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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1910
Page
6
An advertisement from the Wilkes Monument Works urges customers to place orders with confidence, asserting no dietake policy and urging prompt processing of memorial stone requests.
A 11 year old boy in McClelland, Iowa, used a bank counter as cover and shot at a robber with two revolvers, wounding him and forcing a pursuit into a cornfield. Danish youth Larson joined the chase, and the robber was captured with a second gun, after villagers and sheriff mobilized from the county farm. The suspect, Wilford Kirby of Oakland, Illinois, admitted planning the robbery to feed his hungry family of eight, saying he surrendered after the boy refused to be bluff. Police took Kirby to Council Bluffs for detention. the boy and companion are hailed as brave.
The Rock Island line will run the Breakfast Bacon Special to Atlantic Friday October 14 with seven car lectures by Iowa Agricultural College experts on profitable hog raising and pork product uses. Two domestic science teachers will demonstrate cooking and serving pork foods, with exhibits and a recipe book for attendees.
Nels Thompson of Wiota sold his 160 acre farm adjoining Richard Bell to Ole Upkins for 150. Thompson bought the plot in 1879 for 22 per acre and advertises a sale for October 20 to dispose of much of his goods. He may move to town after possession next March while retaining a small nearby farm and considering relocation from the area.
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