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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1893
Page
5
Reports from Bear Grove and nearby townships note widespread measles and pneumonia among children and adults, with multiple farm improvements under way. Local activity includes plowing in snow, new barns and windmills, school openings, Arbor Day preparations, and community visits by ministers and travelers.
A long list of Atlantic residents and visitors on Tuesday includes George Norris with a sick child, Ethel Waddel ill, J. Hudson in Chicago, and many others from trades, travel, and business. Notes mention Park hotel lodging, shipments to Chicago, and local civic updates. Several upcoming events, meetings, and public notices are listed, including court cases, church gatherings, and a Red Cross banquet invitation.
Market notes from Logan & Co to Duncan Hollinger & Co report wheat trading as mildly active with July futures expected to ease if winter crop yields align with forecasts. Corn opened near 44 and closed around 48. Oats steady, hog receipts lower than estimates, cattle and hog markets described as steady. ICities list Chicago and Atlantic markets, with mixed crop weather signals and Australian banking tensions influencing sentiment. The obituary of J A Jordan, born 1832 in Menard County Illinois, details his Civil War era settlement in Iowa, marriage to Lizzie Card, daughter Pearl, famine of property loss, and funeral at Grant town with burial in Cass County.
The Omaha Bee notes Fitz and Webster impressed with fresh humor and strong musical acts in A Breezy Time at the Farnam Street theater. The show runs three more nights and a Wednesday matinee with notable encores and praise for Bruno, Van Tilzer, Mack, and Webster. A separate entry lists a Cass county Short Horn cattle sale on May 18 with 35 head, including 25 males, to be auctioned by Col. Wood.
A compilation of brief notices reports drownings accidents and legal matters including Charles Richards drowned at Pontiae Illinois nine Delaware University students dismissed after a late incident an engineer scalded by a boiler explosion in Tiffin Ohio and various civic and political notes from Chicago to Montreal plus ship voyages rail accidents and notable receptions detailing several ongoing investigations and settlements with dates and named places and people.
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