22 Jan 1921
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1921
Page
1
The Atlantic News Telegraph publishes standard notice of publication and staff roles. It lists publisher News Publishing Company, officers E P Chase and Lydia R Otto, and directors RK A Chase and Clara D Otto, with telephones for office and news department and AP affiliation details.
Atlantic subscribers of the News Telegraph may arrange evening delivery by calling before seven o'clock. Call Red 403 to organize service. This number is not the News Telegraph office.
The Pilgrim Fathers fled England to worship freely in America but soon faced severe religious bigotry. They burned at the stake for witchcraft and enforced a stern, joyless version of faith, punishing merriment and dissent.
The piece denounces Puritanical intolerance and its echoes in present crusades against amusements and moral regulations. It argues such zealotry harms church progress, mocks self styled guardians of morality, and urges modern readers to study Puritan follies to curb current intolerance.
The Shipping Board is criticized for assembling many ships of questionable merit and for widespread overpayments and mischarges. The era’s expense record is described as startling, with numerous charges and denials creating a confusing picture that undermines business efficiency and patriotic aims. The narrative suggests much more scandal may yet emerge, matching sensational wartime reporting.
In the Telegraph's forum the writer denounces the proposed Air Line as an outrage and unconstitutional. He argues it amounts to taxation without representation and urges all objectors to express their honest views. The piece reflects local debates on public works and citizen rights.
Editor letters argue high paving costs will favor primary roads leaving 90% of farm to market miles underfunded while accusing government of minority rule. The paper circulates declarations pledging to back candidates who promote square dealing and oppose special privileges, aiming for broad signer support.
From The Old Files, Thirty-Five Years Ago Today January 22, 1886 reports Miss Mattle Odem of Mahaska county visiting Mrs George Haver. P H Whitney imports six experienced workmen to the packing house, and Knights of Pythias receive new uniforms costing 50 dollars. Emmett Baker leaves for Danville Illinois for a new job. Miss Lillian Dawson departs for Des Moines. Attorney J B Rockafellow travels to Des Moines for an injunction matter before Judge McPherson.
Chicago January twenty second. Forty two indictments against mill owners labor head and carpenter contractors charging violation of the Sherman antitrust law were returned by a special federal grand jury here.
Fragments indicate a repair operation calling for customers to bring in radiators. The note cites a position or status update and mentions personnel or a location for the service. Details are incomplete due to damaged text.
Washington reporters note sharp opposition from Senators Sherman of Wisconsin and Fernald of Maine to the pending Gronna regulatory bill. They argue it would unjustly intrude into private industry and could set a dangerous precedent for other sectors.
Resolutions are to be brought in both houses for a joint session next Friday to consider a bill proposing an industrial court in Iowa. The bill, introduced by Representative Kim of Fort Dodge, mirrors a Kansas plan and seeks broad authority over locomotives and engineers. Judge Winfield S Withrow resigns from the state parole board. code revision bills are postponed pending floor time in March.
A humorous critical riff on a proposed book by Walt Mason. The speaker imagines readers and reviewers reacting to a dull tale with no action or plot yet praised for its technique. The spoof notes readers’ laughter and writers’ pretensions in a playful, period-voice critique.
Disease outbreak among cattle prompted immediate slaughter at the central meat market. The Board of Agriculture ordered the deathination of 400 more animals and market closure. First cases traced to Ripon as midland counties report infection and containment efforts expand.
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