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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1908
Page
3
An office boy rants about paint quality and fraud, praising Carter Southern Lincoln white lead and Unicom mixed paints. He touts cure paint laws, pure white lead, high grade coloring, linseed oil with zinc, and durability. The pitch ends with a call to buy Lincoln paints.
The Atlantic Evening News details publishing by THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY and lists editors CHASE and associates. It includes carrier and mail subscription rates for one year six months and one month, noting domestic and foreign options.
L B P Chase sworn as secretary treasurer of The News Publishing Company. Paid circulation of the Atlantic Evening News on August 15, 1908 was 1,380 copies. Subscribed and sworn August 17, 1908 by E P Chase before Harry Cavenaugh, Notary Public Cass County Iowa.
Old Soldiers Reunion at Griswold runs August 19 to 21. State Fair at Des Moines occurs August 20 to 28. Cass County Fair runs September 14 to 17. General Election is set for November 8.
Cass county delegates are urged to attend the Republican county convention held August 29 1908 at Atlantic Iowa to select 11 delegates for the statewide meeting in Des Moines September 6 1908. The event aims to nominate a judge for the Iowa Supreme Court to fill the Bishop vacancy. Led by L F Mallins chairman and B A Wood secretary, notice dated August 17 1908.
The Springfield riot critique condemns mob violence and praises lawful authority amid claims the episode involved middle class participants. It comments on local politics, cites a silver coinage debate, notes Chafin’s toughness, references Hitchcock’s profile in the Chicago Tribune, and mentions a large New York ballgame turnout. The piece ends with a light notice about laundry service and a civic plea to fund firemen subscriptions.
New readers can subscribe until after the election, valid through November 6, 1908, at one dollar for daily and Sunday papers, or one dollar fifty cents. The paper touts its Iowa news service AP reports Ding’s cartoons and fearless editorials. Delivery to most Iowa post offices and rural routes on publication mornings. Include mail remittance to Des Moines.
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