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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1940
Page
6
Linda pines for Steve as a Tahoe vacation spins into workplace intrigue. Dr Renquist battles pride and Blaine's shadow while politician Al Lawson flaunts connections. Amid personal longing and professional maneuvering, Linda confronts a choice as secrets simmer in the tower offices.
Friends in Lewis, Iowa, learn of the death of H. P. Jennings of Sheldon, former receiver of the Lewis bank in 1933. Death Sunday morning resulted from blood poisoning. Funeral services were held at Rock Rapids.
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Mr. and Mrs. James McKee announce the marriage of their daughter Elnora to Roy Follmann at the Bagley Methodist parsonage with Rev. Paul C. Ellis officiating. They will live on the Follmann farm after July 1. Laura Jean Miller and Clarence Remley wed in Audubon at the Church of Christ with no attendants. Mr. and Mrs. Carey Martin were honored at a buffet dinner in Portland, Oregon, on a visit and toured Yellowstone. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Boorman hosted open house for Mrs. O. P. Bell and Robert of Hollywood with about 50 guests in attendance.
Thoms must reach the office by 10 am on publication day. Baptist Ladies Aid and Missionary Society meet with Mrs. John Rapp this Thursday.
Mrs Henry Michaels and Adair residents attended surprise gatherings honoring newlyweds and silver anniversaries. Couples hosted picnics, lawn parties, and tea events with relatives, while clubs like Rebekah and Stitch and Chatter showcased programs and high score wins at local homes.
From vacation to home wear, Pattern 165 suits misses and women sizes 14 to 42. It features casual styling for all-day wear and requires 4% yards of 35 inch fabric for size 16. Send 15 cents with name address and style number to Atlantic News Telegraph Pattern Dept New York.
Instructions for a unisex slipper pattern labeled 2513 offering masculine and feminine versions in one color for summer wear or wool for winter. Describes making slippers in any size with four strands of string or wool and mentions accompanying illustrations.
Mrs Glen Pond hosted the Daisy Garden club with an all day meeting and noon pot luck dinner. Guests included Mrs Otto Bannick Mrs Edgar Denham and Miss Fay Denham. Numerous local women and visitors from Detroit Cheyenne and Omaha attended events across Grant county communities.
Rome report says Myron C. Taylor Roosevelt's special ambassador to the Vatican is seriously ill in Florence Italy. His wife departed the United States by clipper to join him.
Byron White nephew of Attorney Charles S. White visited Audubon on Monday and Tuesday while en route to his home in Wellington Colorado. He has been attending Yale School of Law and will spend the summer with his parents Mr and Mrs A A White at Wellington.
Public safety notice urges drivers to stay in their lane and avoid road hog behavior to reduce fatal accidents. Authorities stress keeping well to the right side and maintaining safe distance for all oncoming traffic.
A compact recipe card describes a heavenly date and nut dessert. It uses dates, chopped nuts, flour, eggs, sugar, baking powder and salt, with whipping cream to serve. Directions include mixing, beating yolks and whites, folding into batter, then baking in a shallow pan in a moderate oven and serving with whipped cream.
The Benton Future Farmers 4-H club met at the McDermott brothers home to plan a June 30 farm tour and Sunnyside park picnic. A dairying quiz was held and Jack Retz and Glen Olsen joined. Next meeting set for July 12 with Harold and Robert Stuetelborg.
Brayton Iowa notes: Guy Miller and his wife visited Lake City with her parents the Lauder family. The Hansen and Christensen families, plus A T Rasmussen, took a Ozarks trip. Mack Hansen's family joined Gene Dodge at Fontanelle. Belle Robinson of Minneapolis and Hazel Hardman of Omaha visited Brayton friends. George Gault of Cincinnati visited Essingtons. Phyllis Anderson and Olivia Nelson attend Bible school in Oskaloosa. Edith Myers and sons from Des Moines joined the Andersons for a Sunnyside park picnic in Atlantic.
The Department of Agriculture was formed in 1889 during Grover Cleveland's presidency and its secretary was accorded a cabinet position.
Philadelphia June 19 labor chiefs John L. Lewis and William Green refused to pledge labor support for any party in the November election. Green warned GOP risks defeat if it courted Lewis, while Lewis urged a labor friendly platform and a candidate backed by the common people. Green favored aid to allies short of war. Lewis pressed an antiwar plank.
The council votes to authorize sewer-related purchases totaling 72477 dollars with line items including floating cover digestor components from Pacific Flush Tank Co and materials from Westinghouse Electric Co, Crane Co, Lippert Brothers, Valley Supply Co, and Interstate Machinery. Names such as Omaha and Des Moines appear with itemized costs for pipe, valves, stairs, roofing, and miscellaneous structural steel.
Mrs. Virgil Bruening of Walnut underwent an appendix operation Tuesday at Atlantic Hospital. William White of Extra was admitted Tuesday evening as a medical patient. Iris and Thomas Rogers, daughter and son of Mr and Mrs Cerl Rogers, had their tonsils removed this morning.
Bobby Perry, young son of Mr and Mrs Irwin Perry in Adair Iowa, ate ant poison and fell ill for several hours. Doctors treated him successfully and he is nearly fully recovered, nicknamed lechy for short.
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