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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1917
Page
2
44 cents for sweet cream paid by Central Iowa Creamery. Premium of four cents per pound butterfat offered for best quality handled in a sanitary manner and delivered daily at the cream plant.
A long list shows Bear Grove Township registration names including Adams Ernest A and Bottom William 11 among others. A great cast is announced for the production of Rictnas Love at the Aspora house Sunday with a cozy place to rest.
Cass County formed a War Food Committee last Saturday with J A Nelson of Atlantic as chairman and Chas Malone as secretary and treasurer. Members from Cass, Cass township, Pleasant Township, Noble appointed. The group noted Cass cannot grow fall wheat this year and seed must be shipped in, urging farmers to contact bankers, elevator men, and seed handlers to place early orders. Also promotions for a two reel comedy feature at the opera house Sunday with fans and fresh air.
The officers and people of Atlantic and Red Oak are thanked for kindness shown to the boys. They received special shirts, an automobile, and other extras raised by Allande. Gate receipts from the fair help fund future needs as the Forcar parade reaches the Fourth at the grounds.
The Smoky Hill No. 8 district in Oakfield township raised 251 dollars from nearly every resident including men women and children. A A Nelson organized the drive listing many contributors by name and amount. The notice also promotes the opera “Eternal Love” at the city opera house Sunday and urges coupon collection for a prize feature Monday night.
Clerk of the District Court Bmight announced two additional appointments. Emma Lembke was named as administratrix of the estate of Henry M. Lembke. George Maas was appointed guardian of John Otto and Bertha Behnken. Also noted is an event titled The Slave Market to be staged Monday night at the opera house.
The Green Hay Lumber Company filed in the Clerk of the District Court a mechanic's lien action against John Bucksen for 68 dollars. The item also mentions an opera house program with a matinee, describing a comedy and music event in the same notice.
Cass county Sheriff W. T. McKee checked Griswold precinct Thursday evening for men enrolled in the first registration who failed to appear on the roster as eligible for military duty. Some registered elsewhere, leaving one or two who may have tried to evade Uncle Sam. Also notes a local film listing at Opera House for a 2-reel comedy and musical feature.
In Great Lakes station Wisconsin Illinois Wisconsin training camp crowds ranchers and farmers sons bankers' sons newsboys and college students drill to fit for national defense. They have rarely seen the ocean but the prairie pride fuels their naval training and commitment to service.
The rolling deep and openness of homeland foster real patriotism and a call to national service. Thousands of overplus recruits overflow the Great Lakes naval station, prompting a tented city by Lake Michigan. Captain William A. Moffett describes a program to shape raw recruits into war ready sailors through academic work, physical training, drills, and discipline, with discharge for failure to meet cardinal naval service standards.
London report of twin brothers who just turned eighteen appearing before a medical recruiting board for preliminary examination. One stripped for assessment, the other refused, as the doctor doubted he could examine the same candidate twice. The twins’ nearly identical features and handwriting confuse even their parents, leading to a joke about identity.
Washington bureau agents save fish displaced by spring floods in the Mississippi basin. Species include spotted and blue catfish, perch, bass, crappie, pickerel, buffalo, gar, pike, bullhead, and other freshwater varieties, moved to temporary homes for anglers’ benefit.
Tomorrow Sunday Red Cross day will be observed at the M. E. church with a patriotic address and a roll of honor listing all church youth who enlist in the service. Rev Handy invites M. E. Veterans of ’61 ’98 and 1917 boys in the church, along with the general public, to attend.
Testimony details a planned break in at the F. F. Jones Store near Corning Iowa involving J. M. Wilkerson and others. The group fled through Creston to a depot after recovering a revolver and searchlight, then handed items to Wilkerson and discussed transporting papers.
A witness recounts a convoluted trip involving Wilkerson, Boster, and Ford. Plans to ship passengers Nave and Boiler via Red Oak and Corning unfold, with side talks of Chicago, Villisca, and a failed money offer from Attorney General Hayner. The speaker notes secrecy and silence about the escapade.
Time schedule excerpt lists rail services between Stuart Council Bluffs Audubon Griswold and Kimbaliton with multiple No. flyers local freights and locals, sailing times, and branch notes. Includes Atlantic Northern and Harrisdale lines with station arrivals and departures and days of operation, mostly daily except Sundays.
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