Local and Personal News From Audubon and Nearby
John H. Mosier of Audubon visited the city today while Ben Nutter and Alanson Miller traveled. Various town residents report travel to Chicago Adair and Des Moines for business and family visits. The Atlantic high school football team lost 49 to 0 at Council Bluffs. A marriage license was issued to Bert Maxwell and Edna Banner. The week featured church revival meetings at the Christian and United Presbyterian churches, and a large Ladies Union event in Atlantic. Local real estate activity shows improvement as merchants cite rising demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Mosier
Audubon
Ben Nutter
Adair
M. McMahon
Theresa
Massena
Bert Maxwell
Edna Banner
Guy Swires
Lewis
Appleman & Vredenberg
Atlantic High School
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Ed Snouffer
South Omaha
Thomas ‘Fate
Tate
Old Exico
Nebraska
Wanakaker and Brown Ad Promises Fit Garments
An oversized retail clothing advertisement proclaims Wanakaker and Brown as the largest clothing business with guaranteed fit. It highlights purely wool garments, exclusive manufacture, high standard trimmings, and double-lined overcoats sewn with silk and satin sleeves. No express charges claim Philadelphia prices delivered to Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Commercial Bank
Parable Lesson Quarters Fund Drive and Debts
A church service used the parable of the pounds as a teaching object lesson with a youth quarter investment summary and a praise program. Contributions were announced with the largest $5.75 by Mrs. Dawson and notable earns by Ethel Newcomb and Reedie Clise, while detailed accounts and disbursements followed including equipment, torches, and band expenses. A financial report urged subscribers to help clear remaining balances as the forum plans future educational pieces and reminiscences in December publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
F Jones
Griswold
Alexander
Odd Fellows Building
Opera House
Christensen Bros
Hayward
Smith
Ramsey
Shandy Bros
Bailey
J H Marshall
Beech
D. A. Shuter
Fin. Com
Treas
Apostle Thatcher Dropped by Mormon Church
Moses Thatcher has been declared contumacious and removed from the council of the Twelve Apostles. He refused to attend his trial, though accused of failing to seek counsel before engaging in political activity as a U.S. Senate candidate. Deseret News notes the decision, while supporters say church authorities overstep into politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mormon Church
Salt Lace
Moses Thatcher
Thatcher
United States
Acard
Deseret News
Apostles
Council of the 12 Apostles
United States Senate
Californian Wife Sentenced to Hang for Murder in Napa
Napa Cal Nov 21 William Roe alias Moore found guilty of the murder of Mrs Greenwood and will be sentenced to hang. Details recount two masked men entering Captain and Mrs Greenwood’s home in 1891 demanding money, torturing the elderly couple, and causing Mrs Greenwood’s death by poison. Carl Schmidt was later convicted of complicity and jailed for life. Roe’s drunken boasts led to his arrest in Los Angeles. The story links other sensational cases and President Cleveland’s plea in a separate matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napa
Cal
William Roe
Jalvis Moore
Carl Schmidt
San Quentin Prison
Roe
Los Angeles
Moore
Mra. Greenwood
Works in the Schools: Brief Geographies and Volcano Lesson
In a school collection of compositions students describe a river from a mountainside source to the sea, a desert journey by caravan with an oasis and ostrich eggs, and an eruption of Vesuvius detailing lava, ash, and ancient cities Pompeii and Herculaneum. notes include historical context and archaic phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Bartley
Lorence M’kinstry
Pompeii
Vesuvius
Herculaneum
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Alanson Miller
Chicago
Southwick Bros
B. C. Bruington and Family
Harlan
Willard
Whitney
Ben Wisenan
Eryaspelas
A. F. Harris
One Creek
United Presbyterian Church
The
Christian Church
M. J. Abbott
W. R. Strickling
Mrs. Goodwin
Davenport
E. W. Scott
Poplar Street
Hiram Goodwin
Atlantic Canning Co
F. W. Bruington
West Fifth Street
McCormick
Wiota
Fifth Street
Baptist Church
Abe Block
Independence Hospital
J. K. Powers
Sociable
E. Huchendorf
E. F. Jones
Huchendorf
Ladies Union
Congregational Church
Business College
R. G. Phelps
Des Moines
J. Stewart
Maine
of Dooms
Grandpa McDaniel
F. E. Brainard
John Foley
West Second Street
Fred Hoagland
James Meredith
G. Tormay
Call
Walnut Street
Mary Leslie
Cumberland
Ed Lighter
Chas. Frost
Chas. Brown
Dayton, O
Dr. Murphy
H.H. Wilson
Merino, Col
Kimball Sisters
Columbus Junction
Bombay
Avoca
Herman Denberger
Bureau, Sr
Maude
Audubon Branch
Extra
Ella Esterly
Mra. G.8
Pike
Ohio
Gardner Talbot
Board of Trade
Neb
Robert Lander
Albert Wakefield
Grove City
Northwestern
Mr. Lander
Wilson Prall
Mr. Prall
Palmer
Boorman
Hood
Frank Jeffries
H. G. Weber & Co
Clarinda
Abraham
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Dr. King
Presbyterian Church
J. M. Rice
McClure
Grant
Hamlin Garland
Park Hotel
Deccan
Moscow
Russia
Caucasus
Pillsbury’s Best
Pillsbury’s
Gore
Pilebury
Apostle Thatcher
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McKinley
Canton
Kentucky
Charles Wolker
Blaine
Pierce County
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Mankato
Minn
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Seattle Dispatch
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Ward’s Island Asylum
New York
Seattle
Fruitdale
Ala
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Warren Lewis
Greater New York Athletic Club
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
al Smith
Wash
Edward * Hall Warner
Cascade Division
Great Northern Railroad
Diaz
City of Mexico
Pan-American Medical Congress
Chamber of Deputies
Castle
Chapultepec
Carlotta
Easton
Lafayette College
Henry M. Payne
Southhead
L. I
Payne
Paris
Inter
Dawson
Seblom Bloomquist
John Bloomquist
Staley Mfg. Co’s
America
Ulster
Theo
G. Steinke
Cleveland
Sacramento
Budd
Salter D. Worden
Yolo County
New York State
C. P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Company
M. Hughes
Lyons
Rhems
Patchen
Joe Patchen
Holmesburg Driving Park
Springfield
Earl A. Moore
John Jenkins
Owen Meredith
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