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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1899
Page
10
J H Johnson and others travel to Shelby Omaha Red Oak and Des Moines for business leisure and fairs. Rentals, sales, and trades abound with secondhand cycles papers and horse gear. New hires, Marital news, and church activities fill a day with travels, visits, and upcoming plant sale fundraiser.
A large crowd gathered at Rev. C. Carlsen’s East Tenth Street home for a Baptist church pumpkin pie social last night. The event featured plentiful pies and a hungry crowd with Victor Carlsen reportedly taking top honors by eating two pieces and requesting more. The remainder of the evening was spent in games and social conversation.
Local residents and visitors from Marne Audubon Cumberland and Griswold frequent Atlantic on business and social trips. A real estate listing, sewing offers, and multiple Omaha and Des Moines excursions are noted. Community updates include civic improved properties, transportation moves, and preparations for events and sales.
Mr and Mrs D S Crain arrive back from Cripple Creek Colo with Mrs Crain spending the summer there Their son Max traveled with his father to Omaha and will continue to Atlantic Des Moines crossings on Hickory street reduce mud delays at Ninth and Tenth streets Also last night Alfred Huntzinger and Dollie Johnson were married departing for Des Moines The couple will reside in Des Moines More ads and medical testimonials follow in this circulation including various remedies and local notices
This old advertisement promotes Grain-O as a non medicinal, invigorating beverage made from pure grain. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee, has a rich seal brown color, and costs about 15 to 25 cents. It notes children enjoy it and thrive on it as a nourishing food drink and urges readers to ask merchants for Grain-O.
An Lima resident testifies to Foley's Kidney Cure relieving back and hip pain, energizing the system, and addressing kidney diseases with honest claims. The advertisement cites multiple products including DeWitt's Little Earley Risers, Begg's Little Giants, Dr. Fowler's Extract, One Minute Cough Cure, Grain-O, South American Nervine Tonic, and various druggists.
Miss Mamie Smith of Middlesboro Kentucky reports her sister suffered a severe croup attack. She gave multiple doses of Foley's Honey and Tar which produced instant relief and she believes the remedy saved her life. Vic Emmert Company and F Parsons Company mentioned.
An advertisement laden note touts Boggs German Salve for tetter and eczema, with customer Miss Julia Filbridge praising Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure. Rev J Kirkman of Belle Rive Illinois endorses One Minute Cough Cure claiming decades of bronchial illness cured.
It May Save Your Life. A dose or two of Foley's Honey and Tar will prevent an attack of pneumonia grip or severe cold if taken in time. Cures coughs colds croup la grippe hoarseness difficult breathing whooping cough incipient consumption asthma bronchitis. Guaranteed Vic Emmert & Co and F Parsons & Co. Your Minister Will furnish you a bottle of Begg's Cherry Cough Syrup free if you have not the money to pay for it. It stops ing in church. Cures coughs and colds Monarch over pain Burns cuts Sprains stings. instant relief. Dr Thomas' Electric oil. At any drug store. It did me more good than anything I ever used. My dyspepsia was of months Beenatings after eating it was terrible. Now I am well writes S B Keener Hoisington Kan. of Kodal Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you eat. Vic Emmert.
An old clipping references remedies for coughs and pneumonia with names like Vic Emmert & Co and F Parsons & Co. It mentions Folay's Honey and Tar and Begg's Cherry Gough Syrup as cures, plus One Minute Cough Cure and Foley's Kidney Cure, tied to patient grief and neglect. It reads like an advertisement piece with testimonials and price cues.
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