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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1893
Page
12
A verse dialogue between an elephant and a kangaroo recounts a grim fate. The elephant remarks on delaying actions while the kangaroo predicts imminent peril. The knotty exchange hints at danger and a bleak, satirical outcome without graphic detail.
Wednesday and Thursday notes report a city full of movement with new railroad staffers Fred Lackey as switchman on the Griswold branch and John Fulton keeping a safety right side up. Mentions include visits by Laura Peterson of Elkhorn and Rev Anker from Elkhorn college, freight depot activity, a new tennis club, and a shift to colored brakemen on trains 8 and 4. Also noted are property updates, World’s Fair travel plans, a lost gold ring, and freight gains on the Atlantic branch contrasted with a kitchen fire at the Occidental hotel and a stray freight car on Chestnut Street. John Hopley shipping cattle to Chicago, and various local residents visiting or relocating for the summer.
J L Perkins and Hon Oliver Mills from Lewis in the city on business guests include G W Culvernon and W Jones from adjacent towns. A Park hotel crowd of commercial men, new subscribers, fishing trips, and shouts of civic activity color a spring day with carloads of cattle burned near Avoca and hod carriers striking for higher wages.
Mrs. Fred Frederickson hosted twenty five ladies for tea at her North Locust Street home. L A Dawson moves to a farm west of the city while Mrs Ira Hodge and Mrs J A Brown plan to share the former Dawnon residence. A Moore lecture at the Presbyterian church benefits the Local Union and is highly praised. A D Bell and wife depart for an extended eastern tour to attend the fair. A street band of sixteen young men delivers praised music as Atlantic media looks onward. Crocker’s Lawn brigade postpones its biennial reunion to September 1894 in Ottumwa Iowa. Atlantic plans a $40,000 Masonic temple and other improvements. many Masons have formed to erect it.
Mrs. Hunter from Ogden visits with Dr Teele while Misa Teele heads back to plans for a few days in the city. James Bruce returns from a Colfax trip. W C Parker installs electric lights. John Sander cleans walls with rye bread. two Raymond trains run coast to coast with eight and seven coaches.
May 6 1893 city council met in Atlantic with Mayor Whitney and nine members. A resolution to draft an ordinance enforcing local board of health rules and penalties was adopted. Circulators for burial permits were ordered. Privy vaults and similar public facilities must be cleaned yearly and disinfected weekly. Subsequent special session discussed penalties for board of health rule violations, meter rates for lamps, and prohibiting stock within twenty feet of dwellings. Budget action limited street work to tax receipts.
Enrollment and belonging figures for the Atlantic schools are noted along with remarks on attendance. M James, ex-Omaha superintendent, is elected Burlington city superintendent. A Round Table meeting in Atlantic drew praise for enthusiasm and discussion, with Chicago Tribune criticizing certain educational approaches. The piece discusses the value of physical culture, music, drawing, and arts in schools, noting varied expert opinions and the Tribune’s stance on subjects and supervision. Notices of teacher tenure shifts in Independence and Marshalltown.]
The Shelby News editor is praised for busy columns filled with various small notices and remedies. The piece cites DeWitts Little Early Risers and DeWitt's Sarsaparilla as remedies, mentions Kemp's Balsam for coughs, and notes Bishop Howe of central Pennsylvania celebrating his 113th birthday in Reading.
RG describes Phelps Commercial Bank at 1g Exchange engaging in buying and selling. It notes personal security loans and specialties in real estate lending, highlighting institutional focus and service scope in the financial sector.
R H Farr of Holywood Kansas testifies he bought a 60 cent bottle of Chamberlain Pain Balm and after using it for rheumatic limbs could walk again. Drugstore A B Cox of Holywood backs the statement as the leading local pharmacist. The vignette ends with a joke about travel and telegraph poles.
A collage of patent medicines and cures praised by advertisers and readers. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve are touted for digestion and healing, with Palmer & Findley selling Dr King’s New Discovery and Chamberlain’s remedies. Jokes and anecdotes mix with notices on whooping cough and public health tips, plus a brief crowd comment on a Hutchinson law about pelts.
Mrs Primley Florance urges presentation to her fiancé while Florence asks their mother for his name. A quip about cures for piles contrasts with a stock ticker comment by Uncle Silas who mocks certain financiers as bull and bear and parrotlike. Palmer and Findley are mentioned.
A vintage verse extols Castoria as a remedy in every stage of a child’s life from infancy through motherhood, ending with a nostalgic claim that even grandchildren are treated with Castoria. The chant-like phrasing emphasizes trust in the product across generations.
An early 20th century advertisement extols Lane's Medicine as restoring health and curing fits. It claims natural desires to be feared or admired, promotes a Great Nerve Restorer by Dr. Kline, offers a free trial bottle, and lists Arch Street Philadelphia as the address for purchase through druggists.
An aggregation of early 20th century advertising copy touts Electric Bitters as a leading pure medicine for stomach liver and kidney ailments promising relief from sick headache indigestion and malaria with a 60 cent price and money back guarantee. The page also includes requests for medical works orders for postage and a humorous dialogue about socks meals and a mother in law reflecting everyday life in a bustling town.
Bucklin announces Armica Salve praised as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheumatism tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and claims to cure piles with money refunded guarantee. Priced 26 cents per box, available from Palmer Findley 3H1-1.
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