10 Jan 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1939
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers may call 585 M before 7 PM to arrange evening delivery or changes to address, discontinue, or other delivery notices. Please notify the office, not the carrier, for delivery matters.
The piece urges reducing federal outlays to balance the budget, warning that continuous spending risks debt and economic collapse. It cites where dollars go, from recovery and relief to national defense, and suggests cutting publicity expenses and other areas to restore financial stability.
Washington reports administration leaders quietly consider a bill to export more wheat to Spain to reduce surplus and aid Spanish civilians. Roosevelt faces uncertain unemployment prospects in 1939 with a predicted rebound midyear unless war disrupts the economy.
Sid Kaestner of Lamoni is hired as the new manager of Audubon Cooperative Creamery to succeed Johannes Johannsen who resigned after a decade in charge. Johannsen has led the creamery since 1920. Kaestner will arrive in February. he is married with one child and has long service at the Lamoni creamery.
A brief notice records a notary service charge of 28 cents at The News Telegraph. The item reflects common clerical fees in local papers and confirms the rate for readers in the period.
In New York the Sturgeon King Barney Greengrass runs a bustling Amsterdam Avenue delicatessen selling smoked sturgeon to a loyal clientele. He touts Great Lakes supply, air-mails fish nationwide, and enforces a strict no free-taste policy as customers sample bites for five cents. Conversations cover Thurber and McKelveys Greek restaurant sign prank, sage origins, and neighborhood tales from Queens to Kansas.
A humorous老人 speaks of dried sage as an old home remedy for nosebleed while cautioning to consult a doctor. The scene recalls an old wise man laughing at the idea of sage as a cure and hints at possible mischievous explanations for the advice.
A reader practice set asks for seven correct answers across topics from French currency to thermometers. Questions cover fractional franc, Everest’s mountain system, Japanese foreign minister, iguana, solar envelope, levees, a Prussian marriage, time science, Panama’s history, and zero on a thermometer scale.
A fragmentary prompt discusses avoiding the phrase about a president running for a third term and suggests wording like said that the president instead. The text appears as garbled OCR with scattered letters and no clear event or attribution.
Audubon city records show fire losses for 1988 amounted to $10,871.09, far above 1937 and 1986 figures. A single May 16 blaze gutted the produce station and cafe, causing $9,250 damage. Twenty-five fires occurred that year, with most damages limited to modest amounts.
The article traces herbs as a universal element across cultures from Egypt 4000 years ago to ancient Greece medieval monasteries Tudor gardens and Colonial era kitchens. It highlights enduring fragrance and culinary promise linking eras and peoples.
Our office notes how school ties and coaching create broad networks across towns. Superintendent Tate and family faced a rough first night in Atlantic as furniture arrived late, while local tales recount 38 cent plush hats and a plumber’s joke about a tiny water pipe discovery.
A verse about Welsh challenger Tommy Farr facing American heavyweight Joe Louis and champion Jim Braddock. The poem rails at Farr’s boastful tales and shows Louis and Braddock defeating him, portraying his bravado as hollow before a real match.
The phrase Its Greek to me traces to Julius Caesar with Casca noting Cicero spoke Greek and Caesar's audience understanding little. In Act 1 Scene 2 Cassius recalls Casca saying the speech was Greek to him, causing puzzled smiles and nods among the onlookers.
The Yangtze Kiang river alone features about 7,000 miles of dikes, illustrating China’s extensive coastal and riverbank flood defenses beyond the famed Dutch dike system.
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