Local Gleanings Report of City Happenings This Week
Local notes describe visitors and residents in Atlantic including Mrs Townsend from Los Angeles and Abe Kahn of Des Moines. Events include theater opening, stock movements, upcoming marriages, and church and school activities. Mentions of trains, fairs, and the Columbian Exposition. several travel and business trips around Griswold, Omaha, Harlan, and Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Spry
Mrs. Townsend
Los Angeles
Cal
Local notes from the Windsor scene and world fairs
Friday’s city notices report wedding travels to Omaha and Atlantic, a World’s Fair visit, and new home plans. Electric bell system at Windsor hotel adds modern touch. Local dance praised, roving guests from Des Moines to Burlington, and two boys depart to the Cherokee strip with a wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Strip
Local notes and visits fill fall scene headlines
Ed Cotton and Mr S P Jensen visit from Extra and Elkhorn as fall term nears. Bud Wanzel from Chicago visits relatives while M M Parkerson handles business in the city. Farmers expect corn yields of 5.00 per acre. locals discuss home additions, fairs, kite flying, and horse races. SHown moves include Laird adding to his west city home, Todd shipping chicks to Des Moines, and Southwick and Tingle shipping hogs to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Cotton
Extra
S. P. Jensen
Elkhorn
Bud Wanzel
Chicago
M. M. Parkerson
Corning
Rastock, Sr
Davenport
W. BR. Berry
Southwick Bros
Tingle Bros
Wm Meelivain
Avoca
Brig Young
Harlan
L. Ruddig
Fred Schaemish
Noble Township
Atlantic city notes and business and social items
Supt. G W Samson and family return from the World's Fair with a second visit impression. West Morland county’s Will Boume visits Atlantic to buy land and settle. George Tostevin joins Tharnish to form Tharnish & Tostevin at Fifth Street feed store. Des Moines reduced fare sale starts with a cannon ball run to Atlantic later in the week. Col Haver called to US grand jury then Redmen council. Hannah Gittins and Miss Shea active in teaching and schooling. Modern Woodman picnic in Hammond's grove attracts many families. Rudolph Westphalen returns lighter after East trip. John Dillon to perform at Atlantic Sept 7 in A Model Husband. Herbert Stewart to attend University of Nebraska Lincoln. Miss M E S Scott named high school principal. Kansas origin, well regarded. Palmer Findley clerk changes: Wiley Harrison to study medicine. Harry Patterson to Griswold takes place. Poem line notes and a Dr King New Discovery ad offering guaranteed refunds. Des Moines papers praise cyclone relief payment by Des Moines company. Dissolution notice for Nipper & Dungan. D A Dungan takes over accounts. Electric Bitters extols health benefits and guarantees. Sept 18 board of education sets city school opening date. Joel Perkins sells farm to Becker at $50 per acre. Bucklin's Arnica Salve praised for cuts and skin ailments with money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Neimyer
St. Louis
John Mandelkow
John
Libbie Maclean
Carroll
Mr. Hungerford
Lincoln
Atlantic
Henry Kay
James Barnett
Kay
Opera House
Cason
Bell
I. Houghman
Martin
Cherokee Strip
Creston
Cumberland
H. C. Gillett
Congregational Church
Ed. Hammond’s
Col. Haver
United States Grand Jury
Redmen’s
Grand Council
Josh
Hannah Gittins
Pleasant
Griswold
Gittins
Telegraph
Shea
Hammond’s Grove
Rudolph Westphalen
Rudolph
John Dillon
Atlantic Opera House
Dillon
Herbert Stewart
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
M. E
Scott
Kansas
Palmer & Findley
Wiley Harrison
Towa City
Harry Patterson
No-To-Bac and Various Remedies Highlight Odd Tobacco Ads
A collage of ads and anecdotes touts No-To-Bac as a harmless tobacco cure, with promotion for Castoria and DeWitt’s remedies. Other notes reference currency regrets, rheumatism cures, skin ointments, and medical quips, ending with a line about vast tobacco cultivation.
Deceptive Patent Medicine Ad and Tailor Exchange
An old ad promotes Castoria claims for children and liver regulation by De Witt's Little Early Risers. A cartoonish storefront exchange shows a tailor offering a ninety day suit period, asking how the customer enjoyed a recent show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Palmer & Findley
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve claims and ad copy
An OCR fragment lists DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the best salve for piles burns and sores sold by Palmer and Findley. It mixes product claims with a Jupiter fact and an ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup touting teething relief and diarrhea remedy priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt’s
Palmer & Findley
DeWitt
de Witt
Harvest Excursion Rates Announced by Rock Island Route
The Rock Island Route unveils low fare excursions with August 22 first trip and discounted tickets through ticket agents. Dates for the September and October second and third excursions are to be provided by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway. Sebastian, Gen's Passenger Agent, warns against reckless partnerships amid investor speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Ino
Sebastian
Englewood
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Abova
Joan Sebastian
Gen’s
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Ernat & Laird
J.C. Nelson
Ati Ge
Rev. Carlsen
D. ©. Mosier
Sheriff. Jones
D. A. Shuter
Brayton
E. E. Mayer
Anita
W. R B. Green
Audubon
Mr. Chrisler
Nioth
Cedar
Misa Buelah Hopley
Lewis
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Tom Wert
Wilson Prat
A. E.hiley
James Love
Fred Mandelkow
J. 4
McWard
A. Boysen
Claude Anderson
Shelby County
Woodmen's Sledge
C. W. Harris
Des Moines
Pompeii
Henry Sere Bon West Yeatendey
Alling Cigars
Dacken’s Marelns
Salon
Mr. Je Ison
John Tharnish
Ernest
Wm. Welch
Will
Daniel Hardin
High‘land School
Daniel
Omaha Bee
Henry Dacken
Ray
Co. F. Strutz
Council Biuffe
Eldora Reform School
Raymond
Sam Slater
Slater
Omaha
Sam
Misa Parsons
Neg Mber
E. H. Pardee
Chestnut Street
Blanche Brown
Miss Blanch
Wm. Terbush
E. Grant
Baby
J. A. Mills
Rowley
Nellie Walker
Mary Temple
J. Walker
Linn Street
J. M. Irmen
Frank Johns
Fred Lockwood
Windsor Hotel
Frank Poolé
Hammond
Lodge
John Peck
Lim Street
W. F. Berry
Johnson
Hibernian Hall
Elkhorn College
Frank Pool
Chas. Frost
H.L. Henderson
Windsor
Park
G. L. Mosier
D. B. Wortman
South Chestnut Street
Chas. Hunt
George Hasting
Arcadia
Neb
W. B. Finkbine
E. B. Smith
D. A.dungan
Mia
P. T. Bruington
Pearl
J. W.cannon
Mra
JH. A. Fowler
Jennie L. Claflin
Adair
Hill
Fred Cozad
Townsend
Los Angles
Maud Lewis
Broklyn
John Hopley Pent
Denver Las Nigh
Willis Laird
W. W. Straight
J. L. Todd
G. W. Samson
Paul
Mr. Samson
Will Boume
West Morland County
Penn
Chas. R.sarver
Boume
George Tostevin
Hts
Fifth Street
Tharnish &Fostevin
Dr. King
Pomeroy
Iowa
Theartnership
Nipper & Dungan
D. A. Dungan
A. M. Nirrrern
Our
Board of Education
G. W. Lanson
Joel Perkins
Illinois
Becker
Bucklin
iIa
Exchange
Sterling Remedy Co
Indiana Mineral Springs
Ind
Jensen
Chrng Jensen
Menmark
Brother Jonathan
United States
Mr. Jensen
W.M. Nichola Atlantic
Challic
Swayne
Pugilist
Dixon
Palmer& Findley
Castoria
Rivers
Finland
Pitcher’s Castoria
Jupiter
Equator
Earth
Wdoll
Relohakay
Beeauvais
H. G. Curtis
Morrey AT Law
Town
Dew
T. S. Lewis
Thorney
Poplar, Slreech
Rockafellow
Rostedo
Towa
T. B. Swan
Postoffics
S. W. W. Straight
Justice OF the Peace
City
Everty
and Insurance
W. F. Graham
M. D. Puan
Emmett
Maple St
H. V. McGregor
Levi Downs
West Side
C. H. McCless
Drugstore
Maine
Robert Peck
Atlantic Towa
Atlantic Passenger and Mail Service
Fast Flyer Pasgoppen Limited
Fast Flyer
Vvereene
Harland
Avocd
Arriva
Carson l
Arsive
Ely m
Mt South
Idea West
Sunda
Migeneral Hellverise
F. Chase
Kline
Arch St
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