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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1896
Page
10
Wallace leaves for Adair on business. Miss Marie Bair improves but remains confined to her room. Numerous neighbors, teachers, and clergy are noted across Griswold and Audubon areas, with social gatherings, school openings, home improvements, and a fire department call. A Danish society program renewals, deaths, and travel plans are listed.
Minnie Merritt and R H Shiffiett were married Sunday at the bride’s Fourth street home with Dr A L Sarchet officiating. The couple will live on Mr Shifflett’s farm in southern Cass county before winter plans Atlantic. Mrs Shiffiett will remain teaching Griswold Public Schools for the remainder of the year.
Easter Sunday services drew unusually large crowds as churches across the city offered special programs. The Presbyterian service featured about forty Kedron Commandery Knights Templar and twenty five guests from nearby towns, with an impressive sermon by Rev. RE. E. Reed and festive music. Evening cantatas Gates of Gold and King Eternal, plus solos by Roslyn Steinke and others, filled the church, which was so crowded some attendees stood. Congregational services included an Easter sermon by Rev. E. S. Hill and an original hymn, while Baptist and M E churches showcased refined music and decorations. Church of Christ hosted a vivid Easter program with a white arched gateway decor and a large audience, and the day ended with donations to the Christian Orphans’ Home in St Louis.
An alderman from Chicago and a Methodist minister from Keokuk testify to the benefits of Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and lung complaints. Trial bottles are advertised as free at drug stores. A Washington forecast notes Senate work focusing on appropriation bills including Indian affairs and naval funding with debate over sectarian schools and land reforms in Indian Territory.
Streetcar dispute in New York unsettled as 6000 employees threaten to strike over the reinstatement of 10 discharged men alleged to be union organizers. Company officials cite rule violations. Amalgamated Association seeks arbitration with national leadership arriving to mediate. Governor Richards chooses not to intervene in another case. Shaker Digestive Cordial ad promotes herbal stomach health and indigestion relief.
A muddled ad promotes One Minute Cough Cure and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve claiming quick relief for coughing lungs bruises and eruptions. It touts DeWitt’s Early Risers as the “little pills” curing great ills with a money refund guarantee and price notes.
Free silver supporters in over a hundred Missouri townships held conventions and endorsed 16 to 1 coinage. Delegates to the state and national conventions were urged to back a solid silver delegation for Chicago, regardless of congressional district results. Also notes a fatal shooting in Wisconsin, and Harvard debaters named for Yale clash, plus ads for Rock Island playing cards and DaWitt's Little Early Risers pills.
Mr Fred Miller of Irving Illinois suffered a long severe kidney trouble with back pain and bladder issues. After trying many cures he used Electric Bitters two years ago and found relief at once. The ad claims instant relief for kidney and liver troubles and advertises a 50 cent bottle at any drug store.
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