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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
1
Notice explains subscribers can switch to evening delivery if they call before seven. Provides contact numbers and addresses for advertising and circulation. Mentions Associated Press affiliation and publication details for Atlantic Iowa paper.
President Coolidge outlined the United States railroad administration’s wartime operation costs totaling 1.6745 billion dollars charged to taxpayers. The piece argues government ownership is impractical, citing high losses and poor service under McAdoo, and notes Chicago health warnings about deadly moonshine and denatured alcohol being sold as beverages. It emphasizes the dangers and illegality of bootleg liquor and warns readers of widespread adulteration.
Experts clash over uniting army and navy aviation under a single head. The push for streamlined command faces resistance from Navy Air Service leaders and budget concerns. Generals Patrick and Mitchell support consolidation, while Moffett warns it would neglect naval needs. Secretaries of War and the Navy seek unified control with clear mission boundaries.
The text criticizes persistent bootleg drinking in defiance of Mr. Volstead and his act, framing it as a matter for the foe killer and implying dire consequences. It warns that supporting or consuming bootleg liquor aids undertakers.
A Hamlin reader praises Supervisor Carl Zellmer’s road column, saying it surpasses all editorials in this paper. The note hints at disagreement with the state good roads program and suggests the writer prefers current roads, warning the paper against mere talk without action.
While old world nations scheme and war, America has been at work and is reaping the reward from its steady diplomacy and quiet, persistent effort.
A wanderer arrives at a cozy shack seeking shelter after a harsh trek. The exchange explores belonging versus roaming, with the speaker defending a rooted home against the lure of distant, untraveled hills. Copyright 1825, George Matthew Adams.
A quirky fragment notes Naw and Exontarve WAIT singing in Grand Opera, mockery of cops, a Chicago bootlegger dying possibly from overwork, a joke about carbolic acid as crossword antidote, and a wry line about rolling stones and Christmas shopping. It reads as a whimsical 1920s humor item with several dated proverbs.
An old article fragment discusses rapid U S wealth growth surpassing Civil War levels, likening wealth to a self-accelerating snowball. It notes rising prosperity, widespread welfare, and increasing concentration of wealth in few hands, with claims of unlimited future gains and expanding luxuries for the common people.
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