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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1896
Page
7
J H Marshall starts a sale with silk pieces at 25c and 59c 46 inch Gloria. Persian silks for waists, 25c suitings, Huck towels 19c, men's shirts below cost, fancy ribbons 5 10 15c, wash goods praised as best in state. One case summer corsets 25c and apron check ginghams 81c. Fifty dozen Foster Kid Gloves 75c. Stock new, no chestnuts.
C E White breaks up pasture while W Hopley buys John Peterson seed cats. Frank Hopley returns home from the Bluffs. Worth and Mrs Watson visit Lewis with Mrs James Dunn and Sophia Jennie Mabel Hop ley. Dave and Bella Snyder from Atlantic visit W W Dunston. O Peterson plans a Perkina windmill and a full waterworks system. Local complaints note dead chickens and other items left in the road.
Five Mile Grove items report Mr. Davis moving his barn. Glen Gentle from Sarah attended League Sunday. Frank Divine from Brayton visited Frank Harris. Mr. Miller is able to walk after illness. Leslie Gingery gate post business questioned. Phil Southwick led a large drove of fat steers from the Grove. Misses Rose Joyce Bertha Harris visited Mae Lamb. John Gingery plans to handle a large supply of small fruits planted this season. League held a sizable monthly meeting with a large program.
Albert Croy and family visited relatives in the area over the weekend. W. Z. Lloyd returns from a Colorado trip pleased with parts of it. In leap year the girls gave bouquets to the boys Sunday. Mr. Kelly prepares to move his house northward and add an extension.
Local notes report Bent Green seen in town, Oren and Carrie Gentle Sundaying in Atlantic, plus small grain nearing readiness. Mayor Wilson visited Tue morning. Stoner Bros shipped hogs. Frank Chapman seen on streets. several weddings, birthdays, and parties noted. Weather favorable for wheat, oats next. local schools and teachers listed. numerous residents mentioned in daily life recap.
Mr Gravely of Atlantic visits for business amid busy small grain harvest in Marne. Miss Mae Jones and sister Julia visit Bluffs for institute. John Swinburne resigns position. heads toward Cripple Creek. Easter services well attended at M E and M P churches. W E Simpson enjoys Fry's hotel in Colfax. Mercedes Findlay recovering from diphtheria. Prof Burton and assistants attend S H Wheatly teachers meeting at Council Bluffs. Florence Wheatly dies of membranous croup at age three. Maine Progressive Reading Circle to host A Lincoln Kirk on April 15. admission 15c children, 26c adults, 80c reserved. Jacob Backsen’s barn and farm losses in fire. extensive equipment and stock insured. fire origin unknown.
Chas Voorhees was in the city for a week while D S Umbenhafer spent the week in Grinnell. Albert Wagner and wife welcome a baby boy born in April. Mrs Carson of Marengo visiting her parents and Mrs I A McKinley. Dr F R King has located at Wiota to practice medicine. T FE Irion builds a new residence north of his existing home for his father recently moved from Casey. Mrs Linehan and Katie OLeary remodeled their north town residence. Dr I J Plunkett returned from St Louis after studies and seeks a location. Mrs J M Sherier came from Milwaukee to stay with her parents during the summer and is in delicate health. W J Weston confined with lumbago but now active. Easter services at Congregational church were unique and entertaining with many young people performing. Mrs Frank Lewis sick with typhoid fever. Mrs Ezra Marsh visited Cumberland. Spring farming underway. J B Thompson and QC McFadden bought new organs. Mrs John Pulley of New Virginia visiting Galion. Fred Adams and wife move into new house by week end. Charley Beekman and companion attended Fletcher Chapel. Fred Switzer and Amanda Wissler back from Tabor college. L A S of the M E church met at Mrs John Nealy's home and elected officers: President Mrs M E Myers, Vice President Mrs Ezra Marsh, Treasurer Jennie Dealy.
Reno hosts the quarterly meeting on April 12 while residents stay busy with oats. Otie Kilpatrick to work for T. E. Evans this summer. Hauling for the Milford Baptist church begins. Ethel Matthews ill with pneumonia near Reno. Annie Runig to teach Kilpatrick school. Nellie Read starts music lessons with a small class. Mrs. R. B. Baer ill. Dr. Perryman in the area. Perryman from Cumberland. Rev. Bauernfield to preach farewell sermon at Sunny Side on April 19. Local youths travel to Colorado for the season. good luck wishes. Chas Evan returns from Cornin to work on the farm. M. R. Talbot visits county seat. J. H. Ackerman and family at Lewis. Mrs. Adams slowly recovering. Charles Kuester and wife in Atlantic on business. Thompson Forsyth’s infant ill with pneumonia. Alice Hall begins district No. 4 school in Noble township. J. W. Latin visits from Omaha at Frank Sherwood’s home. Emma Courier from Grant visits Kate Larry. George Bell shells corn for J. B. Hall and George Alliband. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs. Frank Sherwood’s home. Clara Jarvis begins summer term district No. 5 Pleasant township. Pleasant Ridge folk hear from Holbrop family in Arkansas. Leap year pranks by Pleasant Ridge girls disturb public peace. Easter cantata by Pleasant Ridge Young People’s Association a success. seven young ladies in white costumes amid blossoms. Spring arrives with green grass and singing birds. John Wheeler to work for Jerry Murnau.
Farmers work in the field while townsfolk describe plastering a new house. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or return from trips. a restaurant opens in Lewis with Elliott & Crozier dissolving. community events include a Rebekah lodge anniversary and a surprise wedding announcement for Bert Harris and Mrs Harris.
A lengthy conveyance column records numerous property transfers including Sidney Burton to Red Oak Investment Co and James Callanan to D M Lewis with small sums. Other entries note James Ferguson to Daniel Roe, H S Montgomery to Taylor Guy, John Steen to Henry Dougherty, and many similar quitclaim deeds. Local notes mention Lon Highly becoming a window dresser, Isaac Dickerson traveling to Council Bluffs, and various residents leaving town for business or teaching jobs.
Ed Fritz and W F Bagley left this morning for the irrigated land district near Sterling Colorado. H Denburger left last evening for work in Bureau Junction Illinois. Born to Mr and Mrs Winfield Wilburn a boy at midnight. Mrs Church returned to Omaha after visiting J A McWard. George Robertson and family attended James Graham funeral in Avoca. Northwestern Orchestra to play in Stuart for the annual ball. Funeral of Miss Hattie Millis to be held at Lewis. John A Nash and wife passed through Audubon en route to Hot Springs Arkansas via Des Moines. B Martins joint raided with a jug of whisky and two beer bottles seized. Deputy Willis and W C Terbush involved. Miss Edna Jenkins begins teaching in District No 8 Grove township. A Calendar Festival by the B Y P U in Baptist church on April 24 to aid a new organ. Eva Antrim and Frank Wissler married at Audubon. Wissler to Colorado. J M Inmen Co repairers note. Mrs John Vetzer resigns from Levi Downs. husband to Winterset. Educational meeting at Cumberland April 10 and 11 with program details and local officials listed. Lottery and marriage licenses issued this past week including George Johnson and Lizzie Winchell.
Chas. Litterst toppled from a grape arbor while trimming vines and fell about eight feet to a plank walk. He was found unconscious, brought to his room, and after some time regained partial consciousness. He rests today and feels the aftereffects of the fall.
Tom Turner was knocked off his feet when lightning struck a horse on W. Z. Lloyd’s farm about nine am. He suffered no serious injuries. Meanwhile, Rebekah lodges 64 of Lewis and 67 of Atlantic attended their first anniversary, with a banquet and program that showcased hospitality and Rebekah work.
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