24 Jan 1924
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers can have the News delivered if they call before evening. Rates for mail and carrier delivery are listed. A Des Moines political note questions county superintendent policy and cites objections to turning to athletics before school issues are settled. Representative Berry may exaggerate.
The piece argues that schools prize athletes over scholars, noting few know Town university’s president while many recall the football coach. It criticizes a system that valorizes prize fighters and sports over academics, citing Lenin and the failures of communism to reward ambition and achievement. It contends real progress requires genuine learning, not mere athletic prowess.
A Des Moines Register cartoon portrays the G O P elephant tied to the Teapot Dome scandal while Democrats laugh. The piece notes Republicans face a fresh scandal scrutiny while past wartime excesses and Wilson era coverups drew less public mirth. The author predicts Democrats may savor the moment but stay wary of repercussions.
A jumble of short items and wry observations from various locales. Notable bits include: a Winnipeg peg, jewels seized by cops, heat of stars measured, convicts making Virginia auto tags, a six-farm rent offer in Peru Vermont, a hungry man in New York fainting over a dollar, a movie star's mother working in Chicago, and miscellaneous proverbs and quips about taxes, coal, booze, and work life.
Poet Walt Mason recounts the fate of J. Josephus Jinks after he buys illicit liquor at a bootleg shop. The narrator warns that reckless drinking leads to downfall, evoking a grim undertaker’s scene and a long warning against booze.
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