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Newspaper

Atlantic Weekly Telegraph

Location

Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1896

Page

7

Imert improving from Fifth district to Atlantic

Elder W A Moore of Lewis in city today. Elder Telford and wife left for Washington. Mrs Simonton returned from Casey. Judge Macy going to Harlan for Sunday. Miss Reynolds improving and able to sit up. Mrs Negus visiting Winterset. Miss Della Hunt back from Davenport. Finkbine couple leaving for Des Moines. Levi Spangler to Omaha for Sunday. Mrs M Kahn visiting near Cumberland. Mrs Dacken to Anita for Sunday. Edith Cushing leaving for Anita. Bigelow and Dobbs porkers shipped. Wilson Prail returning from Kansas trip. Grand jury adjourned. J W Wilson visiting Lincoln. Mrs Rickard from Des Moines returned home. Children’ s cart amusements. Ida Thompson returning to Des Moines. One Minute Cough Cure recommended. Thorley back from Chicago. M E hospital matron visiting nurse June Robinson. R M Kirkpatrick joins W H Pierce at Lewis. Breece returns from Chicago. Mrs B Taynch visiting Lewis. Casad visiting Atlantic. Lotus Lodge preparing social for anniversary. Keelan to sell Saratoga chips. Evans back from Silas Wilson Co. Rebekah supper next Monday. Blotchy Bros store space being fitted for Worthing & Warshoe. Blodgett and Hill traveling ministers. Gillespie explains New York politics. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy extolled by F M Martin. Additions to the store spaces. Rebekahs hold 77th anniversary supper. Atlantic chapter inspection by Mrs Julia Robinson. Ice cream stars and marguerites decoration. Mrs Robinson to attend meeting in Harlan.

Imert Misa Della Hunt Davenport Harry Finkbine Des Moines Levi Spangler Omaha M. Kahn Cumberland H. G. Dacken Anita Edith Cushing Grand Jury J. W. Wilson E. P. Wilson Lincoln Neb Court House J. B. McGrew W.H. Faulkner Mrs. Rickard Ida Thompson P. E. O. ‘Sisterhood Atlantic Julia Robinson Cedar Falls Sisterhood J. G. Whitney East Sixth Street

Local notes scattered across Hickory street and nearby towns

Mrs Jensen is ill on Hickory street. Paul White spent the weekend in Omaha. J H Wood is in Page county on business. Hugh Reinig of Des Moines spent Sunday. A G Beach went to Omaha this morning on business. Geo Jillich Sr. is shelling about 16000 bushels of corn. Miss B Madge visited Wiota with Miss Jones. Kate Peters visited the city yesterday with her brother. A part of a watch chain was left at the office for the loser. Miss Goeken leaves for a week in Maine and Walnut. Levi Spangler returned from Omaha Sunday. Hugh Waddell of Cumberland is in the city as a juror. Mrs Wm Eggers and children visit Avocn for a week. Dunn reports his corn shelter cleaned and ready for business. H M Boorman leaves for Council Bluffs and Kansas City on legal business. Geo Robertson and wife visited August Shearer and wife below Lewis. C J Warner and sister from Des Moines spent Sunday with Mrs Meek. John Aldrich of Tampico, Ill, in the city to visit his sister Mrs E E Smith. Mrs Hugh Waddell and baby of Cumberland in the city visiting Mrs F H Crombie.

A. G. Beach Omaha Geo. Jillich Sr Miss B. Madge Wiota Miss Jones Kate Peters Miss Goeken Maine Walnut Levi Spangler Hugh Waddell Cumberland Dunn H. M. Boorman Council Bluffs Kansas City Geo. Robertson August Shearer Lewis C. J.warner Des Moines Meek John Aldrich Tampico Ill E. E. Smith Will Hamlet Herman Denberger Illinois Troy Wisconsin Frank Booth Union Railroad

Local Notices and Social Updates From Town Page

Grant Blake falls ill again and a doctor is called while Mrs Ayres travels to Knoxville for her mother’s illness. An implement dealer promotes a corn planter on Main Street. Several residents travel or send dispatches, others face legal actions including bonds and fines. Danish Freja society plans Audubon Danish anniversary. Street conditions on Chestnut Street discussed. X ray photography trial at the high school noted. Digestive Cordial advertisement urges relief from indigestion with health claims.

Grant Blake P. Ayres Knoxville

May Breakfast and Dinner Benefit at Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian ladies plan a May breakfast next Friday from six to nine and a full dinner and supper in the former Highly & Swires restaurant. A twenty five cent meal promises hot coffee waffles maple syrup and seasonal delicacies inviting all to attend. A separate note reports Green Goods fraud suspect captured after a postmaster in Lyman forwarded a tip to inspectors. A runaway accident occurred when a strap broke causing a buggy mishap injuring Mrs. H. C. Gillett and daughter Cora along Mulberry Street.

Wrecked buggy drama and vanished farmer tale unfolds

A buggy overturned injuring Mrs Gillett and leaving Cora and Miss Thompson bruised as the horse bolted through town. George Bolt, missing since last Tuesday, is traced to Cumberland funds, with land deeded to his wife and papers left for recording. Cumberland items recount his strange departure, banking checks, and a mail based business, while McGeehan grows massive strawberry plants across 17 acres and ships up to 1.3 million plants seasonally, with 50 workers and mention of forthcoming acreage and frost risk.

Mrs. Gillett Cora Miss Thompson Third Street Griswold Track United States McGeehan Tra Needles Thomas Mitchell McGeehon

McGeehon Runs McGeehon Nursery and Small Fruit Farm

RB D McGeehon stands among the citys enterprising businessmen for his work at the McGeehon Nursery and Small Fruit Farm He is noted for contributing to local welfare through his nursery and fruit farming activities in the community.

RB. D. McGeehon McGeehon

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Bigelow & Dobbs Herman Murray Wilson Kansas Bassett Dexter Vic Enmert G. H. Thorley Chicago M. E. Hospital June Robinson R. M. Kirkpatrick W. H. Pierce Harry O. Breece Bear Grove Lotus Lodge Rebekah P. J. Keelan Litterst's Saratoga C. H. Evans Throu, Villisea Clarinda Silas Wilson Co Order Rebekahs Fourth and Chestnut Streets Blotchy Bros Worthing & Warshoe Dealers C. W. Blodgett City Cannon Enoch Hill Mitchellville Franklin Hancock A. J. Gillespie Albany Gillespie New York F. M. Martin Long Beach West Va Vic Emmert Senutlfor W. P.frost W. Fox Paris Free-Robert& Son Christ Pilates Court Father Daly Elder Franklin New Orleans University DeWitt C. Franklin Methodist Episcopal Church Cleveland, O E. O's Hugh Reinig Wm. Eggers Avcon Baby F. H. Crombie Ernest Badley Ray Cannon Audubon Mr. Casad Estherville Minnesota Albert Vetzer John Laurenson Charles Vornom Jr Wm. Martin Lower Chestnut Street Southwick Bros Hattie Hedges Gail Garretson Green Goods Geo. Gerlach Lyman George Keokuk H. C. Gillett Maggie Thompson Eighth Street Mulberry Street Fourth Street Slaughter Bros Gingham Lot Capes Ladie George Bolt Ike Bolt J. P. Chandler Union Township Mutual Benefit Building and Loan Association Fred Palmer Cumberland Courier Ieee S. A. Jones and H. G. Weber & Co Atlantic, Iowa R. D. McGeehon Dorabatg Ll “Tsoominal
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