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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1916
Page
2
The Atlantic newspaper criticizes the Register and Leader for their heavy attacks on W. L. Harding in the Republican gubernatorial race. Editors note the paper has not endorsed Harding and suggest overreach may have backfired, potentially boosting Harding with neutral readers as the campaign tightens.
The piece discusses primary endorsements and the battle to nominate a winner, Chicago's large preparedness parade, and labor unions' stance. It critiques railroad wage demands, questions interstate regulation of wages, notes German naval losses and English counterclaims, and praises Congressman Green for sane handling of international matters while urging robust preparedness as a prudent national move.
Secretary Beard returns from Lincoln Nebraska, OU Coomes and wife depart for Oaks Iowa, Jonas Strock of Oakland visits by car, Mrs Lloyd Smith of Winta operated on and recovering. Henry Rustman family visits Frank Knop home, L H Pine returns from New York after father’s death, Miss Marie Swart holds own. Herman Jahnke and Wm Kirchoff family visit Lewis shoppers. I H Hill and Marie Creston guests of Stauffer. Grace Milner Hawkins visits Whitney home. Henry Wiechmann Sr and daughter Emma visit Rathmann home. H C Conrad family attend funeral in Cumberland. Minnie Wilds to Boise for summer school and to visit her eater. Mrs John Leslie and William in Cumberland relate to late John Leslie. Albert Gruske Sr returns from California, M E Worth also back via Omaha. Lafe Ash visits Council Bluffs with brother Edward Ash. sister Mrs Harry Cary and baby to visit later.
Judge J B Rockafellow is to hear the suit of George Most and Mrs Most against Sarah G Norton Frank J Norton and L W Niles custodian seeking annulment of a land exchange contract. Plaintiffs say they were prevented from viewing the land and misrepresented. defendants claim waiver and sight unseen trade. Attorneys Swan and Goodspeed for plaintiffs and H M Boorman for defendants. Tea cream priced per quart at SCT Appacasse’s.
The text extols the Babcock test as a leading dairy invention and stresses practical farming advice. It warns against neglecting cows and emphasizes cleanliness, proper calk care, fresh bedding, sunlight for calves, and keeping milk sweet by cooking cream to prevent souring bacteria thriving in cold milk.
A New England Homestead correspondent discusses fat cows at calving. Critics argue excessive flesh hinders milk yield and future breeding. The piece notes cows may be too fat to support milk and calf development and compares sow fatness affecting piglet nourishment.
A Milking Shorthorn cow showed an unusual milk flow pattern. After calving the calf sucked continuously and the udder appeared full but milk drained slowly. The next year with better body condition milk flow improved markedly, suggesting udder fullness from fat tissue affected milk storage.
W C Burgess longtime Atlantic City council member is gravely ill at his lower Poplar street home after a morning stroke. Daughter Mrs Dave Arn stays at his bedside as commutation tickets are advertised at Atlantic Beauty Parlor.
County treasurer Chas Malone learned from the secretary of state's office in Des Moines that auto registration funds for six counties show Adair receiving more back than Cass despite Cass paying more into the state fund. The discrepancy stems from Adair listing twenty townships versus Cass’s sixteen, since funds are distributed by townships rather than total cars.
A speaker thanks Cass County Republicans for their support in the County Attorney race and pledges united party backing whether elected or defeated. The message also commits to backing Harry B. Swan and Tom C. Whitmord if the speaker loses.
Frank Perkins secretary of the state rural carriers association received the meeting program to be held in Cedar Rapids this July. Local carriers are urged to attend as a strong turnout is expected with a solid program for the seventeenth convention. Officers and directors of the federation are listed including Pierce Rockwell City Perkins Atlantic De Bloom Jones and Marine among others.
The Ladies of the C O P club host husbands and friends at Mrs H G Phelps home for the final club event of the year. The Buck Oreagh area GT club gathered at Mrs Dent Ramsay’s on Thursday night June 8 with members and families and several visitors including Mrs Wilson and the Minses Walverton Anderson and Carlson. Refreshments were served as guests departed thanking the host and hoping to meet soon.
The article advises giving caogtorol at the onset of a calf attack of diarrhea. Dosage ranges from one to four tablespoonfuls shaken in milk depending on age and size. Follow with one to two teaspoonfuls of a mixture of copper nitrate of bismuth prepared chalk and powdered rhubarb three times daily in small water. Increase dose if necessary.
Readable fragments indicate a local agricultural note about red and yellow sweet hens. The item names a breed or lot likely tied to a farm market or catalog. Further details are unclear due to OCR damage, but the entry preserves the core reference to poultry.
Funeral services for the late Dan Auxier were held yesterday. The minister from the church preached the sermon at the Corbett Chapel on Cumbe Street.
A list from Jackson Building notes pupils at Atlantic schools who were neither absent nor tardy during the recent school year. Principal Genevieve Hedges oversees grades ranging from I to 6 with multiple students named in each grade including Wilma Kuske Ralph Beech Leona Brehmer Oscar Collatz Clark Jensen Vilas Morgen Paul Nelson Norman Odem and many others such as Harold Beech Harold Bojons Janica Emmert Howard Hill Marion Lelgan Guy Morgan Sigvald Schavland Donald Sharp Miriam Brown Evelyn Gillett George Jeck Bertha Kfar Robert Lines Florence Linn Marjorie Porterfield Mina Rapp Bernard Roberts Harry Weinheimer Viola Welsh Hazel Dodge.
Principal Austa Durkee leads the Lincoln Building roster with grade by grade listings. Distinct students span Grades 1 to 5, including Zelpha Blake Ruth Draper Elvin Henningsen Raymond Hovendick Carl Hovendick Percy Miller and others. The Grant Building lists Austa Durkee as principal and grades 1 to 4 with multiple students named.
Amanga Wissler principal lists grade by grade pupils at Central Building. Names include Lyla Bigelow, Lottie Martin, Marte Weitzel, Gertrude Ellick, Helen Hall, Martha Niles, Carl Anderson and others across grades 6 7 8. Also advertises tea cream sodas and sundae offerings and local contact for switches.
A father bursts with farmyard energy urging his son to rise as dawn wakes. He recalls his own early hours and chores, from feeding swine to carrying slop, to emphasize the discipline of rural life and the world waking at daybreak.
Local ad fragment from Atlantic Iowa markets tea cream per quart and invites interest in APPACASSE'S offerings. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or names beyond the business.
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