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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
4
Grain and livestock prices move in Chicago with bids on wheat and oats mixed. Cattle and hogs show selective gains and broad ranges for steers, heifers, cows, calves, and stockers as receipts vary.
Grain bids include wheat at 98e cornee and barley 60c with other grains and produce. Hog receipts show active demand with bulk 220 300-pound butchers at 6.80 to 6.95, cattle receipts 1000 with prices around 7 to 9 and bulls 4 to 4.35, sheep receipts 50 with lambs around 14.25 to packers, and overall steady or modest gains across categories.
Special for Saturday June 28 with 100 angel food cakes offered at 30 cents each, down from 40 cents. Atlantic Home Bakery delivers across the city. phone 597-J. Your want ad will reach about 16,000 readers.
Readable fragment notes a demonstration linked to Woodrow with James present and mentions 406. Jt Nichols & King are shown in the context of the event. The text is fragmented but indicates a gathering or display with these names and a location marker.
A fragment urges adding to Interests to achieve sameness and monotony. It reads like personal guidance about enriching life by pursuing consistent interests and suggests that expanding interests may improve life satisfaction.
Nevada June 27 W H Doc Ashley Collins veterinarian involved in a sensational posse chase was to be arraigned on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was wounded in the incident, treated, and released from a Des Moines hospital. He now appears at the sheriff’s office and faces further federal narcotics investigations. Ashley is a former Adair man and son of the late Lou Ashley, a noted horse buyer killed near Casey, Ta., by a Rock Island train.
Avoca Iowa June 27 Special to News Telegraph A washout on the Rock Island main line between Neola and Underwood marooned the Milwaukee west bound train from 10 30 in the morning until 8 last evening. Detoured over the Rock Island, Rock Island train No. 5 westbound was held for seven or eight hours.
Elliott Iowa suffers service disruption on the Burlington branch as Botna River floodwaters wash out a bridge near Stennett. trains halted for several days, impeding travel and delivery. Local officials assess damage and monitor rising water levels. Special to News Telegraph.
Massena residents report Mrs. J A Murphy and children visiting Mrs. Frank Lee in Ta Grove while Mr Murphy attends the national democratic convention in New York. Mrs Edward Higgins and Mr and Mrs Frank Wickam of Orient attend funeral services yesterday for Miss Anna Collins. Roy Lewis returns from California where he motored last September.
Roy Chapin Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History leads a 15 member team to Mongolia and the Gobi desert to search for the Garden of Eden, testing the theory of human origins. The party will spend five years excavating bones and fossils, hoping to locate the site where man first evolved.
N J Shaefer and family relocated to Des Moines to establish a future home. Local residents Alies Walsh, Josephine Walsh, and Alice Walsh spent the summer at home while Walsh family members take on coaching roles in Des Moines Catholic Academy athletics this fall. Various visits and travels appear, including a trip to Los Angeles by Mr and Mrs Geo B Lynch, and a free July movie week sponsored by 12 Adair merchants at the Palace Theatre.
The Mrs Calvin Coolidge rose wins honors in a floral show. Exhibited by the American Iris society, the plant was set out in the White House gardens. Myre, P. M. Pierson of Parrytown, N.Y., is linked to the originator of the species.
A refined young woman in San Francisco has spent years practicing to achieve a poised, natural presence. Her dedication shows in everyday demeanor and social polish as she develops confidence and grace.
A 1405 statute restricted playing tennis under the aim of strengthening England's defense. The act treated the game as a potential threat to military readiness and imposed prohibitions to restrict its play.
In 1825 four women noted detachable collars sold slower than shirts without collars. They decided to make shirts with detachable neck decorations, hoping to speed sales and adapt to consumer demand.
Special to News Telegraph reports torrential rains flooding many cellars in Griswold as Botna river crested briefly overnight then receded. A baby twister struck the park yesterday morning, shredding trees and downing wires as the storm moved through the northeast part of town signaling potential serious damage for a short time.
The outdoor band concert last night drew hundreds of listeners in Griswold. There will be no concert next Thursday due to the Fourth of July celebration. the Cass County Farm Bureau picnic will be held the same day.
Elk Horn, June 27. Carl Jensen and Dagney Sehnack, long time Elk Horn residents, wed last night at 6 at the bride’s parents home. Pastor Bing of the Danish Lutheran church officiated with only immediate relatives present. The couple plans a honeymoon trip to Denmark.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for the late Mrs. A. J. Baylor at the Federated Church in Exira. Rev. Chorch will officiate. Burial will be in Exira Cemetery.
Approximately 250 feet of track was washed out last night near Turkey Creek after a week of floods felled trees. A repair crew works on the damaged portion as authorities assess the scene and plan remediation.
Coring ton of the University of South Caro lina reports discovering an adolescent specimen of the black swamp model seminiatrix pyren found 800 miles north of its Florida range near Calumula Ss. Prof Currington notes the snake’s unexpected location may reflect an overlooked inland corridor, not a stray. Further field work is urged to locate more specimens.
United Press reports Cordell Hull will push to start balloting for a presidential candidate and have the platform ready this evening. Chairman Cummings and Wm. Jennings Bryan caution that the platform is unlikely to be ready by nightfall, with Hull promising to present it at 10 o'clock after balloting resumes.
Last Sunday marked the opening of the Band Concert season at Clear Lake Iowa with the band engaged for the entire summer. The group will render two concerts daily and features members from across the country, all well known talented musicians. The season promises Clear Lake as a popular summer resort in the middle west. Dollar club ads urge readers to join.
Iarry Newman of Toronto was elected International president of the Lions at the convention that ended in Omaha yesterday. Coday Point, Ohio, a resort near Sandusky, was chosen as next year's convention site, defeating Los Angeles 359 to 332.
Samuel Green of Council Bluffs was elected department commander of the Iowa Spanish-American War Veterans at the close of the annual convention. He won at the session held in Waterloo on June 27 with A P reporting.
Spurgeon Ruck and Wil Bettis, both Negroes, were executed by electrocution at the Arkansas state prison in Little Rock for the December murder of Mrs. Ittie Latimer, a white woman. Officials announced the punishment as the day’s news.
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