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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1925
Page
6
An ad lists silks, vests, aprons and fabrics at bulk prices for a Wednesday sale. Includes dotted voiles four yards for $1.00, sateen three yards for $4.00, colored poplin four yards for $1.00, lace bundles twenty yards for $1.00, silk hose two pairs for $1.00, unbleached muslin ten yards for $1.00, and Turkish hand towels ten for $1.00, with various colors and trims.
The National Music Supervisors Conference drew twelve hundred teachers in Kangee City Missouri. Iowa claimed top places across five classes including Girls Glee Cedar Rapids led by Olive Barker and Boys Glee Rapids led by Olive Barker. Various state ensembles competed against Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Iowa.
Funeral services were held today for George Christian Hoegh Jr. five year old son of Mr and Mrs G C Hoegh of Brayton who died Saturday afternoon from anaemia after a period of illness. Services at the house then at Oakhill church with Rev V S Jensen officiating. Interment in Oak Hill cemetery with pallbearers Raymond Hough Harvey Hoegh Harold Hansen Edwin Hangan Arthur Knutsen Howard Krakskow. Survivors include parents two sisters Betty Jean four months grandmother Mrs Chris Knutsen and other relatives.
May 4 special to News Telegraph reports a lone wolf was killed in a wolf hunt near Exira Drive. The animal was run down by a dog brought from Carroll. Farmers in Greeley township report losses to their herds. CARD OF THANKS: Mrs Floyd Lamoreaux thanks friends for kindness and flowers during illness at hospital.
Des Moines May 4 Changes in rules and purses for the five day Iowa state fair harness racing contests to be held in Des Moines this summer were announced by A R Corey secretary of the state fair board The board aims to faster races and larger fields through new format three heats per race ten percent of the purse to the best horse in the summary of heats remaining purse divided equally among heats A horse winning two heats must run the third heat to win money allocated for the third heat The addition of a free for all place in the regular state fair program drew interest notes Corey
Entry terms for a race list 3 per cent purse share with payments due May 1st one per cent in July and another one per cent the day before the race. MARNE NEWS BRIEFS notes visits and arrivals from Avoca California and local family events, including school games and community updates, with various names and places. The closing line advertises Wilken Monument Works.
A regional meeting of high school officials reports state totals and grade by grade enrollment. In the Midwest, about 21,500 students are enrolled in public and private high schools. Girls outnumber boys by roughly 10 percent overall, with 16 percent more girls than boys in the senior class. Grade distributions are 24 percent ninth, 29 percent tenth, 28 percent eleventh, and 22 percent twelfth. Attendance reflects city and large-state school representation.
A nationwide farm survey reports the general agricultural situation in the United States as the most cheerful in five years. Plowing and planting in May are two weeks ahead, prices for wheat hogs dairy and poultry are rising, and farm work is progressing ahead of normal. Moisture deficiencies exist but rains could improve prospects.
Massena Methodist church plans visitation week to recruit members. Volunteers will visit every house in town, report to church parlors each evening, and light refreshments will be served. Assisting ministers include Rev. J Q Smith Nevinville Rev M M Gable Greenfield Rev W A Warren Cumberland and Rev Bis singer Bridgewater.
Federal Judge William S. Kenyon of Fort Dodge will be the principal speaker at the eighty sixth Iowa Congregational conference held in Creston May 19 and 20. Nearly 300 church workers are expected. His address is The Church and The Law. A banquet for delegates and visitors will be held Wednesday evening at the Masonic temple. The ante address will be spoken by Rev. Wi Breilliams.
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