Local and Personal News Gathers Town Details
Local items note J Haver and Mrs J S Harlan traveling to Avia and Griswold while J G Cotton and Leonard Peay return from Chicago for a visit. Many residents visit Des Moines, Walnut, Anita, and Council Bluffs. patients, sales, and social events fill a busy day in Atlantic and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Dufford
Anita
P. F. O'Connell
Wmiyl
T. Brown
Council Bluffs
Herman Murray
Grant
Atlantic
Swayne Ointment and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Ad
Simple use guidance for Swayne Ointment claiming to cure tetter eczema and facial eruptions with skin clearing effects. Promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as small effective pills easing constipation headache and torpid liver. Branding by Vie Emmert & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Vie Emmert & Co
Wheat Crop for Last Year Report Covers Cereals Quality
The Times Herald Washington special reports the world wheat crop for 1800 at 2 438 000 000 bushels, to be officially announced by the secretary of agriculture this week. The survey covers corn, wheat and oats in the United States, noting a local 118 000 000 bushel drop from 1805 but higher than earlier estimates, aided by a 60 000 000 bushel rise in European Russia. The 1898 crop is the smallest in six years, with distribution details to follow and a decline in on-hand stocks to about 20.6 percent, 88 000 000 bushels, while 3 percent of 1895 remains in farm hands and export incentives fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onicaco
Times-Herald
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Central Statistic Bureau
Agricultural Department
Beatrice Farmer Murdered After Robbery Attack
An elderly Beatrice farmer, 71 year old David Jones, was killed by two masked robbers in his home. They bound him, soaked his feet in coal oil, and burned him with oil soaked cloths after demanding money. He escaped at dawn, rode to his sister's house, and collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Neb
David Jones
Here
Jones
Willie Dewalt
Elmer
Chartiers Creek
McKee's Ricks
Willie
Bills seek to split New York into new state of Manhattan
Albany reports two Assembly bills proposed by Trainer aim to create the state of Manhattan covering current New York City territory. The measure recalls Tweed era debates over city tax contributions and could face a serious hearing after a committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albany
N. Y
Manhattan
Trainer
Wm. M. Tweed
Trainor
Assembly Committee
Circulating Library plan to place books in city
Miss Hully ling negotiates with Parmelee Library Co of Des Moines to bring a traveling library to the city. One thousand volumes are divided into twenty sections sent to towns for three months and rotated. Membership costs 3.00, with ten cents per quarter to cover ranking. A section will be placed in R. H. Bailey's window tomorrow for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hully
Parmetee Library Co
Des Moines
Hully Ling
Parmelee Library Co
Parmelea Library Co
R. H. Bailey
Dr King’s New Discovery and Other Remedies Promoted
A campaign ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery for lung trouble after a typhoid malaria case. It claims trial bottles free at drug stores and includes Wm Emmert & Co and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It cites a chest ailment cure and urges prevention of consumption with One Minute Cough Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giiman Brown
Mill St
South Gardner
Mass
Dr. King
Vic Emmert & Co
Suffered Eighteen Years and Found Rest in Sleep
Mrs. Julia A. Brown of Covington Tennessee describes an eighteen year struggle with nervousness and ailments. She notes family and friends urged her toward treatment and mentions doctors Barret Maley and Sherod in her account while seeking a speedy cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Tunner
A. E. Bishop
Geo. Slaughter
Omabla
Julia A. Brown
Covington
Tenn
Advertisements for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and child remedies
An assortment of old time ads tout DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for piles eczema and skin diseases, Shiloh’s Cough Cure, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and One Minute Cough Cure. Listings note Vic Emert & Co. and M. J. Davis & Son in Lewis Iowa, with testimonials of cures and $0.25 pricing.
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DeWitt
Saras
Shiloh
Vic Emert
M. J. Davia
E. E. Turner
Compton
Vic Emmert
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J. Haver
Avia
Lelia Shaw
Dayeboor
Mabel Creveling
Adair
Geo, Lang
Wm. Trede
The
Maccabees
Miss Burke
Walnut
Court House
Jennie White
Perry
Heyman
Avoca
Cyrus Newton
Extra
Adam Smith
Valley County
Nebraska
H. M. Boorman
Misses Walker
Mrs. Cudwallader
Colorado
Town City
Guy Curtis
Cumberland
Howard Saunders
Jesus
Ed Delahoyde
Odd Fellows Hall
Atlantic Cemetery
Ed Egan
Grenwood Opinion
Red Oak
Andrews Opera Company
Wilden
Andrews Company
J. Kjar
California
Carson, Ney
H. Hansen
Fourth Street
Tilursdax
Mrs. Archer
Miss O'Dea
Robert Bogshaw and Son
Victovia Township
F. L. Martin
Dexter
A.J. Lynch
Easagutth Street
Sackett Sears
Mr. Biser
Bear Grove
Andrews Opera Co
Mrs. Burkey
Herbert Slaughter
Los Angeles
Board of Health
Pascal Watson
Clarinda
Tarkio College
R. G. Phelps
Mr. Phelps
Miss Ellen
Elder Sharpneck
Uncle Tom's Cabin Co
Tra
Hugh Waddell
BK. Majer
DeLane Fad Dusiness
Audubon
Alanson Miller
J. J. Bence
Chas
Glark
Audubon County
Miss Pearl Bruington
Miss Pearl Hutton
Lewis
Macy
Hi. J. Slaughter
Cal
Frank Cain
Valley Junction
Finn Everett
Indianola
G. W. Winters
Dr. Cannon
Peoria
Grove Township
Clara Wakefield
Maude Glass
Cincinnati
Emma. Folly
City
H. A. Dicker
Acker & Brown Grocery
Gace & Acker
Lewis High School
M. N. Baker
Lincoln Township
Wilson Pratt
Phowea
Levi Downs
F. M. Parker
Clarence
San Francisco
Frank Parker
Pittsburg
Robert Self
Veteran Railroad
William Bond
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Southwestern Coal and Iproverment Company
Kansas
Minnesota
Abilen
Kan
Ads
Minn
St. Paul
Philadelphia
Donovan
Union Veterans League
McKinley
Appomattox
Ireland
Washngton
Archbishop Treland
Patrick's Church
Leo Iiii
Free Pitts
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Wucklen
Rg, Phelps
Harlan
Atlantic, In
Exchange
Junta A. Brown
Dr. Miles
Miles
Inventeo
Pri
Dr. Milles Medical Co
Wikbart, Ind
de Witt
Nichols’ Bank
Iowa
Postoffics
Doo General
Europe
Atlantic National Bank
J. A. McWaid
C. L. Brown
R. Hannan
R. Hunt
Chas, Block
T. G. Turner
H.L. Henderson
A. McWalwy
L. Henderson
L. W. Niles
Canada
Tilden
Opera
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