Atlantic’s 1920 home building boom in a half hundred dwellings
The 1920 Atlantic building record shows about fifty plus homes costing roughly $350 each, amid peak material and labor prices. A long list follows naming builders and addresses such as L. D. Soper on Spruce, Peter Janzs on Seventh and Elm, High Mapatell on Maple, Oscar Paterson at Vista Place, Hans Clauson on East Sixth, and many others with costs ranging from $2,000 to $19,000.
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Atlantic
Previoup Qaare
Atantic
Gether
Eich
L. D. Soper
Peter Janzs
Elm
High Mapatell
Art
Oscar Paterson
Tha “Vista
Jrlace
Hans Clauson
East Sixth
John” Lang
Ninth
Walnut Street
Job Lang
Poplar Street
Henry Brown
Oak
J. B
la Vista Place
Joseph Beener
Elm Street
Jake Taylor
Birch
George Lang
Spruce
John Schuler
Atreat
William Bere
T. B
Nichols
Chestnut
J. .W.1 .Cuykendall
H. OH. Ackles
Laurel
C. Ross Wiley
Fred Dittman
R. BE
Storer
R. B. Storer
W. C. Beener
Guy’ Me
Demott
Guy ‘Meesermott
la. Vista
Sabe
H.W. Neson
South
M. Alexander
Maat
Blake
Vista
Grain relief drive taps county farmers for Europe aid
From a disabled Douglas county poorhouse inmate and Cass county farmers, a grain based European relief fund push emerges. Hans Anderson gives 5 to start as farmers can donate corn via local grain dealers, with checks routed to The News Telegraph headquarters. Grain dealers listed include Griswold Co-Operative, Lewie Farmer's Union Exchange, Atlantic Mill, Anita Farmers Co-op, and others. funds collected from Atlantic National Bank and several donors tally progress.
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Cass County
European Relief ‘Fund
News- Telegraph
News-Telegraph
Griswold
Griswold Co-Operative Association
Lewie—Farmer's Union Exchange
Atlantic
Atlantic Mill and Gund
Marne
M ‘Sionary Society
fPre
A. Weaver
Cumberland
B. G
Fick
Williams
W.A. Wilkon
Irish Countess Sentenced to Two Years for Disloyalty
Dublin report states Countess Georging-Mdrkiez was tried by court martial on conspiracy to form a seditious Sinn Fein boy scouts society. She received two years hard labor in prison.
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Dublin
Georging - Mdrkiez
Sinn Fein
Dr Finley Family Struck By Speeding Car Near Pasadena
Dr Charles D Finley former Atlantic osteopath and his three year old son Warren were struck by a speeding automobile on a mountain road near Pasadena on December 12. The boy was seriously injured and the doctor fainted while helping, the driver losing control after hitting the child. The family’s home is in Pasadena.
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Charles D. Finley
Atlantic Osteopath
Warren
Pasadena
Finley
Pint Iey
Hitle
Atlantic
Des Moines Publisher Named to Harding Cabinet
Henry C. Wallace editor of Wallaces' Farmer and noted farm publisher has been tendered and accepted the post of Secretary of Agriculture in President-elect Harding's cabinet. Announcement from Marion states Wallace will join the administration, succeeding E. Meredith as head of the agriculture portfolio.
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Henry C. Wallace
Wallaces
Wallace
Marion
Rarding
Des Moines
ET. Meredith
Successful Farming
Henry Wallace
Wallaces’ Farmer
Fiume Prepares To Give Up To Italian Regulars
Rome dispatches report the mayor of Fiume asking Gen. Caviglia for a suspension of hostilities and outlining two capitulation conditions. An interview with Gen. Ferrario is expected to seal terms of surrender. Paris reports a new wound incident in a shelling event near Austro.
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Rome
Piume
Caviglia
Fiume
Ferrario
Constitutional amendment proposal against tax exempt certificates
In Washington Dee Is a constitutional amendment was proposed in the House by Chairman McFadden of the banking committee to bar issuance of any tax exempt certificates by the federal government, the states, or any county or municipality.
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Washington,d. G
Dee
McFadden
Banking Committee
Hot Water Wells Boon to Boise Residents
Boise homes enjoy year round heat from deep wells outside the city. Architect Paul Gillespie notes the wells provide a constant supply of very hot, soft water flowing into home heating systems. He observes there are several wells and that there are no geysers near Boise.
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Boise
Idaho
Paul Gillespie
Atlantic
Gillespie
Dr J L Robinson Plans Council Run In Municipal Race
Dr J L Robinson veterinarian will seek councilman at large in the upcoming election. His candidacy joins J B Prail in a two person race for at large seats. Four ward seats also contested with Henry Frank entering the First Ward. Baron seeks re election in the Second with William Murray opposing. A H Mountain aims for the Third and A K Coomes for the Fourth.
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J. L. Robinson
Dr. Robinson
J. B. Prail
Henry Frank
Baron
Sec
Ond
William Murray
A. H. Mountain
A. K. Coomes
Henry Murray Dies At 73 In Cass County Home
Henry Murray longtime Cass county resident died at 3 a m in his Atlantic area home at 711 Hazel street He was 73 and had heart disease dating from last May Survived by wife Emma and three children Jessie Pearce Delly King and C Murray with family at his side Born in Johnson County near Town City in 1847 the Murrays farmed near Anita before moving to Atlantic earlier in life They had also lived in Cedar and Adair counties.
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Tlenry Murray
Cass County
Hazel Street
Murray
Mr. Murray
Johnson County
Ile
Town City
Emma Mart
Mount Vernon
Ions
Mr. Murrey
Jessie Pearce
Mra. Delly King
Anita
C. Murray
Fontanelle
One-Third of Cass County Motor Vehicles Registered
County Treasurer Van Broeklin announced that about one third of Cass County motor vehicles are registered for 1921. Totals show 1,275 autos registered so far, with a county-wide vehicle total near 5,000. Yesterday added 224 registrations, the day’s peak since registration began.
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Cass County
van Broeklin
Birth announced of Wheeler son in Cumberland
Cumberland reports the birth on December 26 of a son to Mr. and Mrs. W A Wheeler of Des Moines. The child is named Calvin Wellington. Mrs Wheeler is a daughter of Mrs Calvin Antrim of Cumberland.
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Cumberland
W. A. Wheeler
Des Moines
Calvin Wellington
Wheeler
Calvin Antrim
Massena Briefs Include Hospital Updates
Neal Yarger of Massena is hospitalized in Atlantic at Jones hospital for appendicitis. Jay Pace, daughter of Arch Pree, was taken to Keokuk hospital in Creston for an appendicitis operation. the procedure was serious but she is progressing well.
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Massena
Neal Yarger
Jones Hospital
Atlantic
Jay Pace
Arch Pree
Keakley Hospital
Creston
Ice on ponds measures eight to nine inches thick
The past few days have brought severe winter weather with ponds reported to be eight to nine inches thick. A witness notes this depth was observed yesterday about eight miles north of Aulantie, marking the condition of local ice.
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Aulantie
Governor-Elect Studies Iowa Statehouse Layout
Governor-elect N. E. Kendall, who will assume office early next month, spent his visit acquainting himself with the statehouse. He inspected the building and familiarized himself with the lay-out of departments and officials.
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Des Moines
N. E. Kendall
Soldier Recalls World War I Service and Surgeries
A veteran recounts his eight years in service from 1914 to 1918, detailing battles at Mons Lens Meuse and Belleau Wood. He shares injuries including a shell fragment wound, a silver leg plate, and grafted skin from a dead man. After discharge he traveled to New York and Chicago, plans Christmas with family, then heads to Omaha and Arizona for health reasons.
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Marne
Pres
Y Mons
Lens
Meuse
Chatehi-Thierry
Belleau Wood
Inia
Hampton
England
New York
Chicago
Crone
Enda
Omaha
Arizopg
Saloons Defy Prohibition in Hurley as 35 Agents Raid
In Hurley Wisconsin today over fifty federal prohibition agents from Chicago raided 35 open saloons, arresting many and seizing liquor of all kinds. A shot was fired during operations that disrupted a logging camp town long hostile to dry laws. Prices ranged from moonshine to well brands. several lumberjacks were among those seized or paralyzed by liquor. The crackdown follows months of anti prohibition sentiment and recalls an October clash that left bootleggers wounded or dead.
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Hurley
Wis
Dee
Chicago
Federal
Accidental shotgun discharge harms local farmer
Massena, Due. The accidental discharge of a shotgun hurt farmer Carrol Cetterick near here. While returning from a hunting trip with the gun in the sleigh, a sleigh bump jarred the firearm and the shot tore off his thumb and narrowly missed his body.
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Massena
Carrol Cetterick
Cetterick
Well Dressed Man Found Stabbed Through Heart
A well dressed man, about 30 years old, was found stabbed through the heart at the southern edge of Kansas City. He died soon after being discovered by two farmers and remains unidentified. He attempted to speak but could not. No clues to his identity were found. A blood trail led back to a lane about 100 feet east of the body.
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Kansas City
McCumber Advises Scrapping Covenant With Harding
Marion December 238 Senator McCumber of North Dakota the only Republican to vote for the Versailles treaty urged President Harding to drop his plan for a world league as he believes the league is dead for the United States.
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Marion
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
League of Nations
Elvet Harding
Association of Nations
League
United States
Mrs John Turner Dies After Operation At Massena
Mrs John Turner dies at home after an operation done about six weeks ago. She was 47, survived by husband two daughters and one son. Daughters Mrs Willia Johnson near Griswold and Bertha at home. Son Arthur near Massena. Funeral held Sunday afternoon with Rev J A Mayly of Lenox officiating.
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Massena
John Turner
Turner
Willia Johnson
Griswold
Eight Off Token From Cass County in 1920
Eight men were sent to the state reformatory at Anamosa or the state penitentiary at Fort Madison in 1920, the highest yearly total for Cass County. Three went to Fort Madison, five to the reformatory, with Perry Shafer paroled and others serving time. All eight pleaded guilty to various theft related charges, receiving five-year sentences. Additional arrests included Harvey Goodwin, William Simon, and Byron Parker, free on bond, tied to a car theft from Cass County Fair grounds. Three juvenile thieves were captured at Viota and sent to Polk County.
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State Reformatory
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Follett
McKee
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Reformatory
Perry Shafer
Gill
Harold Morrill
Wallace Jacobs
Homer D. Williams
Roscoe Moore
Lester Moore
James Saliv
A. C. Collins
Ges Fue
Fraight
Harvey Goodwin
William Simon
Byron Parker
Anita
Liberty
Cass County Fair Grounds
Wilbur Pierce
Lewis
Viota
Polk County
Archie Wood
Francis Moo
Lloyd Clark
Des Moines
Kansas
Wiota
Scott Funeral Set for Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for John W. Scott, pioneer Atlantic attorney, will be held at First Methodist church at 2 o clock Thursday. The service is in charge of Sam Rice post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The Rev. Frederick W. Simpson will preach. Pallbearers are H. M. Brown N. R. Kenyon B. Mills EB. M. Willard B. A. Wood and C. B. Clovis. Surviving relatives include Walter Mac Scott and Ben Gee of Knoxville a daughter Mrs DeMar of Harlan and another daughter Mrs Sherk of Greeley Colorado. The casket will not be opened at the church.
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John W. Scott
Pioneer Atlantic
First Methodist Church
Sam Rice Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Frederick W. Simpson
Post
Atlantic Bar
H. M. Brown
N. R. Kenyon
B. Mills
EB. M. Willard
B. A. Wood
C. B. Clovis
Walter Mac Scott
Knoxville
Ben Gee
Birthday of Iowa State Reaches 74 Years Today
The state of Iowa is 74 years old today. Iowa was admitted to the Union on December 23, 1846. At that time its agricultural population stood at 96,088. Thirty five delegates attended the first constitutional convention, all from eastern counties, while Western Iowa was an unpopulated wilderness.
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Iowa
Jowans Lose Relatives in Wichita Fire
Clinton reports five members of N. T. Montgomery family perished in a Wichita home fire on Christmas Eve. Included were Montgomery’s daughter Mia, her husband George Michell, and three children. Fire destroyed the house, details received here.
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Clinton, In
N. T. Montgomery
Clinton
Mia
George Michell
Whildren
Wichita
Kas
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State
Hans Anderson
Douglas County
European Reef Fund
Anderegn
Harding
Paris
Pec
BIG Boon
Henry Murray
CASS
Massena Briefs
Atrand
Gyone
Mae Wye Colt Metals
Scott
Jowans
Wichita, Kansas
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