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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1912
Page
8
In Villisca Iowa a youth, seeking a private moment with his pressed trousers, fled through a back window when a grocer’s wife called for clothes. He dashed eight feet to a porch then hid in a shed for two hours, while a restaurant waitress interrupted the escape. His name is withheld.
Bennie Godanour and family visited Chas Jewett on Sunday. Isaac Swanson and wife visited with J. M. Cramlet. Vena and Anna Smith called on Guy Smith. Mrs. John Clarkson returned home after visiting her sister. Laverne Welch came back from Canada and works for Elmer Hendricks. Edna and Ethelda Selby from Adair visit Ella worth Parker. Lawrence Christenson worked for Frank Sisler last week. Florence Ludwig and Bessie Anderson visited Elmer Hendrick on Sunday. Simon Smith plowed corn for Charles Sisler the past week.
A deteriorated excerpt lists multiple departure times and locations including West Atlantic and Kimballton. It mentions the Kimballton construction company and references various stations such as Elk Horm and Beare. The legible items show early morning and midday departures with notes of a construction company invitation.
A child recalls her father serving on a jury while a prisoner lived under sheriff guard outside the jail. The jurors feel relief that the prisoner remains jailed, while the father fears missteps and contemplates the moral divide between jurors and inmates in the era's legal system.
A brief dialogue centers on a woman's claim that her face is her fortune and a man's sharp retort that she is two-faced. The exchange leaves her to ponder its meaning as he departs.
The Excitable Leading Lady hears footsteps near her dressing room and mistakes the stage manager for the lobster she insults. The producer interrupts, revealing the caller is the supper, the young man who announces carriage waits after each matinee and show.
A woman sobs and bitterly tells her husband she married him for his money. She declares she now sees him as “80 cents” and laments the changed value in a sharp, taunting remark. The scene blends insult with financial irony.
A pair of monkeys discuss human visitors at their enclosure. The first says the people are descended from them, while the second adds that humans are among the few ancestors people would pay to see.
In a chatty exchange Mr. Goodleigh-Sister Gabbeigh notes readers miss church and the talk turns to fashion. Miss Gabbeigh counters she does not miss church much, stating she subscribes to two fashion magazines.
Pastor Russell argues that the Bible describes a purgatorial process in the present life, not a posthumous place of suffering. He cites the fire theme as testing faith and character, concluding only those building on divine revelation will reach full salvation, while others face a lesser cleansing.
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