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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1925
Page
1
The notice outlines magazine and newspaper subscription pricing for local and out of town readers, with annual and short term options. It also urges Atlantic subscribers to report evening delivery issues by calling before seven o clock to adjust the newspaper delivery.
The largest crowd in Atlantic gathered for the simple impressive funeral of Charles Rush Hunt a prominent farmer and businessman who for years led the community as a bank president and regional meat producers representative. The service reflected the era and Masonic ritual with prayers songs and touching tributes from neighbors and family. His death marks a deep local loss to a devoted husband father and citizen admired for honesty and service.
The account discusses a controversial Rhine case with Latin American diplomats and a white American audience. It cites tensions over interracial marriage, social acceptance, and avoidance of prejudice, including proposed rescues via relocation to Brazil and comments from officials about American color biases and social standing.
Lew Joshua Groves, a respected farmer and feeder from Cumberland with roots in the Atlantic area, died Saturday night after a prolonged illness. He built a solid local reputation, supported family and community, and left a legacy in farming and canning industry that benefited Atlantic’s trade and local labor. His friends and widow endure a loss felt across the county and surrounding region.
An Iowa highway law changes the state role, creating a 4.6 million development fund under full highway commission control and tying maintenance spending to a county-supervised system. A three year plan with primary roads, gravel surfacing, and statewide coordination aims to unify construction across counties, with two thirds of available funds under commission oversight.
The Atlantic Canning company announces over fifty one thousand dollars paid to sweet corn and pumpkin growers in the district for the past season. Prices ranged from four to twelve dollars per ton, making corn growing profitable and prompting more contracts. The company, under current ownership, is a well known national enterprise with steady demand for its output.
A humorous regional item notes the stingiest man back this year with Red Cross seals saved from last Christmas. A playful quip about avoiding calls by not paying bills and a brief mention of a radio debate adds social humor from 1925.
A humorous verse narrates hiring and firing workers for wood chopping. James Dinger proves unfit, while Charles Randolph Rally takes over duties, delivering ballads while sorting the woodpile. The piece reflects 1925 comic verse style and employment mishaps.
A chaotic drill episode ends with discipline restoring order as fifty four men are left behind, six killed or mortally wounded. In Iowa City the University of Pittsburgh plans a history debate with Iowa, announcing a triangular series with Kansas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in early December and March.
Readers are told of a chaotic October 10 1918 move of Iowa's 165th Infantry toward Argonne front. Trapped by traffic and mud the column faced sudden shelling from a motorized group, as shells burst along the road and the men laid in formation under danger. The state history notes the incident as part of the Rainbow division's wartime record.
Iowa at a Glance notes Des Moines hosting the Cream Manufacturers Association exhibit on December 4 and 10. Keokuk County records report no marriage license issued between Oct 28 and Nov 24. The Chicago International Livestock Exposition opens, with Iowa Center exhibit listing draft horses beef cattle hogs and sheep. O. Mackier former school head leads Black Hawk county Schools and a reading manuscript titled First Days in School is with Gin Cay publishers in Chicago.
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