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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1896
Page
12
Local items record Christmas visits, a skate night, and numerous town calls. Reports mention Isaac and Mattie Hopley, J. Parker and others, with incidents including a depot break in and Mose Elliot’s restaurant burglary, plus a church and lodge announcements and a sheep purchase near the town.
Local notes from Bear Grove report Alanson Miller selling a home and Emmett McCarthy buying chickens. Lon Hensley is a frequent Grove caller. Milford Myers delivers a 16 cent coin. Miss Hattie Breece travels to California to visit her uncle. Grace McElroy and Elmer Raffenburg were Bear Grove visitors last week. Howard J Clark spent holidays with H Graham.
The week saw well attended revivals at Fletcher Chapel and Christmas Eve entertainments at Bethel church and the Lewis Methodist church. A taffy pull was held at Ralph Case’s home, Ed Wissler plans to start a newspaper, and two weddings occurred since the election, including Mr. Johnson of Story County and Miss Rosa Marsh on December 23 with many friends attending. Willis Miller attended the Miller Kilpatrie wedding in Noble township on December 28. J Bradbury bought 460 head of Mexican sheep for feeding. The Bryanites of the QCI will host an oyster supper at Mr. Myers’ home Tuesday evening after an election bet.
The piece records local family news and holiday events. Mr Finch finished an ice house and Grandpa Stinemates was ill. Kelly’s family tree Christmas Eve, Bert Finch and Jessie Stinemates visited Grant, meetings closed, and scarlet fever cases decline. S. V. Levering is down south on the White River fishing. John Kirk skated Christmas and has become a skilled instructor.
A collection of brief mentions places and people in Washington township. Entries include Bailey finishing corn picking, Lewis Strong spending Christmas in Lewis, Frank Shercian hauling corn, next Thursday lyceum gathering, Atlantic visitors Joe McMenamin and N D Winston hauling hay, Will Worley and father visiting, and several families including Bagley Rhyan and Tim busking corn. Also Ad White from Atlantic spending Christmas with John White.
Grove residents report illnesses and recoveries while celebrating Christmas. Names include Kohischeen Matthews McAfee Gaylord and Dunston with visits from relatives in Illinois and Oklahoma. Skating south of Turkey Creek and an ice accident are mentioned along with hunting plans and a cough remedy note.
A roundup of holiday sickness and recoveries, visits, and social events in Wiota and nearby towns. Highlights include Dr E E Major and Mrs J E Bruce health reports, Demands of Santa Claus visits, school holidays, family visits to Atlantic Des Moines and Grinnell, skating parties, a Christmas program at the M E church, and church and Sunday school officer elections.
A sweeping city column lists visitors and locals including Mr. Rogera from Maine, Roy Harlan to Griswold, Rev. Ferguson to Mas sena, and many others. Social events, travel, illnesses, births, court duties, and community notices fill the page with brief transactions and upcoming church and school activities.
Donald McLean, promoter of the Pacific Short Line from Sioux City to ONeill, Neb., declares $45,000,000 in English capital will finance a Sioux City to San Francisco route. He cites Continental Trust of New York as financial agent and mentions surveys from ONeill west, with Utah negotiators no longer involved. Meanwhile, Pacific railroads face government mortgage actions, with billions due before year end. a separate bank-wrecker case in Denver moves toward appeals. Reverend Thomas J. Lacey accepts a California church call after initial hesitation.
A long banquet with Homecoming guests featured toasts by Thomas Whitney and remarks by Dr Morse. The program included humorous exaggerations of oysters pickles bread and coffee as speakers shared college memories. Afterward the group serenaded local editors before Christmas tragedy struck with Mrs D Clemons death and infant loss.
A ledger of December conveyances lists O W Wheatley and others selling parcels in Marne to the Town of Marne and other transfers. Transfers include Holmes Foer to H G Savery in Atlantic, Maryan Stevens to Allen, Voorhees to Sarna, Kerr to James Kerr, and Savery to McClintock among several quitclaim and warranty deeds with varied lot and block references and prices.
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