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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1897
Page
6
Wallace Vobias busked corn for James Warren as Miss Rose Joyce visited with Miss Mae Lamb. Numerous town visitors and social calls are recorded, with notes on entertainment, church painting, a diphtheria case, and local travel to Atlantic and Council Bluffs.
Cumberland notes show Butcher Bros shelied corn for Herman Kloppenburch last week. J R Saylor and family visited Saturday and Sunday with James White and wife. George Horsfield of Mt Ayr Indiana greeted old friends on local streets. Albert Meyn of Bridgewater builds a new farm house west of town. I B Johnson carpenters. Chester Dowell and sisters Sadie and Lola Lattimer visited Atantria guests of T W Brown. E W Holmes of Massena passed through en route to Atlanta. Sherm Edwards and Otto Roswall opened a clothing store at Second and Main last Saturday. the boy served cigars. Death of Mrs James Chew reported from Washington, friends and family extend sympathy.
J South of Cumberland lost a barn and about ten tons of hay eight horses and harnesses along with farming machinery in a 1 to 2 am Tuesday blaze. The barn, insured for 200, may diversify with insurance on horses unknown. Neighbors learned of the fire only after dawn. Officials suspect incendiary origin. this marks the third barn burned in two months in the area.
G B Olney returns from Car 300 Ray Odem buys a corn sheller. Damp weather hurts clover hullers. Resty Olney ill. Some plan early corn picking. Ladies meet Mrs C W Crandall. Church re roofing and repairs. Miss Gertie Childs visits. J B Wellman buys a top buggy. Prosperity seen. Miss Granger from Atlantic visits. Bible class met at J M Triplett home. Wm Peacock brings potatoes and buys apples from C W Harris. Aline D Woolsey to speak at Atlantic church Friday 22 at 8 pm admission 10 cents.
Town news covers residents Isaac Casad, Miss Mary Fulton, and Eltons Roberts with visits, molasses production near 1,100 gallons, and a new organ for the Eastern Star Chapter. Also includes a U S Civil Service examination announcement for clerks and carriers to be held in Atlantic on December 4 1897 with application deadline November 18 1897 and equal opportunity language.
Local items list dozens of residents visiting out of town, attending events, and changing jobs. Notables include Thos H Smith at the opera house, Elder Ramsey leaving for Chariton, J B Rockafellow in Red Oak, Theo G Steinke promoting tailored clothing, and several visits among Audubon Anita and Adair communities. Political notes mention Thos H Smith for senator and a Bear Grove speech by F H Beedle on tariff and silver.
The Luetgert murder case verdict is not guilty. Crowds surround the courthouse as supporters plan celebrations. Extra notes cover court activity, Hudspeth Keelan case, and G A R entertainment. County school stats include 7634 children, 6217 pupils enrolled, and tuition figures.
Market and cattle receipts listed for hogs and cattle with price ranges and steady markets. Local notices include dehorning and trimming services, a marriage at the parsonage, a Klondike potato crop yield, a church roof update, and county cattle feeding talk in Pottawattamie County.
Nellie Galvin of Walnut enrolls in the normal department. A home for a young man is sought in exchange for chores. inquire at the college office. Miss Aline D. Woolsey will give an elocutionary program at Buck Creek church next Friday evening Oct 22. Evening penmanship class by Prof. Gingery grows. regular classes begin November 15. Reports show many students teaching across counties including Shelby Audubon Harrison Carroll Guthrie Pottawattamie Cass and Cass teachers listed. Arch bishop Corrigan’s School Offer: New York plans to have parochial schools run by city authorities with daily Catholic instruction if allowed to teach a daily hour in public schools.
The Market Letter notes unseasonable weather, yellow fever, and reduced bank clearings dampening business. It highlights rising English discount rates, ongoing foreign demand for wheat, and looming Russian export prohibitions. It reports Hungary's supply estimates, a global deficit, and possible U S market leverage if Russia withholds shipments. Domestic drought shrinks wheat area while prices stay volatile and stocks dwindle.
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