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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
6
A Vitagraph short features Flora Finch delivering the big humor as Bunny's rival is vanquished. Sponges do the trick and Bunny's antics are described as one of the funniest capers in the piece.
Grain prices for wheat corn and oats show July contracts near steady with slight gains from previous levels. South Omaha and Chicago stock markets report hog and cattle receipts and prices with steady to higher trends, including hogs around 8.00 to 8.07 and cattle from 7.40 to 9.00, plus sheep in the 5.50 to 7.76 range.
Advertisement offers property with excess land for sale or trade. Seller will sell whole or in part at a price that yields profit for buyers and is open to a trade that benefits both sides. Down payment preferred with favorable balance terms or exchange for a small well located place. Interested buyers should contact the advertiser.
Receipts for cattle around 2,000 with prices mixed up to $10 for calves and Western stockers. Texas steers 6.80 to 7.80. cows and heifers 4.65 to 7.60. calves to 10. Westerns 7.00 to 8.15. Sheep receipts about 15,000. prices range 3.65 to 9.60 for ewes, lambs, and yearlings. Market weak with 10 cent drop noted. Estimates for tomorrow show 3,000 sheep and 200 cattle.
A classified notice advertises an opportunity from International Mills offering a guaranteed hosiery plan to friends and neighbors. It promises 70 percent profit and a potential daily earning of $10 with no experience required, listing Box 4029 West Philadelphia, Pa.
Leon M. Lafferty was unanimously elected department commander of the Iowa division of the United Spanish War Veterans and the Fifty-fifth Town regiment in Council Bluffs Iowa on June 12. Davenport will host next year’s reunion and encampment. New officers include I Sorenson Cedar Rapids senior vice commander T M Langton Dubuque junior vice commander Guy F Shields Cedar Rapids inspector general Wi S Philpot Waterloo judge advocate general Rev B H S Johnson Sioux City chaplain Colonel Matt A Tinley Council Bluffs surgeon general Charles Beck Dubuque S Manley Clinton G M Watson Sioux City A J Artes Waterloo as delegates to the Louisville Kentucky national encampment Aug 31–Sept 2.
In Muscatine Iowa a 55 year old man, Jim Williams, was shot and killed by his wife after a day of family quarrels. The coroner’s jury exonerated her, finding the shooting self defense following an assault on their 18 year old son three hours earlier. The piece also notes a separate report of cantaloupe trust inquiries in Chicago and an aviator’s fatal fall in Richmond Indiana witnessed by thousands.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote features a sharp lawyer who resists rudeness toward a persistent woman visitor, but she preserves the last word by declaring she is a lady. The report then notes Secretary Daniels’ wine mess order, its July 1 effective date, and its publication steps. It also covers California flood dangers on the Colorado river near Calzona with drownings, and Iowa politics with Connolly seeking Wilson’s stance on Democratic candidates. A June 12 note previews an Ide Grove firemen tournament on June 17 expected to draw 5,000.
Massena reports two near accidents on Sunday a Perrin hupmobile and a motorcycle rider on the wrong side of the road bruised but not seriously hurt and a second collision near Massena when Miss Zella Dowling’s machine narrowly avoided danger as a baby carriage overturned and the infant remained unharmed. The village store of Dewey l hosted a jolly gathering with Adolph Bernhardt supplying a military band providing lemonade and ice cream while eighty autos and many teams filled the scene.
OAKHILL NEWS LETTER reports Atlantic callers N P Hoegh and P Rangard on Tuesday. Frank Grulke and family were Sunday visitors at the Horace Helken home. Mrs Erickson visited at the Charlan Erickson home to see the new grandson. Sophus Hansen visited Sarah Sunday. Local families of Lorah and Chilia Kleuver and Rasmus IK ogh were entertained at the Emil Kleuver home Sunday. Chia Christengen and wife of Hilt horn attended the funeral of Hans Nelson on their way home.
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