LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS SUMMARY
Week’s local notes report on residents travelers and events. Wilken Parrish of Shenandoah, E Grant of lower Chestnut Street, J H Van Dyke and wife return from Omaha. Louie Schaack visiting with Andrew Boysen in the city. Dr Porterfield back from Chicago hospitals. Rock Island engineer B B Brayton in Davenport. J M Schenk leaves for Avoca on business. R H Shifflett moves to a new South Hickory street home. Curtis and Dietrich of Avoca visit. Phelps couple return from Chicago. Mrs Geo W Lyon traveling to visit relatives in Michigan. Frank Jeffries returns from Clarinda after his father’s death. Funeral in Audubon for Miss Groseville. Frank Herbert rents 200 acre farm to St Wood at $8.37 per acre. M G Mitchell in town on business. Ed L Stier called to work on telegraph line. City officials see demand for curfew ordinance. Toeffer Card case jury secured and witnesses arrived from Anita. Stock shipments: twenty cars from Carson, seven on Q and the rest on C B R I and P. Charley Aker promoting Iowa Stock Co. Atlantic expands through train to 26 cars.
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Rock Island
Davenport
J. M. Schenk
Avoca
R. H. Shifflett
Hickory Street
F.C. Curtis
C. H. Dietrich
R. G. Phelps
Chicago
Geo. W. Lyon
Lapeer
Mich
Frank Jeffries
Clarinda
Jeffries
Wm. Goodge
C. Trede
Frahm
Frank Herbert
Cass County
Brighton Township
St. Wood
M. G. Mitchell
A. H. Lynch
Ed L. Stier
F. A. Landee
Western Union
New York
C. M. Myers
J. W. Curry
Worthing
Gus Earl
Ed L. Newton
J. A. Irving
Anita
Carson
C. BR. I
Charley Aker
Iowa Stock Co
Union Stock Yards
Atlantic
Ithrough
Life on the European Plan Lecture Delights City
All city street lights were lit last night while pedestrians avoided ditches as a three week fault from an exciter armature caused minor accidents. Dr Wright Butler’s lecture on Life on the European Plan drew a large crowd and was praised as the best in some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Butler
A. G. Saunders
Pottawattamie County
Boorman
Fourth Street
Telegraph
Jones
Ned
Syrup of Figs Noted By Parents As Laxative Aid
A parent reports her children respond best to the pleasant Syrup of Figs for gentle laxative relief and find it more acceptable than other remedies. The true Syrup of Figs is manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Company
Whist Party and Bartch-Lorenzen Verdict
A whist gathering at Frank Temple's home included F C Temple and guests. The Bartch-Lorenzen case jurors awarded the plaintiff one dollar actual and one dollar exemplary damages after about eighteen hours deliberation. They answered yes to whether liquor was sold by the defendant to Burtch in a specified Atlantic city building. H G Curtis moved for a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Temple
F. W. Bruington
Will McWard
M. B. Israel
Frank Temple
Bartch-Lorenzen
Wm. Burtch
Block 14
Atlantic
H G. Curtis
Davis
Burtch
Lorenzen
Margaret Toeffer
Job Card
Gertrude Cannon
Wm. McClure
Thomas Boland
Lawrence McEvoy
Atlantic City Notes and Local News Highlights
Thursday’s bulletin recounts visits and arrivals from Anita, Des Moines, Griswold, and Maine, with many residents in town on business. There are court proceedings, church and civic events, a new public kitchen, and upcoming entertainment by Ottumwa and the Peck’s Bad Boy troupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck
Bad Boy
Atlantic
Unclear fragment hints at mattress seam method
Readable text presents an advertising fragment mentioning a mattress, compartment tick, and an address Franklin Grove. No clear event, names, or dates. The snippet appears promotional and lacks a cohesive news item or reportable action.
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Maputas
Franklin Grove
Brownies and Epworth Leaguers Host Quiet Evening
The Brownies caused their usual mischief yet disappeared before dawn to fairy homes. Epworth Leaguers from M. EB. church gathered at Miss Mae Acker’s home, shared entertainment freely, and collected baskets of donations before oysters at eleven. Good Work, W. D. Bell noted crew husked corn for him, with McMillan, Everhart, Herzog, and Shrew hauling and weighing record yields of over 105 bushels each.
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Congregational Church
EB. S. Hill
Jeanette Israel
C. E
Epworth Leaguers
M. EB. Church
Mae Acker
Sixth
Elm Streets
W. D. Bell
Victoria Township
William McMillan
Albert R. Everhart
Wm. Herzog
Frank Shrew
McMillan
William Young obituary and local fire association notes
William Young died December 7 1896 at his city home born September 4 1815 in Hagerstown Maryland married Elizabeth Nixon May 1 1845. He joined the M E Church in Old Town Maryland 1841 moved through Illinois to Atlantic. Firemen meeting notes from Southwestern Fireman's Association mention leaders from Creston Red Oak Malvern and Denison Texas hotel manager Major C T Picton and endorsements for medicines sold by Vic Emmert. Officers praised by law changes and apparatus care with attendance expectations for August.
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William Young
Hagarstown
Elizabeth Nixon
Kickapoo
M. E. Church
Old Town
Peoria County
Ill
Stark County
Atlantic
W. J. Beck
Christ
Southwestern Fireman’s Association
Fireman's Hall
P. Nugent
John Coleman
John McCormick
Creston
G. J. Andrews
Guy Logan
Chas. Kelly
Red Oak
Ed D. Brown
W. C. Wortz
Malvern
C. T. Picton
State
Denison
Texas
Chamberlain
Major Picton
Vic Emmert
Captain Sweeney Endorses Shilohs Catarrh Remedy
Captain Sweeney of the U S A in San Diego declares Shilohs Catarrh Remedy the first medicine to help him with catarrh. Price 60 cents. Available from Vic Emmert and M J Davis & Son in Lewis. Karl's Clover Root Tea billed as a quick cure for headache and nervous diseases sold by Vic Emmert and M J Davis & Son Lewis.
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Shiloh
Vic Emmert
M. J. Davis & Son
Lewis
Sweeney
San Diego
Cal
Karl
Appointment of Executor for Henry W. Mattthers Estate
The undersigned has been appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Henry W. Mattthers of Cass county Iowa, deceased. Creditors must pay promptly and those with claims should present them for allowance. Dated December 1 1896 Joan T Marruzes Executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Mattthers
Cass County
Iowa
Joan T. Marruzes
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad for Skin Ailments and Piles
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts, briuses, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box, sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia
A sensational ad claims a "Mystic Cure" relieves rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days. It asserts immediate disappearance of symptoms via a system-wide action and offers the remedy for 75 cents through Famon & Co., druggists in Atlantic, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Famon &Co
Atlantic
Lowa
Medical quip about liver location sparks quick remedy remark
A humorous exchange features a surgeon objecting to a mislocated liver as a second speaker asserts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers would jolt it regardless of position, reflecting period wit and medical joke culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Emmert
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Omaha
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Florence Clark
Des Moines
A. H. Graham
Mae L. Baughman
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F. J. Macomber
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W. PF. Porterfield
W. J. Findley
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Mac Grafton
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Gail Garretson
Capital City Commercial College
Will Reed
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Ecuador
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Rockafellow
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Harry Finkbine
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J. M. Jameson
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P. KE. O. Society
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E. F. Jones
Turner
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W. Haworth
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Massena
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Glentwood
Ed BE. Egan
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Pella
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Dr. Molgeerd
J. C. Molgeerd
Audubon
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Salinas
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W. A
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E. B
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R. C. Taylor
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W. A. Wilken
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Ter. Banner
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Gyme
Gentlemien
Elgin
Addison
Waltham
Hampden
J. M.irmen
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