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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
5
Washington June 28 Latin American diplomats discuss mediation and a proposed international police force to stabilize Mexico. The war department imposes railroad censorship hindering guards movements. Senate approves the army and navy deficiency bill of 26 million dollars in 67 seconds.
J B Wilken sold seven acre tract just outside the city on south Chestnut to Howard Bnyder for 6675 dollars. The deal values the land at nearly 1000 dollars per acre. The property includes a good house and improvements. Previous purchases by Wilken and sellers trace the land's history from 1892 to 1910 with total ten acre cost of 1650 dollars. Possession to be given in about two weeks. Snyder plans to enter fruit and truck garden business nearby.
Supt M Galpin and family leave the city for a vacation trip. He plans a long rest from teaching, traveling with relatives in a new Dodge purchased recently. A lodge ceremony and social hour are scheduled by Veritas Lodge No 392 Audubon for members of Pymons Lodge No 271 at the new Audubon high school building. Grocery stores will close for the day.
President Maclean of Atlantic Tire and Rubber Company arrives with C H Brown C W Alger and C L Ayres to launch an active campaign for cooperation to build and equip an Atlantic tire plant. The plan targets the southwestern Iowa region with strong local support and promises substantial local employment and payroll benefits. The leaders will relocate families and reside in the city for several months.
Ten of seventeen shooters at the Atlantic Rifle Club qualification yesterday afternoon earned marksman status. Paul Gillespie led as expert, with Mullins Gamble Robinson Purcell Rows as sharp shooters. remaining qualifiers named. This concludes qualifications under current rules until fall, with possible change after July 1. Club totals fourteen qualified marksmen, plus Williams Braff McKee Shepard remaining from prior week. Detailed scores show slow fire at three to five yards and rapid fire at two to three hundred yards, total 250.
Milan June 29. Austro Hungarian army retreating across Italy for three days, leaving wounded, guns and stores. Italians report captures on Trentino front including Posing Arslero Mounta Fiora Tavere Spitz Kesserla Cima della Saetto and crest lines Calderla and Campanella. British French Belgian attacks persist with gains at many points. Somme vicinity noted. Russians breach front near Lutsk Bridgehead. conflicting reports from Vienna and Petrograd. Germans claim success west of Bakul and prisoner gains. French offensives near Thiamont and Fort Vaux yield no result.
Last April Eimer McDowall of Griswold was indicted by the grand jury for bootlegging and nuisance related offenses. Deputy Sheriff Cany Gwart arrested him near Lewis after a tip, with McDowall having hid since last April and seeking bail arrangements tonight.
A local purchase report notes Johnson buying a substantial amount from a Sioux City electrical dealer named Wists Piard. The itemized details are unclear due to OCR issues but indicate a sizable transaction involving a named dealer and buyer.
Sir Roger Casement was found guilty of high treason for instigating the Irish rebellion and was sentenced to death in London on June 29 by the Irish court.
Estella Agnea Hughes daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles M Hughes of Pleasant Ridge Griswold married Michael Henry Cruise in a Catholic ceremony at St Marys Griswold Wednesday morning attended by family friends and 250 guests. The couple will reside in Atlantic after September 1 with a honeymoon trip to Wyoming and other western points. A reception for 150 followed at the Hughes home before they depart.
Mrs. Erma Marl Jenkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Fredad of 707 Palm street and Clifton Buckley were married in Avoca Saturday by Justice Theodore Routh. They will live temporarily with the bride’s father and mother in Fort Dodge area.
Des Moines June 29 no orders have been received for the Iowa troops who are busy on the rifle range learning how to shoot. Camp routine is established. Railroads are assembling cars and the men may start south at any time.
Miss Etta M Felt married William F Lowry of Eaton Colorado at 7 30 p m last evening at the Felt home 1101 Linn Street A Congregational minister officiated beneath an arch of flowers About seventy guests attended a wedding supper after the ceremony The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs S L Felt and the groom is a bookkeeper for Great Western Sugar Company at Eaton Colorado They will move to Eaton to reside in a few days
Frank Hanton longtime Griswold resident died last Monday at his Los Angeles home where he had lived four years with his wife He was father of F W Hanton proprietor and editor of the Griswold American Born in London England March 16 1830 he later served as a shipwright in the navy after the Civil War he married ElJen Warhurst in Cohens New York and moved to Iowa in 1876 where he lived near Griswold until four years ago His body is buried in a Los Angeles cemetery.
District Court held a short session this morning. Judge J B Rockafellow admitted the will of Louis H Bonnet who died by his own hand. Daughter Mrs Augusta W Rathkamp appointed executrix without bond. Final report in the Maggie C Goan estate approved. executor discharged. bonds exonerated. Estate receipts totaled 20 883 1 9, with two claims of 20 319 45 filed by Sam Baia Peart Goan.
Twenty four American captives freed as Carranza troops move prisoners to C. 8 in a special train following the Carrizal engagement.
Washington reports danger of hostilities averted by release of American prisoners. El Paso notes a special train carries twenty four tenth cavalrymen freed by Carranza. Border tension relaxes as Mexico City says war won’t follow Carrizal. Carranza prepares reply to Wilson’s note.
June notes from Massena summarize Epworth League attendees in Red Oak, church gatherings in town, visits by Creston and Kirksville residents, a June 21 baby birth, militia-related travel, and upcoming local entertainment at Qiffen’s store and the Opera House. Attendees include Zella Dowling Shirley Smeltzer Hazel Yarger L. C. Wiley Auyiler Toman and others.
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