Oranskys Buy Hansen & Lowe Building Today
L Oransky and Sons have purchased the three story brick building at the northwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut for 17000 dollars. The deal closed this afternoon with I Washer of the Oransky firm and R Y Young representing owner Mrs Emma Z Young. The property fronts fifty feet on Chestnut and houses Hansen and Lowe on the first two floors and the Knights of Columbus hall on the third.
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L. Oransky & Sons
Sixth and
Chest
Washer
Oransky
R. Y. Young
Emma Z. Young
Chestnut
Hansen & Lowe
Knights of Columbus Hall
Local Chiropractor Re elected Secretary
Dr W Floyd of this city has been re elected secretary of the Southwest Iowa Chiropractors association. The meeting was held Sunday at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Council Bluffs. Dr Lyons of Glenwood was elected president. Attendance was large with Dr Smith accompanied to Council Bluffs by Mrs Smith and the Misses Inez and Maude Sherk.
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W Floyd Sanity
Southwest
Henderson Miss Cyntha A. Dies After Dropsy Attack
Miss Cyntha A. Henderson died after a dropsy related illness. She was taken to Monroe Pennsylvania for burial, accompanied by her sister Miss Misa Ili B. Henderson. Funeral services were held at Monroe this afternoon. The sisters had moved from Monroe a year ago and had been living in rooms above Farmers Savings Bank building. Mrs. English, a Henderson sister, was present at death. another sister remains critically ill back in Monroe.
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Cyntha A. Henderson
Monroe
Misa Ili B. Henderson
Miss Henderson
Biss Henderson
Farmers Say
Ings Bank
Girl Stayed at Home in Seven Part Opera at Masterplace
Presented by Griefeth at the Opera House tonight The program features The Girl Stayed at Home in seven parts with performances noted as a major event The review hints at dramatic music and stage intrigue while promising a memorable theater experience for the audience
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Opera House
Tonicht
Homa
Second Son Goes to the Operating Table
Howard Hill, son of A. R. Hill and wife, was taken to the hospital late yesterday and operated on for acute appendicitis. Reports from the hospital today say he is doing nicely. Leon, a younger son, remains at the hospital after an appendectomy two weeks ago.
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Howard Hill
A. R. Hill
Leon
Veteran Mason Presented Emblem in Masonic Honor
Co B Osborne a longtime Atlantic businessman and Masonic pioneer receives a gold emblem from the Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa marking his fiftieth anniversary of Grand Lodge appearances. He joined fifty-two years ago and helped shape Iowa Masonry as the order grew from about 240 lodges to over 600. Also noted is Uncle Edward Butler, memorialized in a burial after fifty-three years in the order.
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B. Osborne
Atlantic
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Osborne
Order
Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Lewis Lodge
Des Moines
Tawa
Edward Butler
Masonic Order
Farm sale sets Cass county high at 300 per acre
Perry N. Lamborn of Atlantic paid 300 dollars an acre for a 240 acre farm in Pleasant township known as the Baughman place. The farm lies a mile east of Griswold and is described as an excellent piece with moderate improvements. Lamborn had previously sold a 320 acre Pleasant township farm for 325 per acre, one of the county’s highest prices.
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Oe Eget
Perry’ N. Lamborn
Thigh Mask
Pleasant
Cass County
Perry N. Lamborn
Atlantic
Pleasant Township
Griswold
Baughman
Lamborn
Sioux City Keeps Mayor Short After Recall Vote
Sioux City retained Mayor Walace M. Short by a near two to nine recall vote. Final returns show Short with about a 2,100 majority over rival Hugh T. Carney, despite a recall petition seeking his removal for welcoming the I W W convention in Sioux City.
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Walace M. Short
Colored woman wins high honors at U Iowa
Miss Emily Elizabeth Gross, a colored student at the university, has been awarded the highest honor in United States history for this year by the Kehnitten on the D. A. R. contest. She wins the medal which is of the...
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Iowa
City
Emily Elizabeth Gross
United States
Kehnitten
Atlantic Moves to Establish Junior High School
The Board of Education has decided to add a junior high to the Atlantic school system. It will serve seventh, eighth and ninth grades with a curriculum suited to students not pursuing four years of high school. An extra teacher will be hired and the new school is set to open at the start of the coming year.
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Atlantic
Board of Education
Cen
Good road boosters elated over result
A.P. report from Des Moines Iowa notes strong optimism among hard surface road boosters as several counties already voted yes and others set special elections. Bisux Black-Hawk Palo Alto counties in favor, Palo Alto margin just over one hundred votes. Polk county to vote June 26. Special elections scheduled for Curfo Gordo Tama O'Brien through late June to July.
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Associated Press
Des. Moines
Towa
Polk County
Curfo-Gordo
Tama
O'Brien
Atlantic Girl 70 Wed Lieut Porter in Richmond Kas
Tomorrow at Richmond Kansas Miss Edna McNeil will wed Lieut Earl W Porter former Atlantic girl now Omaha architect The ceremony occurs at Rev W L McNeils home Miss McNeil has lived in Atlantic and worked at Alexander store then Branton Lowe Lieut Porter served in air service earned Croix de Guerre in France and will make his home in Omaha
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Edna McNeil
Earl W. Porter
Kansas
Richmond
Kas
Atlantic
Omaha
W.L. McNeil
McNeil
Misa McNeil
Alexander’ Store
Branton - &-Lowe
Porter
News Telegraph
Air Service
France
W. W. Porter
Lincoln raid pits I W W members against police in freight train
Lincoln police raided a Chicago bound rail freight train and arrested a band of Industrial Workers of the World who were beating their way. Their leader claimed authority to recruit and said the group aimed to migrate east for harvest labor.
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Lincoln
Neb
Wedded Few Weeks Flee Divorced Seeking Separation
Five weeks after marrying at Red Oak on May 2, Charles and Anna Brattain of Pleasant township face a divorce petition. Anna claims cruel treatment including insults about her religion and alleged infidelity by the pastor. Brattain is said to be worth at least $10,000 with $6,000 cash he allegedly hid. A writ of attachment was issued against his property by order of Judge Rockafellow. Swan, Clovis & Swan represent Mrs. Brattain.
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Charles
Anna Brattain
Pleasant Township
Brattains
Red-Oak
Griswold
Brattain
Rockafellow
Swan
Clovis & Swan
Rantzau Heads to Weimar with Allied Peace Terms
Paris June 17 The war or peace outcome hinges on Count Rantzau and his seventy three attendants as he travels to Weimar to present allied terms. The visit shapes Germany's fate amid tension and diplomacy.
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United Press
Paris
Germany
Count Rantzau
Weimar
Judge Lindsey Swears Jail Time If Fines Not Paid
Denver Judge Ben B. Lindsey of the juvenile court says he will serve jail time rather than pay a $500 contempt fine. The Colorado Supreme Court denied rehearing on June 2, upholding the fine, connected to Lindsey declining to testify about Neal Wright the 14 year old eyewitness in a murder trial. Lindsey claimed confidences could not be broken. The matter traces to Neal Wright’s testimony and related limitations on a judge’s testimony in court.
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Denver
Wayward Boys
Associated Press
Colo
Ben B. Lindsey
Colorado Supreme Court
Lindsey
Neal Wright
Neal
Supreme Court
Hindeey
Land sale record in Cerro Gordo county reaches 1,446 acres
In June 17, John T. Jenkins of Cerro Gordo at Swaledale reports a new one week land sale record. 1,446 acres sold for 320,675 dollars, averaging about 222 dollars per acre. Reasoner & Wolcott of Humboldt county bought most of the land, with 120 acres unpurchased.
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Mason City
Cerro
News-Telegraph Struck by Telegraph Strike Delays Dispatches
Wire strike disrupts News-Telegraph service with no telegraph dispatches from Des Moines to the Atlantic office. Western Union and Associated Press matter unavailable yesterday as operators interfere and hurl remarks. Des Moines office partially resumes. through wire expected to restore normal service once connected.
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News-Telegraph
Telegraph
United Press
Des Moines
Associated Press
Atlantic
Western Union
Miss Williams
Grandson Drowns at Fort Smith Picnic
Word has reached Lewis Indiana of the accidental drowning of Brayton Fletcher a 13 year old at a Sunday school picnic in Fort Smith Arkansas. He is the grandson of George Roberts and wife of Lewis. His parents reside in Fort Smith and his uncle W W Fletcher is a brother of the late George Fletcher of Lewis. Roberts has gone to Fort Smith for the funeral. The accident occurred Thursday and relatives learned of it on Saturday.
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Brayton Fletcher
Geo. Roberts
Fort Smith, Ark
News-Telegraph
Lewis, In
Fort Smith
Ark
George Roberts
Lewis
W. W. Fletcher
George Fletcher
Roberts
Walnut Boy Dies at Fort Omaha Librarian Fraser
Fraser son of Mr and Mrs W E Fraser of Walnut died Saturday in Fort Omaha hospital after a three month illness following pneumonia. He suffered a paralytic stroke the day before his death. About 24, he served a year as librarian at Fort Omaha. Survived by parents and several siblings. Remains returned to Walnut and funeral held at St Patrick's Catholic Church with interment in Walnut Catholic Cemetery.
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News-Telegraph
Speciaty
Fraser
W. E. Fraser
Thin City
Fort Omaha
Ft. Omaha
Walnut
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Walnut Catholic Cemetery
Villa Defeat Sparks Redress Threats From Villa Faction
El Paso reports June 17 that Villa's scattered forces suffer heavy losses at Juarez and retreat toward the southwest. Villa supporters allegedly threaten reprisals against Americans in Chihuahua as Mexican bandits rob U S refugees at Jimenez. American troops pursue Villa remnants across the river, with several engagements and casualties described.
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United Press
EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Chihuahua
Jiminez
Juarez
Ar- There
Fort Bliss Stockade
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Seventh Cavalry
Chigas
Soulth
Rio Grande
Ysletta
Texas
Villa Camp
Roward R. Hikock
Tth
Eigineers
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