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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1913
Page
4
Mabel Blessing presents a refined comedy My Perfect Twin with illuminated scenery. Eugene and Mildred Collins Abbott perform a clever juvenile sketch then Miss Marie M Corey sings. Mr Collins delivers a medley song and dance. Rex Three Reel Special Feature The King Can Do No Wrong follows a soldier of fortune tale with up-to-date yet historical flair.
A lively Elks Minstrels show drew a big crowd with endless laughs. Local ad notes Ford repair shop on 2nd and Walnut and WIUFF outlets on Walnut Street. Mrs Henry Wilshusen and her three sons returned home to Noble township after a weekend visit with Henry Wiechmanns parents.
Paul Patkotak an eighteen year old Eskimo from Seattle plans to sail to Point Barrow Alaska on the schooner Transit to wed Miss Alice Ahlock a native teacher who rejected him years ago for lack of education He earned tuition by trapping arctic foxes and paid his way to Seattle where he entered grammar school He also learned shorthand typing and bookkeeping and will return in American clothing to marry競
Insurance agent D Haley awoke to a telegram announcing he had inherited $100,000 from a London relative. He lingered before opening the cablegram, then read it at breakfast, surprised by the late message and the unexpected legacy.
A flurry of notes lists residents visiting relatives, traveling by car to Stuart Ames and Omaha, and returning from trips. Measles affect Miss Franz and Miss Paulson, while Wm Franz family visit Grant. Several locals relocate or plan moves, and others report illnesses and hospital operations.
Baltimore reports a remarkable reconstruction at Johns Hopkins Hospital where a severely burned girl received a novel grafting procedure. A flap of skin from the abdomen became the new chin and lips after stages of connection and circulation through the arm, allowing eating and talking again.
Chicago and South Omaha report the day’s livestock trading with hogs and cattle receipts, price ranges, and bulk figures. The column notes weaker hogs in Chicago, steadier cattle, and mixed sheep, plus local notices for Elks event and city tree-trimming duties for Atlantic residents.
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