24 Jan 1921
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1921
Page
1
Atlantic Iowa newspaper page lists advertising rates and staff roles with names such as Chas Chase and Lydia Otto. It notes post office mailing details, telephones, and AP affiliation, outlining subscriptions and rates for carrier and mail delivery across regions.
Atlantic readers who miss evening delivery can arrange a replacement by calling before seven. Call Red 400, a line not affiliated with the News Telegraph.
Cass county has subscribed in round numbers better than five thousand dollars to the Hoover European Relief fund. The county shows a splendid effort, a little over half the quota, yet ahead of most counties. More will come from Red Cross branches not yet reported. The Red Cross action in turning over on hand funds has helped swell the relief fund recently.
The News-Telegraph lauds its broad coverage and urges contributors to send copy ready to print. It chides harsh or poorly spelled submissions, noting the paper’s busy editorials and long pages while urging readers to express views in proper English for publication.
The piece argues readers must spend money with newspapers to gain publicity for associations and events. It warns some local figures seek favors without paying and urges fair business judgment and consistency in support.
Morning Des Maines reports exaggeration of serious fines linked to Senator Cummins in Hlorita. After a month more rest, he plans to return to Washington to resume duties, a hopeful sign for his many friends in state and nation.
Fragmentary verses recount a neighbor named Johnson who plays the flute at night and irritates the speaker. The damaged text hints at humor and neighborly friction without clear resolution.
A narrator muses on crafting a statute to quiet a neighbor with a wheezy phonograph and flute music. He imagines legal remedies to silence the poet and his noisy devices, then contemplates destroying the phonograph rather than enacting new laws.
Tulsa dispatch recalls David M. Hodges 77, last Creek king of the Broken Arrow band, a key adviser since 1866. He helped draft Creek English dictionary, translated the Bible, and led tribal efforts to reclaim lands from post-Civil War settlers. Hodges, born 1842 in Muskogee, served as a Confederate-style colonel and aided Creek delegation to Washington.
Notice from Joseph Burne Ay Mayor forbidding the game Kelly Pool in Atlantic city pool halls. Prohibited play leads to revocation of licenses for proprietors who allow the game to be played. Signed Ay 2024.
Berlin reports Russia orders substantial quantities from Germany including 800,000 electric grams of idoformy as cited by Tzvestia. The dispatch notes cooperation and trade figures amid wartime era supply concerns.
Des Moines January 24. With only B J Horchem of Dubuque and Harry C White of Vinton as the lone Democratic members, the Iowa Senate faces a fragile minority. Republicans treated them with courtesy at a caucus, seating them on the platform and providing a piano cue as a show of respect. Also in Des Moines, the House debates lobbyist regulation, lacking a state law to register lobbyists, while a committee rule restricts floor access to legislators and approved personnel.
About 300 Fairfield residents sign a petition asking Mayor C J Fulton to call a special election on adopting a city manager form of government. The call is expected soon as Fulton serves in the state legislature. Support grew after a Fairfield Community club meeting endorsing the plan. Also noted is a local fruit delivery at 210 Walnut Street.
The readable fragments present a jumble about health and style, mentioning good health matching color and politics and religion, references to blood and food, and unclear notes on fatigue and sleep. The text lacks coherent facts, names, places, or dates to form a credible news item.
Pennsylvania Republican Watson on the House Ways and Means Committee argues against reciprocal tariff adjustments and doubts debt payments by foreign nations. He prefers canceling debt to paying in imported goods, aligning with Fordney on tariff policy. Kendrick-Kenyon bill seen passing senate with possible modifications. Vanderlip proposes a constitutional revision of US foreign relations machinery.
Lisbon dispatch reports the death of Cardinal Jose Sebastiao Netta former Patriarch of Lisbon. He died in a Franciscan monastery in Spain where he had retired after the 1910 revolution. He received the cardinal's cap from King Louis II of Portugal in 1983.
Fragmentary text references Portugal and Spain congregations and a person described as eighty years old. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR and lack of coherent events or names.
In Vienna, 1920 closed with a total of 927 strikes, some carried into January. Last year saw strikes by government print workers, mint staff, actors and orchestras, national theaters, railway workers, women tailors, dentists, city employees, and gold and silversmiths. The coffeehouse shutdown sparked the broad wave, underscoring widespread worker discontent.
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