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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1898
Page
9
An advertisement declares Hood's Sarsaparilla as Americas Greatest Medicine that absolutely cures impure blood from facial pimples to scrofula and drains on the body. It claims thousands testify it cures scrofula salt rheum dyspepsia malaria catarrh rheumatism and tired feeling and urges choosing only Hood's.
Next week promises a normal schedule as Cumberland is active with visitors and locals. Town residents recount travels, visits, and purchases, noting a strong social scene and ongoing improvements. Local clergy, weather, and farm notes mix with family visits, business trips, and community events across Atlantic Griswold and nearby towns.
Ips. CG. E. of the Congeog honk church reports the season's inaugural social aims to provide local enjoyment to townspeople, with expectations it will not be the last event of its kind.
Mrs Bunnel and Cary Robinson are ill and sick respectively while Little Russel Williams remains unwell. Several social visits occur as J E Bruce leaves for Colfax, Mrs Hill returns to Mitchi elville, and many others host tea, visit relatives, or attend Rebekah and Congregational events.
Mrs Lowe's sister Anna visits. Teachers gear up for Normal. Barreckman's horse struck by lightning. Local farmers finish threshing in good season. Frank Nordman sick briefly. Sermon by Rev Richards of Des Moines crowds tent at Wiota. Attendees from Atlantic and Turkey Grove. Potatoes and corn pow plentiful. apples scarce. Seventh Day Adventists hold protracted meetings in large tent with engaging sermons.
Mrs Pratt is on the sick list and Mr Pollock sold cattle last Monday. Miss Vella Berry and Joe Blake wed at the bride’s parents’ home with Rev Chambers officiating. Residents visit relatives, hauling lumber, and plans hint at a move to Atlantic next year. An eleven pound boy arrives at Chas Kuester’s home, while a child breaks a collar bone after a milk accident.
Phillip Eppelsheimer and his wife from Atlantic visited their daughter Mrs. George Schueter over Sunday. The wind lodged corn in the southern part of the township last week and rain should help. Farmers urged to weed roads before soon starting road work. Center Church members will attend Rev. Luckenmyer’s Adair county appointment service next Sunday with Elder Grubner officiating. Wheat oats hay nearly half crop. corn tassel high. chinch bugs blamed on dry weather. Local names: Buck Creek, Dewey, Schley, Oson, Bear Grove, Gertie Barnard, James Triplett, J M Triplett, Mrs. Thompson, J B Butler. Remember the war social for J M Triplett next Wednesday evening August 3. A crowd attended the church to hear Mrs. Thompson on missions. it was very interesting.
Lew Harris threshing Saturday and stacking in progress. Mr. Pickrell reports a fine new barn. Ed Warren visited Lewis Wednesday. Rev. Dudley and family dropped by Friday. Emmett Butler very sick at father in law home. Traded forty acres for a farm east of Wiota. Omaha trip for Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd. Della Lamb back from Omaha after two weeks. Harlan kinfolk visit Sunday and Monday. Everitt family and Elsie Emory from Randolph visited J. W. Lamb. Pellett family left for Colfax. three weeks away upcoming.
College notes detail term end, staff movements, and student shorthand and typewriting continuations. Real estate transfers involve Erickson, Hunter, Lamkin, Chase, Perkins, Erickson, Buehme, Capwell, Mutersbaugh, with dates in July and August. Probate notice announces hearing in Cass County for Charles H. Locke. An Omaha trip offer highlights special Rock Island Route rate for Indian Day.
Miss Pearl Evans returns from Walnut, and Dave Workman of Shelby visits. Various residents from Council Bluffs Griswold and Omaha visit the city. Travel, business, and social updates include Miss Agnese Kelley from Walnut and Mrs. Chas. Wollinger visiting Maine. Excursions to Omaha and Maine noted, with multiple local figures mentioned.
Last evening Miss Mary Meredith hosted a birthday party for friends at her home from four to six. Chas Erb died at 10:45 p m after typhoid fever complications. Funeral services will be held at 601 Spruce Street tomorrow at two. Remains of Chas Locke arrived from California. funeral at Mrs Clee Locke’s Maple Street home Sunday at three. Interment in Atlantic cemetery. Frank W Whitcomb returned from Chicago after eighteen weeks with Ed win Tanner Shakespearean company and will enjoy vacation. Marie Whitney hosted about twenty five children on Linn Street Saturday from four to eight, with lawn games and lunch. The Presbyterian church choir girls initiated into a fictitious order at Miss Mae Harris’s home. D A Shuter reminded July 29 birthday. Loyal Workers at YMCA urged hospital supply donations. forty ladies worked on front-line items, with Civil War reference.
J M Schenk defends his finances and business after rumors follow a fire. He says no mortgage exists, recalls a five year Atlantic business, and notes his departure for service. The July 1898 public debt report shows debt at 978,081,006 with a monthly decrease and cash rise of 49 million from new war loan receipts.
Washington reports Madrid prepares for a possible suspension of hostilities in the West Indies and a mixed commission on the Philippines as Spain’s cabinet weighs peace. President McKinley’s reply remains private while Cambon’s authority is defended as fully instructed. Camp Alger is to be abandoned due to disease concerns, with troop reallocations and new camp sites to be chosen carefully under Surgeon General Sternberg’s guidance.
A Berwyn hotel at 148 North State Street burned rapidly at 8 a.m. Monday. Three people died and fourteen were injured, with guests leaping from high windows as stairs blocked escape. Names include musician William Seiderman, Edward Seaman, and Catherine Murphy among the injured and killed.
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