Walnut Notes Fresh From Walnut Area Social Roundup
Walnut society ledger records numerous visitors and homecomings Miss Ivances Lewis returns from Casper teaching year in Wyoming. Juanita Hector returns from Lincoln Nebraska for summer. Mrs Geo Reimers of Los Angeles visits. Carey and Broughton families host guests. Local students depart for Cedar Falls college. Births, illnesses, and hospital admissions noted amid community events and social gatherings.
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Ivances Lewis
Casper, Wy
N. H. Lewis
Juanita Hector
Lincon
Nob
Geo. Reimers
Los Angeles
Italy
E. V. Default
Harry Carey
Grand Island
Neb
Gus Carey
F. H. Broughton
Iding Lodge
Giladys Mickel
Cedar Falls
Anna Sager
Mie
Hansen
Pearle Carey
Leona Sievers
Tabor
Hanna
Lada McGrath
Ontario
Ehner Andersen
EB. V. Denault
Wm. Baird
Des Moines
Katherine Burke
Red Cloud
W. F. Burke
Walter Beal
Omaha
Walnut
Francis Burke
Bert Foote
Avoca
Little Allene Wehlund
Wm. Wehlund
H. S. Mosher
Atlantic News-Telegraph Promotes Civic Booster Efforts
The newspaper urges Atlantic residents to join the Atlantic Commercial Club as the city seeks civic improvement. It lauds the paper’s reach, defends local advertising, and notes progress on dirt street repairs while praising city authorities for efforts to upgrade infrastructure and promote community spirit.
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Atlantic Commercial Club
News-Telegraph
Sparrows Rescue Frightened Cat From Tree in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a cat was rescued from a tree by Humane Society officers after a flock of angry sparrows surrounded and attacked it for three days. Each time the tabby attempted to descend the birds pecked fiercely, forcing rescuers to intervene to free the frightened animal.
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Los Angeles
The
Humane Society
Tabby
Cuba's Newest President Inauguration Honor in Havana
At the inauguration of General Juan Mario Menocal Cuba's new president a U S special mission delivered President Wilson's felicitations. The procession and festival were grand with the city decorated and bands in the plazas. Menocal, born 1866 in Matanzas, rose from private to general of division and aided the Americans during the Spanish evacuation, later serving as Havana police chief.
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Menocal
United State
Havana
Juan Mario Menocal
United States
Wilson
Cuba
Dudley Field Muaione
Enoch H. Crowder
Army
Edward Bell
State Department
Enrique Jose Varonao
Menoecal
The
Republic of Cuba
Jaguey Grande
Matanzas Province
Military College of
Washington
Cornell University
Cornell
Aniceto G. Menocal
Nicaragua Canal
Santa Cruz del Sur
Camaguey
Santa Cruz
Disfurnish the sickroom for safety and comfort
From Harper's Household Handbook the guide recommends stripping the room of fragile or movable items, removing rugs, covering carpets with washable sheets, omitting draperies and pictures during contagion. It prescribes a well lit blood stead lamp at proper height with space to move, a bed or couch, ample storage, and three changes of clothes plus a nearby dressing room and bathroom if possible.
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Harper's Household Handbook
No Substitute Could Do This Foley Kidney Pills Claim
Local testimonial from J Wallich of Bartlett Neb asserts Foley Kidney Pills cured kidney trouble after backache and dizziness. He notes his 93 year old father-in-law has used them and gained years of life. Advertisement ends with druggist sale note and assorted local notices for social events and painting.
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Foley
J. ¥. Wallich
Bartlett
Adv
The Brilliant Stars of June and Foley's Medicine Ad
By June end the planets will be morning stars while Foley's Honey and Tar Compound remains the star remedy for coughs colds and throat diseases. The genuine product comes in a yellow package and is sold by all druggists. Ad by Ady.
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Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Foley
Joseph Chamberlain in frail health amid renewed misfortune
The famed English statesman Joseph Chamberlain, once a powerful figure in Parliament, lies in fragile health. His retirement from public life follows illness and concerns over recovery, intensified by Mrs Chamberlain’s recent appendicitis in Cannes, France.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Mrs. Chamberlain
Cannes
France
Mr. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Keokuk Dam Nears Completion as World Leader
The Keokuk dam in Indiana is rapidly nearing completion and will be the world’s second largest after the Assuan dam. When finished it will span 6800 feet with 37 feet height and reinforced concrete, creating a vast lake three to five miles wide and forty miles long that will flood surrounding lowlands and transform the Mississippi river region from St. Paul to St. Louis by powering streets and factories.
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Assuan
Keokuk
Mississippi
Keo Kuk
Ike
Mississippi Valley
St.Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Pleasant Days at Capital and the Pitneys
In Washington during the summer the new official family arrives with the Wilson administration. Mrs Mahion Pitney and her daughter Miss Beatrice Pitney are highlighted as social figures, photographed in a box at the Washington horse show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iew
Washington
Wilson
Mahion Pitney
Supreme Court
Elks Minstrels at the Opera House June 18 2017
Local items note Elks Minstrels at the Opera House on June 18 2017 and various neighborhood social notes. Entries mention Hammocke prices at Fred Alexander's, gasoline at C Wiafe and Walnut Streets, and several families visiting, dining, or traveling nearby.
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Fred Alexander
Bethel Ridge farms busy with plowing and haying work
Farmers near Bethel were plowing corn and stacking clover hay last Sunday. John Witzman and his son Chas hauled sand from Lyman last Saturday. Mr and Mrs N J Wohlenhaus began a trip to Germany to visit friends and relatives for several months.
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Bethel
John Witzman
Chas
Lyman
N. J. Wohlenhaus
Germany
Ellis Minstrels at Opera House Jane 18th 2017
Local notice advertises Ellis Minstrels performing at the Opera House on January 18th 2017. The ad promotes cameras and Kodak products offered by Al exander's, urging readers to purchase a higher quality camera at a lower price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Minstrels
Opera House
Jane
Kimballton Const Co Ad Warns of Local Yard Deals
Notice urges readers to not forget building material yards at Second and Walnut streets. Promotes full stock of first class materials at reasonable prices from Kimballton Construction Co of Atlantic, Iowa.
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Second
Walnut Streets
Kimballton Const. CO
Atlantic, Iowan
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F. M. Nichols
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Atlan 49
Congress
P. Chase
HB. P. Chase
R. K. A. Chase
WF. Chase
Mason
Nebraska-Iowa
Geo. W. Mason
Hearst Brig
Chicago
Elephone
Pottawattamie County
Rang Continental Highway Association
Monticello
New York
Cat
Eggeps Bros
R. B. Marker
Elks Minstrels
Alexander
Terry School of
Rebecca Fox
Lion
Eggens Bios
American Press Association
Josepr Chamberlain
Keokuk Dam
Keokue Dam
MES
Mahlon Pitney
Miss Beatrice Pitney
Atlantic National Bank Atlantic
the Elks Minstrels
the Opera House
C. Wiafe
3 Rd
Cole Watch Repair Department
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
Pullman
Rock Island
Walter P. Dinsmore
Walnut St
Rock Island Lines
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