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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1895
Page
6
County and vicinity notes report fine showers and rapid corn growth with some early grain damage from winds. Local farmers sell hay at favorable prices and prepare for Fourth of July festivities with parades and races. Obituaries and community updates cover deaths, funerals, school campaign, and local weddings and illnesses.
In Brighton area reports describe regular meat distribution from Lorenzen's, oats hauled late last year, and corn safe for storage. Weather provided rain for corn and promising conditions for small grain, barley, and rye. Local figures resurveyed include Joe Jensen’s father, Chris Lartz returning from a primary, and Rev. Wickersham delivering a strong sermon in Sarah with a $10 organ fund collection.
In Pleasant Township farmers plan to cut corn soon and potato raisers report good stands after a second plowing. Stella Miller returns from Denison for summer. William Mackeral is barred from Fourth of July races due to his quality horses. Josie Donabo closes a successful No 3 term with a picnic. Searst Bros hire eighty spring pigs and report them thriving. Young People’s meeting moves from Bethel to M E church for six months.
Splendid corn prospects reported as WP Watson breaks brush on Gaul eighty for George Riggs. J. Walker sold bags at $4 per hundred. Miss Spencer to marry Mack Wilson of Lewis. P. Hopley notes forged to a bill by A. Burk who had worked for Hopley. Republican caucus poorly attended. delegates chosen but not instructed. Beekman bought hogs from Dave Sheets of Kear Grove. Fred Franklin visited Grove Township. Jennie and Sophia Hopley visited Lewis. W. C. Link visited Washington. If no breeze soon, pumping water for stock needed.
Reed Love is on the sick list. Charles Exting and family moved to Anita. A ten pound girl born to Lou Jameson and wife on June 20. Rudolp Roe and family visited near Lorah. B M Brooks built a Campbell pattern front yard fence. Mary Rowley of Atlantic visited with her brother Prof. 3 W Rowley and family. Len Baker and family, formerly of Sarah, now in William Mc Chire's house. Olive Young of Anita staying with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Morton. Rainbow social by Epworth League raised 1015 dollars. Organ at M E church seems very silent. Epworth League invited to Anita picnic on Thursday June 27. Good Templars plan Fourth of July program at M E church on Tuesday evening July 2. May Calloway of Atlantic visited Mrs. J F Sherk last week. Grandma Kilgore’s health failing. Grandma Gardinier’s brother visited last week. Sabbath school reorganized at Wishart school house, meets every Sunday afternoon. Question of the day is where will you celebrate, answer Atlantic.
Cumberland residents report a county caucus selecting delegates for the Republican convention. Attendees plan a Fourth of July celebration with Rey Lee Myers as orator. Others travel to Red Oak and Chicago for events and stock dealings. Local social events include dances, picnics, and school trips. Des Moines and Minneapolis trips cited for residents with family illness and business interests.
Des Moines area society items recount Epworth League event at Ms Worth home and a plan to Red Oak races. Other briefs cover wheelmen, brick kilns for Masonic temple, Knights of Pythias officers, Fourth of July events, and local sales. Also included are will report on General Walter Q. Gresham, Raleigh cruise, Sunday closing law, silver question poll, and various dispatches from nationwide newsrooms.
Vendors along Main Street urge readers to buy at cost as one month remains before relocation. Notices mention muslin goods, Dimities, organdies, ladies waists, wrappers, parasols, and hosiery at Downs. City folks attend races and social events while news covers visits, travel, and local incidents.
Items cover accidental deaths including Gotlich Prey and Charles Fee, drownings at Oka and Peoria Lake, a fatality near Trinidad, and a fatal shooting in Lexington. Also reported are a Logansport street railway receiver, a $3600 damages judgment for Mrs Katherine Dear, a Milwaukee probe into R D Whitehead, and legal mandamus actions in Erie seeking a new city solicitor amid party conflict.
Montague Co reports wheat dull and lower early with Kansas heat boosting demand under 76 cents. Corn and oats closed strong, hogs steady amid higher bids, cattle receipts around 400, market slow, receipts 15,000 for pigs. Atlantic city market corrected daily with Dr Price's Baking Powder noted.
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