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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1895
Page
2
Illinois Governor Altgeld decides not to send troops after influencing reports of unrest in Spring Valley. Ambiguity surrounds killings claims, with Chicago colored leaders and Italian consul urging action. Two refugee women from Spring Valley report brutal assaults on colored residents, inciting mass meetings in Chicago to arm and threaten Italians.
The weekly weather bureau crop report praises the corn outlook across the Midwest with Illinois and Missouri promising record yields while Dakotas and Minnesota lag. It notes Texas fever in Pennsylvania cattle, Vanderbilt yacht damages rulings, and various local notices from New York to Ohio on encampments, rail rates, and military assignments.
Colonel Bayle arrived in Ponca to assess the Spring Valley town unrest. Governor Altgeld dispatched him to restore order without troops if possible, with protection for all citizens. Miners' mass meeting adopted resolutions denouncing race suppression while urging law and return to work, amid fears colored miners may face retaliation if they resume. An unrelated Indiana case reports two young boys convicted of horse stealing.
News from foreign lands reports France ordering ships nearly duplicating the Columbia as pirate cruisers with smaller 6.0 inch guns. Other items note mob attacks on missions in Facshaw, Stevenson’s Winnipeg visit, Cuban railroad bridge blasts, and various U.S. civic and census updates.
A well digger Brooks Reed died after being overcome by damp air in an 80 foot well on a farm near Truro Iowa. The coroner in Des Moines announced other local items including Mrs Work dying after morphine use and a verdict naming William Wort and Peter Wort as involved in the death. Also notes cover the American Dental Association officers election in Asbury Park and various national updates.
An advertisement by Bradfield Regulatory Co of Atlanta promotes Mothers Friend as a top aid for rising breasts and eased labor. It features midwife testimonials from Mrs. M. M. Brewster of Montgomery Alabama, offering one dollar per bottle and a free book To Mothers mailed on request. Gold by all druggists.
A medical ad promotes Dr Miles Nervine claiming it cures paralyzed right arm effects of St Vitus Dance. It hawks an oral bottle at five dollars with prepaid mail order from Dr Miles Medical Co. Elihart Indiana.
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