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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1896
Page
10
Rough copy of town news listing visits, illnesses, social calls, births, deaths, and small ads. Mentions many residents from Atlantic and nearby towns visiting, traveling, or staying with relatives. Also includes brief ads for medicines and a few local business notes.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by this remedy. It relieves pain in the bladder kidneys and back and aids passage of water almost immediately. Sold by F Parson & Co. druggists Atlantic Iowa.
James L. Francis alderman of Chicago extols Dr King's New Discovery as an ideal panacea for coughs colds and lung complaints after five years use in his family. Rev John Burgus a Keokuk minister also commends the remedy noting its swift relief and benefits. Free bottle offer at any drug store invites trial.
Sick reports, visits, and social notices from Atlantic area residents including Mrs Fox on Fourth and Linn, Mrs Berg on east Fourth improving after illness, and Miss Shoudly unable to teach. Mentions stock of blank books, Henry Nisser's death by self harm in Minden IA, local magazine ads, visitors Lilian Myers Anita, Frank Mercer Elliott, and P E O Sisterhood meet. Also reports on Jessie Grant’s sister death, epileptic fits, newborns, Model Steam Laundry improvements, One Minute Cough Cure ad, Meade larks, Daughters of Rebekah installation, Y M C A gathering with Miss Acker and Bartley, and calls to Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Ends with legislative notes from Des Moines and Buck Creek Epworth League event.
A dramatic ad promises a rapid fix for rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days. It claims to remove the cause and halt the disease, touting a test dose and a price of 75 cents. Sold by F Parson & Co. druggists in Atlantic Iowa.
The Taffy Pall at the home of Cleo and Eva Dean drew a small group of friends for a 6 to 10 o clock gathering. Those attending included Eva Jones Kittie Cavenaugh Jennie Lyman Jet Mitchell Rowena Bailey Amy Bartley Edith Slaughter Flossie Stanley Vivian Thompson Mildred Thompson Nava Riley Blanche Acker Clara Otto Florence Irman Elsie Whalen Helen Wise Jessie Card Maxie Egbert.
The January term opens with Judge Smith empaneling a special venire of forty, aiming for twelve jurors in the Isaac Dickerson case. State and defense exchange openings as jurors are questioned, with witnesses to be called, receivership records examined, and intense counsel battles anticipated in western Iowa’s notable bank failure trial.
Fred Miller of Irving Illinois suffered years of kidney trouble with back pains and bladder issues. After trying many cures he began using Electric Bitters and found relief at once. The remedy is claimed to cure kidney and liver troubles with rapid relief. Price 50 cents for a large bottle, available at local drug stores.
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