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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
4
Grain and livestock prices show mixed moves with wheat around 1.51 and corn futures from 1.06 to 1.19 per bushel. Hogs receipts near 37,000 with bids generally lower, cattle reported steady to higher, and sheep trading weak with bids around 15.50 to 16.60 for lambs and cows around 5 to 8.60.
Corrected daily grain and produce figures show wheat No 1 and No 2 at 1 per bushel, corn price listed, barley and butterfat noted. Eggs quoted at 28 cents, old hens 9 cents, geese 6 cents, ducks 10 cents. Cattle markets steady with stockers and feeders $6.50 to $8.50, cows and heifers $3.60 to $5.50. hogs around $10.25 to $13.00.
Ta, March 19. Special to News Telegraph. Mr. and Mrs. Myer Rubeck, newlyweds, hosted a reception at Avoca hall last evening for friends and neighbors, honoring their marriage Sunday at Sioux City. Rubeck runs a local grocery and meat market counter. The bride belongs to a prominent Sioux City family. About two dozen guests attended.
Audubon Louisiana March 19 Specia to News Telegraph Funeral services for the late Soren Peter Petersen aged 02 who died late Press wit be held tomorrow or day afternoon at the Danish Lutheran church at two o clock Rete FL C M Hansen will officiate Inter ment will be in Maple Grove cemetery A widow six sons and three daughters survive The deceased was born in Denmark and came to the United States when a young man
Funeral services for Mrs. J. 20 Johnson were held at the Church of Christ in Massena with Rev. Kelley officiating. Interment followed in the Massena township cemetery. Six of the deceased's sons acted as pallbearers: Victor Johnson, Charles Johnson, Will Johnson, James Johnson, John Johnson, and Harry Johnson.
Sam Studley a farmer three miles north of here had the middle finger of his right hand mangled yesterday when it caught in the crank of a gasoline engine while he was adjusting it to saw wood.
Eleven men of the county took the required examination for hog vaccinators held in connection with the hog vaccination school. The sessions were at the city hall yesterday and today conducted by Dr. Craft from the Iowa State College extension department at Ames. Attendance at the lectures was strong and the school considered a success.
Frank J. Taylor a Red Oak war veteran about 30 hanged himself at the Clarinda state hospital yesterday. The body will be brought to Red Oak for burial. Survived by widow and a four year old daughter. Taylor, shell shocked in the war, had lived in Red Oak most of his life and sought treatment after domestic troubles.
Marshalltown Iowa March 19 The grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict C. E. Carlson and Edrna Carpenter in the murder of Civil War veteran Michael Featherstone last November and the pair were released.
Cheyenne Wyoming reports that Rear Admiral J K Robison testified the Teapot Dome lease to Harry F Sinclair was deliberately kept from Congress and the public. Washington dispatch notes the same day that eight Army air service officers received distinguished service medals for their roles in a world flight.
Griswold plans to send about twenty young men as representatives to the Older Boys conference to be held at Atlantic tomorrow evening and Saturday, March 21 and 21. Leaders include Supt. B. G. Tye and E. L. Blue. Delegates from De Molay, Union, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches join high school students to promote conduct and religious activity.
In Griswold Iowa on March 19 members of the Ku Klux Klan staged a parade in robes followed by a box social. A large attendance was reported at the event and social.
Exira Iowa March 19 Special to News Telegraph George Wall underwent an emergency appendicitis operation at his home last evening. His condition was listed as critical today.
Three Indiana towns Princeton Owenaville and Griffin dig for dead and injured as fire rages in Murphsboro and DeSota. Illinois Central telegraph pledges cover an eight thousand dollar relief fund while a ten thousand dollar goal is set. Train one southbound was halted at DeSoto and three empty refrigerator cars were filled with bullies. Hospitals and medical supplies were destroyed by the tornado amid relief delays.
The report lists several patients from Elk Horn and nearby towns: Mrs Mary Breede discharged from Jones hospital after a day. Emmett Daugart and Mrs Pred Daugart underwent tonsil operation at Atlantic hospital. Carrie Bengston discharged after major operation. Mrs Walter Kolb returned home from Atlantic hospital after a long major operation. Nina Maxjonee, a student nurse, completed six months training at University hospital and returned to the city.
A battered text recalls a June event near Lake Erie where a violent windstorm caused extensive property damage and many deaths and injuries in Ohio and surrounding regions.
Anita March 19 Census by local registrar S W Clark shows city population at 1152 in 1925, down from 1236 in 1920 by 84. Babies born after January 1 and new residents not listed may adjust the total, census rules exclude recent movers and newborns.
Miss Mildred Hollister daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Hollister married Harold Farnham son of Mr and Mrs Charles Farnham yesterday at the bride parents home Rev Guy Fausher officiated The bride a well known graduate and rural school teacher The groom a young farmer They will reside on a farm four miles north of town owned by the grooms father
A fragmentary line hints at a threat or coercive exchange involving a man and payment of a debt. The text is garbled but implies a warning or scheme to settle an owed amount, suggesting a potential criminal or coercive context without clear names or places.
Fire at Breakers hotel and a smaller Palm Beach hotel destroyed both properties and threatened the northern winter playground for four hours. No lives were lost and initial tire losses were later ruled out by hotel register checks.
Des Moines reports Rep L V Carter urged House Speaker Fidson to name a committee to draft an appropriation resolution expressing Iowa sympathy for last night's tragedy. The measure would also extend sympathy to Indiana and Missouri governors.
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