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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
4
Market summary from Chicago shows mixed grain prices with wheat and corn bids varying. Cattle and hogs trade as receipts climb with hogs steady to weak. pork and lard futures quoted with July and Sept contracts listed.
Hog receipts 7 400 market strong close to higher bulk 8.20 to 8.25 top 38 17 to 38 30 mixed and butchers 8 20 to 8 25 good to choice heavy 8 20 to 8 30 rough heavy 8 17 to 8 20. pigs 6 50 to 7 50. Sheep market steady. Receipts cattle 200 market steady. cattle receipts extends next week 150 000 estimated. Monday 45 000 clearances good. run mostly direct to packers 17 000 Monday for sheep.
Mrs Rose Green of Wabash Indiana reports using Chamberlain's Tablets and finding them splendid for stomach trouble and constipation, claiming they are unequaled. For sale by all druggists.
Advertising line from Atlantic TowA urging customers to place orders with Wilken Monument Works in Atlantic, TowA, promising improved results and service.
Notable visits and health updates among residents include J. F. Hillburg of Omaha visiting at William Fritz’s, Mrs. Mabel Spence returning from Chariton Iowa, and Postmaster R. Smith of Maine in town. Several locals plan visits to Council Bluffs and Omaha, while others report illnesses improving or stable. The Asher-Drew Co. tent theater opens with 10¢ and 20¢ shows, and a local attorney receives invitations to speak at Greenfield.
Two Corning contractors holding the local city contract traveled to Atlanta yesterday to observe ongoing work and gather pointers for their own construction project in Corning.
Notice from Fred Geiger of 220 invoking phone 319 stating he quits rendering hogs due to hot weather but remains in the hide business. No further details provided.
Overland park hosts the Colorado derby this afternoon for the first time in four years with a $2,000 purse. The one mile and a quarter feature race marks a return to Overland as Meadow’s 1910 record of 1:61.5 stands as the quickest time cited. Then an unrelated note promotes Chamberlain s L iniment for rheumatic relief with a testimonial from Canastota New York and a druggist advertisement.
Notes from Ames College Iowa dated June 20 indicate an important engineering test is under way. Details remain sparse as observers await results and official comment from the department.
Old Jack Coombs known as the Athletics' famed iron man has been nominated for state senator by Progresatoes of York County Me Coombs lives in Kennebunk and is widely known in the state for his fishing and his pitching. His prime as a twirler featured a famous delivery though his future as an orator remains to be seen.
Kansas labor commissioner W. L. O'Brien says 30 000 to 40 000 men have arrived in the last two weeks, providing ample harvest labor across the state including Topeka. The statement underscores sufficient seasonal workforce for crops.
Dr. Luella Read of Shenandoah IA has been appointed professor of German at Grinnell College. She will replace the regular professor who leaves abroad for a year of study.
London June 20 The Duchess of Marlborough Consuelo Vanderbilt sails for New York and heads to Newport Rhode Island with her mother Mrs C H P Belmont for July at the Marble Palace The visit includes opening a $30 000 Chinese tea house to the public on the day of a suffrage conference and grand reception to the duchess Henshaw & Martin People’s Store advertises striped awning canvas hammocks at 1 83.
East junior athletes gathered at Travers Island New York to compete in the annual junior metropolitan track and field championships. Eligible contestants must be members of the Metropolitan association or compete unattached if they resigned within the past year.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs concluded its twelfth biennial convention in Chicago after two weeks of sessions. About 10,000 delegates departed for home, predicting global progress for women's advancement as the event's outcome.
Houston hosts Rotarians from clubs worldwide for the start of the annual convention running through June 26. Six delegates will preach law sermons on business, a large semi devotional mass meeting is scheduled, and the first business session opens Monday with Governor Colquitt and Houston mayor welcoming delegates and their families.
Plans for a 180 mile endurance run in Bay City linked to the Michigan State Federation of American Motor Cyclists convention were completed today. A roster of top state riders includes J E Tharnish, public stenographer, at C A Merediths office.
After a 23 day meeting at Belmont Park the races close today and horses will move to the Aqueduct track for a 23 day meeting. A notable clothing item is advertised with English finish blue serge suits priced at 20.00 by Nelson & Grulke.
Eldon Missouri resident Mrs S T Harvey describes relief from displacement inflammation and female weakness after two years of pain and fatigue. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring strength and eliminating symptoms. The ad urges others to try the remedy which claims to aid displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities backache and nervous prostration.
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