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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1895
Page
6
A Summer sale prompts September prices now on all summer goods. The store clears Ladies waists underwear dresses and fabrics, mens and boys wear, parasols, ribbons, and related items at deep discounts. Many items include cotton challies, wool blends, and wide ribbon stock.
County and vicinity farmers report winter wheat in shock and oats ready for storage while some machines were used last Sunday. Oats fetch about twenty two cents per bushel in Chicago, making it hard to cover a fifteen dollar note, but straw is plentiful. Miscellany includes travel, haying, No-to-bac cure claims, local visits, a normal class of fourteen girls and one boy, a few illnesses, a drunk incident, social calls, and Odd Fellows lodge installation with Fred Shearer as Noble Grand.
Genet Barmington departs Wednesday for Arkansas to start a new home. Friends regret her departure but wish her well and expect a warm welcome elsewhere. A social gathering is planned Friday at Mr. Chamberlains inviting all for a pleasant evening. Mrs. Sarah Angus travels to Victoria for a two month visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs Krittinbrink oversees the Sabath school at Goldhill church and aims to keep it engaging. Mr. Lighty misses the Normal due to his wife's illness. Mrs Patten travels to care for her ailing father. A granddaughter of Mr Payne visits from Sarah, Rey. Neely and wife visited Mr Neely's home last week. Mrs Smart visits with two sisters from near Avoca.
Cumberland reports ongoing tent meetings with dedication planned for July 21 by Lee B. Myers. Rev H Ferguson preached at the Baptist church last Sunday as crowds gathered despite a storm. Local notes mention street work on Main street, a foot race result, new dwelling construction, visits, and preaching plans by Rev Dietrich for July 28 and July 20 in Lorab.
Sunday gatherings at this place note Hay harvest under way as residents stay busy. Ethel Sands visits grandparents D Pane and wife. Katie Mulcahy seen nearby last Sunday night. Helen Jensen visited Maine last week. Elkhorn couples join Joe Jensen and wife. John Laartz seen walking streets last Saturday. Mrs Jensen of Elkhorn visits son Joe. John Stoner leaves north with another load. Camp meeting in Atlantic drew attendees from here. Walter Jensen returns from Denver, discontent with work. Roy Howard visited last week. Organ arrived last Saturday, proving satisfactory. Rev Fraser made pleasant calls last Thursday. Mrs Rose Lorah of Denver visiting brother Robert Othoudt. Rev Dietrich of Wieta preaches next Saturday night at 3 PM.
Weather halted Sunday services. F C Smith builds a large barn with Olney handling work. Oat harvest is active. grain is well filled and straw fine. Charlie Deskin suffered finger injury from a hay loft accident. Mrs G Wingle of Anita visits family. Frank Dunham helps with hay. Wheat outlook looks strong. Mrs Frank Herbert and others spent Sunday in Omaha. A J Odem threshes barley with good yield. Jack sows seven bushels and threshes one hundred.
Short items report ailments of John Vaartz's child and Mamie Odem seen nearby last Sunday. Mabal and Gertie Cozien visit north of Audubon with the Cecil and Nelson families. Shelly Smith's horse fell and injured his head but recovered after rest and rent paid. A brief flourish of coinage talk advocates silver at fixed ratios and tariff on foreign silver to stabilize the dollar.
In Grove township several residents are mentioned among sickness and family events. Hopley remains away from the council due to his sister Mabel Hopley’s illness while Miss Mabel Gaylord plans to stay in Atlantic. At Lewis funeral attendance honors Beulah Hoples. Widespread local activity includes harvest, visitors from Council Bluffs and Washington, and a caucus message from the faithful democrats for next Saturday.
Sherma Myers and Jas E Bruce attended the Des Moines convention. Mrs. Woods of Columbus visits Anita. Lattig heads to a Christian Endeavor convention in Boston with trips to Washington and New York. A Fourth of July crowd saw the Masonic Temple corner stone laid and a Des Moines Monarchs 15 to 5 loss. Stone pitched a perfect game. Notables include Lester Van Slyke’s move to Westphalia to study law, Crabb moving to Denver, Hoyt expanding a store, Irving aiding the grain crop, and Mrs. Jenkins and family planning Anita as home. Colfax trips, illnesses, a Star sociable at W R Myers’s, and a fatal suicide by Phillip Rupperle are reported along with the death of Samuel Major. A Whitney Grove concert and ice cream sociable are announced for Saturday. Funeral details for Major noted with local mourners.
In Marne, citizens fear fire risk as mayor and council contest a flawed waterworks project by Atlantic firm Johnson & Thompson. The tank and windmill system has failed repeatedly. the firm has been paid but the well and tank rarely run. Judge Willard to press damages while locals finish repairs. Nearby notes cover social events, harvest work, travel, and a store move by Christensen Mercantile Co.
In Pleasant Grove Chris Thurlin visited Bear Grove while P J Gorman’s children were visiting with Jim Connor. Frank Moffat retired to a hermitage in Montgomery county. Jim Donahoe and John Short sold hogs in Griswold on Friday and Saturday. John Roach and a Sinola brother visited Charles Dolan on Sunday. The Misses Peterson from Atlantic visited Nels Thurlin’s family last week. Ham Wilcox held the wheel drawing prize. one buyer missed it by one number. Casper Ackerman nearly severed a forefinger while fixing a mower last week.
The Australian duckbill or ornithorhynchus is described as a mule with webbed feet and bill, once thought harmless. New reports claim it can lay eggs and possesses a venomous sting on its hind leg that can kill, with cases in dogs and humans noted but no human deaths.
A 58.4 mail wagon in New York knocked down a pedestrian near City Hall Park. The driver stopped, and the injured man, dirtied and hurting, argued that a mail wagon has no right to run over him. The man vowed to protest future incidents while the driver warned him to beware.
Donahoe's Magazine describes grain loading aboard Cunarder liners, detailing cargo flow through pipes, the trimming process, and labor rates. It notes vessel holds, grain distribution, and the practice of stiffening the ship by loading heavy weight in the lowest hold to preserve stability during transatlantic voyages.
The National Review analyzes Coleridge as a case of impaired inhibition and scattered energy. It depicts his will as congenitally feeble, with intense feelings paralyzing rather than stimulating action. The piece cites his evasive pain, late letters, and compulsive reading and writing, framed by a psychologist’s view on emotion and focus.
A dialogue between a scientist and his wife explores the new element argon. The couple teases its name and potential impact, noting that the gas has just been detected and could revolutionize old theories as research advances. The Washington Star highlights the era of emerging elements.
A butter fly designed to fasten milady's veil with patent catch also decorates the bodice. Enameling in natural butterfly colors enhances popularity alongside darning needles. A green gold needle with rose diamonds and emeralds stands out, and fine gold chains with jeweled pendants complete full dress ensembles.
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