Local News and Personal Notes From Atlantic Iowa
Local edition reports on residents and visitors. A.A. Cage is ill with mania, Mrs. Perry Wood recovers from spinal meningitis, and Grace Veiver travels to Des Moines. Various trips include Fred Alexander and Carl at S. E. Grant, and Iowas trips by Mrs. Macy Smith and Mrs. J. S. Crawford. The community discusses wall paper, piano sales, and Epworth League plans. Obituaries note James Green, and James Green dies at home with family present. Will Stewart suffers a fall from a ladder but survives without broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Alexander
Whitcomb
Glenwood
Moyer
Jas
Bruce
Anita
Grace Veiver
Des Moines
Peyton
Carl
S. E. Grant
Lower Chestnut Street
Wii T. W. Brown
Cumberland
Epworth League
Methodist Church
League
J. S. Fritz
Brighton Township
Earlham
Mra. Omer Everett
Pymosa Township
Atlantic
James Green
Cass County
Seventh
Birch Streets
Winchell
Wiota
Plan to Drain Bull Creek Overflow With Alley Culverts
Property owners along Bull creek overflow district met at the Firemen's hall to craft a plan to divert water and prevent future damage. Acker chaired. Conway was secretary. A committee including Acker, Conway, Rey, Otto, McGehan, and Lorenzen will talk with the city to pursue culverts at Sixth and Fifth streets and enlarge the alley bed to carry overflow toward Elm and Walnut streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Creek
Acker
Conway
Messrs
Rey
Otto
McGehan
Lorenzen
Walnut
Elm Streets
Sixth
Fifth Streets
Fifth Street
Local Notes From Hurst and Nearby Towns
J B Aldrich visited Casey today while Miss Cora White was in Anita away for a week. L E Hollowell and family attend race events in Red Oak. John Frank visits the Dakota region to review agricultural prospects. Mrs Vance returns home from a week in Dexter. Fred Alexander stocks fine hall and parlor papers in new colors. H M Boorman travels to Griswold on business. The ad promotes Shilohs Cure for coughs and warns neglect risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Alexander
Fred Wead
Frank Wead
Omaha
M. C. Cardio
St. Louis
City Hospital
Eads Bridge
Cardio
L. E. Hollowell
Red Oak
John Frank
Dakota
Anna Temple
Marengo
Anna Barnard
Milford
Neb
N. O. Stone
John White
Council Bluffs
W. W. Eller
Winds and travel mix with town notes in Atlantic
A stormy night left electric wires damaged by falling branches and telegraph poles snapped. Residents report windmill blows and a corn crib moved several rods. Local people, including Miss Ages Wasson and Miss Bolt, travel for visits. James Broheny and others depart for Keokuk and Milford. Public notices include a granite memorial contract and a W C T U gathering in Red Oak. Shiloh remedies are advertised by local druggists Vic Emmert and M J Davis & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Strittmatter
Morton
Miss Bolt
Misses Daly
Maine
Ward Card
al Clawson
Gertie Childs
Avoca
J. O. Wilken
Frederick Steodt
L. A. Dawson
Ed Hammond
W. C. Carter
Mr. Myers
Murky night recalls vivid scenes as St Louis worker returns home
Hud Tharp, back from St Louis, describes a fearful evening at work with Suburban Electric Railway. Lanza, Atlantic Fruit Store proprietor, shows a giant tarantula found on bananas. Byrd house raid yields no items. whisky mishap stains carpet. A heavy flint stone breaks a second story window, likely from afar, now displayed in Bailey's window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hud ‘Tharp
St. Louis
Union
Suburban Electric Railway Company
Mr. Lanza
Atlantic Fruit Store
al Jar
Proud Byrd
Elm Street
Marshals and
Nights Watch
Swayne's Ointment touted for piles and storms damage tale
The notice promotes Swayne's Ointment as a cure for piles and describes recent storm damage across farms and towns. Dooley barn blown apart, windmills torn, glass shattered, and fairgrounds damaged. Rainfall measured at one inch sixteenth. several youths sheltered in a barn during the storm while returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Dooley
H. Disbrow
Mrs. Quinlan
J.D. Goft
Geo. Bayliss
John Barron
Avoca
Adair
Stuart
Friday News Roundup and Local Notes
Friday briefs list local personal moves illnesses and travel. Alfred Gardner’s baby is ill Julian Phelps travels to Des Moines Wickersham confined to home Epworth delegates return from Harlan and baby born to Sam Haghart and wife. others visit Walnut Council Bluffs and Avoca. pea canning to resume next Monday. Dr Crider claims catarrh relief. May contain community notices and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Studley
Cumberland
Ue City
Childs
Avoca
L. B. Wickersham
A. Walker
Kippeheer
Walnut
John Bordtmian
Council Bluffs
Will Stewart
Earl Keyser
Dr. Crider
Sam Haghart
Petr
Six couples picnic at the Riffles in Glen Powell’s carryall
A busy local page features social visits, travels, and events. Staff Captain Baker plans Atlantic appearances on June 20 and 30 at Odd Fellow building while Miss M Hall departs for Decorah after visiting friends. Community notes record travel to Massena and Osceola, a funeral in Griswold, school programs, church meetings, and a Shilohs Cure promotion alongside Karl’s Clover Root Tea. A juvenile gathering at Edith Hamill’s house ends with refreshments and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Powell
Baker
American Volunteers
Atlantic
Boy Injures Kidney After Barbed Wire Chase
A 8 year old boy, living eight miles south of John Lloyd, was badly cut when his attempt to slide under a barbed wire fence tore a deep gash exposing the kidneys. He remains in a critical condition, with cautious hopes for recovery. The report notes the accident occurred yesterday afternoon during play with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lloyd
Young Ladies Entertain at Theda Cappellar Home
About 120 friends gathered at Lena Wilkin’s lawn last evening hosted by Theda Cappellar Pearl Goss and Lena Wilkin. Guests enjoyed outdoor games music gypsies tent refreshments and a pleasant close as they departed. eWitt's Colic Cholera Cure advertised as a remedy for intestinal inflammation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Hamill
Theda Cappellar
Pearl Goss
Lena Wilkin
Oregon farmer touts sulphur cure for caterpillars
A farmer describes a method to eradicate caterpillars by drilling holes in infested trees, filling with sulphur, and sealing. He claims sap carries the sulphur to all branches, killing the insects, and reports gathering caterpillars under infested trees each year without harming the trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
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A.A
Wilken
Rock Island
W.R. Craig
B. B. Brown
Ned Hodgkins
Cripple Creek
Col
Divinity
Harry Frink
Hunter
Griswold
Frank Symonds
Dahonas
Bent Grove Township
Perry Wood
Wm. Nichols
Sioux City
William Kreamer
Commercial House
D. B. Fink
Dowell
T. W. Brown
Rov
Dexter
D. C. Franklin
Wisner
Sam Hoffman, Jr
Davenport
Geo. Wakefield
Atlantic House
Walnut Street
Bula
Mary Kringle
Christopher Miller
Rock River
Leasness
C.F. Helmis
Maud Glass
Mabel Ayres
Stella Agnew
Osceola
Joyce
Gertie Barnard
Wichta
The
City
A. Liebenstein
Chicago
Israel
Mrs. A. Brandt
Indiana
Eli Kaufman
Kk. Huchendorf
Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Coast
Emmett
Jas. Green
New. M. C
Association
Thorley
Karl
Vic Emmert
M. J. Davis & Son
Wis
E. Huehendorf
Iowa
Macy-Smith
R. S. Harris
J. 8. Crawford
Cherokee
Kennedy
Lewis
Gardner
California
H. B. Newcomb
Grace Lyman
Eckles
Rev. Wickersham
Atlantic Epworth League
Babcock
Elliott
Ollie Cranston
Minnie Marsh
Fletcher Shape
Harlan
Divd
Legs Downs
Hursday
J.B. Aldrich
Casey
Cora White
Evna Kunré
Miles
Miteb
Kllonare
Bestar Otenith
Fred Lackey
Will McClare
James Broheny
Keokuk
C. W. Curtis
Caroline Brown
S. I. Grant
Jake Lang
Shiloh
Ewig
W. J. Copeland
Is Emmert
Nellie Wood
Boston
Mass
Willie Waters
Chas
Alvoid
Child
Ren
Jags County
Springview
Cc. H. Butts
C. K. Goodwin
Providence
R. L
San Francisco
American Burner Co
Swayne
Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Storm News
Mr. O'Donnell
Joseph Joyce
Pumosa
Mabel Hill
Winnie Wilson
Clarence Wilson
Ormond Osborne
Harry Hill
Barlham
Mr. Swartz
Alfred Gardner
Julian Phelps
Jog. Smith
Hazel St
M. Hall
Decorah
H. C. Gillettt
Minneapolis
Decatur and Western
Julius Kirkpatrick
Colfax Springs
Frank Joy
E. D. Allen
Lincoln Township
Jasreen
D. W. Smith
R. 8. Harris
L. H. Caldwell
Fairbury
Nob
Scott Harvey
Herman Murray
Wood
Franklin Township
Massena
Murray
Chris Herstine
Jas, Green
Wilson
Mabel
Etta
Peoria
L. Stephens
Andover
Sewell
M. J. Davis
Adam Kuester
Noble Township
Rev
Bauernfiend
Lulu Baurenfeind
Nerstrand
Minn
H. B. Newcom
Kirkpatrick
Willard
Highland Park Normal College
John W. Harvey
Sopramc
Harvey
Stella
Karl Agnew
P. Ayres
Omak
Herbert Ayres
H. G. Weber & Co
Frank D. Jeffery
Joe Niles
Marie
Miss Grace Dickerson
Atlantig
Pos
United States
Europa
Galland
F. Parsons& Co
Chestnut Street
National Bank
Shunandoal
Robinson
Worthing & Worth
Chestnut St
Witt
Vic Emmort
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