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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1897
Page
11
Atlantic Iowa features a bustling local column listing residents visiting in and about town, as well as callers from nearby towns. It notes weddings, births, a funeral, and a baby’s arrival, plus upcoming social events at the M E church and a birthday gathering for Miss Elsie Moore.
Mies Erma Martin of the west part recovering from an internal tumor removal yesterday and improving as expected. Mamie Vance of Pocahontas County returns home from Nebraska and visits J C Bradbury. Mrs W W Laird travels to Newton to visit her parents. Zentmeyer Hoffman Reichstein dissolves. firm to continue as millers promoting Browne Patent flour. Southwestern Iowa Firemen invite Atlantic visitors August 8 for parade and contests. Tampa invites winter meeting. Accident at dawn as rifle discharge injures Harry Glass, age about twelve. care taken, position of bullet undetermined. Surprise eighteenth birthday party for Carl Liberals with many friends, music, and supper. attendees listed.
A group of young boys aged up to six boarded a Milwaukee road flyer at Neola to visit grandparents in Atlantic. Lacking a meeting, they stayed with the night watch at the Occidental Hotel until a finder learned of them and the children were returned home safely. Later, Masters Howard and Sam hosted about thirty friends at their Seventh and Hazel Street home for a surprise party with games, a lawn feast, and flowers, ending with joyful goodbyes as guests departed.
Fred Steinke traveled to Des Moines this morning. Mrs J S Harlan visited Griswold this afternoon. Bert Lynch and family spent yesterday with relatives in Lewis. Claude Asay returned to Anita on the late train Saturday. Dr Pipher of Griswold was in the city for a few minutes today.
A long list of social moves and visits spans Atlantic citizens with relatives in Lewis, Spirit Lake, Wiota, Council Bluffs, Stuart, Guthrie Center, Omaha, Oakland, and Bloomington. Events include an ice cream social at Salvation Army hall, a revival tent by the Free Methodists, a grand picnic at Lewis, and a baccalaureate address by Dr E S Hill for Normal and Business College graduates.
The twenty fourth annual Cass County Normal Institute opened Monday morning under favorable circumstances with enrollment over three hundred. Notable speakers include Dr. Charles Rounds of New York City and Prof. Bender of the State Normal School. Charles Bounds of New York spoke on rural teachers and the value of psychology in education, stressing the importance of practical teaching and the farm pupil’s value. Rachel Corrough and C Colfax Smith were married at Malcolm on Wednesday July 21 and will reside with Mr Smith’s mother in this city after September 1, with Mr Smith serving as Fontanelle superintendent.
A mob of about 60 tramps blocked two trains at Tekamah Nebraska this noon, taking hold of freight No. 16 and delaying No. 4 while a pursuit plied. US marshals rode the rear coach of the mixed train to arrest suspects after a chase through a cornfield. 21 tramps were captured. Nearby, prairie chickens were seized in Nevien and cattle theft cases linked to Clearwater and Johnstown. Oregon wheat outlook shows record yields. Bartley remains jailed. other items cover crimes, politics, and sports notes across the region.
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