15 Jan 1921
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1921
Page
1
Advertising rates are listed for the Chana paper with contact details. Names and roles include Chana F Chase as president, E P Chase as vice president and general manager, Lydia Otto as secretary treasurer, and directors. Telephones for business, news, and subscriptions are provided, with mail and carrier rates and AP membership noted.
Atlantic subscribers to the News Telegraph may have papers delivered in the evening by calling before seven. Call Red 403. This is not the News Telegraph number.
The piece criticizes the first year of Prohibition as a failure, citing crime and enforcement flaws across the country while acknowledging possible long term effects. It also mentions the marriage of opera star Galli Curci to her accompanist, hoping the tabloid-like details end.
A humorous verse about nine failed repair attempts on a broken bus and a tenth competent worker who repairs it. The poem mocks bumbling tradesmen and praises the tenth craftsman for restoring the vehicle, ending with a playful capper. The piece evokes early 20th century comic verse and a light, ironic tone.
A new college association named the Preachers Kids or PK has been organized at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon Iowa with forty charter members. Day Newsom serves as president, Payson Peterson as vice president, and Oral Lent as secretary. Alumni have asked to join as honorary members reflecting the college’s early era.
Thirty five years ago Lulu flanks and Zeta Osborne traveled to Griswold this week. Miss Pluma Downs begins teaching elocution in the same school Rose Conrad attends. Mrs. R G Phelps and her son Porter have returned from a trip and look well. Troy Burson and Lulu Geshe hosted friends at the Gerberich home last evening. Mr and Mrs Zinn of Newton are guests at Smith Harlan and wife.
An advertisement announces a carload of delicious apples and early Ohio potatoes available at 210 Walnut Street from tf F. R. Garside.
The Atlantic Theater presents Dont Ever Marry as the lead feature with Edgar Franklin and Marshal Neilan's adaptation. Also on the bill are The Vice of Fools with Alice Joyce, Old Dad with Mildred Harris Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd in High and Dizzy. Judy of Rogues Harbor stars Mary Miles Minter, Little Miss Rebellion with Dorothy Gish, Partners of Fate from Fox, Fighting Fate from Vitagraph, and a new serial arc featuring Kern Lambert. The program runs tomorrow through the week with matinee and evening showings.
The sermon argues that the church’s mission centers on preaching the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ alone. It denounces social reforms and politics as substitutes for gospel work, criticizes modern preachers who mix church with state, and cites Luther and American religious liberty to defend evangelical primacy and separation of church and state.
A detective shadows Lambert as the lat Tex meeting yields an amazing result ending with an escape. The leading actor secures the main role in The Vi P Trail a Hampton super production through WW Rodkingon Corporation to be shown. Third day and Friday Hag appeared with Benj. Bampton Pictures though sparse on details.
Ottumwa Iowa January report shows a 700000 bond issue authorized by voters of the independent district delaying Ottumwa high school building. The board faces market difficulty selling five percent bonds while cost estimates for the new high school rise and plans await financing.
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