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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
2
The piece discusses looming rail rate increases and shipper resistance as railroad clubs contend with high capital, payrolls, and investment in equipment. It argues the industry’s vast size warrants careful rate decisions and notes layoffs, car shortages, and reduced demand following a postwar panic, urging balance between charges, wages, and service.
James Watt noted steam power in kettle lids and modern research identifies a germ causing dandruff hair loss. Newbro's Herpicide claims to destroy the germ and restore hair. Sold by druggists with samples sent for 10 cents in stamps. Sizes 50 cents and $1.00 from Atlantic Drug Company Detroit Mich.
In Cass county the voter support for elector at large was not out of affection for Ed Anderson but reflected broader political currents. The piece criticizes publishers and questions Allison's actions while noting quiet conditions in the wet district and no fatalities from the Sunday gatherings. It predicts Anderson of the Atlantic Telegraph aiming to pressure Chase and the Atlantic Evening News as central campaign issues.
Anita Tribune comments on editor influence amid political discourse. It notes the Daily and Weekly Telegraph’s claim of pride in Senator Allison carrying Cass county while disputing any connection to Anderson’s influence. It also mentions John W. Scott’s defeat and Cam Meredith's election loss.
A survey of historical and ethnographic notes shows practice of temporary or nonbinding unions across cultures. Greeks, American Indians, Greenland Inuit, Botocudos, Tasmania, Samoa, and the Indonesian archipelago exhibit unions dissolvable or brief, with marriages lasting days or months and serving social or celebratory purposes rather than lifelong binding.
A 1885 naval tale recounts Admiral Luce’s flagship in New York bay hosting a party that included a learned Englishman who mocked Shakespeare autographs. Luce produced a book signature claiming authenticity, prompting the Briton to gasp as the signature read William Shakespeare mayor of New Orleans January 12 1885.
A Baltimore American inset notes a sharp line about a young doctor described as a queer contradiction. It jokes his temper is excellent yet he lacks patients, contrasting courtesy with churlishness as observed in Chicago Record-Herald.
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