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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1895
Page
12
Local notes report Mrs. Martin ill at Liaural Street and many residents traveling or visiting. Several names from Omaha Des Moines and Chicago appear among visitors and excursions, plus a train wreck near Audubon with injuries and fire crew response.
A quiet ceremony at the M E parsonage united Frederick B. Kerrick and Cleopatre A. Collins. Officiated by the Rev J D More the couple then hosted relatives and friends at their Birch street home with a modest luncheon. Kerrick serves as a substitute mail carrier and the newlyweds begin their life together with well wishes from their circle.
The Friday column lists residents facing sickness and rain driven events. Mrs. Eli Clayton sinks gradually while Mrs. Robertson and Mrs. Brown remain ill. Several residents travel for family visits, babies are born, and local social events draw many guests. A ball game, canning factory halt, and travel disruptions due to washouts are noted along with upcoming reunions and a three day baseball tournament.
The Atlantic Knights of Pythias beat Wiota 18 to 1 in a high scoring baseball game. Atlantic benefited from strong fielding by Grubbard and aggressive base running by Henry Gillett. Wiota’s hitters Huff Lilly Williams and Barrickman provided offense while Barrickman and Nordman excelled in fielding. umpire Peta Foss made several pivotal calls. Attendance approached 1000 as both teams displayed excellent defense and occasional controversy over scoring.
A historical ad lists available artists supplies including pastels, pastel boards, brushes, palettes, palette knives, canvases by roll or yard, academy boards, canvas boards, water colors, paper mache, porcelain, and brasa plac ques and panels. It notes service to order and stock details with period language.
O W Rich Nursery offers stout trees and fruit stock at low prices with plans to canvass the county. Choices include assorted apple trees for 20 00 and 40 00, heat stocky evergreen and ornamental plants, cherry and small fruits, to be cleared next spring. The owner will call countywide and invites early orders for spring removal and transplanting.
Kenneth Bazemore profited from a small bottle after three family members suffered dysentery and shared with Geo W Baker of Lewiston. The remedy reportedly cured all, prompting sales by W Emmert Co Parsons Co. Also notes DeWitt's Colic and Cholera Cure for cholera infantum and other diarrheal illnesses.
The passage extols DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure as a reliable, pleasant medicine with quick action and no bad after effects. It contrasts its sting with that of the black scorpion, emphasizing certainty and effectiveness in relief.
Dr R E Rose offers all kinds of dental work with free examination and gas for painless extractions. Office hours in the Wilkin building upstairs at the corner of Chestnut and Fourth Streets.
A six hour relief claim for kidney and bladder ailments touts the New Great South American Kidney Cure. It promises immediate pain relief in urinary passages for all, includes retention relief, and is sold by F. Parson & Co. in Atlantic Iowa. Also recommended is Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
An old newspaper fragment touts Dawitts Little Early Risers as a pleasant pill for headaches sour stomach and constipation. It mocks reliance on leaving for experience and mentions corals and ocean imagery in a nostalgic ad style.
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