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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1896
Page
1
Mrs Marvin Hale of Oakdale Mass details a winter of back pain dizziness and faintness with severe bearing down pains and kidney trouble. She sought help from multiple physicians and finally found relief using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming a full cure and urging readers to try it via druggists.
Mrs Julian Phelps writes of Des Moines social life surrounding Iowa's legislature, noting many wives and daughters attending sessions, informal Friday receptions at the governor’s mansion, and a Tippecanoe club banquet honoring John A Kasson with speeches by Beardshear and Kasson.
In Norra Lour Nebraska a farmer writes of westward irrigation fever. A fourteen mile ditch completed in 1894 now irrigates 10 000 acres with water returning to the Loup river. Land under irrigation increases in value from twenty to fifty dollars per acre as farmers expand holdings and plan extending the ditch seven miles more.
A Des Moines Leader letter from Maxton Brooks denounces Democrats for high interest and pension cuts while praising retrenchment in limited areas. He recalls Judge Keokuk and warns the party is a fossil, urging his name be removed from circulation. Anecdote about Lord Palmerston and Lord Brougham follows.
A telegraphic dispatch from Irkutsk cites Kouchnareff, agent for Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, claiming the Norwegian explorer has reached the North Pole and is returning toward civilization. The report follows prior rumors from The Figaro and Angmagenlik noting poler land sightings and fraught indications. In a separate case, Al Grant won $1,000 damages against Creston city for injuries from a defective sidewalk, after seeking $16,000 for alleged permanent injuries.
Count Kutusoff representing the czar of Russia arrived in Soria Bulgaria on Feb 14 to attend Prince Boris's conversion ceremony. He was met by Prince Ferdinand, and the delegation was welcomed with heavy flag decor as they toured to the palace.
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