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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1916
Page
1
Anita residents report a flurry of trips and visits from June 10. Lulu Linderman returns from Berwick, Ruth and family in Des Moines, Ed Newton in Chicago, and many others travel to Atlantic Des Moines Omaha Grinnell and Massena for schooling business and family reasons. Local students attend Cedar Falls and East High commencement with relatives nearby.
Chicago reformer W Murray Crane, famed for party harmony, urged Republican leaders to meet and seek a united campaign to avert a Roosevelt bolt, while a string of local social and travel notes detail visits, visits, and events across Anita Atlantic and Massena Iowa, with residents returning home from trips and many small gatherings.
Caldwell Ohio resident DB Archer praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a trusted family essential for years and for travel. The testimonial notes they never travel without it and that the product is obtainable everywhere.
The June reports show farmers cutting alfalfa yielding up to two tons per acre and drying well in dry, sunny weather. Corn looks good as fields are plowed to remove weeds. Bridge west of town is near completion, set to become one of the county’s best once fixed after last spring’s washout.
The article notes Billst on Maine and Himiball stroats revealing his wedding to Miss Bertha Grodt. Bertha, a Ruthven, Iowa teacher and former Ruthven principal, will move with Billst to Hancock, Iowa then to Black Hills and Pike's Peak before settling in Hancock. The Old Settlers picnic founder J G Duncan notes August 5 as the yearly picnic date with talks of a possible two day event.
Fifty years ago a Des Moines page notes events and people across Iowa. Ida Martins class in music rehearses at the opera house for a June 12 recital while local clubs plan meetings in Newton and Mankato City. A Garman hall dance, political shifts with a People’s party candidate, and Memorial Day orations mark a busy June. Judges, bankers, and merchants travel, local obituaries, new births, and civic items fill the roster.
An advertisement touts PEARL wire cloth screens as wear proof and rust resistant, promoting Gilbert and Bennett screens for long life. It claims repaint or renewal is unnecessary for up to two seasons, emphasizing real economy through durable materials.
Rainfall measured 2.49 inches from yesterday morning to this morning. A meeting of city business men is planned at the fire hall tomorrow at eight to discuss this year's street fair. M W A log rolling set for Atlantic on Thursday and Friday. Mr and Mrs Eichhorn hosted a silver wedding at their South Chestnut home. Prof R P Erwin leaves today for Indianola then Washington mountains for vacation. E A Wood and P I Appleman elected delegates to the K P grand lodge from Atlantic. they support Dr Porterfield for Grand Chancellor. Henry Krohn returned from Coun tel Bluffy for a visit with his son. Casper Beekman shipped cattle and hogs to Chicago market at notable prices. Ray Allen visiting family near Berea spent Sunday in the city. M O'Donnell sold sixty-acre tract to Henry Miller at ninety dollars per acre. H A Arnold of Audubon was in the city today.
In Highwood Michigan a patient describes a near-fatal decline lasting years due to fainting and dizzy spells. After family brought a bottle of Cardui medicine, the sufferer reports major improvement and renewed strength, citing dramatic recovery from exhaustion.
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