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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1895
Page
6
Fresh arrivals almost daily with special emphasis on silks and black goods. The ad boasts a wide range of wares including silk and wash goods waists lace curtains veiling dress goods capes carpets and large stocks at low prices. It invites questions comparisons and emphasizes science in buying.
A mix of community notices from County and Vicinity detailing purchases, visits, and events. James Bell bought a new riding plow while Charis Cox hosted a social dance Monday night. Numerous residents bought stock, delivered trees, painted homes, and hosted gatherings. The Masons begin temple work. Rev. J T Marvin attended a Congregational association. Mrs. Chas Rhodes died after a short illness. Community members travel, sell farms, and attend church events. several marriages, funeral, and ordinations noted.
WIOTA district updates list names and statuses including Grandma Sherk sick, scarlet fever cases among Mrs Watsons children, and residents seen on streets. Items describe new fences, house construction, potato planting plans, boarding arrangements, family visits, and social events at Finch school house and El Cannons. The Junior League dime social yielded 11 dollars with praise for helpers.
Ida Lloyd returns from Ottumwa after winter study as farmers in Five Mile Grove busy preparing land for onion seed plantings. If the region plants onions proportionally and harvests well, markets like Atlantic will be well stocked. G W Gingery lists Early Ohio potatoes for sale amid scarce news and cash.
George Tripp rented up Rheumatism affects residents Ike Jensen grips health improves. Emmet Jensen planted corn. many attended church from Five Mile Grove. Rev Fraser preached well. Billy Goodale and others visited Sarah. New postmaster and partner to manage holdings. Mrs Pattee laid to rest in Valley cemetery. George Howard injured when his team ran away. A Monday dance failed due to rain.
Marne items report Miss Nannie Williams sick, several residents visiting relatives in Walnut and Atlantic, and Mr. Blakesley traveling to Newton. Coverage includes a quilting raffle, new gun club trap, dressmaking plans, and a race between Dierks and Reimer over flower gardens. Also obituary for B. Benn, 72, with details of his marriage and service as a local preacher.
Pleasant Township updates include Mrs. G J Mackeral illness and N A Lewis planting ten acres of potatoes. Garvin notes hay demand at $12 a ton. Kriger sold potatoes earlier. Griswold residents report a light scarlet fever case. high school botany club rambles and alumni ice cream social. Levi Oglesby dies at 79. funeral in Griswold Christian church. six children survive. Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder grandly advertised.
Buck Creek area news covers a funeral in Indiana attended by Buck Creek residents, Will Franklin and family visits, Miss Wilds teaching near Brayton attending church, A Joyce's attack barn nearing completion, Olney's work on it, Ora Mills returning from Atlantic Business College to Linden, Dick Odem buying a new buggy, J Br Haverle seen locally, Ben Cecil's twenty first birthday surprise with a morrocco bible, and Rev Wickersham's lecture Young people in society at the church on Tuesday April 30 with a small door fee and invitation to all.
Bethel news reports W B Howard selling his farm to Henry Brown and mentions Howard considering Oklahoma. Miss Mary Mountain returns home after visiting, Henry Bunte contemplates building a new house if crops stay good. Bethel Sunday school officers listed and totem of barn door mishap, plus general notes on crops, hats at Langdon’s store, and local happenings. Ex Governor Porter critically ill in Indiana at 71.
Jop Carp sheriff will sell at the Atlantic courthouse steps on May 16 1895 at 10 am the real estate Lot 5 Block 9 Cumberland Town to satisfy a circuit court judgment of Council Bluffs Savings Bank v E Palmer et al for 156.35 plus costs. Sale in cash. Dated April 15 1895 Atlantic Iowa. If people would only stop talking where they stop knowing half the evils of life would come to an end.
Ardmore, I T April 20 Ardmore wiped out by fire. About 160 business houses lost and the post office spared. Loss estimated 500000 to 800000 with insurance covering one third. Fire started in Harper Cecil livery barn on Caddo street and spread rapidly in less than an hour. No fire company or waterworks. citizens fought flames. Twenty six horses perished. Federal court building and jail destroyed. Heaviest losers listed with insurance. Rebuilding to begin at once. Outside aid not asked.
The writer defends his business practices and warns against misleading claims by an agent, urging accuracy and integrity. He asserts higher quality marble and fair pricing, and vows to continue honest work on Walnut Street. The note ends with a weather crop bulletin from Des Moines noting generally favorable conditions and progress in planting and pastures.
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