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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
6
A long OCR fragment lists numerous donor names and small amounts from clubs, churches, and individuals such as Evangelical Ladies, Missionary Society, Scout Troop 1, and the Presbyterian Church. It notes many ten dollar gifts and references a News-Telegraph office offering visiting cards as a gift solution.
Davis County farmers are receiving wool refund checks from Uncle Sam under a program designed to curb profiteering in wool sales. The refunds come from mispriced wool paid by buyers who charged farmers too little, with the excess returned to the seller.
Lexington report highlights Stanley M. Bud King once Kentucky’s unofficial top high school pitcher, now signed with the Chicago White Sox for 1921 after four years of semi pro play in Lynch and Cynthiana. He is 20, 180 pounds, throws right, with varied delivery and a noted fastball and slow outcurve.
London reports a developing banking crisis with alleged fraud connected to the failure of a bank, claiming losses near a million sterling over several years. Investigations cite changes in figures to misrepresent the bank’s condition as insolvent and manipulated trading amounts.
Havre reports start this month on a major pipeline from Havre to Paris to transport petrol directly from the Normandy coast. The plan includes ten 95,000 barrel tanks at Havre and Paris area stations, with six more along the route and six pumping stations. Trench digging machines sent by the American army will assist in laying the pipe and tanks.
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