drs Finley Weed Hupp Campbell and others, lawyers Forsyth Clemant Lee Phelps Wood Sayers Herbert Noyer and Noyer, chiropractors including Allender and Noyers, and various professional offices in Gillespie Building and surrounding blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Finley
M. Weed
Finley & Wood
Chestnut St
D. & Clark
Gilespie
East Fifth Street
Embalming and Undertaking Services Advertised in Atlantis Iowa
An old classified style ad lists DeWitt and Manning licensed embalmers with furniture, offering transfer business and undertaker services in Atlantis Iowa. It mentions Winks and Winne licensed embalmers, Shug Sargent tobacconists, and Leonard Jackson with address 988 Chestnut St plus contact numbers. References to office and residence phones appear amid a jumble of names, prices, and items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Osborne
Leonard Jackson
Embelmar
Wbod
Meral
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ladlew
Atlantic
Gollins
Black 178
Hedges Bros
Ferros
Boggess Bros
Cushing Machine and Auto Co
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Aa Savings Bank
Wissler & Worth
A-1
Purcell’s Jewelry
Faetse Bros
Chande Williams
Kimballton Construction Company
Christensen ‘Bros. On
Wanesen
Collins Bat Shop
Obas, Block & Son
Mra M. L, Langdon
Acta
Atlantis Tea & Coffee
Pe. HX
Willams
Fulton Building
Fifth and Chester
W. A. Hammer
Dentiot
Qvansky
Vlere
American Press
Don_glish polo
America
Cheapa
Captain Society
Tompkingon
Barrett
Trail
Japan
Tokyo
Dian
Mongolia
Nagasaki
American Express
New York
Rock Island Railroad
American Express Company
United States Express Company
Chicago
Oak Park’ Infirmary
Rochester
Iowa Commission
Joker
Delta Theta Phi Men
Dray
Standard Oil
American
Zaleta Mar
Electra
Hunger Tica Companies
Tuxpam
California
National Oil Company
Corona
Pan-Mex
Standard of Company
Cecil Springsie
von Rappard
Netherlands
Bryan
J. B
NES
Green Bay Lumbar Co
Rock Island
Galion
Lyman
Grant
Morton Mills
Tole
Tenville
Villiaca Ly
Atlantic Ar
Galica
Sciola
Villison
NOTH
Maderoggings
Sea Nose
Nots
Hixpress
Paaponger
Ote J
Atlantic Northera
City Business Directory
R.A. Gamble
Fulton
C. L. Campbell
Gillespie
DR. U
Mulling
Mutual Benefit
BR. L. C
Allender
E. 1
Hupp
Chestnutst
Chamberlin
Wan
L. BR. Forsyth
Chas, A. Grubb
Sorner
Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
BEN U
Wood GC
W. Sayers
Herbert
East Fifth
A. Noyer Etta L
Opera House
Kenos
Ith Furniture
Atlantis
Phonia
M. 1
Butler
Prep
Shug Sargent
Lowe
West Bixth
Wei
Sarry
Cin
Ae Phoss Blue
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