Atlantic Iowa Post Office Second Class Matter Notice
Entered at ¢ at the post office at Atlantic Iowa as second class matter under the 1879 act. CHAS F CHASE and E P CHASE directors and editors. Advertising rates available on application. Office numbers 13 and 424. Subscriptions: by carrier one month five cents, six months three dollars, one year six dollars. By mail U S one year four dollars, Canada and foreign countries five dollars.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Kae Ien
U. S
Canada
Frederick Thompson Dies Creator of Luna Park and Hippodrome
Frederick Thompson, who built Luna Park at Coney Island Toyland at the San Francisco exposition and the Hippodrome in New York, died recently in New York. He advocated clean amusement and showed it could be financially successful, contending that the public demands wholesome entertainment and that the industry should avoid off color acts.
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New York
Frederick Thompson
Colossal Amusement Enterprises
Geniua
Entertainment
Coney Island
San Francisco
Hippodrome
Thompson
Senate seeks copy of treaty amid Wilson stance
The U S Senate must pass the peace treaty and had to obtain a copy from a newspaper correspondent as President Wilson refused to provide one. Administration reluctance and secrecy draw criticism though the Senate finally secured the text, highlighting a “queer procedure” in the process.
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United States Senate
Wilson
U. S. Senate
Germany
Senate
Mr. Wilson
Farm Hand Fatally Gored by Bull in Indiana
June 10. John F. Schmidt a farm hand aged 60 was gored to death by a bull on a farm in Indiana after township Saturday. He was found lying on a dung pile behind the barn lifeless with the horn of the bull severing the jugular vein.
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Cherokere
John F. Schmidt
Ken
Exterminate the dandelion pest in Ames front yards
Ames Iowa June 10 a simple fix for rampant dandelions. botanist Dr L H Pammell Iowa State College recommends iron sulphate at 100 pounds to a barrel of water applied by sprinkler to kill seedlings and curb new growth. second treatment may be needed later. blue grass may brown briefly but not die. also notice for dinner at Country Club June 12 at 6 30 with Mrs C D Finley.
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News-Telegraph
Ames
L. H. Pammell
Iowa State College
Pammell
Ames Commencement to Open on June 15 1919
Ames Iowa June 10 Commencement exercises at Iowa State College for 1919 begin Sunday June 15 with the baccalaureate sermon by Dr Howland Hanson of Des Moines Graduation exercises follow Wednesday June 13 The commencement address will be delivered by Major General William M Black chief of engineers of the US Army Nearly 300 graduates will receive degrees this year Also noted is a Pie Social in Wiota Friday at Wiota M W A hall with pies and a gathering for women and men to eat.
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News-Telegraph
Ames
Iowa State College
Howland Hanson
Des Moines
William M. Black
United States Army
Wisconsin Educator Will Talk To Women
Dr. EB Ross of the University of Wisconsin, a leading sociologist, will speak at the thirteenth biennial Town Federation of Women's Club convention at Iowa State College June 11 to 14. His talk titled This Man Made World will be delivered Friday evening June 13. About 700 women from Iowa are expected. housing will be in dormitories and sorority houses. A banquet for 1,000 is planned in the college gymnasium. An exhibit of 35 Chicago Art Museum paintings has been hung in Margaret Hall for the event.
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News-Telegraph
Ames
EB. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Sociologists of America
Town Federation of Women's Club
Iowa State College
Ross
Womn
Iowa
State College
Chicago Art Museum
Margaret Hall
Farmers Attention Seed Sale For Washed Out Spots
Farmers attention. Put those spots in your corn fields that have been washed out by heavy rains into cane for feed. There never was any better feed. We are closing our seed out at 2.00 per bushel. Order quick. 3d10 Nelson and McCaustland.
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Nelson & McCaustland
Germany's exchange rates vary in May reports
AP dispatch notes unstable German money exchange in May with Berlin quotes at 241 marks per 100 francs and a Cologne bank at 229.5 marks. Reichsbank Coblenz paid 200 marks with banks setting own rates. US Coblenz office paid 222 marks per 100 francs from May 1, signaling rising rates. Letters show renewed business ties as a German firm hints at heavy watch shipments to the US.
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Associated Press
Treves
Ameriship
Berlin
Cologne
Reichsbank
Coblenz
United States Levee
Army
Cobiénz
United States
Suys
Germany
Mickey at the Garden Friday Saturday
Local theater outlines showings at the Garden with Friday and Saturday performances featuring the act Mickey and a Sunday relief event titled Cheer Up Mickey 13 Coming.
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Mickey
Ask Commission To Change Road In County
Supervisor D J Bode travels to Ames to urge the State Highway Commission to swap the east from Lewis route for the east from Griswold on the county primary road system. He argues Griswold is more practical with fewer wooden bridges and lower grading needs, while Lewis requires bridge replacements and higher costs.
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Bodo
Ames
Highway Commission
Griswold
State Highway Commission
Lewis
D. J. Bode
Commission
Bode
Griswold Road
Lewis Road
Atlantic National Farm Loan Association Declares Dividend
At the end of its first year the Atlantic National Farm Loan association announced a 6 percent dividend. The real earned rate was 8 percent with 2 percent held at the Federal Farm Loan bank in Omaha. Ten percent of the 6 percent dividend goes to a reserve fund. The declaration followed a board meeting at the office of secretary A K Coomes, with directors L W Wheatley Henry McCrory John Shultz Woodrow Wallace Ben Acker present.
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Atlantic National Farm Loan Association
Federal Farm Loan Bank
Omaha
Atlantic Association
Association
A.K. Coomes
L. W. Wheatly
Henry McCrory
John Shultz
Woodrow Wallace
Ben Acker
Getting His Fill of Exciting Adventures
Sydney Atkin, survivor of Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost Antarctic expedition, returns to New South Wales after years of peril. He bears a healed broken jaw, one lung, scars from gas exposure, and about 86 years. Before the voyage he worked as a cattle drover, coast artilleryman, South African War veteran, and sailor.
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Associated Press
Sydney
Sydney Atkin
Aurore
Sir Brenst Shackleton
New South Wales
Atkin
Ene Atkin
Bull Creek Floods City After Rampage Storm
Last night Bull Creek caused heavy flooding in the lower city as rainfall reached .80 inches. Streets Sixth Fifth and Fourth from the creek were mud covered with basements flooded and hail fell during the storm. Hard coal order from C. P. Meredith.
Four New Teachers Added to Atlantic Schools
The Atlantic Board of Education elected four new teachers for the city schools: Gladys Kirk Lottie Lauck Hazel Spencer and Grace Korges. Miss Kirk is described as a young Atlantic woman Miss Lauck previously taught at Stuart Miss Korges taught in Council Bluffs and Miss Spencer did demonstration work in Linn County Cedar Rapids under the farm bureau. Fairbanks Gas Engines. Mere Dith's.
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Atlantic School
Board of Education
Gladys Kirk
Lottie Lauck
Hazel Spencer
Grace Korges
Miss Kirk
Atlantic
Miss Lauck
Stuart
Miss Korges
Council Bluffs
Miss Spencer
Linn County
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
For Sale Farms in Livingston County Missouri
Listing from W L Cox Recorder of Deeds Chillicothe Missouri offers multiple Missouri farms for sale. 786 acres at 150 per acre 260 acres at 110 per acre 160 acres at 110 per acre 120 acres at 120 per acre 80 acres at 150 per acre. Other good farms available. Contact W L Cox for information.
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Missouri
W.L. Cox
Livingston County
Chillicothe
Edna Neal Weds Paul N Kirk in Arthur Iowa Ceremony
A quiet March wedding linked Edna Neal daughter of Mrs. W F Neal and Paul N Kirk son of Mr and Mrs A M Kirk of Atlantic. The ceremony at the bride’s home was conducted by Rev F E Brimline with M E church ring rites. Mrs Lester Mead played. Attendants from Atlantic included Mrs A M Kirk, Earl Kirk, and Ray Neal. The couple to reside with the bride’s mother in Arthur.
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Arthur
Iowa
Edna Neal
Paul N. Kirk
A.M. Kirk
Atlantic
Company M
168Th Infantry
F. E. Brimline
Arthur Methodist Church
M. BE
Mareh W
Lester Mead
W. F. Neal
Ida Grove
Ida Grove High School
A. M. Kirk
France
Rainbow
168Th
Kirk
Kuhl Bros
Villa forces occupy town near Texas line report
El Paso dispatch reports Villa troops seized Guandalupe opposite Fabens Texas thirty two miles east of El Paso last night. Fabens information notes another force aligned with General Angeles moving toward Juarez.
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Villa
Texas Line
Associated Press
EL Paso
Rock Island Train Derailed By Open Switch Killing Two
Two men died when a Rock Island passenger train hit an open switch near Washburn Iowa after colliding with a horse. Engineer F. H. Tisdale and baggage man Charles Norton, aboard passenger number 62, were killed. Six others were injured, including dentist J. T. Ralston.
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Rock Island
United—Press
Washburn
F.H. Tisdale
Charles Norton
Sioux City Flying Club Expands With Training Planes
Sioux City June 10 The local Flying club has purchased four more Curtiss army training planes and will have them here ready for work within the next few days. The club already operates two planes which have been in use for nearly a month. Demand for air trips has been very high among residents.
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Sioux City
Bridge wing washed away by heavy rain north of Wiota
Heavy rain last night washed out a cement bridge wing four miles north of Wiota. The wing, poured but not set, will cost a couple of hundred dollars to replace. The Wickham Bridge and Pipe Co. is building the county bridges, with George Henningsen of Atlantic supervising the project.
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Wiota
Wickham Bridge & Pipe Co
George Henningsen
Atlantic
Missouri Valley Boy 12 Killed in Farm Accident
Missouri Valley Iowa June 10 Bruce Hallady 12 son of Mr and Mrs A F Hallady living on the Harry Latté farm two miles east of town was killed yesterday while driving cows to pasture by contact with a waste wire charged with electricity. The wire had come loose and touched the guy wire electrocuting him instantly.
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Missouri Valley
Bruce. Hallady
A. F.“Hallady
Harry, Latté
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Ours
Country Club
C. D. Finley
M. W. A. Hall
Wisconsin
Chamberlain
Loan Association
Atlantic Nevtional Farm Loan Asociation
Bull Creek
C. P. Meredith
Fairbanks Gas Engines
Meredith’s
J. T. Ralston
Rodm One
Fulton Building
Missouri Valley Boy
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Chestnut St
Hippo
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