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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1898
Page
10
Footwear firms showcase new lines at the exposition with emphasis on comfort durability and style. Buyers tour showroom areas as exhibitors unveil parallel trend notes and pricing cues for the season.
Week of items from Atlantic Iowa reporters includes Prof Moore in Antta, Fred Alexander's bicycle shop, Mrs Hammond and son in Omaha, O W Richs return from the exposition, and many local visits to Des Moines Griswold Audubon and Council Bluffs. Weather and rail delays tie into daily life as Elks, G A R delegates, teachers and park workers move through town. A Danish Lutheran convention telegram to President McKinley expresses sympathy for the United States in the war.
A new Elks lodge, Atlantic Lodge No. 445 B P O E, was instituted last night with forty eight members forming the herd and sixteen seasoned Elks from Des Moines and elsewhere bringing the regalia. The organizing team included H D Cozens J H Garber Dr L Drakley Rood John Burnsides Dr A R Begun W H Korn T W Henry W Chester Strock Chas L Kabler Frank P Flynn Prof Arthur Heft E B Bradley and Adam Bradley of Des Moines EL Weeks and A D Lemmon of Gut h completed the roster.
A long list of visits, arrivals, and departures among Atlantic residents and nearby towns. Reports include lodge events, family visits, travel to Council Bluffs Des Moines Ottumwa and Chicago, illness and recoveries, school staff movements, and community announcements.
Ten Atlantic youths went to Red Oak to enlist for a Philippine voyage. Eight more joined after word of space, with names including Dan Smith Ellery Mills W K Emerson Ward Willey O H Williams John Rapp BR McDowell and WB Price. They left quietly to answer the country’s call, earning Cass county hope for their duty.
Rev. E E Reed preached the baccalaureate sermon for Atlantic Normal and Business College at the M E church. The building was filled and decorated. the faculty and graduates attended. Also, a raid on a Sit Collins area tavern ended with seized bottles and two bottles tied to the case. Barnett returned from Carbon with news of a coal vein and a plan to bore for a lower seam after expert assessment. The geologist projected a six foot thick lower seam at 350 to 500 feet, praising the coal as equal to Iowa’s best.
Last Saturday Cass county old settlers met at Henry Bell in Grove township with many traveling from the country and Atlantic. A full dinner followed by program and music featured remarks by Dr. J. Findley and Dr. E Hill. Officers were elected, hospitality praised, and plans set for next year’s gathering at the Bell homestead.
A large scale clothing business touts high volume sales compensating small margins. It markets stylish suits in blac serge and cheviot, cutaway or sack styles, with full finishing. Summer wear includes skeleton coats, vests, linen crash suits, described as specially shrunk to hold shape. Prices claimed as mere nothing compared to comfort.
The report mixes banquet fund raising for soldiers on the Philippines route with Iowa Day ceremonies at the Iowa Building. It mentions Queen Victoria’s birthday flags, mail service changes, and a recipe for health through Shaker Digestive Cordial. Electric Bitters is promoted as a general tonic for nerves and digestion.
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