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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1922
Page
3
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence by BM Blakesley and Charles Sherrethis 7th day of January. L. L. Reed Notary Public for Cass County attested by E. D. Keasey and M. J. Welton. Directors: followed by bank seal notes and financial figures listed.
Two Avoca merchants George Preston and John J. Kenkel were bilked by a forger named Arthur Peterson who passed a $15 check drawn on Adolph Anderson. He made small purchases and gave the merchants the cash difference. They discovered the forgery the next day but no trace of the forger is found.
Avoca notes two well known locals reported dead this week. Ole B. Nelson a Spokane merchant formerly in Avoca’s trade was buried. Henry Heine, 82, died in Rattsassilty Morday and was laid to rest in the ea cemetery. Mr Vernes, longtime Shelby County resident from 1867 to 1910, later moved to Kansas City to live with a daughter.
A May 16 1922 proclamation announces a June 20 1922 special town election in Marne Iowa to decide granting a franchise for an electric light heat and power plant and related rights for 25 years along streets and public places. Also notice of appointment of executor in Cass County probate for Benjamin Wilkinson.
Notice is hereby given that on June 29 1922 at 10 oclock A M at the front door of a court house in Atlantic Town and County Hiory a public sale will occur to satisfy a General execution in favor of Farmers Savings Bank against A Scott. The real estate is the undivided one half interest in multiple parcels described as portions of the NW SE and NE quarters in section 22 township 75 north range 34 west, Cass County. Sheriff W A McK 217 May 29 1922. Items include harvest repairs head quarters for harvest tools and humorous notes about ladders in England and hosiery shops.
A garbled Red Oak recounts a mascot of Company M known as a Rainbow Division symbol. The piece notes the mascot’s death and burial on an old mill site, with references to fellow soldiers and embarkation, ending with a memorial scene at Griffithtown.
Quotations from the Audubon county paper show corn at nine cents per bushel and potatoes at twenty five cents per bushel. The notice notes the potential sale of about 4 000 bushels if prices hold. Barley and rye are listed at fourteen and eighteen cents respectively per unit while hay sells by the ton.
Mrs D P Hogan wife of a notable Omaha banker visits Massena at the home of Mrs George Cruise while Mr Ioan travels to Washington. Dorothy Crow visits Omaha to see Mrs Larry Graham. The Fourth of July committee plans meet to finalize the celebration program. A veteran ill recently is able to resume pants, per the report.
Mrs A J Kopp planned a Friday evening surprise for her husband with dancing and refreshments. W A Huss accompanied his son Edward to Jam City for a thorough examination of his physical condition. News telegraph ad notice mentions need for a want ad.
Des Moines police hold Royce Small of Kansas City and J W Tipton after a daylight robbery in a downtown building. Witnesses identify Small as a suspect and Tipton as the driver of the getaway car. The victim, collector G L Cole, lost $4500. Assistant Chief McDonald confirms witness identification. In a separate item, Senator Ashurst signals intent to call up legislation in Washington.
In Lewis Iowa on June 12 Ralph Cockshoot was elected president of the Epworth League at a district meeting closing session. Miss Mary Newman was re elected as second vice president, with Ernest Linder as first vice president and Milled Roberts as third vice president. Other officers include Ruth DeLean fourth vice president Leola Ellis recording secretary Lulu Bryan junior superintendent Stuart Nest Year named.
Elliott Merrick was jailed on a $2,000 bond after sheriff Peterson of Red Oak detained him. He is alleged to have passed several fraudulent checks in Red Oak, according to a terse police blotter entry from the day.
Mrs W P Berry telephones from Count Bluffs where she cared for her husband in Jennie Edmundson hospital. He is improving and expected to go home soon. J W Woodward learns his daughter Laura has died in Dutton Mant local hospital with remains to be sent Monday. Mrs Amelia Knuze under care of Dr Jones Atlanta for high blood pressure. Mrs Otis Conn still confined to bed with jaundice.
A prenuptial shower was held Thursday evening at the Presbyterian church social rooms in Adair Iowa in honor of Miss Nellie Heereny daughter of Mr and Mrs John Teeren. The event featured red white and blue decorations a bridal parade float and a crowning ceremony. Light refreshments and two solos closed the evening with best wishes for the bride to be.
Special to News Telegraph reports B. Wasson and a companion left Anita for Atlantic when the driver failed to stop at a dip and slid into a ditch three miles west. Bert escaped with minor injuries. the car suffered heavy damage as dirt and wheels blocked the road.
Mars A. Al Blom entertained a group of friends in Brayton to celebrate her fifty seventh birthday. Mrs im ey Green reported improving health as booster day rolled through the town. Harry Swan, a noted Antic attorney, presided as the day’s chief figure.
Frank FE. Taylor of Indianapolis was elected president of the Baptist church association at the annual meeting in Indianapolis on June 17. He succeeds Helen C. Montgomery of Rochester. Frank Li Lewin of Des Moines was elected treasurer. The report also notes unrelated items from Des Moines and Cincinnati.
Griswold Virginia June 17. The Griswold fire department dances at Knoparbor under the auspices of the department draw weekly crowds. The Boyd Senter orchestra serves as the entertainment and is described as an excellent drawing card and likely the highest paid, yet considered cost effective in the long run.
Merchants decide not to stage a Fourth of July celebration. Instead, Adair will observe the town’s fiftieth anniversary sometime in August. A piper circulated among merchants to vote on dates, and the August observance won.
Audubon is staging its first band concert next Saturday evening. President H. J. Mantz of the Community club and band manager O. K. Purody report ongoing difficulty in raising funds to insure concerts throughout the season, but the shows will continue while money lasts.
Five loads of Romani travelers dressed in colors arrived for a raid in the business district on a Wednesday afternoon. Fred Okell, a merchant, sold them all the remaining goods in stock. The tribe bought dresses for the entire group and a woman obtained a ten dollar bill from another merchant, sparking a lively dispute over its return. A young suitor was separated from his loose change, which the woman claimed to foretell the future.
Special to News-Telegraph reports a Canby farm Bur eon picnic on Friday drawing large crowds. The highlight was a baseball game between Canby boys and a Berea group, described as a spirited community event with plenty of rustic humor and local color.
James Hodges, driver of the death car that crashed into the Aaron Anderson machine near Stanton, is in jail in Red Oak unable to raise a $15,000 bond. Attorney Jake Hess of Council Bluffs has been employed to defend Hodges, who faces a second degree murder charge after two deaths.
A joint meeting of Tee and News Telegraph Want Ad groups is planned for Tuesday to discuss strike action. The announcement followed the arrival of John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, reflecting tensions in the labor movement and possible industrial action.
Abstract and law office notices list services at office No 6 Gillespie Building including defective titles perfected and legal opinions furnished. Dr Earl C Montgomery listed with transfer works specialty and contact line indicating business phone 288.
Weather forecast fragment notes global crop predictions for June 24 to July 7. Highlights severe rain in North America, heat waves in parts of North America, cyclones and floods in the Philippines and East Indies, drought in Australia, and variable rainfall across Europe and the Pacific regions. Mentions winter wheat and harvest impacts, with temperatures and frost risks around late June.
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