Big reunion coverage and local notices from Atlantic Iowa
Attending the Bluffs grand lodge meet while locals prepare for sales and events. Notables include C B Osborne recalling an 1880 Masonic group photo and many veterans joining the Des Moines reunion. Community ads promote Blue Ribbon Flour, pantry sales, dip products, monument ads, and June 11th sales at various Atlantic shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Grand Lodge
Bluffs
C. B. Osborne
Iowa
Grand Lodge
Des Moines
Messrs. McGeehan
Barr, Brown
Lhe Doran
Sunday Visits And Community Notes In Audubon Area
Chas Bagley and family from Audu bon visited relatives near Atlantic on Sunday. W A Johnson from Cumberland spent Sunday evening with A L Alexander. Bert Bagley and family attended Children’s Day at Buck Creek. Andrew Anderson visited relatives at Audubon. Tom Jones spent Sunday with relatives in Cumberland. Mrs E Gingery has been ill for nearly three weeks but improving. Mr Jones began road work. Floyd Davis was ill with measles last week. Mr and Mrs J W Lamb and daughter Mrs Mae Gingery and Mrs Gingery of Harlan visited J L Fritz home last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Bagley
Audubon
Atlantic
W. A. Johnson
Cumberland
A. L. Alexander
S. Bert
Bagley
Buck Creek
Andrew Anderson
Tom Jones
E. Gingery
Mr. Jones
Floyd Davis
Duffy Bribery Case to Be Brought Next in New York
District Attorney Whitman plans to try Sergeant Peter J. Duffy on bribery charges next, alleging graft while he led the Sixth police inspection district. After Duffy, Whitman aims to prosecute Sweeney for graft and then three other inspectors. The grand jury will consider graft in Tenderloin and Harlem linked to disorderly houses, gambling, saloons, and wire tapping rings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitman
Peter J. Duffy
Duffy
Sweeney
Sixth Police Inspection District
Bussey
Martha
Thompson
Harlem
Waiter Marries Heiress In Boston Cathedral Blessing From Father
George A. Lamassee, described as the handsomest waiter in Boston, wed Miss Nancy Redding, daughter of Michael J. Redding a Baltimore traction magnate and Democratic club president. The ceremony took place May 1 at the Boston Cathedral of the Holy Cross with Redding attending late, blessing the union. Lamassee to run a restaurant in an amusement park partly owned by the bride's father in Off City, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traction
Boston
George A. Laimussee
Nancy Redding
Michael J. Redding
Baltimore
Democratic Club
Oriole City
Boston Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Lamassee
Providence
New York City
Copley Plaza
Back Bay
Miss Redding
Redding
Jack Redding
Off City
Prisoner’s Leg By Express
Chicago detective sergeant George Wilson, escorting forged notes suspect George Hampton, plus atlas T. E. York, removed the prisoner’s wooden leg before boarding the train and shipped it to Chicago by express to prevent escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Wilson
Chicago Detective Bureau
Portland
Ore
George Hampton
Atlas T. E. York
Wilson
Hampton
Five Legged Colt Report From Cream Ridge District
Julietta Ida Harve Southwick, farmer in the Cream Ridge district, reports a Percheron colt born with a fifth leg attached to the left front foot at the ankle, branching into a perfect foot. The unusual anomaly draws curiosity from local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julietta
Ida
Harve Southwick
Cream Ridge
Huerta Accused Of High Treason In Mexican Impeachment Move
New York report says Weriberto Barron former Madero agent forwarded three counts of rebellion and treason against General Victoriano Huerta to the Mexican house of representatives. Barron seeks death under Mexican law, citing prison violence and Madero’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Barran
Madero
Mexican House of Representatives
New York City
New York
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Weriberto Barron
Francisco Madero
Fireta
National
Ace
Barron
Mexican Congress
Chihuahua
House of Representatives
General Huerta
Senor Barron
Huerta
Felix Diaz
Diaz
Blanquet
Henry Line Wilson
Senor Barton
Prisoner Invents Nonrefillable Bottle Patent
San Quentin prisoner I. J. McCalla, serving seven years for burglary, claims to have perfected a patent nonrefillable bottle device. Employed as a waiter for the officers' table, he asserts the invention can be fitted to any bottle and will bring him a fortune upon release two years hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Cail
I. J. McCalla
Knisely Kills Children Then Ends Own Life in Iowa
Beaman farmer Benjamin Knisely aged about forty shot and killed his four year old son and his fourteen year old daughter while others fled. He then wounded a sixteen year old daughter, failed to kill her, and killed himself by blowing off the top of his head. Mrs. Knisely was at home. Authorities deem him possibly insane. A censor in London edited a line in the play London Wife requesting a glass of water and dry toast during Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Benjamin Knisely
Beaman
Grundy County
Knisely
Man and His Muscles Strength Estimate
The article states that the total strength of all voluntary muscles in a strong man is about 10,000 pounds. It notes more than 500 voluntary muscles and mentions infinite involuntary muscles that are too small to estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Real Estate Transfers June 9 1913
A. H. Gerhardt transfers to Charles A Goeken a west door lot 5 13 block 19 in Atlantic for 650 dollars. A. W. Wyman and wife sell to Nels Peterson a west door lot 6 7 13 part, lot 17 in fourth addition Griswold for 333.33 dollars. Nels Peterson and wife convey to A. W. Wyman a west door lot 6 7 13 same for 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Gerhardt
Chas. A. Goeken
Atlantic
A. W. Wyman
Nels Peterson
Bargain in pictures at Gieven's gate day
A 12 by 22 inch color picture with gilt frame offered for 68 cents at Gieven's gate day on June 11. Also advertising Best flour from Atlantic and a note about J Burner’s department store on West 6th street and 2d9 Verry School of Dressmaking with Rebecca Fox at 462 Linn St. tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Best
Atlantic
J. Burnea’s
West 6Th Street
Giffen’s
Gieven’s
J. Burner's Department Store
Yverry School of Dressmaking
Rebecca Fox
Linn St. Tf
Dr Stockdale Offers Free Consultations For Chronic D iseases
Dr B A Stockdale invites any person suffering from chronic diseases to call for a thorough examination. He outlines what can be done, expected duration, and likelihood of cure, focusing on stomach liver bowels kidneys and related conditions. He promises candid opinions and offers free advice and examination by appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockdale
B. A. Stockdale
Utica Building
Des Moines
Towa
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Western Auto CO
White Pole Garage
Westphalen’s
McNierney
T. H. Wair
Sarah
W. B. Smith
Oakfield
J. C. B. Anderson
Maine
Pqxpress
Anealla
Budd's
D. J. McMenamin
Wilken Monument Works
Atlantic, Iowa
Ladies Episcopal Guild
Ahrens Millinery
Brighton
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo, N.Y
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
M.D
Northern Steamboat Company
Rocky Island
Ill
St. Paul
Stillwater
Minn
Mississippi River
Steamer
Morning Star
Rock Island
Lake St. Croix
W. H. Lamont
Davenport
Ceneral Victoriano Huerta
Whitney Bank
Whitney Bank Whitney Loan & Trust Company
Towan
Insane Farmer
W. G. Noyes
Walter C. Noyes
United States District Court For
Connecticut
Vermont
Noyes
Park Hotel
Hartel
3Rd
Walnut Sts
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