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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1899
Page
2
The recent city council session covered routine business, a plan to open Fourteenth Street West, street repairs, and a salary adjustment between the water works chief engineer and assistant. A whisker club at Atlantic promises no beards until Christmas, and a bankruptcy case involving Lafayette W. Wheeler progressed through referee Mayne with asset claims noted.
W. W. Sickles of Eira spent last night in the city. Wm. Colter drove up to Elkhorn on business this morning. Dr. A. D. McCall went to Omaha. Chas. Fero went to Des Moines this afternoon to spend a few days. Harry Worth was among Des Moines visitors today. E. Johnson of Audubon was an Atlantic visitor yesterday. Wm. Jorgensen was in from Elk Horn yesterday. Ned Hodgkins departed for Chicago on business. Mrs. Chase and Percy returned from Denver. John Anderson and wife returned home after visiting Omaha. Birth announced for Hal Keevan and wife. Arthur Ricker in the city visiting. Mrs. Hal Egbert went to Des Moines to visit. Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Mott went to Wayne to visit relatives. Burt Nichols returned to Centerville. F. J. Snouffer departed for Chicago for the Fall Festival. Fred Hunt returned from Chicago and eastern Iowa. Mrs. Lang went to Council Bluffs for G. A. R. Relief Corps meeting. Chris Shultz planned a Drake vs Grinnell game in Des Moines. Mrs. Vredenburg and family return from Council Bluffs. Miss Delpha Hutt visited Massena. Charles Barnard in town. Leonard Guttenfelder to Des Moines to meet his brother. Harry Cavenaugh and Will Hendee went to Des Moines. Wan'tep Salesman ad. Mrs. Simmons returns from New York dressmaking course. Robert Marshall named delegate to Good Roads meeting in Des Moines. City council granted $25 semi-annual emolument to mayor and councilmen. Today is pension day at the county clerk's office.
A Atlantic weekly page notes quail hunting limits and the shift in open season from November 1 to January 1, plus wardens appointed to curb out of season hunting. It also reviews the stage show A Romance of Coon Hollow at the opera house praising Miss Lydia Dickson and the Carolina Quintette, and reports a threshing fire burning 400 bushels of wheat near town. Also brief notices on a park fight, a local cattle sale, and a La Grippe remedy promotion.
Local and personal notes mention many residents traveling to Des Moines Fremont and Waterloo for visits business and leisure. Fred Alexanders advertises second hand books and box papers while others purchase feeders in South Omaha and plan trips to Lansing Knoxville Montezuma and Ames. A libel suit petition was filed and a Knights of Pythians meeting noted along with a concert by the Scandinavian Ladies Quartet and a Des Moines midweek excursion.
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