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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1899
Page
11
Mason City Iowa January 18 sensational witness testified that the defendant slapped her husband three times while he lay dying. The trial drew enormous crowds and a judge ordered only women admitted to reduce the crush.
The Cass county school gathering opened by Supt A J Burton with teachers and directors discussing rules and classification for teachers. Resolutions urged a county purchasing board for supplies and emphasis on proper lighting ventilation and widespread text book uniformity. Barrett urged directors to ensure quality teachers, home reading, and morally strong education with focus on light, air, and pupil welfare.
Park Disbrow of Lewis visits. Miss Young goes to Omaha. several residents travel for business and visits. Ed M Malone and Della M Waters receive a marriage license. Leland Harwood granted divorce amid cruelty claims. Local folks return from trips, ceremonies, and funerals. Knights of Pythias confer Oriental degree with a banquet. Eugene Hale reelected senator for a fourth term in Augusta Maine.
Louis Foster, former Wiota treasurer, jailed in Atlantic on $210 embezzlement charge after failed bail bid. Griswold’s Lena Scott and horse trader John Ketchum arrested in Council Bluffs. Scott released, Ketchum jailed with release expected soon. Rock Island railroad pursues New York to San Francisco through mail service, claiming faster transcontinental routing. some doubt feasibility.
The M E church meetings draw a large morning congregation and a crowded evening. Fourteen unite with the church as Rev Smith fuels revival with earnest sermons. Meetings continue nightly with song at 7 30 and preaching at 8, inviting all to attend.
A long list of short items reports visits, travels, and events in Avoca and nearby places. People like John Eggers, Miss Maude Glass, Squire Studley, James E Bruce, and Prof I B Johnson are noted with neighbors in Maine, Omaha, Griswold, and Stuart. Local occurrences include church services, lectures, stock movements, and a cattlemen convention trip. A health ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Shaker Digestive Cordial.
The report notes the Iowa State Firemen's tournament set for June 13 to 16. Missouri Valley plans to add Southwestern Iowa and Maple Valley tournaments in the same city on those dates. A petition to create a separate Harlan township was granted. the new Bryan Township will elect officers at the November election to begin duties January 1, 1900. A school girl’s classroom gag on grammar ends with a quip about pronouns and verbs.
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