Atlantic News Snippet Highlights Local Visits and Travel
Local notes report Mrs Agnes Alexander visiting relatives in Cumberland and Mr and Mrs Leonard Anderson hosting. W Niles and Mrs Niles return from Brookfield Missouri to visit daughter Mrs Hill and family. Paul Caswell and Alonzo Potter host travelers at 403 Maple Street. Dr and Mrs V J Robinson visit Ashland Nebraska. Delma remains with grandparents. A A Gillette buys a six cylinder Buick and Jack Peacock a Buick four sedan. multiple cars are driven home from Omaha. Mrs E G Fisher returns from Stuart. her nephew W C Brown ill in Omaha. Des Moines Chamber of Commerce booster tour arrives with city program. later Des Moines party heads west. Council Bluffs boosters visit, Miss Anna Forsman leaves for Sioux City, Rev Father Sullivan visits, Elva Trede works at Wesleyan University. Homestead manager Russell Rogers and partner Phelan visit Atlantic. Rogers to head Homestead office in New York. Captain H M Christian promotes army training camps at Ft Des Moines with theater talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cara
A. A. Gillette
Weitzel
Jack Peacock
W. J. Blake
Peacock
Omaha
Qmain
Roscoe Brown
California
John Lang
W. M. Kurtz
Davis
Ilh
Famy
Kreamer
Gass County Fair Grounds
H. M. Miller
Ted
Des Moines
W. E.lang
Carl Pollock
James Lang
Charles Lang
Roy Pollock
Fritz Higgins
Boy Shows Interest in Month-Long Camp
Chris Hansen of the city told Postmaster Blake he wants to join one of the camps for a thirty day period. Blake cited last year’s idle boys and this year’s work as reasons for the slow applications. Information on the camps is available at the post office or from Captain Christian during his stay.
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Chris Hansen
Blake
Christian
Myron Parmley and Dick Worley Die In Boiler Incident
A boiler explosion or steam avalanche in a residence district killed Myron Parmley and later fatally injured Dick Worley. Herman rescued Worley, Parmley died instantly, volunteers aided recovery. City insurance covers death benefits totaling $4,500 plus funeral and hospital costs under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Worley
Parmley
Joe Jones
Joe Brown
W. W. Don Carlos
Atute
Parmléys“rase
Worley Plant Tragedy Leaves City In Shock
Meredith Perin a lad at the plant was badly unnerved by the accident and sent home. City clerk Nichols restrained his shock at the terrible affair. Both killed workers were hard working employees and the incident casts gloom over the plant and city departments. The boiler involved, insured by Hartford Boiler Insurance, will have inspectors visit this evening. No funeral arrangements have been made for the dead men.
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Worley
Meredith Perin
Nichols
Hartford Boiler Insurance Company
Long Time Audubon Resident Is Dead
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Inger Marid Winther at the Danish Lutheran church in Audubon Iowa at 2:00 PM with Rev Hansel and Rev Beck officiating. Interment followed in Arlington Cemetery. Mrs Winther, born 1842, had lived in Audubon for many years and is survived by daughters, sons, and other relatives. The notice notes the death and burial details with family ties and church affiliations.
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Audubon
Inger Marid Winther
Hansel
Beck
Ebenezer Church
Arlington
Sazy
Advan
Paving Program Objections Heard By City Council Evening
Several residents plan objections to the proposed paving program as the city council meets tonight to receive comments. The council will adjourn later in the week after hearing concerns ranging from cost to potential savings by delaying work. The meeting coincides with the Des Moines goodwill tour visiting. most council members and Mayor Mountain will attend.
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Des Moines
Dr. Robinson
Mayor Mountain
Red Oak
Tuy 8. Smith
Summer school enrollments rise sharply at Iowa
Growth in summer term attendance is led by the University of Iowa with departments reporting up to 100 percent gains. Directors say total enrollment for both terms may reach about 3,000, with 600 graduates in the first term, surpassing last year’s two-term total. Attendance draws students from Iowa, more than 30 states, and several foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Ciey
University of Iowa
Charles H. Weller
Iowa
Country Club Dinner Plans and Society Notes
The Golf and Country Club announces a Thursday evening dinner with Mrs A A Gillette as committee chair and reservations due by Wednesday night. Round Robins hostesses and guests gather for a 6 30 dinner at the Calumet cafe, with roses, a three course menu, and later visits. extensive lists of attendees reflect a large family reunion style event.
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Country Club
Golf and Country Club
Caluquet
Pluma Garrathers
Round Robbins
Anna Henderson
Allie Clark
F. R. Musson
Poplar Street
H. M. Boarman
J.G. Whitney
Children undergo surgeries at Atlantic hospital
Avis Nelson three years old daughter of Walter Nelson had tonsils removed at the Atlantic hospital this morning. Fay Weible four years old daughter of John Weible was operated on for appendicitis at the Atlantic hospital. Helen Donald and George Marques children from Walnut vicinity had their tonsils removed at the Atlantic hospital this morning.
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Avis Nelson
Walter Nelson
Atlantic Hospital
Fay Weible
John Weible
Audubon
Atelantic Hospital
Helen
Donald
George Marquesson
Walnut
Superstition on Moon Sightings Through Glass
A fragment discusses why seeing the new moon through glass is unlucky. It notes moon worship as an ancient Velizion practice and the new moon as a symbol of revival, with a belief that seeing it through glass makes one tardy or excluded from sacred ceremonies.
Sister of Audubon Man Killed Sunday
E P Mansfield a well known local grocer was summoned to Ft Dodge on Monday due to the death of his sister Mrs T H Sullivan The deceased was crushed under an overturned automobile near Pomeroy Iowa on Sunday She was the wife of the Iowa division superintendent of the Illinois Central and lived at Ft Dodge.
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Audubon
Jto
E. P. Mansfield
Ft. Dodge
T. H. Sullivan
Pomeroy
Iowa
Illinois Central J
Cumberland Businessmen Plan Booster Tour for Chautauqua
Cumberland June 26 Special News Telegraph plans are under way for a Booster Day to promote the Cumberland chautauqua set for July 1 to July 6. Local business men will lead motorcade boosters visiting all neighboring towns in the county. Exact tour date not yet fixed.
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Cumberland
Victim of Auto Crash Near Walnut Improves
Special to News-Telegraph reports George Schuesman, injured in a Sunday auto crash near Walnut, was able to be out today. He belonged to a picnic party and sustained an uninjured leg.
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Walnut
Avoca
George Schuesman
Toilay
Massena News Briefs Highlight Local Visitations
Mrs Chas Robinson of Indianola visits her parents Mr and Mrs L E Moorehouse in Massena. Mrs Geo Garside and Krause of Atlantic were also in town today, adding to the steady flow of local social notes.
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Massena
News-Telegraph
Chas. Robinson
Indianola
L. E. Moorehouse
Geo. Garside
Krause
Atlantic
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