City Solons Meet And Warn Rogue Elements To Leave
The Atlantic city council convened with Mayor Tilden and most members present. Ex Mayor Jones defended a 1660 court cost claim from a 1897 crime crackdown, while wheelmen protested a bicycle ordinance. A police shakeup, street improvements, scavenger licensing, Elm Street lowering, and a color line incident dominated the meeting with rapid adjournment after warrants were served on a disorderly house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counsilman Turner
Jones
Thelves
Lyman
Carl Wissler
George Robertson
A. L. Dunn
August Kuback
Stier
White
Tostevin
Ramsey
Kephart Place
Seventh Street
Oak and Linn Streets
W. F. Berry
Atlantic
Tinpin
Councrymen
Mr. Berry
Ed Kavenaugh
Berry
Bull Creek
Elm Street
Fifth Street
Goodspead
Kim Street
Missouri
Powder House
Walnut
Chestnut
Ramsay
Fourth Street
Chestnut Street
Tilden
Samuel Wilson
Walnut Street
Second
Third
John White
Ella White
Della Wallace
John
Purgatory
Golden Rule Chapter 94 Social at Masonic Temple
Golden Rule Chapter No 94 C E S held an informal social at the Masonic Temple with families invited. About seventy five covered for lunch. A short business meeting preceded a program with orchestra selections, readings by several members, and an encore for Miss Abrams. The event pleased attendees and similar socials are planned frequently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E.S
Masonic Temple
A. D. McCall
Eldridge
Chas. Ostrander
Leo
Zulu McCall
Wm. Wilcox
Jon Merritt
Ruth Willard
Zelda Myers
Johnnie McCall
May Frost
Bertha Johnson
Zeal Myers
Miss Abrams
To Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It states druggists refund money if it fails to cure and notes each tablet contains a certain dose. The fragment suggests a sale price of 25 cents and mentions a patent or genuine label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Bros. Stables
Atlantic
Iowa
A. Walker
Atlanite
Towa
From Jacksonville to New York A Seventh Army Troopship Memoir
Wallace B. Hopes recalls leaving Jacksonville on October 26 aboard the Algonquin with about thirty companions and other passengers. The voyage passes old battle sites and storm wreckage toward Charleston and New York, where sea sickness, coastal views, and a big arrival under the Brooklyn Bridge mark a homeward journey after the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Iefore
Seventh Army Corps
New York
Jacksonville
War Department
2Nd U. S. Vol. Cavalry
Columbia
Old Town
Savannah
Cuba
Commissary Department
Savanna
Jaksonville
Algonquin
St. James
Maine
Tampa
Three Friends
Dauntless
Rivar
Pablo Beach
Malsey
Charleston Harbor
Wilmington
Nashville
Princeton
U. S. Revenue Cutter
Chase
Charleston
Battery Park
Sergeant Jasper
South Carolina
Simms
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Washington
Clyde Landing
Brooklyn Bridge
East
Cape Hatteras
Staten Island
Coney Island
Wallace B. Hopes
Pains Until Back Cured By Foley's Kidney Cure
A Constantia New York man writes of years with kidney disease and back pain that vanished after one bottle of Foley's Kidney Cure. He recommends it to friends and reports satisfaction. Sold by Vic Emmert and F Parsons & Coy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. RK. Farrington
Constantia
N.Y
Foley
Vic Emmert
F. Parsons & Coy
Geo
Anderson
Rossville
York County
Penn
Chamberlain
H. G. Walter & Co
Masterly South American Nervine Tonic cures stomach weakness
Distressing stomach disease is claimed to be permanently cured by the masterly powers of a South American Nervine Tonic. The ad asserts immediate relief from indigestion and guarantees a world wide cure with the first dose. Sold by F Parsons & Co in Atlantic Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solby F. Parsons & Co
Atlantic
Iowa
Donavlé
Grain-O Health Drink Promoted as Coffee Substitute
Grain-O advertised as a delicious nourishing drink to replace coffee. It is easy on digestion, strengthens nerves, not acrid, and suitable for children and adults. price about the same as coffee, 15 and 2c. Vic Emmert & Co. sell it alongside DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and Banner Salve promising quick healing with no scar. Parson & Co. offer Banner Salve at 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Vic Emmert & Co
Vic Emmert
F. Parsons & Co
de Witt
One Minute Cough Cure and Warner’s Tar Syrup Advertisements
In this column advertisements tout remedies for pneumonia colds coughs and croup claiming rapid cures. Products include One Minute Cough Cure Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup Kedol Dyspepsia Cure and Chamberlain's Pain Balm with testimonials from Vic Emmette & Co H G Weber & Co and Mr George S Anderson of Rossville Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Vic Emmert
Warner
H.G. Weber &Co
H. G. Weber & Co
Old remedies and grain-o advertisement snippets
The passage promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children claiming pain relief and diarrhoea cure at twenty five cents a bottle. It also urges drinking Grain-O after coffee avoidance, praising it as a healthful grain based beverage costing fifteen to twenty five cents and suitable as a nourishing food drink.
Cough remedy credited with saving boy in South Burgettstown
A Pawnee county reader recounts a near death from whooping cough and credits Chamberlaing cough remedy with rapid improvement after a few doses. The testimonial claims one bottle cured the child completely and notes the medicine is carried by Vic Emmer t and H.G. Webon & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Mooun
South Burgettstown
Vic Emmert
H.G. Webon
Advertising Ties Proverb Star to Hood's Sarsaparilla
The piece notes Hood's Sarsaparilla advertising evolving with familiar proverbs and leading to the drug’s touted merits. It highlights condensed testimonials from cured users and praises the product's lasting public confidence versus rivals that fade away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
DeWitts Laxatives and Witch Hazel Salve Ad
An aging ad promotes Witt s Little Early Risers for liver torpor and congestion with promises of prompt relief. It also touts DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve for cures and credits J D Bridge of the Democrat with favoring One Minute Cough Cure for a child s cough.
To Cure a Cold In One Day with Warne rs White Wine
A testimonial from P E Grisham of Gaars Mills La praising Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a cure for chronic diarrhoea post war. Sold by Vic Emmert and H G Weber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Thayo
Chamberlain
P. E. Grisham
Gaars Mills
Vic Emmert
H. G. Weber & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Solons
Dark Brigade
Ensatere Star Social
United States Cavalry Boy
Green Bay Lumber Co
R. Wasson, Mer
Vic Emmett & Co
Witt
J. D. Bridge
the Democrat
Lancaster
N. H
Vie Emmert & Co
C. B. Hess
Levi-Downs
Nichols’ Bank
Postoffice
United States
Europe
Call
E. A. Tharnish
Commercial Bank
Atlantic, Iowa
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