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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
5
A local store announces a great alteration and remodeling sale. Work includes installing a new front, new store counters and tables, and nearly doubling the coat room space. The plan features modern fixtures and expanded seating, with the sale starting Wednesday January 4th.
Lena Larsen of Sk Horn Iz visited her parents Mr and Mrs Nels Larsen this week. Veggo Rasmussen transacted business in Hamlin Thursday. Warren Chase attended his sister Virgil Nelsons baby. Darwin Parrott came from Atlantic to spend time with Joshua Cowbins. Will Nelson returned from Lincoln for vacation with his father S C Nelson while attending college there. Bennie Sykes visited the Noon home for several weeks. Mrs Emeline McGovern called in Atlantic Thursday. Miss Edlh Anderson of Des Moines vacationing with her parents O F Anderson. Brayton Baptist Sunday school hosted a good program with candy nuts and apples for many children. Miss Arbere and Garner Bartlett left for Avoca to visit Maud Everett. Mrs McCoastland of Sarah visited last Wednesday. Miss Gladys Chamberlain went to Exira to visit.
NGE CLARK, a prominent resident near Logan, hoisted 4350 bushels of corn in 45 days ending December 28. He shovels with two men, trucking loads of 25 to 66 bushels daily, hauling three quarters of a mile to the crib. Output per acre ranged 30 to 80 bushels amid rough ground and short seasons. The Telegraph for job work.
GALVIN The Bear Grove school was closed Monday for a holiday. Miss Annie Ahrens resigned to take a position south of Griswold. Jacob Biesser returned from Chicago with two carloads of sheep. Locals skate on ponds at night and Mrs. Mary Stengel and daughter Annie visited Kearney Nebraska. Christmas entertainment at Fletcher chapel drew a fine crowd. C C Morrison family returned from Nebraska and stay with Mary Marsh. Bear Grove now has a railroad and residents welcome the whistle. Mrs John Anderson of Atlantic visited relatives Tuesday. Miss Opal Cannon visiting in Atlantic this week.
Miss Myrtle Cornell rode the Atlantic trains last Saturday. A number from here attended the 8 R Nelson sale at Brayton Saturday. Cc W McCaustland and family shared Christmas dinner with R B H McCaustland of Atlantic last Sunday. Miss Rebecca Gaylord visited Hamlin Saturday for Christmas with the C Crane home. Henry Hanser of Des Moines came Saturday to spend Christmas with relatives then returned Monday evening. Chris Hangen bought a fine team from James Rourick earlier this week. Jerry Cornell and family shared a Christmas dinner with Mrs Mary E Cornell of Atlantic. Mrs Ralph Rich and Myrtle went to Extra between trains Monday.
A developed plan for an ice manufacturing plant in Griswold is under study. Capitalists are assessing estimates and a meeting is to be held soon. Local ice dealers, delaying current plans, will support the project if it proceeds.
State Senator James A. Smith of Osage once seen as a US Senate candidate visited Senator Cummins in Des Moines. The visit sparks talk that progressive Republicans may support a nonactive candidate, with other politicians weighing the upcoming senatorial race. Representatives Hunt Logan Titus Magentino Newberry Strawbery Point also noted.
Horace M. Towner of Corning and John H. Dalton of Manson head a group of politicians expected in the city this week on political or business missions.
In New York on December 29 a man and a woman died and two other men were seriously ill after drinking liquor tainted with wood alcohol sold for a Christmas celebration on the previous Monday night. Victims named include Mrs. Maria Del Gudicia, 22, and Rocco Del Marco. two remaining men were reported in serious condition.
A woman waits for a car in a Boston suburb and, growing impatient, asks a weary bus line starter when cars pass. The old man, chewing tobacco and gazing away, answers with a quirky pause and time cue, “A quarter arter, a half arter, a quarter to, and at.”
In Oakland Iowa the anti saloon movement grows strong in Pottawattamie county. Temperance organizers enlist town and rural citizens to scrub signatures from a petition while saloon agents urge signers to stay. Rev F P Green and S J Rhodes spoke in Avoca for temperance. No Oakland business or store clerks signed the petition.
Bee Marquis advertised four complete lines of horse blankets and lap robes. The listing emphasized ready availability and product scope for equestrian needs.
Special to the Telegraph Grant Louisiana December 28 1910 Grant hosted a banquet for 250 workmen on the south end of the A N S extension. About 2000 farmers and residents visited. A silver loving cup twelve inches high and gold lined was presented to the city by Mr. Ross and displayed in George P Coreys drug store. The inscription honors the south end construction crew for assisting to complete the railway toVillisea December 22 1910.
Senator James E. Bruce spent Sunday and Monday in Chicago with his family. He reports the Neal Institute booming there and notes a postponed legal case involving the Neal Company of America and Gatlin Institute Company, likely to die without trial. He left for Des Moines last evening after these engagements.
Friends gathered five miles northeast of the city to honor Lloyd Graham on his twenty first birthday. About thirty guests attended and presented many beautiful gifts. The evening featured dancing, socializing, and a bountiful luncheon, making the celebration enjoyable for all.
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