Local and Personal News From Atlantic and Vicinity
Saturday reports a parade of visitors and residents from Anita Lewis Harlan and Massena. Notables include Rev J W Neeley Miss Wotan and Miss Katharine Needles. Local movers include doctors farmers teachers and a printer. Ethel Reinhart dies in Atlantic and Dr Emmert buys a residence in Avoca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Neeley
Anita
Miss Wotan
Katharine Needles
F. J. Macomber
Lewis
Blanche
Delpha Huff
Massena
BR. C. F. Chambers
Wiota
Atlantic
Asa Rogers
Harlan
G. W. B. Fletcher
BE. C. McCarthy
Griswold Visit And Local Court News Summary
Mrs C A Meredith and children returned from Griswold after a visit. Miss Coral Thompson hosted about thirty friends with games and a recital program and refreshments. The case against Harry Ware for stealing a lap from a Noble township buggy ended with a guilty verdict. Bartlet's Road to Seltzerville played to a large audience at the opera house. A. B Finn's case was dismissed. Rezner and daughter wed with license after a Griswold slopement case resolved. ceremony performed by Rev E E Reed at the Presbyterian parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral Thompson
Harry Ware
Griswold
Noble Township
Meredith
J.C. Bryant
Chas. Higgins
John Dillon and Company
Bartlett
Seltzerville
Opera House
John Dillon
Governor Refuses Clemency in Wiota Misappropriation Case
Governor Shaw will not intervene in the Louis Foster case from Wiota. Foster, sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for misappropriating city funds from the Wiota Treasurer, faced a hard-fought plea for clemency from friends who expected pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Louis Foster
Wiota
Weigh Social at Lang Home in Griswold March 16
The W R C will host a weigh social at Jacob Lang’s home at Fourth and Elm on Thursday March 16 with refreshments and a musical program. Heavy weight contestants are expected to attend. C W Pulley, recently resigning deputy sheriff, has bought the Occidental hotel in Griswold and will run it this week. Constable T C Swartz jailed a youth for 24 days after a case in Griswold, and later faced a snow drift trap while driving three miles from Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Lang
Fourth and Elm Streets
C. W. Pulley
Griswold
Occidental Hotel
Reading
T. C. Swartz
Ware
Mr. Swarts
Atlantic
Hood
Oakland curfew and local ordinances headline mix
Oakland passes a curfew for those under seventeen while Anita limits Rock Island Railroad speed to six miles per hour within city bounds. Jack Joyce departs Brayton for Buffalo Bill's Wild West show at twenty five dollars weekly. A Danish traveler dies from injuries after a horse accident near Extra. Griswold grapples with thieves. a jury split on a robbery case. Rock Island expands to own rolling stock with Valley Junction shops. Charles City Press notes a spring bonnet trend with fanciful features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Anita
Rock Island Railroad
Jack Joyce
Brayton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Buffalo Bill
Jack
Rock Island
Roc Island Road
Valley Junction
Des Moines
Cure a Cold In One Day Adverts Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claiming a cold cures in one day with a money back refund if it fails. The genuine product bears L B Q on each tablet, and the ad notes the price 260. The line dwmay 4 appears as part of the source metadata.
Editorial notes reflect on snow, politics, and war
Editorial notes express desire for spring after heavy snow, critique the Democratic state committee delaying candidate decisions, question Joan Balowin’s senatorial bid, compare soldiers in Manila and Kansas brewery fights, discuss Manila reinforcements and U S campaign plans, note Queen Victoria’s risky France visit, and report Admiral von Drephens being sidelined as an indicator of Franco-American goodwill amidst Manila events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
France
Spain
Kipling Seeks News Of Children In Mourning
New York report states poet Rudyard Kipling after two days of inquiries about his children asks nurses and Dr. Dunham when he may see them. He shows particular distress over Josephine who died. The doctor finally informed him last night of the loss with notable composure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
New York
Dunham
Josephine
Mr. Kipling
Dr. Dunham
Iowa Doctors to Tour Europe
Iowa physicians plan a two year effort led by Secretary Cokenower to tour Europe starting March 11. About 200 doctors have signed on to visit Paris for the exposition and extend trips to Germany England Scotland Ireland and Belgium as part of the state medical society initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Europe
Des Moines
State Medical Society
Cokenower
Medical Society
Paris
Germany
England
Scotland
Ireland
Belgium
Telegraphic briefs flash across the nation 1898 style
Governor Tanner signs the Alling street railway bill. John Addison Porter returns from the south. Union bag and paper trust names directors. profits hit 1 526 000 dollars. Socialists arrested at Pittsburg during steel strike talks. Camden investigates Morgan family poisoning. Guayaquil reports American firms invade Ecuador cotton market. Magnetic iron ore found on Hudson Bay shores. Destructive Dyea Alaska fire destroys multiple buildings. loss 12000 dollars. Nicaragua revolution closes. Americans implicated taken by US ships. Longley named assistant secretary of Vicksburg park commission. Shamokin counterfeit dollars flood town banks and post office. Lebanon woman dies after 25 years with pin in throat. L A W racing board names members. Atkinson railway taxation bill passes Michigan senate. Storm rages Cape Hatteras to Norfolk. vessel ashore near Gull Shoals. Brooklyn en route to Hampton Roads. many ships at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner
Illinois
Alling Street Railway
John Addison Porter
Union Bag and Paper Trust
Pittsburg
Tuesady
Camden
N. J
Morgan
de Leon
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Hudson Bay
A. P. Law
Geological Survey
Dyea
Alaska
Senate
Nicaragua
Reyes
O. E. Longley
Coffeyville
Kansas
Iowa
Washington
Vicksburg National Military Park Commission
Shamokin
Catherine Hackman
Lebanon
Keenan
Racing Board
Fred Gerlach
Chicago
Arthur W. Robinson
Boston
C. A. Dimon
Philadelphia
J. W. Brigman
Louisville
W. I. Doty
Denver
Atkinson Railway
Michigan Senate
State Board of Assessors
Hall Defeats Lawler In Memphis Title Bout
Australian champion Jim Hall defeated Charlie Lawler of Louisville after ten rounds in Memphis. The bout stayed even through the early rounds with Lawler pressing but Hall drawing blood in round three and taking control as the final bell rang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hall
Lawler
Memphis
March
Australia
Charlie Lawler
Louisville
Hall
New Flour Exchange Opens Near Commercial House
A new flour exchange operates two doors south of the Commercial House in Atlantic Iowa. It offers flour traded for wheat or wheat for flour. The firm promises the best hard wheat flour and guaranteed satisfaction led by JoAn Hoffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial House
Joan Hoffman
Atlantic
Iowa
Going Abroad. Mrs Macomber Leads Seven Women on Europe Tour
Mrs J K Macomber will escort a party of seven women, including Mrs Potter and Miss Marquardt, on a tour of Europe leaving New York April 1. They will travel via the Azores, Gibraltar, then to Naples, Pompeii, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Bologna, Venice, Milan, and extend through Switzerland, Munich, Berlin, Dresden, the Rhine country, Antwerp, and Brussels before visiting Paris and London. A complete tour of the British Islands will follow and they expect to return to America in early autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Macomber
Des Moines
Old Country
New York
Pisa
Bologna
Venice
Milan
Switzerland
Munich
Berlin
Dresden
Rhine
Antwerp
Brussels
Paris
London
America
Electric Bitters touted as a miracle tonic cure all
A patent medicine claims to cure back pain kidney weakness malaria and nervous troubles. It promises immediate self healing by boosting liver and kidneys purifying blood and restoring vigor. It lists constipation headaches fainting spells sleeplessness and melancholy as treatable and guarantees every bottle at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Emmert & Co
Death of William Conover Ends Long Quiet Life
William Conover, an early settler and thrifty farmer, dies at eighty five in the home of his daughter Mrs Findley Baldwin after years on Trouble some creek farm and later living in Atlantic. His life was described as inoffensive and blameless, marking the end of a quiet community presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Conover
Findley Baldwin
Mr. Conover
Atlantic
Parties to settle in Seattle and Portland via Rock Island special
A group of eighteen, led by J. H. Nelson Frank Wilson Roland Crouch and Lamkin family members, will leave Atlantic next Tuesday for Seattle and Portland via the Rock Island in a special car. Nearby residents are reminded of the planned travel as families proceed to their destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Seattle
Portand
Ore
Rock Island
J. H. Nelson
Frank Wilson
Roland Crouch
H. M. Hough
J.J. Lamkin
Lamkin
H. V. Lamkin
E. M. Lamkin
H. L. Lamkin
Portland
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Maine
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Victoria Township
Ethel
W. R. Green
Leawood
Myrtle Poland
Baylies
John Colwell
Stuart
Lee Pratt
The
Atlantic High School
J. A. McWard
Ed Neimeyer
Hastings
Neb
Sallie Neimeyer
Alvan LeVan
Guthrie Center
Frank Harris
Texas Volunteers
Johnson
St. Barnard Hospital
Council Bluffs
Sheriff Hill
Avoca Herald
Dr. Emmert
Mr. Converse
Dr. Batson
G. A
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Sam Hicc
Walter Roberts
Rev. Humphrey
Ed. Rigg
A.J. Burton
Hancock
Mabel Marsh
Mr. Howell
Joshua Crogan
Young & Williams
J. R. Welch
8. W. Treat
Stahl
Shelby
Dudley
Methodist Church
Robert Taylor
Ft. Madison
Mercer
Buck Creek
Wm. Bartlett
A. L. Rostede Dry Goods Company
Salt Lake City
DeWolfe Hopper Opera Company
Omaha
W. W. Ramsey
F. H. Crombie
Colfax
Wm. Waddell
Fd. Low
W. H. Low
Barnett
Carbon
North Branch
South Branch
Audubon
John W. White
Cumberland
Ellenwood Farm
Milford
W.R. Barber
Harry Finkbine
Green Bay Lumber Co
Addie Wheeler
Edward Butler
Martin Butler
Hampton
Eggers Bros, Jewelers and Opticians
Hood’s
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowleh
Mass
J. L. Owens
Minneapolis
Nelson & Anderson
Messrs
Lyman and
Jones
Jin
D. L. Anderson
Extra
Mr .Yngoe
Mr. Yngoe
Oak Hill Cemetery
J. C. Bryant
Charles City Press
Democratic State Committee
Joan N. Balowin
United States
Sioux City
Nebraska
Manila
Philippines
Cuba
Otis
Vor Drephens
Dewey
Prince Henry
von Diedrich
Atlantic Clothing Company
Cape Hatteras
Norrouk
Hatteras
Norfolk
Gull Shoals
Hattera
Hampton Roads
Havana
Admiral Schley
Plymouth
Eng
Virginia
North Carolina
NEW Flour Exchange
J. B. Jones
W. C. ‘Tensass
Dr. Kings New
Callon Vic Emmert & Co
South Omaha
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