14 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1928
Page
1
Atlantic News Telegraph urges readers to call 7 pm for evening delivery if papers are late. Guidance covers address changes cancellations or other delivery notices, with a separate contact number for subscribers and a clarification that this is not The News Telegraph number.
The Iowa highway plan to finish cross state routes faces postponement as the state bond program must balance county contributions. Southern towns await paving on No. 84 and No. 32 east from Atlantic toward Dexter, with funds limited until bond validity tests conclude. The highway commission must prioritize statewide good over county wishes despite local impatience.
A Shenandoah May Seuanis Nursery company radio promotion offered a $17.50 overcoat with a five pound box of candy per purchaser. The notice suggests buyers may get only what they pay for, as good clothes cost money and the deal’s savings are likely imaginary. Local merchants would sell the same quality merchandise as cheaply as the radio station can manage.
The article notes that merchandixa sold by radio sellers may not be handled by local merchants and could be sold for any price. It states customers should expect no giveaway deals, and that purchases will reflect what is paid. If clothing is bought at a low price, it will be cheap. overall, buyers get what they pay for.
Iowa weather service director Charles D Reed released a survey showing the state's 1928 agricultural crop value at 569.6 million dollars, up 46.4 million from 1927 and near the 1924 peak. Corn alone reached 476.0 million bushels in value, with 11.174 million acres at 42.6 bushels per acre. Most corn 90 percent frost-free and 91 percent merchantable. Dec 1 farm price 86 cents per bushel. The author laments Iowa’s crops and money mindset, calling it “Poor old Town.”
Readers weigh in on the new black and white license plates set for 1928. Knoxville Express ridicules the design as unattractive and impractical, while Sioux City Journal predicts Iowa drivers will Carry around the world's worst-looking plates.
A Battle Creek editorial argues the motorist and pedestrian share the same dangers. It compares careless road behavior to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, urging balance of viewpoints to reduce hazards on crowded streets.
Iowa papers debate farm relief plans, highway taxes, and the meaning of American identity. Thomas F. Ryan's son comes up in a discussion of influence methods. A solar eclipse viewership trudges from Des Moines to Cherokee stalls reflect public interest.
A column argues Americans should redefine identity beyond national borders noting that residents from Canada to Chile are all North or South Americans. It urges training to view the entire continent as one community rather than the United States alone, and praises improving travel links across Central and South America.
A humorous verse vignette by Walt Mason on people who boast of feeling fine while describing various ailments. The narrator encounters many caricatured, talkative men who lament pains, pills, and poor health, contrasting their claims with a sluggish, weary reality.
A Springfield watch valuable as an heirloom passed through Speulda's family to Henry Speulda. Henry's mother testified she gave it to him for safekeeping or as a present, while Mrs. Speulda sought reversion. Justice Locke ruled Henry the rightful owner.
An English traveler William and his valet travel west from Reston for five days. On the fifth day the valet muses about the discovery of Warmeriva and Columbus. A socialite invites guests to liven a dinner with Seatch wit, who has little to say to a general. The Scotsman replies “Hast.” Each one to his tendency awaited the general’s cannon fire.
The Buenos Aires editor notes motor cars became a major business. city growth surged while dirt roads persist. He recalls rapid population rise, lack of pipe water and sanitation fifty years ago, and early housing attractors as bath and fireplace became selling points.
This item reviews multiple English usage mistakes such as inherited fortunes misusing tense, incorrect phrases like drift down the sands of time, and improper modifiers. It questions punctuation and gerund use and notes pronunciation quirks such as Sioux.
Sioux City December 14. A watch claimed to have been worn by Abraham Lincoln when assassinated is back in the possession of Fanty Speulda, a railroad brakeman, after a court battle. The battered timepiece, made by Speulda's grandfather W H Speulda of Springfield Illinois, was presented to Lincoln and later revealed when the "vail splitter" went to Congress.
The U S Public Roads head, Thomas H. MacDonald, condemns roadside signboards in the annual report. He says ads designed to grab attention often mislead the public and mar scenic highway views, obscuring landscapes and detracting from travel enjoyment.
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