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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1893
Page
12
The text notes a focus on a premier place to buy shoes for everyone at Conrad Shoe Store with respectful language. It emphasizes inclusive pricing and accessibility, highlighting the store as a trusted local option.
Local items recount visitors and residents in Cumberland expressing daily life. Notes mention Dr Wilder sick, marriages, sales of farms and orchards, travel to Menlo and Del Monte, and preparations for events at Hibernian hall. Oysters, trains, weather and entertainment add to the snapshot of small town activity.
Local notices recount Roy Evans moving to Green Bay Lumber office, Horch taking a World’s Fair guard post, and shipments by Silas Wilson to multiple cities. Sioux City hosts a Corn Palace style festival opening Sept 20 and running to Oct 18 1893 with aims to draw World’s Fair visitors, plus Cumberland Lodge 542 installing officers and Cumberland Express coverage of the Firemen’s Fair opening night and prize drawing won by George Brunington.
Uncle J H Liston recalls Keystone State railroads canals and wagons with vivid detail. Married Feb 8 1893 in Lincoln township Eli King and Amelia Griep begin farm life south of Anita Cedar County. H M Brown’s road paper promotes practical ideas and Syrup of Figs is advertised as a cleanser.
Readable items report travels of Stanley and Chas Willis to Des Moines, residents visiting, business appointments, fair activities, new hires, cattle shipments, and local happenings from Audubon County towns including Union, Lewis, Frankin, and Griswold with mentions of World’s Fair business, firemen fair, electric lights in Panora, and local marriages and obituaries.
A rumpled newspaper notice describes Grand Duke Vladinek as a towering hunter and social figure. The item shifts to a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery praising its cure for consumption and grippe related lung ailments, with claims from J B Wilson and Robert Barber and a sales pitch for free trials at Palmer & Findley’s drug store.
Claiming cure for rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days the ad touts a mysterious action on the system. It promises immediate relief by removing the cause and disease with a first dose benefiting the user. Sold by W. M. Nichols in Atlantic for 75 cents.
A Kingston Herald snippet blends sensational phrases about Gail Hamilton and a Mrs Rowell with lurid claims of infanticide attempted, tempered by doctors’ opinions and a neighbor’s timely intervention. Advertisements extol Bucklin Arnica Balm, De Witt’s Little Early Risers, Reid’s German Cough and Kidney Cure, and general health tips for the elderly, including warmth, nourishment, and cheer.
The Gl Bee Publishing Co in Chicago advertises mass circulars for selling illustrated photographic works. Terms include free daily output, substantial volumes, and agent opportunities with a commission structure.
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