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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1914
Page
5
Pathe Daily News reports a $20,000,000 blaze in Salem Massachusetts destroying over three square miles, leaving twenty two thousand homeless. The live news reel highlights a comedy about city life and a political drama starring Francis X. Bushman, with three part feature Mongrel and Master and a tale of graft and reform.
Open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats and related components from Chicago market data furnished by Harry Kaga & Co. Includes July Sept Dec contracts, previous day values, cash market notes, and hogs cattle receipts with price ranges and estimated next day activity.
Western cattle and Texas steers mixed strong to steady. hogs higher with top around 8.32. Receipts show 8,800 hogs and 4,000 cattle. sheep receipts about 8,000 with lambs and wethers trading steady to weaker. Prices listed include beeves 7.50 to 9.15, cows 3.50 to 8.00, hogs 8.20 to 8.80, lambs 6.40 to 9.10, ewes 4.60 to 4.85.
Offer to sell my property as a whole or in parts with reasonable down payment and balanced terms. I will also consider trades that benefit both sides, and I am open to using wines as part of the exchange. Located well, contact for buying or trading arrangements.
A vintage advert promises a one day cure for cold symptoms with laxative bromide quinine tabs. It claims to stop cough and headache and refund if it fails. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box, priced at 25 cents.
A gypsy foretells a rich life and palace dreams to the speaker. Her charm and beads seduce him as she pockets seven bones and leads him away to imagined lands and fortune, while he clings to seven bones and the memory of home.
The News Telegraph notes Seventh Street east of Hazel is a dirt street full of bumps and humps and asks the city to repair it. The statement underscores local dissatisfaction with road conditions in that block.
From Aubert's History of Township Government in Iowa the State Historical Society notes how early settlers in eastern Iowa formed local government units akin to townships. The piece explains preemptive township organizing, territorial officer elections, road district central control, local labor mandates, mail route centers, and united actions to protect property and land claims.
The Iowa state executive council awarded the 1915 motor plate supply contract to Borreson Manufacturing Co. of St Paul yesterday. Next year’s plates will be yellow with black numbers, based on a step-by-step plan.
The St. John s Evangelical church Sunday school classes met at the La N Rudig home for a joint program including songs recitations papers and solos. Local visitors and residents such as Walter Miller Ray Grinnell and Henry Schaff are noted along with road work and social events at Center schoolhouse and A Rothe anniversary refreshments.
The council accepted a bid for 125 000 pair plates priced at 22 cents for fifteen inch, 26 cents for seventeen inch, plus 2 cents per extra plate. The 1916 plates cost slightly more than 1914. A heavier plate was chosen due to auto owners’ request. The state previously bought 100 000 1914 plates at 19 cents each. Registration may reach 100 000 this year, totaling 126 000 machines for Town. Seven thousand numbers stay for motorcycles and about two thousand for motorcycle dealers. Twelve firms bid, Borreson Co. also held 1914 contract. At least half of plates to be delivered by mid-December. Secretary of State W S Allen, head of motor vehicle department, directed to finalize contract details.
I D Pearson and wife visited friends in Walnut. Mr Battersby of Lewis made a business call. Mrs M M Nichols and son Frank returned from an eastern trip. Dr Max Emmett bought a new Ford. Spee Benson of Walnut visited today. Frances Stone of Anita returned home. Niels Jensen of Connell Bluffs attended to business. George Brockton of Omaha, uncle of Mrs E G Fisher, visited on Poplar street. Mrs W E Wisster in Des Moines reports improvement. Blanche Hedges, teaching in Seattle, is home for vacation. Clara Thompson of Omaha traveled to Walnut after visiting her sister Mamie. Martin Lambert and Ned Lambert are visiting at Scott Clark’s. The J O Goss residence on East Sixth street has been repainted. The new home of J H Marshall on East Fifth street nears completion. Henry Taylor of Atlantic Automobile Co. is a bachelor now that his wife is visiting Kansas. George Whitcomb, carrier for Yamaha Daily News, recovering from dog bites. Dr C L Campbell has a Ford with self starter and generator. Rev A B Pritchard of Los Angeles arrived to spend the day with Mrs W K Barnard’s family. The young son of L M Pearson, long troubled by a fractured hip, is improving and walking with crutches.
Citrelax CITROLAX! promotion lists Elmer H. Pellett and Alma Wood of Atlantic as marriage license subjects. An advertisement extols Citrelax as a remedy for constipation and related ailments, claiming prompt action, pleasant taste, and no nausea, to be sold by druggists.
Iowa Farms for cheap and best bargains in South Central Iowa call J G Shriver of Winterset. Large list of over 800 bargains posted in past ninety days. Properties include 90 to 120 acres near Lorimer and Winterset, 7 room frame houses, barns, granaries, windmills, tanks, and fenced pastures. Prices per acre range from 85 to 150 dollars with multiple improvements and locations described.
Local brief notes that Hernan Nau was observed conducting business in Lyman last Thursday, with no other details provided.
Colonel Roosevelt was set as chief speaker at a large progressive rally in Pittsburg on June 30. Local and state progressives planned a reception, and he was to urge election of Pinchot for U S senator and Lewis for governor on the Washington progressive ticket, signaling a rebuke to Republicans and Democrats and a push for Progressive principles. He noted the White movement and summer hat fashions also appear in the report.
United Press report from Los Angeles dated June 30 notes the Sunset ramble of the Los Angeles Motorcycle Club began today with riders led by Boorse Or More departing for the run. The group plans to return tomorrow. An advertisement for Beoner's Bakery promotes freak bread, whole wheat, graham and light rolls, with phone orders.
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