Water Works Costs and City Ownership Debate in Atlantic
J A McWards remarks at the Atlantic Improvement Club discuss the water works history, bonds, and stock. He urges the city to seek ownership within years, outlines bond payoff plans, and calls for citizen effort and council economy to reduce taxes while preserving service. Also reported is Griswold Stamps recovery linked to a First National Bank Iowa robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. McWard
The
Atlantic Improvement Club
Atlantic
Dr. Nichols
R. G.helps
Griswold
Mark Davis
South Water Street
First National Bank
Iowa
Express
Davis
John Walmartin
Central Station
Stuart
Post Office
Chicago
United States
Peoples Party Cass County to Convene in Atlantic
By resolution of the central committee in Atlantic on February 23, 1895 a mass convention of the Peoples party of Cass county will be held at Bailey's hall Atlantic on Saturday March 9 1895 at 1 oclock p m All sympathizers with the party principles are invited D A Peters Ch n.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Committee
Atlantic
Peoples Party
Cass County
Bailey’s Hall
D. A. Peters
Ch’n
Midland Monthlys March issue features travel and women writers
The March Midland Monthly highlights Afternoons in Italy by Mary B Welch and A Washington Logging Camp by Ida A Baker, plus portraits of Grace Greenwood Kate Field and Mrs Dahlgren. Also advertised are 480 acres of Brown County Dak land at 5 7 or 9 per acre with easy terms and trade offers. Married in Atlantic on March 1 Rev W E Stanley presiding D Maynard of Crowell Nebraska wed Margaret Wakefield of Atlantic Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Mary 3 B. Welch
Iowa Agricultural College
Washington
Ida A. Baker
Grace Greenwood
Kate Field
Dahlgren
Brown County
Atlantic
R. E. Kina
Chestnut Street
W. E. Stanley, D. Maynard
Crowell
Dodge County
Neb
Margaret Wakefield
Lowa
Public School Attendance and Local Page Advertisements
Report of superintendent shows Atlantic Public Schools with attendance figures across multiple schools, including East Side and West Side, plus a note that the High School is included in totals. The page also includes Ladies' Fancy Waists for Spring advertising McDowell Fashion Magazines and entries on Liberal vs Practical Education by O H Longwell with remarks on education approaches.
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McDowell
la Mode de
Paris
Paris Album of
la Mode
Messrs. McDowell & Co
West 14Th Street
New York
O. H. Longwell
Highland Park Normal College
Des Moines
Iowa
Prairie Club of
Nebraska Letter From Pilger Reader On Hard Times
Posed as a local note from Pilger in the Elkhorn valley, the letter states residents are not starving nor vacating, though hardships exist. The writer reports productive land, hopeful prospects for next crop, and that sugar beets yield ten to fifteen tons per acre. A sugar factory at Norfolk provides seasonal employment. Signed P. H. Haynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilger
Telegraph
Nebraska
Elkhorn Valley
Norfolk
P. Haynes
Cure All Skin Diseases With Swayne's Ointment
An advertisement touts Swayne's Ointment as a universal cure for skin diseases. It claims the remedy heals tetter eczema and eruptions on the face hands and nose without internal medicine and promises clear white healthy skin, urging readers to ask their druggist for the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayne
Abbott Selected for Nebraska Asylum Superintendent
L J Abbott of Fremont appointed by Governor Holcomb to lead the Lincoln Nebraska asylum for the insane with March 10 start. Senate to report by March 10, while several senate files passed including sheriff fees, daylight burglary penalties, and school district tax relief. House amended seed grain appropriation from 100000 to 200000 for seed purchases.
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Lixcouty
Neb
Holcomb
Senate
L. J. Abbott
Fremont
Nebraska Asylum
Lincoln
McKesson
Lincoln Asylum
Allan
Douglas
Barrett Scott
Pope
Smith
Dale
Graham
State Institute
Beatrice
Tefft
Congress
Committee On Finance, Ways and Means
House
House Relief Committee
Conway
Omaha Gambler Admits Bribe to City Official
The grand jury probe into municipal corruption yields sensational details as William Donnelly, a gambler, admits paying 1800 dollars to a city official but refuses to name the man. District Judge Scott orders him jailed until he cooperates, urging him to reveal the truth. Also, Security National Bank of Grand Island wins authority to liquidate and begin paying depositors in full under trustee R. R. Horth.
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Holcomb
Mattalien
Donnelly
Omaha
Grand Jury
William Donnelly
Scott
Grand Island
Neb
Security National Bank
R. R. Horth
Grain Elevator Burned in Danneston Nebraska
Grain elevator of G B Salter and Son burned with insurance totaling 1700 on the structure and 500 on grain, leaving grain loss unpaid. Damage tallies9 figures. Nebraska City reports John H Price estimating millinery and dry goods losses at about 8000 from smoke and water. Governor Holcomb confined to bed with severe cold after long overwork.
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Danneston, Neb
G. B. Salter & Son
Nebraska City
John H. Price
Holcomb
Lixcoun
Death of Mrs Mallalien at Kearney Reform School
The estimable wife of J T Mallalien superintendent of the reform school died after a short illness in Kearney Nebraska on February 2.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Midland Monthly
Atlantic Public Schools
H. G. Lawson
Ywigh School
Hein F. Chure
Central School
G. Lamson
East Side School
A. Boyne
West Side Scilootl
Rk. S. Harris
Abbott
St. Jacobs
J. H. McLean
Bright
Dr. J. H. McLean Medicine Co
St. Louis, Mo
Church & CO
de Kalb Fence Co
High St
de Kalb
J. H. Needles & Son
Matt
BOG Tivanchiets
Waren Street
New Yore
Rae
Larest
RSF
Lidienapolis
Fogue
Rte Pee Prls
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