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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1915
Page
4
Markets report from Chicago Crain Market by L T Spangler for Carbatt Cade Harwood Co with figures on open high low close for corn wheat and hog cattle and sheep. South Omaha market shows hogs steady with top around 7.50 and cattle and sheep receipts and prices noted.
Charles Leroy Malone was born July 22 1001 in Harrison township Adair county Iowa and died June 13 1915 after seven weeks illness aged 14 years 10 months 27 days Funeral services were held at St John s Catholic Church in Adair Sunday June 20 and burial was in Sunny Hill cemetery He leaves his father and mother and one sister Kathryne remaining to mourn his death
Out of town relatives attended the funeral including Peter Murray Peter H Murray Steve Connor and daughter Anna James and Martha Maloney of Cumming Iowa Peter and Kathryn Murray of Churchville Iowa Mr and Mrs Geo Aller of Orillia Iowa M M Gilletan of Booneville and many others from Stuart Menlo Atlantic and surrounding towns The Adair News notes potato bug killer at Lee s drug store and an ad for a spark plug at White Vale Garage dated d22
A mix of personal mentions lists residents and travelers such as Miss Genevieve Eby visiting Bridgewater, Mrs. Fred Low and Addie Pratt visiting Mrs. W. E. Neth, Will Disbrow of Centerville with relatives, Miss Helen Russell visiting Council Bluffs, C. W. Bruce in town from Omaha, Mrs. Reinhard Kuhl returning to Redfield, and M. S. Ling of Grant visiting the Rudolph family. Also noted are local social chatter and a poultry ad at 608 Olive Street.
Dun's Review of Trade notes cross currents in business channels with a rising tide of prosperity. Unseasonable weather slows retail trade and hurts jobbers while agriculture is hit by excessive rains. Harvest of winter wheat delayed and corn setbacks occur though crop failures remain rare. Labor controversies loom as a shortage of skilled workers nears.
Classified notice advertises Dr J P Ralston, dentist, located in the Fultos Building with contact via Green 43 and Try News Telegraph for inquiries.
Syd Jones, hanged in the county jail yard at Throingham Alabama, left a cell note confessing thirteen murders. Victims include a Mobile brakeman and a Nebraska deputy sheriff. others unnamed. Names linked include Thomas Thompson Charles Benton and Deis Shr W. S. Mosley of Crymwford Nebraska, Shay White and Sam Lee.
Former Mexican dictator Victoriano Huerta, with his son and a secretary, slipped into Chicago quietly. He said he was heading to the San Francisco exposition to relax his nerves after trying experiences.
Jane Addams returns to London from The Hague peace congress and tours belligerent and neutral Europe. She reports interviews with foreign secretaries and the German chancellor Bethmann Hollweg, noting women’s protest against war and the belief men bear cowardice risks. Zionist meetings in Boston to discuss Palestine and Jewish restoration plans unfold alongside a Chicago building trades lockout after a long industry meeting.
Farmers Savings Bank cashier M B Nelson and his son Warren return from Davenport where the state bankers association held its best meeting yet. Speeches by Senators Weeks and Sherman plus many dignitaries capped a busy program with entertainment and a trip to Col French’s show farm. The farm, celebrated as a costly, money making hobby, impressed Nelson as unlike anything seen before. Distress in the stomach after meals is blamed on indigestion and improved with Chamberlain's Tablets per Mrs Henry Padshaw of Victor NC.
Harry Swan, fresh from Iowa City, has passed the state bar and will practice in partnership with his father T B Swan in this city. A former carrier for the paper, he began shaping a noted public career early. The News Telegraph notes the firm’s ongoing classified ad credit policy and invites regular business accounts.
A collage of lurid fashion blurbs from Chicago News Manchester Mirror and Detroit News lampoons on men in decollete shirts white flannel trousers and petticoats in season. The pieces mix satire and social commentary on gendered dress and class expectations in a bygone press style.
Industrial item notes fewer coal mine fatalities in the U S last year compared with 2013. It cites shifts in age distribution with fewer under twenty and more over forty five in employment, about 11 000 to 12 000 women in New Jersey manufacturing silk and about 9 000 in cigar and tobacco. English studies link women’s employment to lower birth rates and a higher proportion of female births.
Mr and Mrs John Minor announce the birth of twins, a boy and a girl, to their son in law and daughter, Mr and Mrs M E B Moore, at Grand Island Nebraska. Mrs Moore was formerly Miss Frances Minor.
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