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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1895
Page
6
Levi Downs announces a large fall and winter push with a seasonable clearing sale. Departments to be refreshed, prices cut for ready cash. The July 11 event features 3125 ladies waists offered at half price, plus 20 silk waists at 50 percent off.
Friday July 12 sale promises drastic cuts on Ladies muslin underwear and night dresses. Quality and fit praised. 48c for a good dress, 98c for higher lines, drawers priced from 25c to 79c, with special ribbon sales and a Monday July 15 designation.
Prof Emory Perry and wife visit friends in town while Miss Vinnie Fitch returns from Afton. Delegates Waddell and Edwards head to Des Moines to nominate Iowa's next governor. Harvest progresses with winter wheat in shocks and spring wheat near cut, winds and a July rain altering crops. Community events include church services, music at Atlantic, Rebekah Lodge, and National Christian Endeavor news. Several residents travel to Denver and Griswold for meetings, with local celebrations and incidents noted.
Joes Jensen and wife Sundayed in Elkhorn and Lorah. Atlantic trip on July 4. Corn planting and harvesting progress noted. Rev Deitrich to preach in Lorah July 20. Stoner Bros plan big crop. Dan Rich boastful of new buggy. Russell from Atlantic to teach Sarah school rest of year. Dan Sory thrashing machine struck by lightning last week. committee acquired a Western Cottage organ.
WIOTA residents visited with E M Brooks and family last Sunday. Funeral services for Mrs Dalzell and Mrs McCrorey were held at Atlantic last Monday with many townspeople in attendance. The Good Templars program at M B church Tuesday evening July 2 featured a strong temperance address by Mrs Bartles. Pete Kaneutson’s team ran away last Friday causing damage and injuring Pete. Albert Hollis of Perry spent the Fourth with his parents. Mr and Mrs Bourne Sundayed with Mr Bidleman and family of Benton township. Rev Hendricks preached at Advent church last Sunday to a small congregation. Quarterly meeting planned for this place Sunday and Monday July 21 and 22.
The I. O. GT Lodge held a Tuesday July 2 program at the M E church with songs recitations and an address by Mrs Bartles on temperance. The event drew a large crowd and highlighted lodge work. Nearby notes mention local births visits school terms and community updates.
Ex Secretary of State John W Foster arrives in Washington from China amid the China Japan conflict. He says permanent peace under the Shimoneshiki treaty seems likely, with Japan accepting reasonable terms including the Liao Tong peninsula cession. China’s prompt indemnity payments aided by a new loan, and European powers may trigger any rupture. The United States earns praise for balanced diplomacy and support for an honorable peace.
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