26 Jan 1924
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1924
Page
1
A report notes Congressman's choice of A A Emigh for pool master of Atlantic to succeed W Blake. Emigh praised for fifteen years in the clerk’s office with high class service, courtesy, and integrity. local opinion strongly favorable and supportive.
The News Telegraph commends Mr. Emigh for taking charge of the clerk’s office and post office in Atlantic. They note his long Republican loyalty and predict the Atlantic post office will maintain its high service standards under his leadership.
Rumors in the eastern Democratic circles claim New York Governor Al Smith gains support for the party’s presidential nomination. McAdoo supporters push for majority rule to favor their candidate, while Smith backers forecast Smith could win a first ballot majority, signaling a noisy summer ahead at Madison Square Garden.
A youthful Daily Juwan editor at Iowa University responds to a rejoinder about campus drama, claiming wisdom comes rarely and hinting at continuing opposition. The exchange carries a sharp, personal edge as it touches on editorial influence and campus discourse.
The writer apologizes for overconfidence about circulation and addresses aspiring journalists. He warns that journalism demands humility, balance, and hard work rather than bravado, noting the field tests resolve, imagination, and the need for patient merit, while praising the profession as demanding yet honorable.
The Ozarks poet laureate J. Harvey Burgess laments Missouri road conditions in his verse collection Miles of Smiles. He jokes that the trip was financially worthwhile though truly horrible, noting Virginian highway lore and his own humorous constrained performer status before delivering a broader literary portrait of Missouri’s roads.
An fragmentary travel piece quotes Burgess touring Missouri from St Louis to Poplar Bluff. He mocks road conditions and tourist attraction quirks, describes rabbits in Ozarks and a town sign in Wheatland, and recounts misadventures with getting stuck, a madhole owner, and a Caesar bust incident. The prose shifts to a spoofed poem about visits to hotels and a hospital delirium mentioning Dayfus Greene.
A garbled collection of aphorisms and quips touches politics, horses in land policy, drinks, employment laws, finance, and poetry. It notes a game warden and professors in Williamsburg VA and mocks a government printing plant while lamenting oddities in print.
Fragmented verse by Wal Mason begins with despondent lines about teaching not guiding people. The poem references voters, driving, and a grim tone about daily life and modern motion, with unclear phrases and broken syntax throughout. The readable parts hint at a critical mood on society and instruction.
A 1924 George Matthew Adams piece laments daily grim newspaper tales of wrecks and violence. A neighbor recalls a past dangerous driving life and credits safer, sane methods with renewed vigor and a warmer outlook.
Des Moines January 26. Town schools show strong interest in the second annual high school debating tournament for the David E McCahill cup under Drake University's auspices. March 14 and 15 are set. entries have been received from Boone Council Bluffs Ft Dodges Ames North East West and Roosevelt high schools. Marshalltown Stuart and Mt Ayr are expected to enter this week. Other inquiries noted.
The Passion Players of Oberammergau have placed under Life Insurance Company protection the 24 actors and their Bavarian exhibit during their U S tour. Health insurance covers the artists and their carvings tapestries and pottery. public liability insurance applies to visitors. The tour itinerary includes Cleveland Chicago Baltimore Philadelphia and Boston with a final stop in Boston on April 19.
The Atlantic Lions Club outlines a seven point creed inspired by Lions International, emphasizing industrious service, fair remuneration, respect for others, integrity, loyalty to clients, prudent judgment, genuine friendship, and civic duties. It urges members to aid fellow man and dedicate time, effort, and resources to community welfare.
A fragment outlines a vow to show sympathy to those in distress and aid the weak and needy. It emphasizes careful criticism and generous praise, aiming to build up others rather than destroy, reflecting a moral code of conduct.
Milo Reno, president of the Iowa Farmers Union, told the House agriculture committee that the Norbeck Buriness bill proposing federal loans to farmers to buy livestock is economically unsound. The brief hearing touched on farm finance and policy amid early 20th century debate.
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