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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
2
A dated dialogue shows an office boy and narrator discussing value, happiness, and community progress. They joke about business, the Bellamy plan, and running a town’s commerce on New Perfection oil and gasoline stoves and Quick Meal goods, highlighting local retail pride and everyday work.
The Sunday bill failed in the committee and likely won't return this session. The News argues working people need Sunday leisure, criticizes church rigidity, and urges masses to have Sunday pleasures. It cites Governor Carroll’s dismissal of J S Goss from the Pharmacy Commission as a cleansing reform and warns public officials to avoid private gains on state payrolls.
The article notes congregations applaud preachers who frame sermons like political speeches, echoing the crowd. It argues the church should avoid shaping social debates to avoid sowing prejudice among those who feel their limited pleasures are under threat.
The forecast for Towa indicates snow tonight with possible accumulation and warmer temperatures in the north portion by Saturday. Edison phonograph records are in stock. Fred Alexander listed as attorney J S Pressnall, pension office, Downs Block, Atlantic Iowa.
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