23 Apr 1920
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
1
Rates and office information for the Atlantic Iowa newspaper as a second class post, listing editors and managers, telephones, and subscription prices by carrier and mail across periods, with Associated Press membership and republication rights.
Atlantic subscribers to the News Telegraph may arrange evening delivery if they call before seven o clock. Call Red 403 to request service. This is not the News Telegraph number.
A series of notices announce candidacies for the June primary 1920 across Cass County Iowa. W C Huff seeks the Republican nomination for state representative. W A Follett runs for county attorney. A candidate aims for sheriff. A C Highley seeks the third district board of supervisors seat. Primary date June 7.
O M Nobart announces candidacy for the office of County Recorder as a Republican, subject to Republican voters decision in the June primary of 1920. He signs the notice for public declaration.
A candidate announces candidacy for county auditor of Cass County Iowa stating they seek the Republican primary nomination to be held June 7. The notice emphasizes party support and the forthcoming voters decision.
Atlantic district incumbent A Highley announces his bid for re election as county supervisor. He cites long service, economy, and common sense in county administration and asks constituents to judge his stewardship on his record. The notice emphasizes party loyalty and continued residence in Atlantic Jon.
A Washington report says many congressmen plan a sixty day Orient junket at government expense after adjournment. The paper criticizes using public funds for travel and expenses, predicts higher taxes to cover costs, and advocates publishing the names of offending members to deter such trips.
A rhymed reflection on rising food costs and frugal living. The speaker laments high prices for simple fare like potatoes and bread, questions profiteers, and calls for wiser spending while hoping for better times. Copyright by George Matthew Adams.
The list notes significant dates and figures: 1780 Washington arrives in New York to take the presidential oath. 1823 Abdul Medjid of Turkey, born. died June 25, 1861 after the Crimean War. 1850 William Wordsworth, poet laureate, died at Rydal Mount. born April 7, 1770. 1864 England marks Shakespeare’s birth centenary. 1888 Queen Victoria welcomed at Emsbruck by Emperor Franz Joseph.
Timeline entries note 1915 when Denmark adopted an amendment granting full suffrage to women. The following year 1918 marks Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes being indicted in Kansas City for alleged Espionage Act violations.
A compact recap from a wartime page notes the one year ago timeline in the conflict, including Italy's Fiume claim sparking a peace conference crisis and the first Polish troops arriving in Warsaw from France, alongside a mention of a forthcoming Cent Sale.
A collage of clipped items reports a murder on Main Street, a mother allegedly abducted while her children were locked inside, fashion notes from Fifth Avenue, and warnings from newspaper publishers about paper shortages. Other dispatches cover naval asset moves in London, political shifts in Washington, appointments in Hastings Nebraska, Germany asking to modify peace terms, and a deadly air crash near Wilmington. Additional notes recount a prohibition trial in Marquette, bulls escaped in Alicante, and police raids tied to northwest industrial labor activity in Seattle.
Chicago plans to convert the municipal pier into a vast tented hotel to house up to twenty thousand visitors during the Republican convention. The aim is to relieve hotel shortages by creating a temporary lodging and assembly space at Grant Park, transforming the pier into a large emergency hotel complex.
Washington April 28 After another futile effort to agree on the form of a peace resolution members of the senate foreign relations committee report they made progress but remain divided. Some favor a four point plan: repeal of the war declaration protection of American rights under the alien property act preservation of seized German shipping and validation of the United States claim for treatment under the Versailles treaty.
Nicola Lenive head of the Russian Soviet Government is listed as 50 years old today born in Russia. Sir Edroung Allen, a British commander, also celebrated. Jerusalem coverage notes Turlp born 59 years ago today. Chauncey M. Depew born 86 years ago today in Peekskill New York. Hampson Gary, new US Minister to Switzerland, born Tyler Texas 47 years ago today. Dr Arthur T Hadley resigned Yale University presidency, born New Haven Connecticut 64 years ago today. W Murray Grane, former US Senator from Massachusetts born Dalton Massachusetts 67 years ago today.
Fragmentary text shows debate over a bonus bill and reference to tentative submissions. It mentions a rate discussion around $1.26 and a proposed timing. The readable portion lacks clear names, dates, places, or a coherent outcome.
In Washington on April 23, Representative Green, ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee, heads daily sessions to advance the abon us bill. The measure aims to assist service members while pursuing broader fiscal actions.
Cedar Rapids police report a fatal shooting described as a lover's quarrel ending with a bullet. Mrs. Clive Eves identified as the victim, with investigators reviewing circumstances and motive as the April 23 event unfolds.
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