Correspondence from the community notes
Mr Swartz is very sick at this writing. Mr Knopp bought some home last week Mrs H Knopp visits her daughter in Morton. John Woodcock now in A J Scotts house. Mr Cartwright of Villisca Sundayed with friends in Grove. Mr and Mrs A Huyck visit in St Louis Mo. Chas Taylor seen in the vicinity Monday. Mr Worth and wife bought a new carriage. Miss Grace Anderson returned home from an extended visit. Johnnie Detrich returned home from Villisca. Mrs L Sigelow sick after sociable at her home. First year Union Entertainment Course 625 season tickets sold. limited to 468, all sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Woodcock
A. J. Scott
Mr. Cartwright
Villisca
Grove
A. Huyck
St. Louis
Chas. Taylor
Worth
Grace Anderson
Johnnie Detrich
L. Sigelow
Lyman Community News Highlights Local Trades and Events
Local residents report sales and exchanges including a horse sold for 140 dollars and sheep sold to En gine Eshelman. A ministers conference at the Lutheran church occurs last Tuesday with many social visits noted. Community members attend the Omaha exposition and preparations for Union Entertainment Course tickets. A number of births, illnesses, and funerals are recorded along with farm sales, lawsuits threatened, and local politics including a Republican caucus nomination. Mollie Gain dies at 89 in Atlantic after 35 years in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Weaver
Eshelman
Lutheran Church
College Notes From Highland Church and Local Schedules
Miss Roderick attended an educational meeting at Highland church Friday evening. Miss Mulcahy and Mr. Powell started school Monday. The Christian Endeavorers of the Congregational church plan an entertainment in the assembly room next Tuesday evening. Prof. Bryson will teach violin and other stringed instruments. The physical culture class meets Mondays and Thursdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roderick
Highland Church
Margaret Mulcahy
Harry Powell
Congregational Church
Bryson
Conveyances and transfers in early October
Property deeds recorded October 2 to October 4 show transfers among JA McDaniel Isaac Houck David Snyder Mary Anderson W H Jones Geo H Robertson Theodore Hostetler Belle Hostetler Mina Campbell Hugh Waddell Waddell Logue and others in Atlantic Lincoln Union and Bear Grove townships. Amounts range from 4 000 to 5 959 with several fractional interests and adjacencies noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDaniel
Isaac Houck
Theo G Steinke
David Snyder
Atlantic
Mary Jones
R E Anderssn
Mary C Anderson
R E Anerson
Blk Go
W H Jones
Geo H Robertson
Nwg
Washington
Theodore Hostetler
Belle Hostetler
Mina M Campbell
Hugh Waddell
Blk
Cumberland
Logue
Union
McCosh
Lincoln
Thee
Neils
Adda Atlantic
Anders Anderson
Chas Gaulke
Bear Grove
Ben U
Perry Wood
Brighton
Theo Disthinke
Rene Ta Geo
Erson Deed
Murray
Robber's Fence and Mother Jameson in Beems Case
Fred Beems arrested on larceny charges with Detective McLaughlin's help after a spree of shoe thefts. A search of the Elm street home of Mrs. Jameson, alias Mother Jameson, uncovered lace curtains, shoes, and many other items, with valuables seized. Beems claimed fifteen years and implicated others. warrants led to multiple identifications and additional seizures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Beems
McLaughlin
Rock Island Road
Wallace
Grand Jury
Nebe & Son
Beams
William Thompson
Beems
Mrs. Jameson
Mother Jameson
Lower Elm Street
Gillette's
Worthing’s
Conrad
Nebe
W.C. Works
Elgin
Sam Reid
Ted Eddy
Atlantic Elks Host Omaha Visitors in Elaborate Initiation
Local Elks Lodge celebrated a large gathering with visiting brethren from Omaha. The event featured a formal welcome at the depot, a two by two parade to the Park Hotel, and initiation of fourteen novices by the Omaha degree team. A late banquet at the Windsor Hotel followed with toasts and a long menu, ending after 3 a.m. Several Atlantic members remained to see the visitors off at the early train, listing novices A Boysen John Weighton C S McLeran N C Brorsen and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Omaha
Park Hotel
Masonic Temple
Windsor Hotel
Atlantic
A. Boysen
John Weighton
C. 5. McLeran
N.C. Brorsen
O.P. Tyler
O.P. Tyler,Fheo. ‘F. Myers—Audubon, J. C. Kjar
H. T. J. Hansen
Fred Schmidt
F. Hanna
J. C. Spangler
C. N. Simonsen
W. C. Seivers
N. H. Lewis
Walout
Antics of a Crazy Man E B Gifford in Southeast City
The old vegetable peddler known as E B Gifford went insane again last night driving from the country into the city. He assaulted his wife, fled as neighbors pursued, and was tracked across fields and fences before disappearing. Sheriff and deputies later found him at a neighbor’s and took him to the Clarinda asylum after the board of insane commissioners deemed him insane. He claimed feeling light and airy during the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B.gifford
Gifford
Henry Bopp
Sheriff Hill
Marshal Wissler
Board of Insane Commissioners
Clarinda
August Term Concludes With Decrees and Sentences
Judge Green concluded the August term of the district court after a long session with several decrees signed. A case, Newton versus Templeman, favored the defendant with the boundary line upheld. John Briscoe was sentenced to 300 dollars fine and costs after pleading guilty to liquor sale. An accident near Sixth and Walnut highlighted faulty street lighting, injuring Mrs. Bradley and child. Anna McCullom was jailed on an indictment for running a house of ill fame. Ida M Dean seeks permission to sell her children’s lot to settle debts, facing foreclosure if the offer is not accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
District Court
Newton
Templeman
John Briscoe
Briscoe
Sixth
Walnut Streets
E. M. Willard
Surrey
C. W. Bradley
Douglass
Advent Church
Mr. Willard
Mr. Bradley
Anna McCullom
Aome
Omaha
Ida M. Dean
J. M. Dean
Live Stock Prices and Receipts from Carcano Indiana
Carcano Indiana October 19, 1899 reports hogs receipts of 22,000 with prices for tomorrow and next week across mixed, good heavy, rough heavy and light ranges. Cattle receipts total 7,000 with market at 4.25 to 6.90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carcano
Atlantic
Iowa
Another Fluke New York Yacht Race Faces Light Winds
The international yacht race again failed due to wind absence. Also advertised for sale a six room cottage with city water and electric lights on three platted lots near the post office. Inquire of E. J. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bargalo
E. J. Young
Oliver Scott's Big Minstrel Carnival at the Opera House
Friday October 13 presents Oliver Scott's Big Minstrel Carnival featuring a large company of colored performers. Scott touts a unique program with top acts including Arthur Maxwell the premier colored trick bicyclist and comedians Clarence Powell James White and Billy Miller. Henderson Brothers acrobats, the great Ti o Ritchie and Ver Valin plus Good man headline a costly colored company traveling nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Oliver Scott
Scott
America
Arthur Maxwell
Clarence Powell
James White
Billy Miller
Henderson Brothers
Tio. Ritchie
Ver Valin
Goodman
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Baking Poowvder
Union Entertainment
Lyman
Wm. Harms
Grandpa
Grandma Abhan
Chas. Kuester
J. B. Hall
Johnson County
Grandpa Jacobs
Pleasant Township
E. H. Goebring
Geo. Smith
John Mueller
Henry Ackerman
Henry Bourck
A. Blohn
Valley School
Jno. Miller
Griswold
Fritz Saemisch
Eugene Eshelman
Geo. Gerlach
Wm. Lindeman
Adam Abban, Jr
Omaha Exposition
Gustav Rothe
Bertha Rothe
Kraft
Philippines
Galion
Minnie Marsh
D. S. Miller
Mr. Lemmon
E. Marsh
E. Adams
Roy Marsh
Mrs. Jobn Startzer
Page County
Dan Catlow
Preston & Abbott
Johannas
Crush
Five Mile Grove
Missasella
May Lamb
Buck Creek
Mr. Woodall
Mrs. Hancock
Mrs. Eckiea
The
George Gingery
Turkey Grove
Ed Gingery
Kansas City
Miss Gingery
Oakfield
Mollie Gain
Jacob eGain
College Notes
Wiota
Wol L. A. Enaix
H. P. Goodall
Wentworth Ave
Chicago
Alert Atlantic
Mother Jamison
Elka
HH. Mosier
Audubon R
C. Lb. Campbell
P. Midlen
Midway
T. B. Swan
Ledge Wark
W.A
A. L. Brooks A
Gardner
F. W. Music
E. J
Turnbull
Atlantic Clothing Company
Omer G. Eby Faeeeer
Florence McCormic
Vern Q. Bordseaee
Anna E. Hatton
W. D. Beller
Mae Foster
Wil Wagner
Myrtle Mae Thomas Pew
Cwrcaco
Montague & Co
L. T. Spangler
J. O. Wilken
Walnut Street
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