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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1925
Page
4
Silky finish teddies and knits offered at one dollar each with Wednesday only deals. Shirred and tailored band tops trimmed with lace come in flesh and white, plus extra heavy knit silk vests and sateen bloomer styles in multiple sizes. Prices list to one dollar. bold discounts on a range of undergarments and lace trim pieces.
Advertising blurb notes Mercerized and silk plaid hose for women, claiming new popularity and various color combinations. Mentions price around 1.5 dollars and a Wednesday sale event with a heavy 36 inch wide black sateen item and a prompt to save Wednesday.
Grain prices include WILEAT Sample at 1.46 and various corn and oats quotes across white and yellow kernels. South Omaha livestock section shows hogs receipts 10,500 with prices up to 11.11, cattle receipts 8,000 with steers and yearlings mixed and steady to lower, sheep receipts 13,000 with lambs 15–16.25, hogs 86,000 with top around 11.25, and general price ranges for cows, bulls, and feeders amid market activity and weight categories.
A historical note explains that over 7 000 distinct pieces of shateria varying from felt wood ivory and metal alloys enter into the making of a high grade piano. The description highlights the diverse materials used in construction and tone shaping.
Atlantic markets note grain prices for No 1 and No 2 wheat at 1.42 conti for conti yardage, barley 7 cents, oats 4 cents, butterfat 87e3, ages 21 cents, old hens 20 cents, old roosters Be, geese Reducks 100. Cattle stockers and feeders steady to slow with 1.50 to 8.50, cows and heifers 3.60 to 6.00, hogs 10 to 10.25.
A fragment notes the importance of study for the mind to widen and grow. It argues that without engagement with things the mind remains a stranger to their essence and to learning. The compact reflection emphasizes active effort over passive exposure.
The class of 1925 selects as their play a comedy drama in one act to be performed in the high school auditorium Friday evening May 8. Cast includes Susan Hopkins Alberta Swan Marian Hopkins and others with a faculty breakfast next Friday. Commencement speaker President Hillman of Simpson College.
Washington May 4 U P D Congressmen cost more when dead than alive as shown by William Tyler Page in a House clerk report detailing expenses for a Congress member who died in office last year. It lists widow’s salary, secretary and clerk salaries, funeral costs, wreaths, and other official honors totaling about 19 thousand dollars with regional cost variations noted.
May 1 sale of a 0 acre farm owned by the estate of Mrs. Mary Mercer to Clay Hully of Omaha at 215.00 per acre. Several local residents attended and various social events and meetings are noted, including church dinners and embroidery club hosting at the country club.
Local gospel team under B Bennett will meet on Chestnut Street next Saturday evening. About twenty men pledged to attend and assist Bennett. Speaker Fish quoted Acts and Matthew stressing spiritual gifts and love beyond friendship. Frank Larson notes Bennett’s plans, conversion stories, and a future program at the Methodist church with a 45-voice male choir for mothers day praises.
Mrs. Eliza Jones of Walnut admitted today as a surgical patient at Atlantic hospital. Eleanor Reiner of Walnut underwent a major operation today at Atlantic hospital. Pearl Miller of 911 East Tenth Street admitted Sunday to Ones hospital for medical treatment.
A fragmented downtown exchange features a cynical comment about a man’s erratic behavior and a defiant reply from a thoughtful observer, captured in a terse, urbane exchange that hints at urban chatter and local color.
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