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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1895
Page
12
Saturday and Monday reports from Atlantic and neighboring towns list visitors, sales, marriages, travel, and local events. Highlights include cemetery and band activity, a driving horse purchase, a Fourth of July push, court and legal notes, school and church mentions, and multiple brief personal items across Griswold Brayton Des Moines Council Bluffs and Stuart.
The Sunday School Normal met last night at the U P church with a well carried program and attentive audience. A full discussion followed on several topics as the group continues its work among Christian workers Invest Your Change. A silver quarter is noted as the common limit for urgent medicine purchases.
A brief 1895 notice states a resident afflicted with rheumatism recovered after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. It mentions Meseriely and a testimonial by Resent Gobeli. Also notes Hood's Pills as a cure for billiousness.
Twelve boys at the Canning Factory were paid off this morning and refused to work further over the size of their checks. The work, done yearly at five cents an hour, had never before drawn objections. New boys have already taken their places.
Several residents travel or visit nearby cities with officials and professionals making moves. Doc Livington returns from Chicago while A D McCall heads to Maine and Hopley spends Sunday in Gris. The Danish Brotherhood plans their annual ball at German hall tomorrow night. Local court matters include Dickerson case witnesses heading to Glenwood and Judge Green traveling from Audubon to hold court with Judge Macy taking over in Audubon. Youths anticipate a weeklong vacation starting Friday.
Tension between I L Henry and B L Garretson at the populist Silver Blade office led to a split and a back window intrusion. Henry allegedly took Garretson’s property and was arrested for burglary with bonds posted at $200. The case resumes next Friday.
Harriet N wife of Otis Haynes died at 9 o'clock this morning at their home 202 West Sixth Street after a lingering illness. Funeral planned for tomorrow at the Christian church though not finally decided. The notice also mentions a Water Works Co stockholders meeting postponed due to insufficient stock and a committee to secure proxies.
Chicago markets mix of weak Wheat and lower Corn Oats with light receipts. Provisions steady. cash values shown for Wheat Corn and Oats. Hog cattle and sheep receipts listed. city markets note steady tone. Prices and ranges include mixed hogs four 35 to 4 65, cattle around 3 to 5, calves at 2 50, corn meal 1 60 and butter 124 to 15 20.
D W Fuller of Cansjoharie New York praises Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cough remedy and would not be without it. G A Dykeman a Catskill druggist says it is undoubtedly the best cough remedy and has used it for eight years with full results. Trial bottles free at all drug stores regular size 50c and 1.00.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a remedy for female complaints and associated symptoms. Claims to improve appetite, digestion, headaches, fainting, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, and dizziness with guaranteed health and strength. Prominent offer of large bottles for 50 cents at drug stores.
The shop advertises novelties in almost every jewelry department including tortoise shell and silver gift items. It notes musical instruments and official water inspectors for the Rock Island, with fine repair services available.
An array of testimonials extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for teething bowel troubles in children and for relief of dyspepsia rheumatism and cramps in adults. Also recommended are DeWitt's Little Early Risers Mrs Winslow's soothing Syrup and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with notes on sales by local druggists.
Antique ad describes De Witts Little Early Risers pills for indigestion biliousness and a laxative effect. Mentions Siberian mammoth tusk weight 869 pounds and a mystic cure for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming rapid relief in 1 to 3 days. First dose benefits. 75 cents. Sold by Wm M Nichols, druggist in Atlantic Iowa.
An assortment of advertising copy touts De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for burns scalds cuts and skin eruptions. It also promotes One Minute Cough Cure and notes bakers profits from heavier loaves while a New Haven Missouri minister endorses the salve. The message mixes health claims with generic moral quips.
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