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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1920
Page
5
Readable fragments from a local newspaper item recount holiday greetings, family updates, medical notices, and community happenings in Hertha and surrounding towns. Names like Nichols, Rosemary Neiton, and Miss Christensen appear amid brief remarks on visits, surgeries, and a proclamation banning skating in the city streets.
A Sunday school effort at the First Methodist raised 233 for European relief. Mrs Miller returns home from Wyoming visiting relatives in Lincoln and Harvard. Consolidated Bell system may rebrand as Northwestern Bell after changes in Iowa Nebraska Minnesota. Glen Holaday ill at grandparents’ home. other families travel back. Merchants plan a meeting at city hall to discuss year’s progress and retail issues. Burial notices for Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Kirk. Monument order emphasis.
Bureau reports show Democrats opposing a farm relief bill, branding it a embargo and accusing Republicans of rushing the measure with little debate. The scene centers on Congressional wrangling as party leaders clash over tariff policies and relief funding.
Okey Haver returns as hostess for the Ey Club on Wednesday. The event features a social gathering with music and light refreshments at the club venue. Local residents are invited to attend and enjoy a relaxed evening of entertainment.
A dated donation record lists many individuals and groups giving amounts to Atlantic Presbyterian Church funds. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Ed Leavinia, Alice and Charles Whitmore, H. Williams, W. A. Wilke, Brown Grocery Co, Mr. and Mrs. Judd, J. Barnes, J. Dance Pe Hills, Roy L. Fancolly, Henry Ruch, Arlene Pelbett, Francis Albert Johnson, Esther Matthews, Nadine Spicer, Harold Franklin, Mrs. M. N. Core, Wilma Warner, and Rev P McDermott, with various cents and dollar amounts indicating contributions from the community.
Rome reports from Fiume that insurgent leader Gabriele Armansiou was killed while attempting to quell a confrontation between opposing factions. Italian regulars were involved in the incident.
New York report states Eamon DeValera the Irish president is not far from New York with secretary Harry J. Boland saying a meeting was expected that night. Boland has traveled to Newark to arrange talks.
The Des Moines weather bulletin says cold, generally fair with snow possible in the first half of the week. Cold conditions are expected to continue into the following week according to the weather bureau forecast.
Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 o clock at the Community church for Mrs. Nancy Bennett Extra nioneer whose death occurred Thursday afternoon. The services were largely attended.
Audubon December 27. James Law believed his farm tenants were reliable until a visit revealed them sentenced to life for bank robbery. He learned of the crime after noticing missing crop shares and investigating the local area. The men had robbed a nearby bank and were convicted.
Guthrie Center faces a campaign to halt cigarette sales. Stores have been asked to discontinue selling cigarettes, or face prosecution for selling to minors. The action follows reports of sales to boys.
Cholera has depleted many hog herds in Eliott as a flu like illness first struck stock before developing into cholera. Notable losses are reported by Edgar Kirby Claude Chmtain Fred Ellis Lew Jones and Chisles Miller as the outbreak spreads through the community.
Gumberland reports Golbert Gerlock is confined at home with a severe ankle fracture after a horse shied and threw him to the ground. The incident occurred while he was riding, leaving him unable to work.
Anita, Dec 27. Miss Lottie Tea of Anita wed James W. Cooper of Adair at Greenfield Methodist parsonage. Rev Matheny officiated. They will live on a farm nine miles east of Greenfield.
Milwaukee Wisconsin Dee 27 Burglars noted the sheriff's office vault at the county jail and took 1750 dollars placed there for safekeeping by Joseph Subor turnkey.
Edward Scoles must serve thirty days in county jail after being convicted in mayor's court for severely thrashing Superintendent Parrod of the Parkersburg schools in Rhersburg Iowa. The incident arose after Scoles lost his temper during a dispute in December 37.
Berlin report states that German women workers are urged to spread communism as 800,000 members of a leading labor organization are urged to join the movement. The article notes men are not leading the spread and mentions a significant membership figure.
A fragmented OCR listing shows law offices, doctors, funeral services, and contractors. Entries include Swan, Clovis & Swan Attorneys at Law, Dr Thomas Byrnes physician, Cockshoot & Cockshoot attorneys, Butler Transfer Truck Work, Tomlinson Funeral Director, Schrader Embalmer, Atlantic Osteopathic Society physicians Malenbacker and Chubb, and Lovett Estimator on brick and roof work.
A two year old girl, Loraine Masher, adopted daughter of A W Masher of the Lyda hotel in Council Bluffs, died after swallowing 11 cathartic tablets while alone in a room at the Emergency hospital. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon as the child slept and woke to find the tablets and ingested them. Farm loans are offered at 5 to 6 percent by Wood & Savery of Atlantic, Iowa.
Har ry Hammans Post No 20, Amer can Legion in Malvern Iowa passes a resolution defending L Bochner against charges of unpatriotism. It asserts Bochner did not disparage the Red Cross and remained loyal to his country. Also an unrelated ad note about apples and potatoes on Walnut Street.
Four Boston residents volunteered to sell a pint of blood to save a Beth Israel hospital patient. Blood from the four was tested and one man consented to donate a pint to a female patient, under an advertisement seeking volunteers.
Oversize OCR snippet shows timetable fragments for several stops including Kimballton Elk Horn and Gates with times like 2:20 2:46 and 10:60. The text is garbled listing leaves and arrivals and notes Foosdays and Thursdays.
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