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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1898
Page
11
A week of miscellaneous notes from Atlantic and Griswold area residents. Travelers return from Omaha and Des Moines visits. Local business callers, letters home, and social events populate the page, with a band concert announced and community notices mixed with light anecdotes.
A. A. Gillette of Stuart and E. F. Michel with W. C. Depew of Walnut visit Atlantic on business. Ridge of residents travel, attend school duties, and attend family visits. Local council reorganizes, appoints city officials, and sets salaries. Concert plans and band progress noted. Community notices include Easter sale, property ads, and civic events.
Notice announces the appointment and qualification of William McMillan as Administrator of the estate of Samuel W. McMillan, deceased of Cass County. Creditors and claimants are urged to present or settle debts and claims, dated April 1, 1888.
Miners and operators in the Wheeling district meet to settle on a wage or scale agreement. Miners demand either the Ohio or Pennsylvania scale but reject the Ohio scale with Pennsylvania screen offered by operators. Ohio scale may be accepted. Belmont county mines sign Chicago scale, first eastern Ohio adoption. others expected.
A.U.S. department store advertises deep discounts on silks and dress fabrics including Black Brocades, Grenadines, and Tafetta silks. capes, jackets, muslin underwear, and sample lines of skirts, nightgowns, and corset waists at half regular price. Also listed are veats, kids gloves, lace curtains, and carpets with low sale prices.
J. H. Marshall satirizes economic woes and labor. notes on Spaniards preferring death to dishonor and speculates war news. Mentions the White Squadron and ships, laments sensational papers, and praises McKinney’s levelheaded wood-sawing as practical skill amid turmoil.
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