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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1899
Page
6
G C Bohling and wife visited Atlantic while Albright Roberts shipped bags to Chicago. Many locals attended the jubilee with Rev. Israel, Orson Conrad, and Miss Myrtle Likens among attendees. Guests, weddings, school openings, and community notices fill a bustling week in Cass County.
Benton area reports milk hauling and creamery activity with families moving farms and neighbors aiding each other. Notable items include Chafee leading milk tests, Walker and Howlett movements, a church sermon at Highland, a funeral for B H Carver, and a Highland youth party. Local politics shifts noted as two prominent politicians emigrated and several residents traveled south or north. Community orchestra, concerts planned, and Fred Alexander offers Kodaks, cameras, bicycles, and repair service with trade-ins.
George Lyman and H. C. Schueler traveled from South Dakota to locate a home site. Truman Davis operated a saw on Friday and Saturday for Charley Kuester. William Kuester resigned from hauling milk to Elgin Creamery. Morse from Griswold takes the job. The public sale of D. G. Radig was well attended with oats and wheat selling, wheat at 61 cents per bushel. Noble Township assessor’s notes for 1899 list Pollaander at 45 years and one gear. Adams advertises as an expert suctioneer and Fred Alexander offers wall paper stock, assortment, and prices.
Grandma Crouch is slightly under the weather. R. L. Harris of Audubon visits the Grove. J. W. Lamb and family attend church. Epworth League meets first Saturday in April. J. Butler elected superintendent of Five Mile Grove Sunday School. Local double header last week with two men at the throat. Funeral of infant son of Wm. Davis and wife at Atlantic cemetery. Lost dog of O N Becker described as red white and blue. reward at post office. Baby carriages in stock and a fall line of shirt waists at Mrs. G. W. Parham’s Leading Millinery House.
Ezra Marsh is on the sick list and Mrs. John Cranston is improving. Ada McFadden returns home for a short vacation. Smith Miller Jr tends to measles this week. The No.5 school board met to choose teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cuykendall visited Friday. Ben Cranston and Joe Marsh work their bronches. E. C. Johnson returned to Story county Monday. his family will follow when able. E. A. Wissler recovered from bronchitis and resumed Sunday calls. Mrs. Joe Kegarie returned home to Cumberland after nursing Johnson children. Rev. Ben Harris, former local pastor, to preach at Fletcher chapel March 26. Minnie Marsh hosted friends for cards, crokinole, and a supper, hoping for many more such evenings.
Call and see line dew styles in wall paper at Fred Alexanders Anita. Mrs Maud Bailey improving. Little Bayard Lattig very sick last week. Mr and Mrs F H Townsend of Atlantic attended the funeral of little Mer Russell Sunday. Mr Russell of Newton called here Saturday by death of his little grandson Mer Russell. Congregational church ladies held an ice cream social at Dr J S Major's home. Mrs B B Ferryman of Atlantic spent several days with relatives G S Worthing and family Little Mer. Eugene Russell nine weeks old son of Mr and Mrs C A Russell died Friday at 1 30 pm of pneumonia at grandparents home. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 at the M E church. These comforting words come to us. We know on the beautiful shore Meri is watching and waiting in day. We know he will greet us once more. No matter what others may say. We will lay down our burden of woe. When we enter the valley he trod. He will smile with his sweet angel lids. Michel grinds feed at 3c per bushel.
In Wiota Mr and Mrs John Brooks hosted a musical event on Thursday evening while measles spread locally with no fatalities yet. Mr and Mrs R S Fudge marked seven years of marriage on March 15. Three burials occurred at Wiota cemetery on Tuesday as the town sees a busier economy with O D Horton opening a new grocery and general store and FE A Taylor starting a grocery and feed shop. County Superintendent Burton visited Thursday to meet school directors, and Ed Somers and Dale Taber prepared two new restaurants for opening.
The spring term opens April 3. Miss Block returns to the music department and Clyde East begins the banking course. Miss Mae Merchant, now teaching near Hancock, visited the college. Many students will work on farms or teach, while others finish term work. A large share failing exams lack grammar and arithmetic. special review classes will be organized in spring and summer. Teachers seek long term certificates for better wages and job prospects. School officers prefer certificates of longer validity.
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