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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1895
Page
6
The author argues that quality style desirableness and price must guide purchases. They note cheap items often lack intrinsic value and advocate for value over cost. After two spring buying trips, prices have begun to fall as the season advances, allowing many offerings at lower figures than early purchases.
Will Dietrich attended church Sunday evening. Maggie Malone of Des Moines visited relatives nearby. Easter feast enjoyed by boys at the grove. Mrs. Campbells jersey cow died of milk fever. Grandpa and Grandma Brooks visited Atlantic with daughter Mrs. Krewster. James Ballentine bought a lot from Mr. Cannon and plans a house. Nellie Reed returned from Palo Alto county after wintering there. D. R. Roe family visited Sarah area. Mr. Holcomb died Tuesday April 9 after lingering illness from grippe. sympathy offered. Easter services were well rendered. collection 5 dollars 35 cents. Bertha Brooks visited Atlantic. Mr. Liston died after long illness. funeral at Kethel church. Schools resumed Monday after short vacation. Prof. Rowley and Miss Raber to teach. Miss Myers returns to Anita. Miss Jones succeeds. Junior League to host a dime social at K C C F hall Friday night with short program. all invited to attend.
The Grove Sunday school honored retiring superintendent J. W. Lamb with a chair last Wednesday evening. Delia Lamb leaves for summer teaching duties. Pearl Goforth recovering, flowers bloom, rain enriches crops. Lyman Warren and wife visited relatives near Lewis, Fred Warren visited his brother near Lewis, Will Carver rents Pellett's house for summer gardening.
Charles Kinger has been quite sick and George Mackerel visited Briscoe Sunday. K B Kirbys house will soon be completed. Tillie Hayden has accepted a position with Mrs Kinger. Fred Smith suffers rheumatism. The Griswold standpipe filled with water last Friday but the foundation proved insecure and it tipped from plumb. Ray Crombie and Joey Merritt were rusticating in the country during vacation. A Willisea potato buyer canvassed the township, buying for forty five cents per bushel.
Price's Cream Baking Powder is awarded the World's Fair highest honor for its quality. Manufacturer executives celebrate the recognition as a milestone in food industry achievement and consumer trust.
On Wednesday evening April 3, friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Clark Chaffee’s home to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their marriage. The couple hosted a hospitable evening of social conversation and music with a complete supper. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. Rogler and family, Mr. and Mrs. George and family, Mr. and Mrs. Howlett and family, Miss Laura Moreland, Mr. and Mrs. J. Charles and family, Mrs. S. Hendricks and family, and Mr. and Mrs. O. Biddleman and family.
Local notes report visiting kin, business trips, and travel from Marne area residents. Items include Lizzie Disher of Minden visiting relatives, Dan Patton returning from Chicago with a shotgun, and Ed Trailer home from Pasadena. Community events mention the A. O. U. W. gathering, Easter services at the Presbyterian church, and a hotel sidewalk improvement. Lizzie Tryon of Avoca to speak on foreign missions in Maine.
Miss Grace Blackwood of Columbus Indiana visits her Aunt Mrs W Woods in Anita for the summer. F N Carss visited Des Moines recently. John and Wiley Harrison spent Easter with their parents in Anita.
W H Dinsmore and F Duffy were in Adair Sunday Geo Branch is operating in Oakley Iowa this week. A large portion of town expresses disgust at the partisan tax board adjustments. A number of townspeople accused of drunken behavior were seen in the woods west of town Sunday. Mayor Myers has administered justice to several, with others to follow. Easter services in Amita featured lilies and other potted plants, sermons suitable to the day. Er A Stone was summoned to the Bluffs to answer charges of selling liquor without a license. F O Worthing S F Myers and George Mallory accompanied him as witnesses. Ben Bosley of Avoca spent Sunday with his parents.
Rev Coons preached to a large audience Friday. Sunday school formed with Frank Denison superintendent and Madison Allen assistant. Farmers plowing for corn. several small projects described. Details on windmill, seeding, sick child, and local people. The Black Crook show headlines Atlantic theater with sold tickets.
Two robbers boarded the mail and express wagon two miles from Cripple Creek and overpowered driver Robert Smith. They seized a $16000 Wells Fargo package, escaped on horseback, and left 850 dollars missing. A large manhunt with 200 men and a bloodhound plan was organized, tracing toward Alhambra and Cripple Creek. The robbers likely originated from Denver.
The Hawaiian legislature will convene soon with plans to authorize the sale of crown lands. The government acts favor small farmers. In other items, Ashford Gulick Seward and Pickard, revolutionists, are reported ill in jail. Queen Liliuokalani is allowed to walk in a park after hours for health reasons. Other notes include smallpox in Cleveland mills, arson charges in Rohrerstown, and a May 23 execution date in Missouri.
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