17 Apr 1931
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1931
Page
1
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The piece examines Representative Charles E. Malone’s stance on the indefinite postponement of the expense allowance for legislators, noting the Forty third General Assembly granted up to 500 dollars for expenses. It questions legality and ethics, highlights partisan debate, and cites Shelby County and Locust Gears Millgenooradt outcomes, with Malone defending the entitlement and opponents pushing repeal.
Southwestern town bakers gathered in this city for a bimonthly premeeting of subunits. The piece highlights the bakery industry’s rise from humble home baking to modern commercial production, noting the economic impact, labor costs, and widespread influence of baking firms. It emphasizes bread quality reflecting bakery output and discusses the shift away from home baking in the United States.
The article argues locals should patronize Atlantic bakers to keep money circulating within the town. It notes a bias toward products from home and emphasizes quality, price, and service as key factors. It cautions against overvaluing distant suppliers and urges support for local industry to build a southwestern town.
An article critiques lawmakers for delaying adjournment past noon by stopping the clocks. It argues the method wastes time and highlights chaotic sessions, urging efficient scheduling and fewer unneeded discussions to finish business within allotted hours.
The text advocates creating a local building and loan association in Atlante to expand home ownership. It argues such plans mobilize small savings into mortgage funds, encourage home building, and provide safe, profitable investments. It stresses local, community-owned management and universal financial benefit for residents with capital to invest.
A jumble of editorial notes discusses registering towns for congressional representation, veto actions on laws, unemployment, panhandlers, and optimism about local conditions. It criticizes stock scams and urges caution about investments, noting minor tax impacts if state levies were reduced and urging reliance on reliable advice for financial decisions.
The Iowa Legislature refuses to pass a drivers license requirement, sparking concern that unsafe drivers will remain on the roads. The piece critiques the decision, alleging that it endangers public safety and mocks the motives of opponents.
A fragmented, reminiscent column from New York notes a sunset over Jersey, the Hudson’s glow, Broadway’s fading theaters, and city life seen through blur. The piece mentions Amelia Bingham’s statues, the Ansonia, chuckling galleries, and a failing vaudeville era as shadows of 25 years pass.
In the Futou collection, hats appear in bold lines and bright colors. Notable designs include a white grosgrain band bonnet with two red flowers and a coal scuttle back, a black cire bonnet with pink satin accents, and a blue and white straw with fluted white tulle trim. The trend favors white hats paired with dark coats, signaling leading spring fashion.
A miscellany of recipes appears with spaghetti dishes and macaroni souffles. Instructions describe ingredients like butter, salt, pepper, sage, grated cheese, bacon, and green peppers, plus steps for sauce, boiling, and layering. A brief literary insert reflects on The Death of Little Nell and changing tastes.
April 17 report from L. N. Langelier staff correspondent notes hints by Alice on local matters in Paris.
An opinion urges vigilance against assuming automatic booms and slumps in the U S economy. It stresses that while better days are being established, active effort is needed to shorten downturns and restore normal conditions, noting production, protection, and consumption as factors in industrial recovery.
Walt Mason offers a fragmented reminiscence on Nell and death told in a rhymed schoolhouse vignette. The piece riffs on Dickensian tones, moral lectures, and small town fear, weaving garbled phrases about rocks, collection boxes, and readers.
A reader quiz invites answers to ten questions on topics from earthquakes and calendars to famous figures and chemistry. It asks about a Central American city, Gregorian calendar origin, a U.S. senator, Jack Dempsey's nickname, Gloria Swanson’s marriages, conductor of electricity, the first Christian martyr, a presiding figure, the meaning of Mississippi, and Arthurian author.
A fragmented dialogue shows Palleeman asking how a jar of honey was obtained while a tramp admits not keeping bees. Mollon and Simpson enter with garbled lines about a genetic personality trait and an angled tract, leaving the meaning obscure.
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