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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1925
Page
2
SAC CITY June 17 A recluse Andreas Eppler who died after decades of isolation left a will revealing a wife and child in Germany. He emigrated to the United States and bequeathed the bulk of his estate to them with details continuing in the document.
Scientists tout the tarkroot method as the best wrinkle remover, claiming immediate, safe results in under 15 minutes. A mixture of powdered tarkroot and lemon juice is spread on the face, with effects described as comparable to expert massage and costing under three cents per treatment in the original package.
The will directs $3000 to William E. Katz of Odebolt, Eppler’s confidant. It notes Eppler’s wife refused to emigrate from Germany, and neighbors were unaware he left a family when he came to the United States about twenty years ago.
Massena Indiana June 17 Special to News Telegraph M E Barry enjoyed a visit from his brother James of Winterset last week. Miss Mildred Bicarson a student at the school for the blind at Winton is home for vacation with her parents Charles Picarson and wife. Kathryn Cruise returns from Dubuque and will spend summer with her mother Mrs Mary Cruise. Bertha Cruise will soon go to a Lake Eriesummer resort where they spent last summer. Myrtle Jensen Van Buboltz and Irvin Hosselt attend summer school at Red Oak. Mildred Yarger hosts a surprise party for her birthday Friday night. Mr and Mrs Ted Timberman newlyweds spend their honeymoon at Rogers Park WoW Slocum and family left June 5 for Sacramento nearing Reno Nevada June 12 per word received.
The county board of supervisors met June 8 to equalize 1925 valuations. Land assessments shifted with several townships down and others up, including Edna and Atlantic. Stock and livestock values across breeds also changed, while the overall land average rose slightly from $78.97 to $79.38.
Dr C F Hinton, pastor of St John’s Episcopal, told Mason City Rotary there is no conflict between Genesis early chapters and evolution. He argued evolution as a reasonable hypothesis and noted Tennessee’s ban on teaching mankind’s origin coincided with new fossil finds in backyards. In Berlin, France’s reply to Germany’s security pact proposals was set for publication Thursday after a translation request.
Dr Edward T Devine the dean of American social workers will headline the Atlan tic chautauqua discussing three present day revolutionists. A noted author editor and former Petrograd special agent he has studied Russia Italy and India and is regarded as a leading social reformer and speaker.
Des Moines June 17 Vacation crowds at the Iowa State Fair will have free use of a big summer vacation camp spanning over eighty acres. The camp offers electric lights running water modern sanitary facilities stores post office and other conveniences. About 150 000 visitors last year camped there and this year expected to grow. A Farm Bureau camp and a Farm Union group camp are planned with tents grouped by counties for neighborly outings.
In Shenandoah Iowa and surrounding county residents recall a day when grasshoppers swarmed down on June 13 1975 consuming all green crops. Fields were bare and crops destroyed while later replanting allowed some recovery but memories of the plague persist among farmers. A separate note mentions a Washington inquiry about selling a body for prison relief funds.
C Ed Baeman of Oskaloosa told the Iowa State Bankers Association in Dubuque that Iowa can rebound. He cited farm, livestock, dairy, mining wealth and high literacy, railroads, telephone penetration, and a robust banking system as proof of resilience and strong first mortgage security on unc boned farms.
Real estate transfers dated 1923 to 1926 list transfers between Asa Brown Wayne Brown Marian Alliband Stella Alliband and others with fractional intress and nominal sums. A separate notice from Williamsburg Iowa reports Rev Thomas D Rhys facing government action to annul citizenship with plans to return to Marengo June 26 after resigning his Wales pastorate.
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