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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1896
Page
9
For Auditor Thereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of county auditor subject to the decision of the republican convention of Cass county and respect fully solicit the support of republicans generally W G Kixe
The section records community events and updates from Lorah, Bear Grove, Grove and surrounding areas. It notes a June 13 Republican primary, a new depot prospect for Lorah, a creamery meeting postponed to June 1, and a drum corps organized on Buck Creek. It reports illnesses, social events at Epworth League, memorial sermons, and several visits among neighbors, with multiple mentions of local churches, families, and gatherings.
A Saturday evening social hosted by E. L. at G. V. Vedam’s residence drew a large crowd. The venue featured white draped tables adorned with red and white roses, and attendees enjoyed ice cream and cake.
QO N Becker cuts rye. Mrs Hancock sick. Tom Bicket installs scales. Don Guttenfelder captured a swarm of bees Sunday. T G Harris paints his house. John Gingery lost a cow to milk fever last week. Mrs John Craine back on Extra Saturday. A Cray trip from the south. Della Lamb closes two and a half month school term at the college Friday. C W Harris and wife and Miss Harris visit Mrs R H Harris Sunday. R Westphalen finishes sixty five head of cattle fed for Jas Warren. Rain passes. Geo Chapman finishes work for Shoudy Bros and goes to Indianola. R H Harris returns Sunday evening to be with his sick wife. Ed Gingery returns from two weeks south trip. Wm Christman in Grove Saturday seeking orders for gate.
A series of brief items from WIOTA reporting A H Campbell and wife moving to Massena, Sheriff Card's Friday business, Robert Turner recovering from an accident, Misses Rowland and McCartney visiting from Adair, Frank Chapman in town on Atlantic business, a May 23 birth to J D Cannon and wife, Mrs Ballentine's critical condition, graduation events in Anita with John Kirk noted, local social and fundraising success, Des Moines circus trip, Grandma Bell's Reno visit, shelling work by Conover and Carver for Sherrett and Christy, insurance claim adjuster C W Curtis visiting Atlantic, and condolences for Rena Mariette's death. plus local commentary on future prospects for John Kirk and trips to Marathon.
Finchs neighborhood reports raging whooping cough and a very ill baby of Jas Stinemate with partial recovery from pneumonia. D Hollis returned Friday after preliminary trial and was cleared. wife refused to live with him, he went to Perry with his son Albert. County pays 85 bounty money for transport to Atlantic.
Numerous brief items from Washington township recount replanting corn and attendance at lectures, visits across towns, and trips by residents. Highlights include the Washington township baseball club, Mrs. Harriett Smith visiting Davenport, and Anita high school commencement with Prof. Lawrence addressing the class and Jas ik Bruce presenting diplomas.
A new Bethel daughter born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Liston. Mrs H S Cassidy hosted her Adel visitor. A van Vinck schoolmate visited area this week. J A Pollock lost his windmill in a high wind event. Leroy Linderman's child swallowed a pin causing family scare. Inhofe family remains in temporary shelter after house loss. Dr Groves returned from Chicago with stock. Prices reported satisfactory as Lewis, a Democrat, is used to such things.
The community mourns Minnie Mountain third daughter of Supervisor Mountain who died after weeks with peritonitis. Her classmates at Sunday school grieved yet found faith in a heavenly home. Meanwhile Mrs. J E Ballentine near Wiota wished to commune with Christ, and a service led by Deacon Corbett comforted the ill with scripture and communal prayer.
Albert Knudsen travels overland to Atlantic. Local visiters report on a ring ride in Walnut. Memorial and commencement services feature Bud Beedle and Rev Wickersham. Decoration Day events planned with address and band music as the community weighs crop prospects and subscriptions.
A blot of land transfers and trust deeds from May and June involving James Callanan George W Wakefield CE Perkins trustee and others across Cumberland Griswold Reinbeck and nearby areas. Transactions include lot and section descriptions with prices from 62.50 to 2800 and notes of multiple quered or legal deeds. A brief unrelated medical ad for Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral references pulmonary consumption in its early stages and claims relief from coughing.
Train patronage is light while Ira Needles in Council Bluffs on business. A large advance sale of seats for Macbeth draws crowds. Local residents Sherta Myers, I. J. Macomber, Leslie sisters, and Dr Plunkett visit or pass through. Several notices cover church events, marriages, and a gas mains project amid a flurry of social and civic activity.
A mixed page item lists advice on marriage and patience from Martial Band Commander and Chaplain La M. Wise, followed by notices urging Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Shiloh's for consumption. It promotes Rock Island playing cards at 10 cents a pack with mail and express options and engraved whist rules, via Jno Sebastian Chicago.
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