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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1955
Page
8
A damaged fragment notes a Groeten Ralpa visit to Lake Okoboji next week for Red Crees Training and Barge Koy at Auduboa. The readable items hint at planned attendance and activities but details are unclear.
News from Lewis of Atlantic reports Amma Laws visiting with Mrs. Be and returning Thursday to Ottumwa after visiting Mrs. Maggie DeLeas. Mrs. Ken Atlante travels toward Bedegua to South Dakota. The Ca Vin family was at Dent Mina last.
City council in Atlantic Iowa meets in a 7:80 p.m. special session to discuss general business. The minutes note council members present and outline actions including street and lot adjustments, brick and cement work bids, and a subdivision filing for Kroningen Hawke OConnor Pellett and Anker.
City of Atlantic Iowa adopts a resolution approving a land subdivision plat aligning with Ordinance No. 201 and Chapter 409 of the Code. Mayor P Meffens signs the document dated May 18 1955. Hawley Lynch and others witness certification for street standards and color.
Leroy Lewis Liott has moved to Omaha to take a railway mail clerk position. Mr and Mrs Burdette Hansen and son plan to Iowa City for work at the University. Mr and Mrs Robert Forney and daughter moved to Gleewood where he will be head instructor this year. Mrs LeRoy Davis visited Iowa City for a hospital checkup.
USDA livestock receipts unavailable. Hogs up 0.75 to 1.00 with late options 19.50 to 20.50. sows up to 18.25. Cattle mixed. steers 25 down, stockers 19 to 23, heifers 18 to 22. Sheep and lambs higher. spring slaughter lambs 24.50 to 25.25, old crop lambs up to 25.50. Salable hogs about 2,000. cattle about 300 total. Prices reflect Friday week trends and weekly USDA figures.
Direct market figures from Des Moines show Friday receipts at Iowa and southern Minnesota packing plants, concentration yards, and buying stations totaling 27 500 head with an estimated 23 000 for Saturday. Week prior is 18 600. no year ago data. Prices range 15.50 to 16.08 per hundredweight for 330 to 360 lb cattle.
Partial OCR text shows multiple property weight ranges and bids with prices in the 13 to 15 dollar range. It references Don J. Casey and N. Gray with small parcel descriptions and dates, plus transfers involving Lloyd Erickson and ep Tanner, with metes and bounds shorthand and $1 over.
A list of property transfers and warranty deeds filed in 1954 including Dale E Peters to Dave Tripp in Atlantic, J Webster Hancox to Newton Fickel, Josephine Nelson to L M Hodges, Hodges to Fay Powers, and multiple others with cents or odd lot numbers and references to sections 2 and 22-74.34. An assortment of titled and undivided interests and one parcel described as all right title and interest in land. Values shown mostly as one dollar over or nominal, with several “wd” and “ove” shorthand terms.
News Tel Carriers notes disruption at local exchange leaving customers without service. Officials cite maintenance on line 3 and expect restoration by noon. Public advisory urges patience for repairs and service resumption.
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