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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1920
Page
1
Advertising rates published by the firm with names of officers and managers. The notice lists monthly and yearly carrier and mail rates in the United States Canada and foreign countries and confirms Associated Press membership and reprinting rights for local news.
Atlantic subscribers to the News Telegraph may arrange evening delivery by calling before seven. Call Red 402. This is not the number of the News Telegraph.
A political clash centers on Mr. Cox alleging a fifteen million dollar Republican fund, later deemed under a million. He accuses misrepresentation and loose charges, while suggesting big business backing may be illusory. Critics note Wall Street bankers and the Lamont-backed Evening Post influence in foreign policy debates as investigations loom.
In Chicago a senate committee hears urging full disclosure of campaign funds. The speaker warns against foreign influence linked to banking houses like J. P. Morgan and company. He suggests Cox should avoid that claff and questions origins of talk about the heart of the world.
The piece mocks Franklin D. Roosevelt calling him Mr Roosevelt Mex in the border states tone. It cites his remarks on League of Nations votes and hints at revisions to his statements about South and Central American nations being held in Uncle Sam’s vest pocket. It labels him Roosevelt Mex as a pointed jab.
A reflection on Elbert Hubbard's quote about credit deserved by those who succeed despite hardship. The writing notes admiration for resilience amid indifference and poor performance, criticizing excuses for failure and urging focus on real, steady effort over flashy opportunity.
The excerpt argues that true craftsmanship requires maximum effort and earning by delivering high quality work. It condemns indifference in workers and firms, notes few people rise above obstacles, while many choose an easy path. It warns that societal faith has eroded due to widespread complacency despite hints of a return to industrial sanity.
The Chicago Tribune editorial weighs Mr. Hard ing and Mr. Cox in the early campaign. Harding is praised for speaking to voters with clear phrases and aims to appeal to native common sense. Cox is faulted for infelicitous phrasing and questionable charges, with lingering Wilsonian echoes. The piece argues the race reveals contrasts and doubts about both candidates.
Women call on the Senator to celebrate the suffrage amendment. On Tuesday Governor’s Day at Marion, Midwest executives will meet Senator Harding. A critic accuses Republicans of corruption as Cox campaigns for the presidency.
Fred W. Upham, Republican candidate for a major office, insists he was unaware of a quota list referenced in reports. He says he is ready to testify under oath after being questioned by the committee, denying involvement in the alleged campaign fund or the reading of the list by Cox before it reached the press.
Baseball gossip notes that Wiota Bear Cats travel to Bridgewater for a tomorrow game. A morning Barbers versus Firemen clash is canceled. Railroaders beat Shranger and Johnson 3 to 0 in four innings with Pick Sen and Anderson pitching for the Railroaders and Blake and Rose for S Js. A doubleheader looms at 2 PM at the fair grounds with Caddock’s Colts and Walnut Invincibles.
Des Moines beat Tulsa 3 2 and Joplin won 7 2 while Oklahoma City tallied 15, Sioux City 4. Brooklyn beat Chicago 6 3 and New York 6 0 Cincinnati 4 0. American League games moved Chicago to 46 and Cleveland to 15. Maine women voting rights offered. Governor Milliken to sign a Maine registration law change.
A Pittsburgh bound midnight train scene ends with a hearse leading a funeral cortege toward Claybland streets. Police observe an unusual container, later found to hold 141 quarts of rye. Driver abandons companions. patrolman pursues. Hearse reportedly calls for other bodies nightly.
An Ogden Utah jury in the district court found Joseph B Bates insane after firing a shot. The defense argued insanity and the case involved a murder charge in the first degree.
The Northern Baptist convention has distributed about 160,440 dollars as the first payment toward a total of 30 million dollars to support educational institutions. The funds aid theological seminaries, training schools, colleges, and universities across multiple states, with second payments slated before the end of the vacation period to provide immediate employment funds for beneficiaries.
United States Marshal Ginou pursued the Indian murderer for two years across plains and mountains. Captured near Fort Defiance, he was tried at Fort Defiance and found guilty of murder. He will be sentenced in Canyon, South Dakota.
F R Musson and wife transfer to J L Robinson a five one twenty plot of east half of lot two in block nine C and M addition. Atlantic yard mortgage recorded. 4500 dollars. Frank D Lewis and wife transfer to William Marquette a yard of eighty twenty feet and block twenty five in Atlantic area. One dollar consideration.
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