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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1893
Page
5
Purported medical advert claims Syrup of Figs provides relief and improvement by cleansing the kidneys liver and bowels, dispelling colds headaches and fevers, and curing constipation. It touts direct health gains with a pleasant taste and warns buyers to seek the California Fig Syrup Co product on bottles marked Syrup of Figs, 50c or $1.
Neighbors found Mrs Hennessey unconscious and badly burned after allegedly dragged to a fireplace by her husband Michael Hennessey who stood by and laughed as she burned. She survived a week of agony. Hennessey is under arrest amid threats from townspeople. Also reported Hamilton Pope dies in Louisville at 76, and railroad and mine news across Indiana Illinois and Pennsylvania with multiple accidents and labor tensions.
Records from Des Moines announce the incorporation of the Lake Superior and Southwestern Gulf railway with 5 million dollars capital. Plans include a north-south system linking Minnesota and Iowa to Missouri, Arkansas, and the gulf, to challenge east west lines. Major officers: E M Bristol president, L M Martin vice president and general manager, J M Miller secretary. The road spans about 200 miles through southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.
Dun and Bradstreet weekly review notes abundant money and low demand abroad with small business volume. Wool sales rise but some are speculative. treasury cash reserves fall while liabilities rise. Weather hits trade at several hubs. Denver town named Balfour. Knights of Labor install Sovereign as general master work. various local incidents reported across the nation including shipwrecks and a postal robbery.
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