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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1895
Page
7
Tuesday notices show Despalin relocating with family to Wiota and a stream of local names visiting Atlantic. Dentists advertise services at the new office near Chestnut and Fourth. repairs on depot and livery barn progress. Ritter and others attend court in Avoca and nearby towns amid marriage licenses and business moves.
Don Simplicio attends theater to lift mood and praises Finani though he notes a flaw in the Ernani plot with repeated convictions. The piece also recalls Scott's favorites, favoring Waverley as his best novel and the Lady of the Lake as his top poem, with lingering debates over preference.
Rev Dr E B Hill delivers a reflective funeral summary focusing on grief, faith, and the limits of human comfort after death. He contrasts living sorrow with the unattainability of comforting the dead, urging faith in God, tender care for the living, and acceptance of divine will amid loss. The piece blends scripture, pastoral solace, and moral exhortation. It ends with an unrelated dental advertisement by R E Rosz D D S offering crown and bridge work at Chestnut and Fourth streets.
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