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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1899
Page
6
Ross Lang bought cattle last week and many neighbors bought corn or attended events. The column lists movers to Greenfield Bear Grove and Lorah, visits to relatives in Anita and Cumberland, church services, a big cattle sale plan, and deaths and illnesses among local residents.
Jobo Kilpatrick visits the county seat while his wife and son Otis answer assessor questions. Center school needs bridge repairs on Rose Branch. Public schools opened. Maud Glass returns from Atlantic. Mrs. Mary Kerr dies in the city. E C Palmer sick with la grippe. Valentine party at Wagner home. Miss Mabel Shearer returns from Red Air. Ruth Wotan travels to Illinois and Des Moines. Anita Bruce hosts Girls Charity Club. Emily Creary visits Alexander, S D. Pat Smith marks 72nd birthday with friends at Robinson home. Mrs. J C Voorhees hosts the M B C Club. attendees listed.
Cass Township gossip lists Bert Simms and neighbors in Atlantic, illness recoveries, funerals for Ed Porter’s infant, K N Jonas convalescing, mourners Wm Treat and family, new grammar school organ, organist hires, and local visits. Cattle shipments and farm activity noted, chicken thieves warned, Mozart club trip, railroad house moves, and upcoming Union Entertainment lecture by Dr Hil lis with 25 cent tickets.
Galion area items report Joe and Roy Marsh grip victims. assiduous social rounds include visits by Grace Thomason and Liza Linderman. Local business, church events, and property moves fill the week with farm, school, and family news across Atlantic Lewis Bear Grove and Buck Creek.
Millard Allen moves through the rove as Samuel Larimore husks corn last week. HH Everitt hauls lumber for a new house. Eugene Hyatt and sister pass through Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Carver spend Sunday with kin. Chas Cagsty and family attend church. Rev Chambers and wife dine with Jas Warren’s family. Mrs O N Becker sick but improving. William Eckles and family visit from Extra. Jessie Gingery and wife visit John Gingery. Mrs George Goodale of Brisco visits her father. B Siegfried’s memorial sermon at Five Mile Grove church well attended. A 28 volume encyclopedia for sale cheap at Fred Alexander’s.
Pleasant Township reports ongoing illnesses with Mrs N A Lewis and Miss Kitty Dolan in poor health. Chas Wyman and Josie Armstrong wed last Wednesday, to reside near Chua Dolan’s farm. Count Boyajian spoke on Armenians. Roy Disbrow died in Omaha and was buried in Lewis cemetery. The community reflects on weddings, baptisms, and local visits as residents travel to Chicago, Atlantic, and Griswold.
The note outlines the upcoming spring term opening April 8 and details about examinations in Audubon county this week. Wallace B. Hodge started school on Monday for shorthand and typewriting. thirteen Commercial students are studying diligently. The teacher training class nears completion of Welch’s text and will study elementary didactics. Summer School opens June 12 offering practical work for teachers. Some students plan County Sept. Burton exams next Friday and Saturday. outcomes vary. Newman in Atlantic seeks 100 good farm horses via Colter Bros.
Judge Green sentenced Arthur Barber Otto Hansen and Joe Sandberg for highway robbery Lincoln Eaton for forgery and embezzlement and L W Foster for embezzlement after a crowded adjourned January session in which the courtroom overflowed. Barber received five years hard labor Fort Madison Hansen three years Sandberg one year Foster one year with potential clemency sought. Eaton two years plus an additional year for embezzlement.
A compilation of brief notices: Albert Johnson travels on business in Des Moines, Ed Nichols resumes studies at Ames, and several residents including Al Clawson, Mrs. Brede, and R. B. Newton visit the city. Also listed are land purchases, a divorce decree, travels to Chicago, a fatality in Lewis cemetery, and weather notes plus ongoing tailoring business and court proceedings with delays in sentencing.
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