Local and personal notes from Atlantic week
Mrs. Fred Kerrick returns from country visit. J W Scott travels to Des Moines. O Linder visits her parents. Salome Brandt back to school near Walnut. M E Brandt visits Omaha. Ming Zoe DeLane returns from Allen Nebraska. Y M C A bathrooms to open Wed and Sat only. Maude Glass and Mabel Ayres drive to Manning. Two Hereford bulls for sale. M Kerr of Walnut. Chas Northup to move Barns goods to Des Moines. Mrs Porterfield and children visit Council Bluffs. Mrs Hopkins visits and returns home. W H Lynch returns from squirrel hunting. P I Appleman in Cripple Creek mining business. Katie Hines declared insane. to be sent to Clarinda. Mr and Mrs W H Barnard leave for Des Moines. S E Smith dies on Hickory Street. funeral tomorrow. Corner stone laid at M E church in Lewis for new building after lightning fire. Prof H B Newcomb may move to Peters residence with family. Atlantic folks welcome. Watterson lecture tickets selling fast. Supt Lamson promotes lecture in Lewis and Griswold. many plan to attend. Rev Fraser preaches last sermon at Atlantic Presbyterian. moves to Marion. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills advertised. Lincoln’s 86th birthday celebrated in Chicago. Henry Watterson praised. Watterson to speak in Atlantic May 28 at Congregational church. admission 75 cents. Rudy’s Pile Suppository ad. available by Martin Rudy. Dr R D Wilkin sells in Atlantic Iowa.
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Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Henry Watterson
The
Chicago Tribune
Watterson
Lincoln
Douglas
Atlantic
Congregational Church
Palmer & Findley’s
Steinke's bargains and local notices tumble in town
A flood of items lists sales, visits, and events in the city including Steinke's underhand no claims, Green's closing sale on boots and shoes, and Geo Powell in Casey on business this week. Community notices mention illnesses, travel, and church and social gatherings with names like Ella Kramer Mrs. J. E. Gillespie Fred Kerrick and Rose Powell.
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Steinke’s
Geo. Powell
Casey
Steinke
Ella Kramer
J. E. Gillespie
Fred Kerrick
Dr. Macomber
G. C. Bobling
Lewis
Sam
Geo. M. Lyon
D&with
W. Garvin
Griswold
J. H. Green
Cumberland
Jones Charged With Swindling Federal Officer Impersonation
Ottumwa journalist Charles H. Dale is jailed on an indictment for impersonating a federal officer to obtain information. A. W. Lee, Courier owner, bonded Dale and alleges a system of fee grabbing with federal officers as partners. Dale planned to prove charges in federal court Thursday amid calls for congressional investigation.
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Drs Mores
Charles H. Dale
Ottumwa
Dale
Lee
Iowa
Snack Evasion at Fancy City Eatery
A mountaineer enters a high mezzanine restaurant, faced with a bill of fare written for order notes. He complains there is too much style to order without writing, and exits saying a simpler place would suit him better. The scene unfolds in a bustling noon crowd of clerks and brokers in a central city dining hall.
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Lut
Atlanta Constitution
A Timely Present and A Fishy Story in Clams
Two short items report odd tales from a southern town and Puget Sound. A young Black man named Tom seeks marriage as his main present and gains it through officials’ aid despite poverty. In Tacoma, a warehouse clam story ends with a rat tail loss after clams shut on it, then another rat gets trapped before being killed.
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Tom
Jess
Cupid
Puget Sound
Edward A. Chase
North Pacific Fish Company
Mr. Chase
Dlam
Tacoma Ledger
Diamond engraving opens new class of jewelry
Diamonds now can be engraved in an artistic way, creating a new jewelry class with strong demand. Early attempts were rough and unsafe, but Paris jeweler M. Bordinot pioneered delicate tools and 25 years of refinement to achieve refined engravings and even stringing diamonds with pearls.
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India
Holand
M. Bordinot
Paris
New York World
Wants a Brooklyn Wife Postmaster Receives Personal Letter
A Brooklyn postmaster, Andrew T. Sullivan, received a letter from Henry Sohtiern of Gopha, Iowa, who asks Sullivan to inform local ladies of Brooklyn that he wishes to marry. Sohtiern describes himself as a 28-year-old farmer in Iowa and asks the postmaster to have eligible women write to him. The missive appears in the New York Sun.
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Brooklyn
Andrew T. Sullivan
Dearwin
Towa
Henry Sohtiern
Gopha, Ia
New York Sun
New Map of the Heavens by Astronomers
Astronomers work on a vast new celestial map aiming to chart about 68 million stars. The project, described as a dramatic, page-like display, evokes a theatrical news sheet in scale and ambition.
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New York Mail and Express
A Song of Beef and Oil in Public Grief
A poem laments heavy burdens on the public with kerosene and beef prices weighing most on citizens. It cites the Consul Waller muddle the Honolulu wix and the Nicaraguan paddle, warning these may draw ire while beef and oil costs drive the people to boil.
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Waller
Honolulu
New York Evening San
Taylor brothers and Stanley tale shape Tennessee races
The piece recounts Colonel Alf Taylor’s heroism saving Henry M. Stanley during a 1867 buffalo hunt and traces the Taylor family political dynasty. Nat G. Taylor, father, led Indian affairs and sent three sons into public life, with Bob and Alf each serving in Congress and later as gubernatorial candidates in a joint 1886 Tennessee race that became the famed war of the roses.
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Henry M. Stanley
Alf A. Taylor
Alf
Bob Taylor
Johnson
Congress
Medicine Lodge
Neskatunga River
Alf Taylor
New York
Taylor
Stanley
Harney
Nimrods
Buffalo
Peter
Tenderfoot
Teylor
East Tennessee
Colonel Taylor
Nat G. Taylor
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
Princeton
Nat Taylor
Bob
Heb
Democrats
Republic
Turney
Hob
Dixie
Atlanta Constitution
Beginning of the End for Fur Seals
Naval officers in the Bering Sea note near end of gutting as the Japan herd has nearly vanished and the Russian herd is greatly reduced. About 100,000 female seals remain on the Pribilof breeding grounds, with slaughter under Paris tribunal rules risking near extinction of fur bearing seals in a few years.
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Naval
Old Uncle Zeb Chooses Votes After Meeting Candidates
A Hagerstown area voter called Old Uncle Zeb delays voting until meeting each candidate’s representatives. A local Hurst politician reports Zeb saying he needs a double barreled shotgun for winter hunting and will vote for the candidate who earns his support.
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Hagerstown
Zeb
T Dun
Duane
Laltimora
Chauncey Fox Slater Dies in Bentons Township
Chauncey Fox Slater died of dropsy at his home in Bentons Township twelve miles northeast of Atlantic on Tuesday at 2 45 pm. Born March 10, 1830, he leaves a wife and daughter Cora, and several siblings. Known as a trustworthy businessman, he was generous to the poor and was mourned by a large circle of friends, with a long funeral procession to Wiota cemetery.
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Chauncey Fox Slater
Hame
Benton Township
Atlantic
Slater
Arialand and
Mary Slater
Mary
Cromwell
Hot Springs
Harriet
H. Aborn
Wiota
Local Salt and Goods Offer From Lorah Iowa Store
From Lorah Iowa announces car loads of No 1 salt available locally avoiding Atlantic. Store stocks Centennial Mills and Washburn Crosby flour at 75 cents per sack, ships by wagon. Agents for International Stock and Poultry Foods, with a range of flannels, gloves, mittens, hats. Mention of Sarah and low pricing by J F Jensen Co.
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Atlantic
Centennial Mills
Washburn & Crosby
New Wedding and Birthday Gift Shop Offers Fresh Specialties
Receiving new and latest specialties in wedding and MBirthday gifts. Musical instruments and all kinds of supplies on hand at the shop.
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the Weekly Telegraph
J. W. Scott
Des Moines
O. Linder
City
Salome Brandt
Walnut
Mra
M.E. Brandt
Omaha Banday
John Olson
Ming Zoe DeLane
Allen, Neb
Maude Glass
Mabel Ayres
Manning
Cars County Fair
Kerr
Wil Walnut
Chas. Northup
Barnae
Dr. Porterfield
Council Bluffs
Katie Hines
Henry Barton
Pleasant Township
Clarinda
W. H. Barnard
S.E. Smith
Hickory Street
M. E
H. B. Newcomb
Peters
Eighth
Birch Streets
Supt
Lamson
Lewis and Griswold
Fraser
Presbyterian Church
Atlantic Presbyterian Church
Shelby
Marion
Hood
Urag
Rudy
Martin Rudy
Lancaster
R. D. Wilkin
Green
Rose Powell
Malvern
J. R. Morris
Salt Lake City
Frank Schroeder
Langdon & Wert
J. H. Wood
State Agricultural College
Ames
Ben Williams
Claude
Denver
Col
Dwtt
M. St. Ubl
Omaha
R. Frazier
Cap
Mullin
Pymosa Township
S. Young
Mr. Young
Colorado
Rebekah
Wee Citizens’ League
Western Union
East
Prof. Newcomb
W. H. Peters
Newcomb
Simon Smith
Hill
F. Mercer
Elliott
Parson’s Drug Store
Frainey
Hungerford
Carroll Herald
Mr. Frainey
Booth
Barrett
G. W. Foster
Church of Christ
Page County
Spruce Street
F. Telford
Simmons Liver Regulator
R. R. Strange
Lake City, Fla
Peter McNamara
Mary Etta Lake
Washington Township
Mr. McNamara
Iowa-Nebraska News
Jones
Denel County
York Land Company
Old Settlers
Decatur
Sidney
Morton
Washington
Schilling
Morton Cadets
Adjutant General of Texas
Thurston Rifles
Mortons
Memphis
Mabrey
Crook Ramps
Edward
Royal Fraternal Guardians
Sioux City
Pierre
Forest City Land and Improvements Company
South Dakota
Forest & Sioux City Railway
Connecticut Insurance Company
Sidney Burglar
Sipnry
Neb
Neville
James Roberts
A. Pease
Reform School
Bic Springs
Julesburg
Qolo
Devel County
Mason Orry
Plymouth
Here
Des Monts
Iowa Woman’s Suffrage Association
E. D. Canfield
W. W. Wilbur
School For Masons
Davin City
Nebraska Masons
Masonic Hall
Des Mores
Sac City
Purvis
Miss
Will Purvis
Godfrey
Bankvore
George Godfrey
Billy Woods
Tales OF the Times
Tara
Detroit Free Press
Serpentio—Fetier
Sonb
UIT
Pants
SAP
Lesides
Wahaye
Block & Heyman
Mount Lebanon
Henry County
Judge Babb
Drake
Babb
Lorah, Iowa
Sarah
J. F, Jensen
Eccers Bros
Geo. Marsh
Rock Island
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