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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1898
Page
10
A promotional message urges readers to use money or credit to purchase all needs for the coming year. It emphasizes saving by investing and mentions making sacrifices to prioritize money, advising careful saving for readers.
Local and personal items report visitors and residents in Atlantic Iowa. Miss Bertha Block and Miss Ann Weigand travel and return, several to Omaha Des Moines and Chicago. Debates over a new depot, school visits, church events, and coming protracted meetings are noted along with losses, births, and rentals.
Marriage licenses have been issued to Emmett Butler and Ed Ida M Lloyd, Edward Whitaker and Clara J Jarvis, and Francis D Kreamer and Lauretta Phelps in recent days, indicating new unions formalized by the local authorities.
Sincere thanks are extended to friends for support during the illness and death of a husband and father. Gratitude is expressed to the German Aid Society. Advertisements praise Electric Bitters as a cure and tonic. A Shadow Social at Pyrmosa Center raised funds to improve the schoolhouse, with proceeds aiding a globe for the school. Y M C A and church gatherings raised over 520 for association work, with major addresses, music, and subscription drives enhancing the rural school.
The Hawkeye Encampment held a Friday installation and banquet for over a hundred attendees. D D G P N J Cavanaugh installed officers with grand cofflers in attendance and the group conferred degrees on eleven candidates, concluding after early Saturday morning.
Rifaat Bey, formerly at Washington, named Turkish minister at Athens. Powers refuse to permit replacing 4,500 Crete troops. An autograph letter from Emperor Francis Joseph to Austrian premier gazetted. Brooklyn politician Hugh McLaughlin retires, Bernard J. York to succeed. X ray safety claim from George Apostoli. Bordentown house fire kills Anna Fowlery. $40,000 loss. Western traffic freight volumes boom amid rising earnings forecasts. 1897 insolvencies decline. 18 roads, 1,537 miles, under $98 million capital. Josie Swenson appointed private secretary to Denmark’s minister. sails soon. Iowa Equal Suffrage opens HQ with Mrs. I. N. Taylor in charge. Blanche Hayes assisting. Louis Mahaffey and W. B. Fuller drafted by Louisville.
Cualhoun Calkins, son of rich parents and former young society leader, stands trial in the criminal court at Jasmins Missouri on burglary and larceny charges. He allegedly rifled the real estate office safe on Sept. 8 after admitting guilt. defense claims insanity caused by excessive cigarette use.
Washington reports a sharp civil service debate in the Senate over reforms and a bureau for the 12th census. Congressman Clark of Keokuk introduced a gold standard bill, with divisions among lawmakers on repeal modification or retention of the law. Nominations for consuls and consul generals were confirmed as part of a broader government agenda.
For Sale or Rent, Riverside house and grounds contain eight and one half acres of land well stocked with fruit. Possession March 1. Enquire at the show store. Referees in case Gin gery et al v S. Howard, by order of the Court we sell private the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter Section 1, and other parcels in Section 11 Township 77 North Range 36 West St. P. M. Iowa totaling 191 25 100 acres. Prices and information from D B Crary Atlantic, Jacobs Lang Atlantic, W J Newton Lorah, Referees.
Advert says Grain-O replaces coffee with a rich seal brown appearance like Mocha or Java. It claims safe for children and adults, gentle on stomachs, and priced at 14 15 and 25 cents per package, available from all grocers.
Atlantic Greenhouses presents fine cut flowers for weddings parties and funerals in small or large quantities at low prices. Funeral designs can be arranged on short notice in first class style. A large collection of greenhouse plants is always on hand. Visitors welcome. Telephone 79. Co. G. Anderson & Co. Greenhouse Ninth and Chestnut.
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