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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1898
Page
7
A promotional snippet extols nerves backed by pure nourishing blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the great nerve tonic. The text frames blood quality as the key to steady nerves and successful effort.
Hayward Conine starts a buggy team while Raymond Odem fields a mule team. Susie Hutchingon spent last week in Nes Moines. J Wood and family visited near Maine Sunday. C H Laartz attended church last Sunday morning. Frank Hopley of Grove visited W P Oakes home Sunday. A J Odem and family spent Sunday with Lyman Odem south of town. Late Franklin and wife visited I G Smith last Wednesday. Kate Myers of Bear Grove visited friends in the community Saturday and Sunday.
Fred Warren attended Red Oak midweek while Miss Egan of Wiota spent time in the Grove. Rev. Reckles to preach Sunday evening June 26. Wiota visitors Rev. Maxon and wife in Grove midweek. Chas Gingery family with O N Becker's for the day. Children Day services drew attendees from the Grove and town. Frances Harris and daughter join Mrs Foster of Missouri Valley visiting relatives. School picnics June 17 across districts 2,5,6,8 and 8 with County Superintendent Burton present. J H Baker installed a cash register. Mrs Nneedy visited Griswold. Palmer staying nearby. Ed Carson works for Bert Harris east of town. Morton church observed Children’s Day Sunday evening. Vena Hansen back from Cedar Falls for vacation. Edith Macomber visited F J Macomber home. James P Harris home from Fairbault for vacation. military school attendance noted. Mrs Harris returned to eastern town. Martha Fulton back from Marengo. plans to attend Grinnell next year. Lewis high school alumni gathered at Martin Fuck’s home to invite class of ’98 into their order and elected officers.
Grove residents report cattle sales and farm work including Knop selling cattle and Blake buying corn for Knop. Calves bought by Wuyck, Soper on Mon, and Berry house being painted. Miss Emma Limpus improving while culverts washed out by rains. Bear Grove visit by Preston Bigelow family. Cal Acker spent weekend with parents.
Mrs Bigelow and daughter entertain ed friends last Tuesday. Miss Bertha Prutt entertained com pany from town last week. Miss Shade has returned home after a visit in the east. Mr Pruitt en route to Massena. Mr Lewis passed through Grove en route for Cumberland. Miss Gertrude Lamkin closes school next Friday with a picnic. Ice cream and strawberry social at John Wilsons next Thursday. Rev Shenton has returned to Southern Iowa after visiting Mrs Nichols. Mr Moyer of Atlantic had a runaway with a livery team. No serious damage. Lyman E Davis working for Wm Pelzer. J Gundlach had new barn raised. Robert Jacobs hauled first cans furniture from Cumberland. Henry Woirich and daughter from Griswold visited L J Weavers. R Davis and H Mailer losing hogs to cholera. Flooding rains hurt crops and meadows. George Manger repaired wells for Henry and Chas Kuester. J B Hall sold twenty-five tons timothy hay to C Cappock of Griswold at five dollars per ton. Many farmers wives picking strawberries for J M Wright. Binding twine rising for harvest. Sisal priced 14 cents per pound. Fred Sunderman’s daughter ill but improving under Dr Pluncett. Wedding next Friday at John Pelzer home Henry Steinback to Vena Pelzer. fifty families invited. H C Schueler and Miss Emma Snaemish credited for Center Church Day success. missionary collection nine dollars. Center Church Sunday school picnic planned for Fourth of July with committee J Gundlach H C Schueler Chas Kuester Fritz Samish F Naue Rev H Luckensmyer.
A column of social news lists visitors to Omaha and Atlantic, including Anita J. A. Irving and Miss Mary Whitmore. It notes gatherings hosted by Miss Ruth Turner, Miss Maggie Miller, and Mrs. J. D. Young, plus church activities, dinners, teas, and engagements. Also mentions Mr. Peter Lattig’s death and Bryan’s Southern Kansas Chautauqua address with a muster-in-ready telegram.
The New Orleans cruiser and dynamite ship Vesuvius opened fire on coastal batteries near El Morro at dawn. The Morro defenses answered briefly. Sampson praised the New Orleans as it withdrew. Vesuvius then struck twice more, hurling gun cotton and earth into the hillside, with ships two miles away feeling the shock. The night duel marks the fleet's first war test of the innovative dynamite cruiser.
In Georgia at Omera Mavaa National Park June 16, court martial trials were ordered for John G. Maher of Company H Second Nebraska and Frank B. Milliken of Company L Fourteenth New York on charges of insubordination.
Oman June 16 to 18 marks Woman's Club day at the Transmississippi Exposition with delegates en route to the General Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Denver. Noted speakers include Mrs Draper Smith, Mrs Ellen Henrotin, Mrs Mary Mumford, Mrs Herman Hall, Mrs Kate Tannet Woods, and Mrs Ellen Richardson. The Wisconsin Day dedication follows, with a large delegation including the governor.
Governor Atkinson appoints John Sandler colonel of the Third regiment of Georgia volunteers. Representative Davenport of Pennsylvania has introduced a bill for a monthly pension of $100 to Jet V Gridley, widow of late Captain Charles V Gridley of the Olympia at Manila. Illinois Supreme Court rules public warehousemen may not store their own grain in their elevators or issue receipts to themselves to dodge public duties. This ends a long campaign by the Chicago board of trade against operators.
J W Gray had business in Extra this morning. Many residents and visitors travel for affairs, excursions, and events around Atlantic. Several names and places connect to Milford Des Moines Council Bluffs Omaha and nearby towns with departures and visits noted.
Miss Hopper leads a large class in Speer work while Miss Aline D. Woolsey visits Omaha. The summer school opens with good attendance and Miss Stella Dressler returns. Public school pupils enroll for special work as Edith Bournes and others visit home. Commencement entertainment at the opera house succeeds artistically and financially with thirteen graduates dispersed to various futures. Cascarets ad ends.
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