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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1920
Page
8
London December 15 The British Government continues wheat purchases but announces plans to quit the market after absorbing a large sum. The government has spent 4.8 million dollars on wheat as it manages a shifting balance in wartime food policy. The move signals a strategic adjustment in procurement and market intervention.
Fragment notes pounds sterling and profit amount approximating one tenth of a cent, roughly 1,000,000 pounds, typically about $4,860,000. The fragment provides no clear subject, date, or entity to anchor a fuller summary.
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The Union of German Motor Manufacturers formally protested to the government against Henry Ford reportedly planning a Fordson tractor factory in Germany. Auto car makers fear the plants may also produce German industry altering competition and employment.
Des 15 Athens reports the death of King Alexander from monkey bite blood poisoning. His widow Mme Manos, a nonroyal Greek noblewoman, gains official recognition as the king's local wife and potential heir, with a pension proposed. The government seeks to settle succession and inheritance amid public interest in the romantic royal tale.
Berlin reports a surge of imitations of American English and French wares flooding shops. German sellers display counterfeit tobaccos and imported items with altered labels to resemble original brands. Low prices lure buyers who discover the deception only after purchase.
Maryland Roads Commission orders main arteries kept clear of snow and ice this winter. Big four wheel drive tracks will push snow plows ahead, each track assigned to a road section and to operate throughout snowfall.
A reader from Atlantic describes a persistent backache and sharp pains under the shoulders caused by strain. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from Frank's Drug Store, lameness and pain faded in a few days, with three boxes proving effective. The testimonial notes regular use since and references many prior uses in the family.
An old ad extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Nervine as relief for women’s headaches backaches and daily worries. It touts a temperance tonic and promises help through pills or liquid form, claiming widespread past success and nationwide distribution.
Cincinnati, Dec. 15. Arthur Nash leads the Golden Rule Clothier in applying moral law to business. Six hundred workers voted to lay off a month to aid unemployed peers, wage policy shifted from profit sharing to time-based dividends for fair play, profits rose despite high wages and costly plant moves.
The Atlantic Town basketball team travels to the high school gym for an eight o'clock game against Shelby. Local lineup includes Donald Blake George Applegate John Kimts Lawrence Cockshoot Ralph Cockshoot Howard Clemmonsen Clifford Butzler and George Blake. Fast-paced action expected in a saured contest.
From The Old Files Fifteen Years Ago Today December 15 1905 two men from St Louis factory arrived to install the pipe organ at the M E church W A Follett recovering from grip and Liston Colling back from Ridgeway Missouri on a business trip.
Mrs Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a splendid medicine. She uses it for her children at the first signs of croup and for herself when coughing or with lung cold, noting rapid relief after a few doses and quick recovery with continued use. Sold by Jos F Price Gibson Rabe and all druggists.
A carload of Delicious apples is available at 210 Walnut Street. TF F. RB. GARSIDE advertises the item through a News Telegraph Want Ad, noting the produce on hand for quick sale.
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