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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1897
Page
6
The Block and Heyman stock of clothing will be sold at auction with no reserves. The entire stock goes to the highest bidder. Everyone is invited to attend and buy goods for less than fifty cents on the dollar. Auctions run every afternoon and evening.
Charley Vedane called on friends here last week and Jake Adams visited Buck Creek over Sunday. Protracted meetings continue at Fletcher Chapel. Mrs Dora May of Griswold visited here Sunday. Mr and Mrs Shannon moved to a new home at Extra. Matt Funk now handles mail till postmaster is appointed. John Cranston and wives shopped in Atlantic Monday. A Buck Creek youth may soon appear for a change. Tabor Glee Club will entertain at Congre gational church. Jesse Marsh and wife returned from Indiana with an orphan niece and nephew. Ezra Marsh family took the girl in. 1898 M E Sunday school elected officers: Supt Harry Breece, asst Supt Mrs Linnia Miller, sec and treas Miss Florence Grey, librarian Miss Alma Miller, organist Minnie Breece.
A cheerful note from Grove reports residents and visitors in town. Cattle movements include Mr. Worth selling cattle Monday and Mr. Huyck buying cattle last week. Many locals were in town or visiting, with teas, calls, and social visits noted among families and friends.
Miss Grace Calkins returns home for holidays in Harlan while Muriel Koob visits grandparents near town. Congregational church fair and Kings Daughters gathering. several residents visit relatives and church services held. Local arrest for forgery ends with identity proven. seven year old dies from accidental gun discharge near Anita. funeral in Anita cemetery. College notes, student achievements, and a real estate leasing offer near Wiota highlighted.
Pensacola harbor sees readying of suspected filibusters aboard the Montgomery and vessels including the Somers N. Smith and Brittania. Aimed at Cuba expeditions, with ammunition cargoes loaded under official supervision as Dauntless waits offshore. Madrid reports Senor De Lome anticipates a parliamentary majority to curb military motions until July.
Week in Griswold Atlantic visitors Neola and Cumberland residents in city. Steinke's neckwear promotions lure shoppers as Miss West and Miss Wylde visit. Marriage licenses issued Daugherty Goudy Spiker Miller Spiker. Post office Christmas hours listed. Glee Club to perform Monday under M C A. Catarrh remedy praised by Rev Buckley and sold locally.
Invoices arrive for Balduff's Candies and Italian chocolates. Prof Louis Favour lectures on Electricity and its relation to light and sound with models, phonograph, and telephone demonstrations. Grace Bagley marks a twelfth birthday with friends and sleigh ride. A. Joyce and others attend Mr and Mrs Herbert's twenty-fifth anniversary party. Miss Mae Disbrow dies of typhoid in Calhoun, Missouri. funeral in town tomorrow at 11 with Rev. Stanley. Dr Miles paints endorsed for women.
Feeds for sale and good feeding steers offered to responsible parties with terms. Wording mentions Lee Prall and a New Year's Ball by The Atlantic City Band and Orchestra at the opera house, invitations forthcoming, music by full band. Also notices on land sale in Washington township and Salvation Army Christmas dinner and charity details.
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