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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1895
Page
6
Fresh arrivals almost daily and a pledge of equal welcome to buyers. Special on silks and black goods this week with emphasis on quality waists lace curtains veiling and dress goods. Large carpet stock and best value in price and assortment urged to shoppers.
Clarence Bruce suffers with a felon on his thumb. Audubon area visit with his parents last week. J Q Voorhees rode eastbound flyer Monday evening. Faulkner attended R B Cappellar funeral in Atlantic Monday. Mrs McNichols spent late week with friends in Des Moines. Chas Major mastered the unruly wheel and rides well. W G King of Des Moines merchantile firm visiting home. Mr M Robertson placed in charge of a section at Oakland Iowa, left Friday. Chas I Benson of Combe Benson Co Union Stock Yards Chicago greeted friends here Saturday. Call and see our bicycles. Special prices, with Fred Alexander.
Joe Thompson plans a new addition to his house. Anna Alliband teaches at Bishop School No. 6. Most residents will plant corn this week after thorough plowing. A Lowman church meeting was led by Rev. E. E. Kneedy of the Elliott Graphic. Christina Thulin visits Atlantic but will return home soon. Small grain looks well and pastures brighten the fields. Thulin district No. 7 students praise the new library in the school. Mr. Hardin teaches in Noble township with twenty seven pupils. Urich Johnson, once in Des Moines, visits the area while staying with Nels Thulin, before returning south.
G A Roberts buys a new buggy. Kittie Dolan visits over the weekend. Dell Burnham erects a windmill at his farm. J I Meredith of Griswold handles Adams county business. Reuben Howard finds water at 140 feet. Pastures look fine and farmers plant corn. Nellie and Emma Davis visit Perry and wife at Pleasant Ridge. A W Wyman and wife host a young folks gathering with games music and refreshments.
Sherman Bishop bought a new phaeton. Farmers planted coin last week. John Myers serves on the Atlantic trial jury. Mr. Morgan of Cumberland visits Alancon Miller. Gene Riggs had a horse die while harrowing Saturday.
Rev Harcia and Mr J H Wallace attended a church meeting at Extra last Tuesday Mrs C B Halsey learned of a brother's death in Colorado John Schofield of Pleasant township attended at the congregational church Sabbath morning Mr Bunnell of the Council Bluffs association will conduct a Sunday school institute at the Congregational church starting Sunday May 5 for three days The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor plans an ice cream social at Mr and Mrs D M Sheets residence on Wednesday May 8 all are invited On Wednesday April 28 about seventy five young people gathered at Mr and Mrs Alancon Miller home for Willis Milers 21st birthday a pleasant surprise with dainty lunch and birthday wishes
A Montana buffalo breeder, Char lie Allard of Ravalli, discusses hybrid stock and the viability of buffalo breeding. He describes their stamina in storms, compares them to cattle and horses, and notes high hides and mounted heads fetch top prices. The herd grew from 31 animals bought for $18,000 at Omaha to an estimated 140 with plans to 209 by fall.
The New York Recorder recounts Horace Greeley as a precocious boy in Erie, haunted by his father’s scorn for his friend Nathaniel Scaggs a considerate reader who taught him Latin Cicero and patience. Greeley later recalled how repeated whippings followed his visits before leaving Erie for Vermont and keeping memories of Scaggs and Cicero. The piece ends noting a Pompeii floor mosaic cost 72 dollars.
The article explains how Wisconsin earned the nicknames Badger State and Sucker State from early miners. Permanent miners dug burrow like holes called badger holes, while Illinois migrants created pit digs called sucker holes. The terms spread to locals and are linked to state symbols and history.
A Rehoboth Sunday Herald feature presents a railroad man’s prayer asking divine guidance for safe travel, prudent conduct, and steadfast faith. It blends railway imagery with biblical references, seeking heavenly oversight from switches to schedules and a final judgment papercut of eternal happiness.
An admiral famed for exaggeration boasts of a Pacific voyage noting an island "positively fed with lobsters" at supper. A guest questions color before the admiral insists the lobsters were on a volcanic island with boiling springs, in Pearson's Weekly style.
The text notes men go bald more due to tight hats and heat, while London Blue Coat boys who skip hats seldom bald. It also sketches Robespierre with a thin face, sharp nose, narrow forehead and small mouth, noting neat dress and misidentification as a clerk.
Dr Rt E Rose, a graduate of Philadelphia Dental College, has established a permanent practice in Atlantic and is prepared to perform all kinds of dental work with crown and bridge as specialty.
The markets open with wheat down a cent, corn and oats weaker, and provisions falling. Hogs 25,000 receipts and steady to weak close. cattle receipts 35,000, steady close. sheep 17,000, opened lower and closed weak. Strong sourcing notes from Minneapolis and Duluth on wheat.
A historical notice advertises dental services by Dr R E Rose an ENTIST offering all kinds of dental work with warranty. Free examination provided. Office located at the Witkin building corner of Chestnut and Fourth streets, upstairs.
The Sheriff of Cass County Iowa will sell Lots 3 and 4 in Block 28 of Griswold Second Addition to satisfy Lydia Forsyth's judgment against H K Forsyth. The sale to be cash on May 2 1895 at 10 a.m. in front of the Atlantic courthouse.
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