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Newspaper

Atlantic Weekly Telegraph

Location

Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1897

Page

10

Local and Personal News in Atlantic Iowa Observations

West News reports a week of social visits and travel among Atlantic residents. Ed M. Boorman and family visited Audubon. Mrs. Bishop visited Mrs. Geo. Marsh. W. D. Blackwood moved his temperial and bath rooms. a former Indianapolis resident Tessie D. Crouch died in Denver. shipments of cattle and hogs to Chicago. many local moves and visits to Anita, Des Moines, Omaha, and Council Bluffs. county convention endorsed Byers for governor and Smith for state senator. post office money found and returned. local council debates sidewalk bids. various residents leave for trips. notices of health products Hood's Sarsaparilla and Dr. King's New Discovery advertised.

In Memory of Robbie Blake and Local Notices

A memorial piece for Robbie Blake speaks of his bright eyes and resting in heaven while a stream of local notices follows. Community updates include arrivals, travels, church plans, school and ward reports, and election delegate selections across Atlantic and surrounding townships with mentions of Jensen, Potter, and local lodges.

Cyclone Insurance Advertisement Promises Low Rates

An old ad promotes Cyclone Insurance offering coverage for dwellings furniture store buildings and goods at low rates from nine reliable companies urging immediate policy purchase before disaster strikes. It presents as a local insurance pitch with dramatic warnings about nature and property loss.

Atlanta Strike Over Negro Labor at Fulton Mill

In Atlanta two hundred women and girls walked out when management announced the plan to hire 26 colored workers in the folding department. The 400 men then left in sympathy, forcing a shutdown of the Fulton Bag and Cotton mill, a major southern employer, impacting hundreds of workers.

Atlanta Fulton Bag Jacob Bisas Elvas Textile Workers’ Union Milla Fulton Bag and Cotton Company South

Novel Defense of Union Pacific in Nebraska Rates Case

Lincoln Aug 4 An answer to T R Tibbetts complaint against Union Pacific claims the road is not under state transportation authority or laws. Attorney W R Kelly outlines UC Pacific as a US law created corporation under receiver, once a common carrier but not subject to state commerce regulations. Other roads in Nebraska file general denials seeking specifics.

Union PaciFic T. R. Tibbetts W. R. Kelly Board of Transportation Kelly United States Nebraska

Antisaloon League Organizes In Nebraska

The Nebraska Antisaloon League, auxiliary to the American AntiSaloon League, begins work in Nebraska with Rev. O B Whitmore as state superintendent. National leaders include Hiram Price as president and Rev. A J Kynett as board secretary, with Archbishop Ireland as vice president. Four departments cover agitation law enforcement legislation and mutual contest. Headquarters are in Lincoln at the YMCA building, funded by voluntary gifts.

Brawsh Nebraska Lincoln Ang Archbishop Ireland League Thare Ohio Michigan Pennsylvania Texas California Wisconsin Virginia West Virginia District of Columbia Co. B.whitmore Young Men’s Christian Association H. O. Rowlands A. E. Hargreaves W. Dougherty O. B. Whitmore

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