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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
2
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A long list of Cass County residents announces candidacies for local offices including Representative County Attorney County Recorder Treasurer Clerk of the District Court Supervisor and Superintendent with nominations contingent on the June Republican primaries in 1905 1908 and related dates noting party alignment and election focus across Cass County Iowa.
P T E Chase states that The News Publishing Company publishers of the Atlantic Evening News in Cass County Iowa issued a May 3 1908 edition with a circulation of 4107 copies. Sworn May 1908 by P Chase and W W Cavenaough, notary public.
A fragmentary line about a girl keeping a corner in her heart for a man hints at unspoken affection and guarded emotion. The text reads as a reflective aside on longing and reserved attachment.
A fragment from the Parla Journal claims Mount Morgan in New South Wales holds vast gold wealth with 2,471,303 ounces valued at $20 per ounce. It asserts tips will never be suppressed, likening attempts to stop them to opposing the ocean tide, and calls the word change futile.
In Cass County a series of meetings features Major Torbett Congressman Birdsall and others backing Allison. Governor Cummins pledges not to seek the senate while promising to support Allison. The event, organized by Mr Brown, aims to present the other side to Cass County voters with a galaxy of speakers.
The piece recounts local Iowa political maneuvers with Cummins and Allison factions, candidacies near the primary, Gillian era names like Torbett Birdsall Meredith Lacey, and train plans to Griswold for John F. Lacey speech. It notes shifting loyalties among Adams Joe Lane and Birdsall and critiques the governor’s stance toward John W. Scott.
In Tuesday's News the paper estimated the Atlantic hall at 249 capacity and noted 240 could not enter to hear Governor Cummins. The column argues the crowd near 800 when including Allison and Cummins supporters from Shelby and Audubon, spanning Republicans and Democrats, with June voting likely to boost Cummins claims.
The News notes the candidacy filing of Peter Sopley of Lewis for trustee in Jass township on the Republican ticket The piece alleges he has long been a Democrat and that he was chosen in a Republican caucus with many lifelong Democrats voting and swearing him as a Republican.
The piece notes panic among readers over Roosevelt’s push to free wood pulp and print paper from duty, with Wellman suggesting anger at Cannon and congressional blocks could lead to reprisals in November elections. It argues Washington’s climate blinds leaders to rural momentum as the war moves beyond city limits.
The passage lists diverse items including two Montreal scientists named Adams and Eve, Signor Gatli Casazza signing to lead the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and various curious notices about long-lived couples, a ghost-guided skull discovery, a Boston delegation remark at a Washington dinner, and a mine blasting method for granite.
A north of England vicar preached plainly against ill natured gossiping. After the service a congregant praised him, saying she was glad he spoke out and that the Misses were there to hear him.
Financial items note Montreal borrows five million dollars for a forty year loan. The report mentions numerous GGUO national and United States banks and about 11 000 state banks and trust companies. It also states Canadian banks, at the Dominion government’s request, will assist in plans to collect and deport American silver.
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