14 Jan 1922
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1922
Page
1
Rates for postal and subscription plans are listed including one month or six months by carrier and one year by Canada and foreign countries at 6.00, by mail in the U.S. at 4.00, six months 2.00, three months 1.00, and one month 0.40. The paper notes Associated Press dispatches and republication rights.
Atlantic subscribers of the News Telegraph may arrange evening delivery by calling before seven o'clock at Red 403. The notice clarifies this is not the News Telegraph’s business number.
The piece argues for a standalone national soldier adjusted compensation act while opposing tying it to a sales tax or debt funding. It notes President Harding’s support with insistence on guaranteed payment, and mentions Atlantic city short term plans to fund a municipal band through a half mill levy.
The Atlantic band, praised as a premier musical organization, draws large summer crowds in the city and Sunnyside park. Donations have funded it, but repeat contributions burden a few supporters, leading to seasonal deficits. A small municipal tax levy could ease the strain, a proposal Council Bluffs voters may consider when it arrives here.
A long list of Audubon residents returns from visits in Omaha Council Bluffs Des Moines and other towns. Dwight Wickham leaves Park Meat Market for Audubon Co operative Exchange. James Sizer leaves for Yuma Colorado to manage spring work. Various others depart for studies business and family visits including Miss Leona Baker Des Moines and Arlene Randolph Rockwell City.
Atlantic residents with dogs face a double licensing scheme as county and city tags become mandatory. County Auditor Kringel reports 600 plus county licenses issued, while Clark Nichols handles city tags. Officials warn dogs without both tags may be destroyed, drawing protests from owners already strained by fees. Some fear double assessments push pet owners to euthanize. Centerville Lump $8.50. Meredith.
A banker recalls a farmer from Eagle Grove who sought credit for mortgage interest on his farm. The farmer admitted joyrides in town after buying an expensive car, while the banker warned he needed solid security. The farmer later returned with his wagon to reclaim funds, confirming the lesson on prudent mortgage backing.
A playful verse riffs on the proverb a rolling stone gathers no moss, contrasting the restless roll with static rocks. It muses on value, effort, and fate, ending with a rhetorical question about who wants moss and who remains in the hole.
E I Duval and others to Niels P Hoegh for portions in section 17 22 and int in 1 77 26 ex R R valued at 3000 dollars. R A Wilson and wife and others to Jens P Wilson for multiple parcels in section 12 23 21 including NE4 SE4 NW4 and E2 SW4 NW 27 77 34 valued at 1 dollar.
I thank my friends who kindly remembered me on my birthday with cards and flowers. This acknowledgment appears from Mrs. Mary Stengel.
Richard Barthelmess stars in Tolable David at the Opera House with Gloria Swanson in The Great Moment. Also Franklyn Farnham in The Fighting Grin and Hoot Gibson in Action Sunday and Monday. Barthelmess delivers a standout portrayal as David with a sweeping West Virginia setting and strong supporting cast including Gladya Hulette. A Saturday Evening Post story by Joseph Hergesheimer accompanies the evening program.
Poem contrasts theft with virtue, recalling youthful theft of melon fruits and the guilt that follows. It condemns dishonest acts and celebrates old fashioned honesty as the path to true reward, citing the line better have two squashes than wagonloads of peaches earned by cheating.
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