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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1898
Page
2
A dense list of local residents and visitors appears with numerous trips to Omaha and Council Bluffs, a mix of social calls, farewells, and engagement in fairs. Names include Maggie Henry, Nora Vaughn, Miss Jena Hassler, and many others, with frequent mentions of Fred Alexander’s store, insurance of Kodak goods, and the ongoing exposition attendance. A note of gratitude by J Eh Ballentine and family closes the item.
A severe electrical storm rattled Atlantic last night with little rainfall. Lightning damaged several electric poles and trees, blew fuses and darkened city lights. Miss Jessie Neff was stunned when lightning struck near her West Sixth Street home, but no one was seriously harmed. Some unconfirmed reports spoke of possible fatalities in Brighton township fields.
Atlantic residents and visitors engage in trips to Des Moines Omaha and Anita. Many attend the Exposition in Omaha while others visit family, aid Masonic picnic at Extra, and report weather and rail changes. A June wedding in town and school appointments are noted along with depot and roundhouse changes.
Last Friday three Atlantic youths were detained in the city jail then released or given work by the mayor. Brenton Meredith of Lewis is ill with typhoid while his father tours to Chickamauga. Cass County normals instructors listed include Layland er, Wilcox, Moyer, Pruitt, Ebien Austin, Florence Carter, and Moore. A new Van Meter brick front building is planned on Chestnut street with O Connell relocating jewelry operations. Masonic picnic at Extra drew about 140 Mason families with bands and a city park program. Audubon attendance was down due to rain. A Virginia mother praises Chamberlain's Colic remedy for her child in Stump Town. The Modern Woodmen camps across several towns plan a large Aug 8 9 picnic and log rolling with six to seven hundred Woodmen and five brass bands. F J Coveney of Toledo testifies his firm pays $100 for cures of catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure, sold by druggists at 75c. W. BEC, W R C meets at G A R Hall on the second and fourth Fridays at 2 p.m.
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