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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1898
Page
10
Saturday updates from Anita and surrounding areas report numerous visits and travels by residents, plus a note on a farm machinery display and a church social. The county jail condition is condemned by the grand jury, with a court order to renovate at county expense.
The City Council after noon decided to vacate Chestnut street for a new depot costing no less than 12000 dollars. The ordinance requires a center depot on the vacated street with a switch to the water works and city rights of way to grade. railroad to furnish bridge ties and rails. Commerce street bridge and grading to be supplied by the railroad with $100 cash. Provisions include a six footstone culvert at Maple street head and sidewalks along Chestnut with a 22 foot width on the north side of the right of way. Publication is tomorrow. ordinance passed at 4 80 this afternoon with White and Stier voting no.
A Friday evening event at Rev. Whetzel’s home honored John Seavey and his wife for seven years of gratuitous musical instruction in Guthrie Center. The Presbyterian choir and band organized the surprise, recognizing his selfless service in jewelry business terms and community musical outreach. The Guthrie Center band also enjoys external reputation due to his efforts. Rev. Whetzel presented a touching tribute as the gathering paused to reflect on his contributions.
A Guthrie Center gathering praised Mr Seavey for his unselfish work as a music supporter and presented a gold watch engraved From friends in Guthrie Center After the applause he thanked the crowd then left for Atlantic to direct the band next year About fifty guests attended the event Emma Kelly Marries a Miner Torria Feb 2 George Murbarger returned from the Klondike reporting 20000 brought home and Emma Kelly wed to George Watson Stickle’s sentence upheld The Supreme Court affirmed his five year term for wrecking the Blue Valley Bank of Hebron Neb and theft of bank funds to fund a failed congressional bid
Remarkable birth note from Pollard Alabama where Mrs J D Pettis previously bore three children now adds four more born seven years apart. Two boys weighed 51 pounds each and the other two six pounds each. Separate Baltimore item notes Union League Club opens its largest political club house in the United States with Senator John M Thurston among speakers.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of John E Locke, late of Cass county, Iowa, deceased. All persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will present them duly authenticated to the under signed for allowance. dated January 17, 1893. Bykon Bakr, Administrator.
To whom it may concern you are notified to appear at the courthouse in Atlantic Cass county Iowa on the 16th day of February 1898 at 9 o clock a m to attend the probate of a document purporting to be the last will of Peter Heiken late of Sass county Iowa deceased at which time you must show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate signed and sealed January 16 1893 McConvine Clerk of the District Court M P Day Deputy Iowa
An advertisement touts Dr E Detchon s Anti Diuretic as a cure for bedwetting in children and adults. It claims the product arrests the trouble at once and lists Parsons & Co., druggists in Atlantic, Iowa as the seller with a price of $1.00.
Remarkable claim of fast relief for kidney and bladder distress in six hours. Proclaims prompt pain relief in bladder kidneys and back for both sexes with immediate aid against fluid retention. Sold by F Parsons & Co Druggists Atlantic Iowa.
Washington headlines outline a busy week with Hawaiian annexation treaty front and center, followed by the Indian appropriation bill and fortifications debate. Corbett seat, Aldrich Plowman case, and election speeches shape House and Senate plans as both chambers press fiscal measures and political maneuvering. Independent miners surge in West Virginia while Australian gold shipments to California set a record. fires in Marshalltown and closures in Austrian colleges punctuate the day's notices.
An advertisement offers free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and colds at Vic Emmert & Co’s drug store, with prices 50c and 1. The National Suffrage convention plans a Feb 14 to 19 gathering at the Columbia Theatre in Washington DC to celebrate fifty years since Seneca Falls. Miss A. M. Hough is named delegate for the district, with M. S. Porter as president.
An old newspaper fragment advertises a 10 cent offer for The Home magazine including Lord Lisle's Daughter and crochet patterns, promising bright departments and free canvassing outfits. It also promotes Shaker Digestive Cordial as a cure for indigestion with listed symptoms and a price range per bottle.
A Cass County shop announces twelve months of very low prices on most blacksmith work with discounts on shoes tires plow lays cultivator shovels and wagon parts. The firm promises same quality, offers credit to prompt payers, and requires cash from others.
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