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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1916
Page
8
W. Q Reenleaf announces possession of all case records and prescriptions of Dr. D. T. B. Morris, located at No. 8 East Fifth, The Dr. Morris Office. Telephone contacts are Cltics 373 and residence Green 408. All calls answered promptly day or night.
A cluttered business directory fragment lists multiple funeral homes and transport firms. Names include DeWitt M and Bay Phone 169, Griffen Manning Co Atlantic Iowa, Butler Transfer H Butler Prop, Osborne Funeral Supplies Office, Fracook and Tred, Earl Hobbs, and others with address snippets and phone numbers.
An advertisement asserts catarrh is best treated internally rather than with local applications. It claims Hall's Catarrh Cure works through the blood to mucous surfaces, was prescribed by top physicians, contains trusted tonics and purifiers, and is sold nationwide for 75 cents with testimonials.
The News-Telegraph thanks readers helping clear balances while noting many are still in arrears. Readers are urged to check the mailing tag for any subscription in arrears and to send or bring the money. The notice suggests placing orders with Wilken Monument Works in Atlantic City.
The prize court condemned as lawful the cargoes of the American steamer Joseph W Fordney and three Swedish vessels from American ports. The cargoes, mainly fodder, mark the era’s most valuable seizure since the meat cargo actions by American packers. Arthur Gare attorney for the claimants will appeal.
Berlin June 12 The American ambassador James W Gerard repudiates an interview attributed to him on President Wilson's peace efforts The Overseas News agency reports the ambassador also claims Count Frederick von Westarp pressed for a spurious interview but he declined the request
Captain A Z Blodgett, called the last surviving white child of Fort Dearborn, died at Waukegan at age 84. A Civil War veteran, he led Company D, Ninety sixth Illinois, and was brother to United States District Judge Henry W. Blodgett, who served as government representative in the Alaska boundary dispute.
A fragmented timetable lists local and flyer trains between Stuart, Council Bluffs, Audubon, Griswold, and Atlantic regions with multiple departures and arrivals. Several inconsistently formatted times indicate daily service excluding Sundays and branch connections, including passenger legs between Audubon and Griswold and between Council Bluffs and Stuart.
The steamer Institutepesca sails from Montevideo to assist the Shackleton expedition, with an officer from the British transport Macedonia aboard to maintain wireless contact halfway. The news item also notes labor strife in San Francisco and a potential ambassadorial transition in Washington, plus curious rabbit and space mentions amid scattered items.
Athens reports a demobilization decree disbands the twelve senior military classes and bans coal exports. Paris notes Entente measures to enforce Greek unity and constitution, with Saloniki port command handed to French officers and Greek ships barred from Kavala and French ports.
Lee Harrison aged twenty five a student at the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery was found dead in an areaway at 2222 Campbell Park Chicago. Cousin of Blewett Lee a Ti noly Central Railroad solicitor and son of a former Mississippi lieutenant governor. initial observation suggests a fall to death with head bowed forward on his chest.
London June 12 A brief engagement between small British and German warships off the coast of Belgium was announced. A British patrol force comprised of monitors and torpedo boat destroyers engaged German torpedo boat destroyers which retired into port after being fired upon. No casualties or damage were reported to either side.
In Portland Oregon on June 1 the old cruiser Boston fired a last salute as she passed to the Marblehead to become a training ship for the Oregon naval militia. Once part of Admiral Dewey's Manila Bay fleet in 1898 under Captain Frank Wildes she has long since ceased operation and now awaits scrapping.
Maude Campbell of Des Moines fully recovers after attempting suicide two weeks earlier by ingesting bichloride of mercury. She has returned home to Dep SEng. Local brief notes also cover Prof Kingery quitting Wabash College, export and import totals, Dr J Grant Lyman sentencing, a missing man found dead in Milwaukee, and a naval aviator killed in Pensacola.
Li Yuan Hung, former vice president, becomes president in succession to the late Yuan Shih Kai but his tenure is uncertain due to China’s unsettled politics. Reported to sympathize with rebels, he was said to have been elected president of four southern provinces. Ti Yuan Ifung, fifty two, served in the China Japan war, then joined the army and was elected vice president and chief of the General staff.
Washington June 12 John R McLean owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer Washington Post and other properties died at his home after a long illness. He was active in Ohio politics a delegate at large to national conventions ran for U S senator in 1885 was Democratic nominee for governor in 1899 and later a Democratic national committeeman. His estates included controlling stock in Washington Gas Light and stakes in street railways. He will likely leave his fortune to his son who married the late Thomas Walshs only child.
Fred McMullin, coast infielder trying for the Chicago White Sox, played for Tacoma in Seattle. He slid from third toward the plate, an umpire stood silent as Cadman attempted a tag, mud caused him to slip, and McMullin touched the plate to be ruled safe.
Waleh May reportedly contemplates retirement on July 7 from boxing pending official statement. Bathier acquitted of embazzlement and larceny while serving at a state hospital in Winnebago. June reports note Dutch war preparedness and Japanese losses after Nagasaki bombardment with limited survivors.
An old advertisement urges readers to treat kidney trouble with Donn’s Kidney Pills. It cites back pain, dizziness, fatigue, and painful urination as symptoms, plus a testimonial from barber Frank Casad of Atlantic praising the remedy. The ad notes 60 cents at dealers and identifies Foster Millburn Co. as the producers.
Iowa Democrats ride special trains to the Democratic National Convention in St Louis to nominate Woodrow Wilson for a second term and a running mate. Delegates include J T Meredith as lead figure from the state and several district representatives across Iowa. We also note an ad from Kimbaliton Construction Co offering ornamental concrete blocks and related products.
Eight Noble township teachers led by Miss Ella Lothmay and Miss Edith Walkinshaw closed the school year with a Friday program at Noble Center. Students performed in church and on the school grounds, eight graduates passed state exams receiving diplomas from County Superintendent Jennie Ward. A basket dinner fed about four hundred. later, a ball game and veil presentation accompanied by remarks urging continued community effort. Edith Walkinshaw and Edith Walkinshaw left for Cedar Falls to attend summer school.
Atlantic readers learn of a claimed remedy named Adier-ka made from buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. The advertisement asserts rapid relief for sour stomach gas and bowel trouble, claiming it acts on both lower and upper bowels after a few doses.
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