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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1897
Page
2
Local residents and visitors swarm the city with shopping and travel as Fred Alexander’s promotes fireworks and hammocks while Mrs. J. H. Scott and others visit. Miss King and Miss Marie Baer depart Avoca, and several trips to Anita and Des Moines highlight a busy day with vendors offering Kodaks, cameras, and bee supplies.
Dr E S Hill returned from Orient where he ordained Mrs Bertha J Harris a minister of the gospel. Dr G Jewell of Lewis acted as moderator and Dr Hill preached the sermon. Mrs Harris was formerly a Bear Grove township resident and is well known locally.
The Woman Suffrage convention began at 2:30 p.m. with Miss Mary G. Hay of California conducting. Rev. Henrietta G. Moore of Ohio offered prayer after the opening song The Morning Light is Breaking. Hay addressed the progress of suffrage and future prospects, then introduced Mrs. Ida C. Hazlitt of Colorado who detailed the suffrage movement there and its outcomes.
A lightning strike in a shower consumed the large S. E. Shannon barn northeast of the city. Grain and farm implements burned. several horses were safely moved but one kicked Ed Shannon, injuring him severely. Loss is heavy though insurance details are not yet known.
Levi Downs is in Chicago on business. Tan Bruyn was reported seen on our streets today. Joe Burnea transacted business in Omaha today. A.S. Kelly is back from a business trip to Harlan. Misses Carrie Martin and Kinney went to Anita today. Hugh Reinig of Griswold was seen on our streets last evening. Wm. Ajay and Jacob Lasg are both sick but improved today. H. Dacken went to Anita last evening to visit relatives briefly. Wm. Trede is making substantial improvements at his rendering works. L. Hansen returned from Des Moines. Chas. Hull came up from Lewis yesterday to visit. Fred Worthing left for Maryville, Mo. H. G. Curtis left for Des Moines to attend the supreme court. Marriage license issued to Jonas W. Dougherty and Belle Purvis. Ralph Hall of South Omaha is in the city visiting Blanch Williams. Mrs. M. Block of Des Moines arrived to visit. W. S. Everett expects son J. E. Everett to arrive this evening from Randolph. Miss Baldwin of Lincoln was guest of Dr. W. Findley and wife. Miss Jones left for Ft. Madison. Mrs. KR. H. Bailey and daughter Rowena returned from Omaha. Mrs. Worth left for Chicago. Roy Worth accompanied her to Anita. Ada Pellett went to Council Bluffs to visit relatives. Miss Bertha Block left for Kansas City to visit during summer. Cliff Findley’s sorrel horse on streets now vacationing in pasture.
Miss Edith Cushing plans a Davenport departure with stops in Des Moines on route. Miss Taylor of St Paul leaves after a lengthy visit with Miss Anna Sanborn. Diegan begins an overland trip to Glenwood with wife joining later. Mack Eller heads to Bufalo Gap, his wife staying behind. A storm reportedly killed a horse owned by P Nelson on the old Phillips ranch. Community notices urge G A R picnic at Hammon's Grove and a Fourth balloon ascent by Prof. Whitcomb with the Atlantic band.
Friends of Miss Mary Goeken who belong to the Y C P T club gathered at her home last evening for a pleasant evening of games and music. Light refreshments were served by those present.
Ed Shannon sustained serious injuries after being kicked by a horse while removing it from a burning barn yesterday. The family feared for his life, but he improved after opiate treatment. The fire destroyed a mower, corn planter, feeder, new bob sleds, buggy top, hay, and many smaller items, with $500 in insurance. He plans to build a large barn to replace the loss.
Miss Nell Walker and Fidith Cush entertained about fifty friends at the South Linn street home. The evening featured dancing to Mandolin Club in two cleared rooms, cards and erokinole in other spaces, and light refreshments of ice cream and cake at eleven. Guests danced and played until midnight, with many striking costumes among the young ladies.
The July number presents a history of the Grinnell Cyclone of June 17, 1882 by Mrs. S.H. Herrick with three half tones and a map of origin and path across the state. It also includes a Fort Madison Iowa post history from War Department documents with a ground plan, correcting earlier errors.
The suffrage meeting drew a good audience as Rev. Henrietta G. Moore of Ohio argued for equal rights and duties for women. A county association was formed with Julian Phelps as president and officers named from Lewis and Atlantic. An address by Mrs Hazlett of Colorado was set for 8 10 p m at the M E church.
Miss Myrle McWard visits Wiota and Mrs. R H Shiflett goes to Griswold while Rev Harry Ferguson sets out for the Missouri state line. Mrs D Jameson travels to Anita to visit kin. Miss Christine Bille leaves Elkhorn for Taylor Falls Minn. Mrs Porterfield and son Jack head to Council Bluffs to visit friends in Omaha. Orin Keeley returns from relatives in Des Moines. Publisher Garretson moves his Saturday Budget office to Vic Emmert’s drug store rooms.
Rev Baurentiend and wife visit Mrs Baurentiend’s parents in Noble. Miss Mable Snyder from Shelby stops en route home. Atlantic Canning Co. reports ongoing canning of peas with totals over 22 000 cans in a day. Miss Cotton arrives from Lynchburg Kas to vacation with Mrs Theo G Steinke. Chas Kuester of Noble conducts business with Elder Green of Des Moines. Reprediting public safety notices on West Seventh Street crossing and Ninth street bridge crowds, warning local parents to supervise youths nightly.
An advertisement promises a topical remedy named Swayne s Ointment cures skin diseases such as tetter eczema and eruptions without internal medicine. It claims the product leaves the skin clear white and healthy and urges asking a druggist for Swayne s Ointment.
Word reaches us that Archie McCollum was found dead in bed yesterday morning. Formerly of this city, he had been living in Boonville and suffered heart trouble for about three months. He served the C. R. I. & P. railroad for over twenty five years and was one of their most trusty men. A Union Pacific offer to relocate with higher wages was declined to stay with his old company. He leaves a wife and four children.
A group including Mesdames Daly McCall Blackwood Hudspeth McElwain Garretson Porter OConnell Petit Green Ostrander Saxe Meek and Green enjoyed a day at the Riffles when Clarence Hedges' driving of treacherous sorrels led to Mrs Green being thrown from the wagon breaking her left wrist. Dr Campbell witnessed the incident and set the fracture. Mrs Green recalls a prior warning of trouble and the party debates blame. The piece shifts to a sales pitch for Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and an offer of one hundred dollars for a cure failure.
Mrs J Stenarps of 2218 Amhurst Street Kensington Philadelphia testifies to years of womb and kidney trouble and severe abdominal and back pains. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with her recovery and urges other women to seek a bottle from their pharmacist for relief.
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