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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1915
Page
6
An advertising note urges readers to learn about faucets and distinguish quality. It promotes a trade marked faucet claimed to reveal the best options, drawing a parallel with known trustworthy goods such as collars and paints.
E Little, a St. Paul diamond dealer, turned a cataract in his eye into a business asset. He had used a microscope to find diamond flaws, but after losing it he held his partly closed hand to magnify gems and judged them better. Doctors say the cataract acts as a natural magnifying lens.
An advertisement asserts uric acid does not cause rheumatism and invites readers with rheumatism to request a free book titled Rheumatism Its Cause and Cure. It claims the book is highly praised and provides contact details for Brackton Mass and a dentist office in Fulton building with a phone number.
Francis Jenkins, film authority, told the University Club audience that the size of motion pictures is uniform across the world. The disclosure surprised listeners as he spoke in Washington on June 19.
A Nebraska mother reports her daughter's face head and ears covered in a sore eruption. After trying several remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, noting improvement after the first application and complete healing in two weeks. The letter is signed by Mrs. G. O. qlick and dated July 31, 1914. Sample free by mail with 32-page Skin Book on request.
City officials and employees fall ill with suspected food poisoning as more than seventy suffer. Bloodhounds trace alleged holdup suspects from Charles City to Floyd and Osage, with two men named George West and Oval Snow identified. P W Hall of the Iowa Bankers Association says Iowa business remains solid though cool weather dampens retail trade and corn outlook.
Representatives of 9,000 Methodists will gather Monday in Council Bluffs for the eighty sixth session of the district conference of the Des Moines conference. The two day gathering includes Epworth league convention delegates meeting at Fifth Avenue church and Epworth Methodist. Business covers church welfare, licensing preachers, and prep for the Des Moines annual conference September 8 to 13 plus the Billy Sunday evangelistic campaign in Omaha and Council Bluffs next September.
Bradstreet's notes weather irregularities restraining distribution of goods across regions and excess moisture in grain states limiting harvest and growth. Despite uncertainty from international matters, industry expands with crop diversification in the south and brighter future outlook. Money demand for crop movement rises and rates firm amid unsettled foreign relations and weak foreign exchange. War order stocks gain support from robust iron and steel trade.
Washington June 19 The abstract for the condition of the national banks of Iowa including reserve cities shows reserve held at 95.47 percent and loans and discounts totaling 134,328,593. Gold coin amounts to 2,109,949 and lawful money receipts are 9,643,805.
Francisco Lagos Chazaro, head of the Villa Zapata coalition in Mexico City, challenges Wilson’s Indianapolis pledge against interfering in Mexican affairs. He says the convention government cannot reconcile the president’s stance with his Indianapolis remarks yet hopes his proclamation may aid Mexico. Chazaro’s reply was received at the State Department amid interest in official circles.
The Travelers' Protective Association elected C. F. Tomlinson of North Carolina as president and Louig Ochs of Louisiana as vice president. Officers also include BEC G. Heinbach, George W. Bell, Frank Haag, T. B. Rhoads, and F. S. Logan. Rev. A. A. Brooks was named national chaplain and Lafayette, Ind. chosen as next year's convention city.
In Pierre S D June 19 the court granted mandamus in the case of Judge McCoy against J B Handlin state auditor. Justice McCoy seeks a $50 expense voucher for April and the law of 1911 to court members is declared constitutional. The warrant is his duty to issue when demanded. Women delegates at White House oppose war and call for embargo on war exports. President Wilson notes support for peace.
Washington reports on June 19 that Vera Cruz faces near riot conditions over food rationing. Rear Admiral Caperton proposes using warships to haul relief supplies to bolster forces and prevent unrest.
W L Smith faces certain death after a bridge engine derrick boom broke and struck his head in a fatal injury near Towa City on June 19. The accident occurred at a bridge site, with Smith sustaining critical head injuries and doctors predicting a fatal outcome.
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