09 Feb 1920
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1920
Page
1
Advertising rates announced by CHASE editors at Atlantic Iowa. Directors F CHASE and R CHASE listed. Rates shown for carrier and mail subscriptions ranging from one month to one year, including Canada and foreign addresses. Associated Press disclaimer noted.
Atlantic subscribers who do not receive their papers in the evening can have a replacement delivered if they call before seven o'clock. Call telephone Red 403. This is not the News-Telegraph number.
Poem mocks lavish spending and wasted wealth as the speaker brags of luxury and excess. It condemns consumer gluttony, warning that frenzied spending is folly and that prudent restraint may soon replace the current vogue for ostentatious living.
President Wilson, returning from Paris, urges support for the league covenant while critics insist the United States cannot bind itself without Senate consent. The piece portrays Wilson as obstructing peace, citing British and French assurances and Senate resistance, warning of national sovereignty surrender if the Senate stays paralyzed.
A reflective verse fragment contemplates reactions that unsettle harmony and expose rot in values. It mocks a salted dime ethic and extravagant crimes, pondering how the wise might later immortalize a figure in rhymes.
The Iowa article notes proposed constitutional changes from 1802 to permit voting by aliens and foreign-born white males age twenty one resident one year and prospective US citizens. A 1802 proposition faced indefinite postponement, while a 1968 amendment to substitute persons for citizens failed as well.
The subject, a farmer's son from rural roots, pursued journalism before rising to ownership of papers in Cincinnati, Springfield, and Dayton. He served as a lawmaker in Congress, was elected governor of Ohio in 1913 serving 1913 14, left office in 1914, returned in 1916 during a Democratic landslide, and won re election two years later.
Washington marks the centenary of Moses G. Farmer a noted American electrical inventor. Washington notes the Weather Bureau achieves its semi centennial since its 1870 establishment. St Louis reports Governor Lowden of
A booster tale of Dr King’s New Discovery lauded as a fifty year cold reliever. Claims include soothing sore throats chest congestion and persistent coughs for adults children and mothers with a dollar twenty price at drugstores.
An OCR fragment mentions irregular bowels and stomach issues with garbled terms. It hints at seeking treatment, possible remedies, and dietary adjustments but yields little clear data on dates, names, or concrete actions.
A speaker criticizes sensational magazines and newspapers for spreading falsehoods about the courts. He urges educated citizens, especially women, to study the fundamentals of social and national life to strengthen liberty through law and responsible governance.
Unois, a Republican presidential candidate, spoke to the Missouri State Bar Association in St Louis. Bishop Fiske and Bishop Brent attended a rural ministers conference at Cornell University in Ames New York. Farm Home Week begins at Iowa State College with discussions on marketing and agricultural issues. Thousands attend the Good Roads Congress in Louisville under the American Road Builders Association.
A compact list notes events and figures across years: Mlle Mara the Paris actress born in 1779. 1861 Confederate provisional constitution in Montgomery. 1885 Lord Beresford rescued Sir Wilson on the Nile. 1891 a coke region strike begins in Connellsville. 1992 Arthur Balfour becomes British Conservative leader. 1895 Hawaii court martial death sentences. 1917 Indiana passes a statewide prohibition bill. 1919 President Wilson attends Theodore Roosevelt memorial service in Paris.
A News Telegraph notice lists several 1920 real estate transfers with names such as John J Aeles Alanson Miller Mary Hottin Beraed and Mona M Tomlinson plus others. Amounts include 60 00 2750 3860 and 1 00 reflecting deeds and payments amid fragmented phrasing.
Dr Edward S Barber discusses early mortgage history and the farm mortgage in Iowa. He notes foreclosures and delays harming investors, explains banking roles, and describes large firms buying farm mortgages to resell to individuals with about a 1 percent commission. The piece advances with a tease that it will continue.
Trade notes show buyers seeking Navy beans 106 year supply, 1 pound soy Abe, and Grover 162 260 Yones as part of a catalog of agricultural products and commodity identifiers.
An old medical advertisement extols Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and alterative. It claims stomach health governs blood quality and touts decades of use, with promises of increased red blood cells and toxin removal. It invites readers to send 10 cents for a trial package and to request free medical advice from Dr Pierce's Invalids Hotel in Buffalo.
B. E. Finley, longtime Guthrie Center schools superintendent, has been elected president of the First National Bank at Pampa ex. He helped found the bank years ago and has served as its cashier. Texas papers hail him as a prominent Texas banker figure.
Creston Iowa February 9 Special Paul M Junkin editor of the Creston Advertiser and part owner of several ventures is urged by friends for the position of delegate at large to the national...
A note from the Iowa Editorial association meeting in Des Moines last week reports a publican convention in Chicago and the introduction of a candidate at the gathering.
Wood and Savery of Atlantic Iowa advertise farm loans at 6 percent, 6 1/2 percent, and 6 percent. They invite prospective borrowers to call and inquire about terms.
An old ad promotes a grease salve for eczema and skin irritations. Duplicated claims state the product clears clear skin, stops itching, cleanses and soothes, with prices cited as 35 cents or one dollar for a large size from E. W. Rose Co. of Cleveland.
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