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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1893
Page
12
Wednesday and Thursday items from Atlantic cover routine city life. Notes include weather crossing, shop awnings, new loans and bank notes, births, marriages, local visits, roadwork, telegraph progress, parade of vendors, a mummy exhibit, and upcoming events at Bailey's Hall and the opera house.
A report notes Charlie Cardie keeping a large turtle after a ride near Lewis and covers the Wright divorce case hearings and predictions. It also mentions John Mandelkow and Mary Kimball's wedding at Mandelkow residence and news about John T. Jenkins joining the World's Congress Auxiliary, plus the farm letters of introduction for Audubon county farmers attending the World’s Fair.
Last night at about 10:30 storm time a lightning bolt hit the Rankin farm two and a half miles west of town striking the barn. The blaze burned it almost to the ground roasting two mules and a colt and destroying hay oats and grain. The owner saved four horses. the barn was insured though the contents were not.
Knights Templars of Kedron Commandery No 42 prepared for a pilgrimage to Anita to observe Ascension Day. At 1 30 p m they marched from the Whitney block to the depot aboard a special car on No 4, returning expectantly about 6 p m. The council passed a resolution granting James G Whitney city property in Atlantic for 300 and authorized the mayor and city clerk to execute a warrantee deed. Also notices a live expert, J Got Hirschberg, announcing a visit to Atlantic to showcase spectacles at K Wilkin’s store June 1 and 2.
The Board of Health reports the city council adopted the State health board rules 1 through 42 as mandatory regulations for the local board. The notice also promotes Syrup of Figs and various patent medicines from Palmer & Findley druggists.
A druggist advertises Chamberlain Pain Balm with a user claiming complete cure of rheumatism after a year of pain. A. B. Cox of Holywood endorses the statement. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are pitched as health pills aiding digestion and bowel regulation. Palmer & Findley sell them. An old report mentions a wreck on Hindle with an empty bottle as a clue.
An old newspaper ad fragment touts Castoria for children and DeWitt's Little Early Risers for headaches and digestion. It also references a quarrel with an im placard boarder and notes Californians opposing Japanese cheap labor as a grievance. Palmer and Findley advertise Sarsaparilla for blood diseases.
An advertisement extols Castoria for infants to children and adults, claiming many lives saved and chronic diarrhoea cured in the west. It notes 25 and 50 cent bottle sales by W. Emmert & Co. Druggists and adds claims for De Witt's Sarsaparilla as a universal blood purifier and health improver sold by Palmer & Findley.
Lawmakers discuss a PN interpreter role for jurors amid expert Medien Bie duties. Proponents argue clearer communication and fair trial rights, while critics warn of costs and potential bias.
A message from Alex B Pope and others notes an epidemic of whooping cough in Stewart Tennessee. They cite Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the only medicine meeting with success and claim it fully controls the disease when used freely. Sold by W Emmert & Co and Palmer Findley.
A quirky, fragmented ad page notes coughing leads to consumption, touting Kemp's Balsam and DeKline remedies. It mentions Mrs Primley-Florence and family, with sly social missteps and humorous asides about small comforts and pills. Strong entity mentions include Kemp's Balsam and Dr. Kline.
An advertisement touts Buecklin’s Arnica Salve as a universal cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers and many skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price. Also promoted Electric Bitters as a liver stomach and kidney health tonic claiming quick relief from headaches and general weakness. Palmer Findley 8-81-1y and other local notes appear alongside a stray joke about a Kentucky colonel shedding his horns each spring.
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