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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1893
Page
2
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers. It claims improvement of health, non weakening kidney liver and bowels, and notes its availability in 50¢ and 1 bottles from druggists. The California Fig Syrup Co manufactured this product and its name appears on every package.
Prince Bismarck reached Friedrichsruhe after an eleven hour train journey. He appeared in good spirits, declined help from Dr. Schweninger, and was greeted by officials and locals with military-ordered restraint as torches lit the path home. Dr. Chrysander recounted incidents from His journey, noting growing confidence and improved health despite tiredness.
East bound freight rates from St. Louis verge toward demoralizing. Big Four accused of dumping grain into Liverpool for under 27 cents per bushel from the Mississippi River. Colum bus conference with Pennsylvania Line and other carriers signals possible rate retaliation unless the Trunk Line association blocks the Big Four. Western grain dealers from Baltimore and St. Louis bid high for corn for export as Rock Island and other lines rush grain to Illinois and the seaboard, aiming to beat a hoped-for peace on eastern lines.
A Little Rock dispatch reports a severe wind and rain storm across Arkansas. One death from nervous prostration, extensive property damage in Union County with four women killed, and crops ruined. Eldorado damaged but no fatalities yet. two deaths reported near Preston Faulkner County. Arkansas River area near Conaway Bristol reports damage to houses fences and barns with no loss of life. Little Rock endured half an hour of 60 mile per hour winds and several buildings damaged. Separate notes: lead ore vein found in Dubuque Iowa, Muscatine rolls its first iron, Dell Akin and Sheriff Simmons head to ONeill with reward talks.
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