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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1895
Page
6
Atlantic store unveils its grand fall festival with a plentiful stock of dress goods silks wraps and women s wear. The ad emphasizes low prices vast displays and continual stock improvements inviting shoppers to browse and buy while stressing economic savings and a premier seasonal display in Cass county.
A summer call for a correspondent from every key point in the county drives readers to participate. The page lists multiple local visits and movements including Thayer with Mr Cummings to Denison, Miss Myrtle Jordan visiting, J G Calkins resigning in Atlantic, and Elma Worthing visiting Atlantic, with other residents and brief notes on social visits and local business dealings.
Grove Township reports school at No 9 closed Friday with Miss Myers praised for her work and many regret she will not teach the winter term. Various locals include A Gaylord hosting a small party, Mabel Gaylord finishing at Goldhill and Ina Murphy slated to teach No 9 this winter. Others mention Hay hauling by Pipgras, Hattie Granger at the business college, and Frank Peterson with Gusty Motts at Fletcher Chapel. Mrs Beltz walks on a wooden leg and handles daily tasks.
Grove City reports show Mrs Eads visiting family while a boy born to A M Kirk and wife. Mrs Nate Brown and Emma Wilson visited friends west of town last week. Trixie Shade closed a successful Grove term with a fine program. Laura Franklin also closed her school with a well attended program. Edith Jones and Mamie Tharp of Atlantic arrived late to the program Friday.
Turkey Grove brief notes Miss Minnie Smith ends her Yoad Leap school for winter planning a new venture. Cum berland visitor Sllmes Nelson shakes hands with friends. J A Lighty and Van Judd travel to Colorado seeking land investment. Local gatherings at Humphry home with games and singing precede an unscheduled flag raising due to weather.
Rev Wickersham will preach at Lorah church next Sunday afternoon at 2 30 unless stormy weather delays it. Rains and warm spell push pasture growth into winter. Corn gathering progresses well and should fill the crib with more good weather. Ed Stoner tops corn at 80 bushels, hogs moved by Stoner Bros and DeBusk report. Porabh Sunday school heavy load. Navy 25th school term begins with Miss Russell of Atlanta. Joe Jensen builds salt house for a carload. Emmit Jensen and wife stay with old folks.
An old newspaper notes Populist gains across the state with township shifts from Republican ballots on surface. Mentions local figures without strong events, including Arlie Ross as train dispatcher, Jerry Cornell’s 12 pound boy, L. D. Rich returning from Bridgewater, Bob Marshall hauling hogs to Griswold, and Jonas Bailey’s hog losses to cholera. Corn picking wanes as farmers finish harvest.
Wm Purdy lies ill and Wm Sherman returns to Cumberland as church carpentry moves toward finish. The Courier reprints religious thoughts urging readers to study quotes, discuss gospel origins, and question Baptist claims and baptism duties referencing biblical passages and the day of Pentecost.
J I Friis visited from Alien with Ned and Mrs Friis and their child. They will relocate to Griswold to start a butcher business. Fred Richardson and Fred Groby are at Griswold and Grubys on the move. Farmers report varied husking progress with fair yields. Miss Ita Dinkeley concluded a school term in district No. last Friday. Win Harris and James Russell bought a new corn shelter. Frank Stalmaker works for L D Marsh. Ed Bradbury upset a load of corn and dislikes picking it up. John Weirhart’s well reaches 199 feet in sand rock. Miss Grace Sheets and Maud Funk visited Lewis schools. Lee Pulley and wife plan a short Oklahoma visit. It’s late to husk pumpkins. A L Carson came from Pottawattunlie county. Austin Rishel of Council Bluffs visited Bear Grove relatives. Cranston works for John Deaily.
May Calloway stays with sister Mrs. Sherk in Atlantic. Ina Murphy from Des Moines visited friends here last week. Willie Whited seen on our street. Sunday visitors Frank Nordmaan and wife in Nebraska with daughter Mrs. Bradley. Sam Kilgore not much better. doctor fears possible typhoid fever siege. Questions of the day: Where is Dr. Stults and who is the man with only a mustache.
A resident plans travel to Atlantic on the 28th to hear Watterson spear. Macy Jameson in Springfield Nebraska engages in newspaper work and preaching. Rev. Stanley of Atlantic gave a lecture on The Tuttle of Gettysburg at the M. I. church. John Brooks was surprised with a rocking chair for his birthday. Grandpa Brooks returned from Ogden Utah praising the area. Grandma remains there for health. Wiota Lodge No. 578, I O G T, adopted resolutions of condolence for Ella Griffith’s mother, sending copies to papers and keeping records.
Five MH E Grove notes Rev Dietrich sermon at the Grove on Wednesday November 20. Invitations led to an old ladies party hosted by Mrs Jennie Harris. A birthday surprise for Mrs Trip on Monday November 11 is recalled with many neighbors listed. Various visits, church and social events, racing results, and a Syrup of Figs advertisement appear alongside an In Memoriam for Mrs H H Wilson dated November 13 1895.
Frank Barr visits Shelby on business while Green's Closing Out Sale touts low prices on shoes. Mrs. Dabney of Oakland visits, Miss Lefingwell in city, and Mrs. Meek in Omaha with daughter Lena. News items list farm for sale near Atlantic, school books at Fred Alexander, and many residents arriving or departing by flyer amid a snow storm east of town.
Market report from Atlantic Iowa notes dull but steady conditions. Grain estimates for tomorrow appear light. Hog receipts 36. prices show a drop at opening with mixed lots around 3.40 to 3.60 and sows at 3.50. Cattle receipts 6,000 with steady tone. sheep receipts 1,000 with lower prices. City markets reflect Atlantic filing notes as of November 19, 1895.
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