County and Vicinity Notes Span Atlantic Trips and Local Happenings
Lewis is booming and a steady stream of visits to Atlantic are noted from Dr. Morse to Mr. Macomber. Local education and commencement plans unfold at Atlantic high school with Prof. Wilcox to speak. Social events include Crystal Lake picnic and church gatherings in the grove, with numerous residents and visitors named. Road and farm activity continues as haying, orchard trimming, and hog cholera issues appear, plus travel and religious arrangements across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
FE. J. Macomber
Atlantic
D. Richardson
Dr. Morse
Mountain
Otis Hardenburg
Miss Barrow
Davis
Barrow
England
Otis Hardenburgh
Wilcox
Atlantic High School
Crystal Lake
Ishrow
Templeman
Murnan
Fulton
Neilis
Fannie Roberts
Webster
Jones
Morton
Qotton
Woodward
Will Brown
Graham
Richardson
Clint Scots
Grove Area Notes Mixed with Church and Military Happenings
A crowded Grove town page records visits and movements of residents including Mandy Knopp and J Lang families, farm activity, and church notices. It notes Arbor Day events, a May ice cream social, a drive to organize Wiota cemetery improvements, and local illness and schooling updates. It also details a Griswold military company formation, enlistments, and plans to use the Read Noreut opera house as armory space ahead of potential Cuban actions.
Notice of Probate of Will in Cass County Iowa
Notice to all concerned to appear at the Atlantic Court House Cass County Iowa on August 6 1868 at 9 o clock to attend probate of the will alleged as Mary Kunolds last will and testament showing cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Witness W H McConvinn Clerk of the District Court signs and seals this 24th day of April 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Pettinger
Cumberland
Miss Wallace
Folka
Glen Liston
Morsles
Ybs
The
Bunnner
Fred
Alfred Moore
H. A. Dicker
Atlantic
Squire Studley
H. D. Fitch
Harry
Shenandoah
Dr. Schustler
State of Iowa
Cass County
Iowa
Mary Kunold
Tate
W. H. McConvinn
Cumberland Happenings On Our Streets This Week
War news dominates the scene as a special stock train departed Sunday. Local lives include mules dying, visits from Rev. Stanley in Atlantic and Mrs. Atchison in Bridgewater. Miss Johnson assists with house cleaning. farmers await warmer weather to plant. Mary Leslie left for Omaha for the summer. Mrs. Bruce remains ill and their infant was buried last Monday.
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F. C. Sacmitsch
Schueler Bros
Louis Rodig
George Lary
Henry Pelzer
Wm. Kuester
Sheriff Hill
Henry Kuester
Nebraska
Jacob Wasner
Center Church
Peter Ep
Kuester
Joe Moore
Griswold
Adam Kuester
H. W. Luckens-°meyer
Adair County
Johnnie C. Pelzer
Cuba
Johnnnie
Luckenameyer
Hursday
Black Hawk County
Center c
Horning
Yelde
Mandy Knopp
J. Lang
Chas
Blake
Cal
Acker
Lewis
J. Roberta
Grove City
Barlow
Cumberland
Grove
Omaha
W. Sheppard
Gay Nichols
Clarks Grove
Miss Chase
E. A. Stone
J.C. Frerkson
Aetan Edwin Dufford
Laura Anderson
Red Oak
John Allen
Atlantic
D. B. Forshay
L. W. Stone
Katie Jenkins
Clifton Blakesley
Louise
Des Moines
J. A. Irving
Guthrie Center
Simmons
W. Etheridge
W. L. Overman
Dorothy
Malcom
F. H. Sears
Averilla Faulkner
Brayton
G. S. Worthing
Menlo
C. C. Plunkett
Arlene
Vera Hook
J. W. Hutton
D. B. Forsbay
L. Boatright
Stuart
C. M. Blakesley
Mesdames
C.E. Townsend
C. A. Russell
W. E. Haynes
Lattig
Loyal Haynes
Christian Endeavorers
Congregational Church
Mary E. Whitmore
Louise Blakesley
Drake Sanitarium
P. Lattig
Maude Wallace
Milo Cheney
Theo, Brown
Denver
Colo
Paul
Kh. J. Kewin
Dixon, I
J. M.tinsley
Theo. Brown
Pleasant Lodge
Court of Honor
J. S. Young
Mabel Todd
C.H. Cox
Harlan
Jos! Briscot
Mr. Cox
W. O. Funk
The
Knights of Pythias
Atlantic Lodge
George Dean
Simpson
Earnest Wands
Clarence Merritt
Lemon
Jack
Griswold Military Association
D. H. Scott
J. L. Lewis
A. G. Arrasmith
Chas. A. Higgins
Read & Noreut Opera House
Harry McLester
Nelse Pierson
Rev. Stanley
Wm. Atchison
Bridgewater
Phonia Johnson
D. Drenner
J. B. Green
Bruce
Five Mile Grove Scribes Daily Rural Notes
A mixed rural column reports various farm tasks and social visits in Five Mile Grove. Entries include shelling corn by Hosteller and Gingory, plowing and planting progress, school notes, and local visits among families from Atlantic and neighboring towns. A lost item note and several brief society items close the page, with mentions of a Spanish story and naval news.
Not at all, not at all
A reporter asks a merchant how he began wealth with a blunt reply about truth versus biography. The tale frames a cautionary lesson for young men drawn from urban newspapers like the Chicago Post and Cincinnati Enquirer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Romanos
Chicago Post
Remarkable Trees From Nubia To Nevada And Beyond
A compact report describes several famed trees. The whistling Acacia of Nubia and Sudan is nicknamed soffar for its wind channeled sound. The cow tree yields milk via incisions, with milk resembling cow milk. Cloth tree fibers from Tahiti are processed into wide muslin like cloth. The stinging tree of Queensland provokes severe pain without a wound, sometimes requiring euthanizing affected animals. Anger signals are shown by leaf ruffling and odor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nubia
Sudan
Venezuela
Otaheite
South Sea
Queensland
Nevada
California
Arizona
D. VY. F
Philadelphia Times
Contrary Infant Sparks Parental Comedy at Chicago News
A playful exchange centers on a concerned mother and a baby in Chicago. The wife cannot attend a concert due to the infant’s antics described as croap threats, sparking humorous frustration and a later hop in mood over the lack of croap after events in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Newa
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Hood
S Prin & Hood
G L Hood & Co
Lowell
Hood’s
Brush College
Ed Warren
Jim Andrews
al Hostetler
Homer Everett
Elmer Pellett
Doc
Everett
J. C. Harris
Geo
Tripp
Mr. Dunham
Extra
W.handcock
Hazel Findley
William Guttenfelder
Lorah
Eugene Hyatt
Turkey Grove
GW. Hyatt
Five Mile Grove
L.G. Harris
Lyman
Wiota
W. A. Neely
Adair
J. L. Malone
William Kreamer
Massoun
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Bank
Camp McKinley
Lapres
M. E
Anita
W. C. T. U. White Ribboners
Dr. Macomber
Edd Gingory
Iloruer Everitt
Earnest Liogidl
Rev. Bock
Javimore
Lew Gingory
al Uarris
Emmett Jensen
Mr. Larimere
Eva Johnson
Jim Woodall
Ernest Lloyd
Homer Evevitt
Long Brothers
Finn Everiit
John Hanndcock
al Hostler
Jobb Handcock
College Notes
Prof Pike
Ethel Sands
Miss Gittins
Amanda Bigelow
Grace Fisher
Spencer
Chester A. Smith
Prof
Meier
Rink
Neimeyer & Sanders
James Jones Implement Store
Wil
Liantonomah
Onarteston
D. C
Key West
Maprin
Havana
Carthagena
Cadiz
Buenos Ayres
Wasenada
la Platia
Indiana
Green Willow
Cincinnati, Enquirer
Langley
Chas. Block
Morrow
Curacao
City Markets
Cuscaco
Montague & Co
L. T. Spangler
J. G. Wilken
Walnut Street
Wtf
Sallon J. B. Wilken
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