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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1897
Page
10
John Welton and family visited in Anita from Saturday to Sunday. Several residents and friends are mentioned with minor incidents and visits. Mont Gowdy threshing 1000 bushels of wheat for Prior Hilward in a day and a half is noted as a remarkable effort.
Dr. Young returns and D Watkins stays in the country while many residents visit friends in Fremont Atlantic and Council Bluffs. Enida Votaw leaves for Chicago to train as a nurse. Attendees visit Omaha fair and a King's Daughters gathering at C A Thompson’s home.
F B Fitch visited Omaha last week Rev Maxon hosts his visiting brother Charley Brown and wife visit Newton Del Spry moved his barn and improvements Young women attended church in Anita last Sunday Roy Roe from Council Bluffs visiting with Silas Roe and wife Dietrich of Grant led services at Finch school house Albert Campbell and wife visiting friends in Guthrie and Dallas counties Grandma Sherk stayed with Grace Rockwell during parents' absence Marie Roe very ill but improving Intract Keller and wife of Guthrie county visiting nearby George sold his interest in the business
In Cumberland Isste Gordimier suffers typhoid at home with parents. Mrs Burtrum leaves with her father for Wyoming. Rev Maxon and wife return from Guthrie Center where they attended the annual conference. Sunday school led services at the M E church in Maxon's absence. Mr and Mrs Rockwell visit their daughter near Council Bluffs but she had gone to Oklahoma. A fight between Wiota youths ends with a mayoral fine of 12.85.
Mass en A Mrs Mehlman visits relatives in Chicago. Dr Snelson travels to Omaha on business. Misses Eywright head to Davenport for their future home. Hayward and Smith of Atlantic visit friends nearby. Mrs Whitney and daughter Etta visit Bridgewater. Enid Swepton goes to Indianapolis to study music. Wedding bells rumored last Wednesday. State fair attendees include McBride Arnold Healy A Grimes and wife. Maude Snelson returns from Chicago millinery study. Junita De Haven leaves for Corning for a few weeks.
Mrs Bills is on the sick list A C Tilton was a Harlan visitor Sunday J Giles attended the Avoca fair Friday C B Lewis purchased feeding cattle E Simpson and family visited in Walnut Sunday J C Wright of Atlantic on our streets Monday A J Burton and wife Atlantic visitors Saturday Q O Blakesley to begin husking popcorn Wednesday Urgen Greve attended the Omaha fair Friday reports a good time Henry Lanny sold and delivered a load of fat cattle to T T Williams last Saturday L S Allen shipped 2 cars of cattle to Chicago Saturday They were on Mondays market M A Berry and family from south of Atlantic visited Sunday with their uncle J W Berry A Presbytery gathering at Carson last week reported a good time Robert Mick and wife visiting from son Will and daughter Mary of Wayne Neb Mrs Jos S Huhen and daughter Mrs A L Squires visiting in Kansas Maine is the boss barley market dealers have had heavy activity last week.
Mrs Floyd Lighty travels to Atlantic due to her mother's illness. Doll markets onions for Howard Brett up north. Ed Darling’s wagon wheel broke on a lumber run after leaving town Saturday night. Church Thursday night program drew a large crowd. The Aid Society sold a crazy quilt for 48.10. Bertha Smith and sister-in-law Louise hosted a Friday night gathering with games and an oyster supper ending around 1 AM.
A report from Brighton notes the Buck Creek scribe attended a conference while Atlantic cream separator patrons were paid sixteen cents, stirring smiles. Wyoming horses moved Monday along a line toward Sarah seven miles east for a short stay. Butter in New Sharon sells at ten cents per pound due to lack of a creamery separator, while local farmers get over eighteen cents. J K Herbert plans to feed cattle next season with ample corn by the acre, aided by three strong sons. Seventeen shocks of corn cover an acre, six cents per shock for cutting equals about a dollar per acre by hand, machine cutters pay more. QO Blakesley’s popcorn industry opens September 29 with huskers arriving. The trail is open and men rush to the corn field to join the shucking army. Henry Martin’s steam thresher has earned about $1,500 with two weeks left, and Mr Stevens handles the engine after nine years’ experience.
Mrs Nicholas Maas of Independence Iowa describes decades of liver and kidney trouble and heart palpitations. After months of poor sleep and no appetite she began Hood's Sarsaparilla in March and within days slept well and gradually regained strength, now lying on her left side and enjoying a good appetite. The ad promotes Hood's as the best blood purifier with a price of two dollars or five dollars for six bottles.
Farmers doubt rain so begin plowing. Eddie reports cattle stolen then found in brush. Don Rich and Ed Somers attend Omaha fair. Ed Prather and Chas Brennan visit Glen Gentle. John Sarah boards air ship for Klondike with assets. Frank Stoner loses cattle to water while one neck breaks. Tore Wilson contemplates M. D. tag. Frank Stoner ships 40 head of steers from Omaha.
Prof Beedle visits Red Oak and Griswold figures attendances. Frank Elliott resumes work after illness. Griswold life insurance activity noted. John Fulton and F J Macomber in city for business and court. landowners and teachers’ institute details with praise for Prof Newcomb. revival plans in Waveland Center. infant death and burial. sheep trades and livestock movements. law and order concerns in Lewis.
In Girardville Pa a late night riot arose from Hazleton strike tensions as two Polish factions clashed with guns axes and knives. Dozens wounded including nine killed and many more hidden by friends. Authorities filed assault with intent to kill housebreaking and bail set. further warrants issued as police and constables struggled to quell the violence.
Local notes report Mrs. Macomber of Lewis and Mrs. Gingery with poor prognosis, court motions in probate, and several brief notices. Died near Milford J A Romig aged 66. Margaret Moreland 16 sick at Dr Egan's, and many community items including sales, travel, church visits, and a lighthearted tale of an Atlantic real estate man crossing Seven Mile Creek.
Detroit dispatch reports Michigan Governor Pingree disappeared two weeks earlier heading for the east with General Bresler and Colonel Sutton. Bresler returns saying he knows nothing of the governor’s location while a Curacao dispatch mentions plans for a railroad concession in Venezuela. Friends and partners speculate a South American or leisure trip, with no official confirmation.
Roscoe Turner aged four rode bareback with his brother Glen seven to the A Berry schoolhouse when schoolmates chased the pony. The frightened horse ran about twenty rods dragging them about twenty five feet. Jake Taylor helped reach the boys who were bruised but resting easy. both may recover and return to school.
A long fragment details a school program to be held at the Wiota schoolhouse on October 9 at 7:30 p.m. Names cited include John Kirk, Joe Briggs, Miss Cora Barton, Hugh Walker, Miss Mary B. Jones, OHN Kirx, ERTHA BROOKS, and GERTRUDE BARNARD. It mentions topics like Burns Memory in Education and Trials and Tribulations cost School Teachers with papers and discussions. A separate ad notes real estate for sale by Jas. Browy at 1600 dollars and land with a house and barn.
Mrs. L. Bigelow improves. Owen Worth seen in Grove Friday. Mr. M. R. McMullen thrash in Grove last Ira Soper hauling lumber for more buildings. Joe Blake also hauling lumber for a cattle shed. Mr. Crawford of Newton Sundayed with Grove friends. Mr. C. Pratt buys fine sleigh and pony for his children. Mrs. J. T. Thayer of Newton visiting her parents. Mr. Hugh McEvoy and sisters Amy and Grace spent weekend in Grove. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve advertised as a handy emergency skin remedy. Vic Emmert & Co.
A sequence of September entries lists numerous real estate transactions and quitclaim deeds across Atlantic Massena and nearby towns. Names include LaRue, Gray, Nielsen, Turner, Doyel, Meredith, Hantoon, and others with details of parcels, q e d, wa nes, nw4, and monetary amounts.
Market analysis outlines how yellow fever alarms, gold movement from Europe, and rising interest rates affect banks and reserve levels. It notes wheat market stability amid weak speculative activity and bears growing aggressive yet cautious, with export prospects from Russia and sea-port prohibitions shaping prices and demand.
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