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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1895
Page
6
A bold notice announces a full line of double breasted suits for men boys and children. It promises overcoats and pants, invites trade, and pledges dollar savings with bargains available when customers want to buy rather than at season end.
Local items report a well drill near County and Vicinity, damage from wind including a granary and implement shed, farm purchases, injuries from wood chopping, lightning burning grain stacks, a Buck Creek church social on October 3, and various social visits and incidents. Several community members named including Oakes, Butler, Evans, Joyce, and others.
Jack Frost visits Galion Monday morning while Florence Rowell stays with friends in Audubon this week. Hall Bros threshing again in the neighborhood with a new wind stacked. Smith Miller reports about seven bushels of peaches from five trees. Clements, Carson and Bailey plan a Missouri land purchase in about two weeks. T D Carson starts his sorghum factory and reports all in first class working order.
Charley Hamerick and Harry Roberts visited, Mrs. McGeehan and Mrs. Morrison of Findlay dined with Mrs. Wilson, and guests left with grapes and flowers. Fred Young from Council Bluffs visited family and friends, Quint and Dacken passed through town, and Niles Hodge helped with cider. Expressions of health, farming notes, church events, and temperance advocacy fill the week’s local notices.
Misses Ida and Jennie Robb of Salem Neb visited Bear Grove last week. D M Sheets buys young cattle while O Brown returns to Chicago for studies. Jerry Murnan buys cattle. Sam Divan’s well reaches 340 feet and may test dynamite if needed. John Startzer daughter Ollie Cranston visit Nebraska state fair. J W McCarthy and E W Switzer with Mrs Geo Keyes visit Bear Grove. Carson sorghum mill runs to beat frost. Fred Gruby drenched oats, hides oats under a straw load. George Atchison and John Coffer buy a new hay press for shipping. E Multhaup buys J H Lane 100 acre farm. now owns 160 acres in Bear Grove and same in Cass township. Geo Linderman thrown from horse injuring collar bone. Dr Campbell called, George recovering.
N Bevan and W Z Lloyd were called in Lorah last Tuesday. Chna Laartz visited the area one day last week. Toke Wilson is visiting Atlantic. Audubon county fair attendees noted. J Jengen's parents are visiting. Della Jansen and Dan Rich flew to Cumberland and back. Arlie Ross helped her father with books at the lumber office. Supervisor Mountain bought Benton Green's cattle for 4.00. A detective hunted for whisky thieves in Sarah. resulting gossip suggests pay received and Mark Chapman quit. Cliff Lambert may be taking a trip. rumor says he borrowed money to buy cattle and ran off with a local damsel. John Kelly hauled a load of wheat to Atlantic for 83 cents after no bids at Sarah. Johnnie praises Gov Boies. calls for Ex-Governor to explain a promised raise. A sharp frost Sunday night caused no damage. Dow-a-days stock rustling noted.
Ed Zellmer shells corn last Thursday while N D Winston hauls corn to Atlantic. John Goul attends Atlantic high school and plays football. Emery Brown stays on the old place. Jake Myers sows fall grain. Mrs E D Howes and Miss Etta return from Griswold. A wedding may occur soon. D A Winston and wife plan to attend business college in Atlantic. Kate Myers teaches at Ellesworth. John Worley hauls lumber to build a chicken house. Ollie Cranston visits George Wissler. W McMillian threshes on the old Blake place.
Charley Gingery and wife traveled toward Missouri to locate land and eat peaches. Violet Angel is gravely ill with cholera. The Smith brothers returned from Arkansas praising Iowa. Lighty, Bell, Manteller, Neely, Judd, Darling, Anges, Payne, Magee and Lang appear in a string of health, visits, and an accident report. Ice cream social raised over nine dollars.
L Bigelow and daughter Amanda returned from the Omaha fair on Friday. Ed Limpus also visited Omaha and came home Friday. Miss Allie Childs attends Atlantic high school. Ray White and Gail Hamill reported mud on Friday evening. Casper Beekman buys more cattle as feeders prepare for winter. Ed Rose finished threshing for Car Kons Friday. Hose is from near Wiota. Demmit, owner of the old Hayward place, thrashes 5070 bushels from 80 acres. Henry Wilson threshed 50 bushels in 1 hour 50 minutes at Buck Creek. Carlson boys took three days and a half to thresh grain. Mrs Granger and Hattie plan to move to Atlantic. Hattie will attend school. Wm Hopley went to Council Bluffs and back Saturday.
Mrs. Patrick Watson returns from Missouri to care for ill mother as roads remain washed out and unfixed. Miss Sophia Hopley Edwin Link Gail Hamill Allie Childs and Ray White commute daily to town from the area while fall pastures promise fat cattle. Alva Gaylord buys 30 head of cattle and William Hopley finishes 65 acres of corn with frost approaching.
Cumberland notes recall winter. Mrs. P J Hilyard dies and is laid to rest. D J Snow moves goods to Massena, crowd regrets loss of a local merchant. Illness noted in area. Ladies Aid Church of Christ fair planned for September 25 with supper. Cumberland band to entertain. Arthur Bowlin returns from trip. chicken Toasts suffer. U S marshal seen in Cumberland.
Walnut residents visited relatives in town and nearby areas while others returned from Omaha and Missouri. A barn was struck by lightning causing loss. fairs, weddings, and trips to Des Moines and Ohio are noted along with family movements and local chatter.
R. Boyd, a respected youth, spends vacation in Columbus Junction with relatives. J. C. Voorhees moves and plans a new residence on west Anita lots. Mrs. J. B. McDermott’s home gains a cosy cottage after renovations. Mrs. H. E. Griffith returns from Iowa City. Captain Huff and Levi return from the Chickamauga anniversary. Kate Jenkins misses days of school due to illness. Lester Van Slyke visits sister Nora Browne in Avoca. Dr. E. E. Major conducts business in Atlantic Tuesday.
Des Moines notes reveal a coroner's jury accusing Abel Hicks and Lizzie Smith in Lizie Hicks death, while chemists find no poison. Deputy U S marshals face boodling rumors in southern Iowa. Illinois fugitives Whitney and Paxton are granted a requisition for Omaha burglary, and Rev Dr Jenkins will leave Sioux City for Kansas City. The Wyoming ranch plans propose colonization near Laramie, with J G Pratt directing. Mergers loom for Butte and Boston and Boston and Montana mining firms. A Missouri Pacific train wreck near Gypsum City kills engineer Ferguson.
The C. W. Rich Nursery promotes stock sales including apple trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, vines, and bulbs. Prices are listed for 2 to 3 year old apple trees and other stock. Mr Rich plans a personal canvass in Ass county and asks customers to save orders for spring pickup.
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