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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1925
Page
5
Severe winds and rain struck Rushmore Minnesota at 6 AM causing thousands of dollars in damage. Reports cite 6 AM gusts near 70 miles per hour with lingering effects in nearby areas and related weather disturbances.
Tremors rocked Santa Barbara California at 10 02 last night following two earlier shocks. The quake damaged buildings leaving piles of rubble as 4 000 workers battled to clear debris. Death toll stood at 13 with search for four missing. Relief poured in including 60 000 from R B Ward. Post office reopened and city slowly normalized as cleanup and reconstruction plans began.
The May gasoline tax revenue allocated to Cass county amounted to 2814.07 dollars, with a check received this morning. Iowa counties share small sums for highway repairs under the new motor vehicle levy, with Cass at 13.82 dollars and totals for other counties listed. About 80 percent of fees go to counties, 20 percent retained for overhead. Public safety commissioner Charles E. Wilcox in Bioac City has reduced an ordinance in the city.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Fidaro Cal and Hot Springs Arkansas with scattered names including Detroit and officials. Content is unreadable and lacks coherent event or outcome.
County Treasurer J M Jones launches a vigorous campaign to collect delinquent taxes after issuing distress warrants and targeting oil stations in Griswold and Gramblerirh. Authorities say 7,000 to 8,000 dollars have already been collected, with further actions planned and no discrimination. In Sioux City a related filing shows 35,000 paid in Omaha on 62,000 in distress warrants over a Missouri river bridge sale, leaving 27,000 unpaid and new collection steps likely.
Atlantic and vivin ity invites Atlantic children to a free Fourth of July fireworks festival at Sunnyside park at 8:30 p m. Schippiacasse, secretary of the Atlantic Amusement Company, says all kids are invited with no admission or collections.
Albert Johnson & Sons, 41 Crestout street, are adding a shoe stock to their clothing department. A shipment of five hundred pairs of Florsheim shoes was received yesterday. The rear section of the store will be devoted to the stock and the main stock will consist of Florsheim brand shoes, though other brands will be carried.
National League results include Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 1 in the sixth, Chicago 15 St Louis final, Brooklyn 1 Boston 0 in the fourth. American League game Philadelphia 6 New York 9 at bat.
Des Moines reports a severe heat wave with many cities perched at 100 plus degrees. Marshalltown led at 105, followed by Des Moines casualties as John Knight, 65, became the first victim after collapsing from the heat. Residents endure extreme heat with slight relief expected tomorrow per the weather bureau.
The News Telegraph storm relief fund received a sizable contribution from the German Ladies' Aid Society for tornado torn NEola district relief. Previous acknowledgments show 8310.27 recognized, with additional gifts from Mr. and Mrs. D.P. and other donors totaling several dollars.
Chicago hosted the inaugural night air mail run from New York as two Hadley Field westbound flights carried heavy mail loads. The first plane, piloted by Paul Collina, arrived one hour fifteen minutes early at Chicago. A crowd of 15,000 witnessed the ceremony with Postmaster General Harry S. New and other officials.
Floods spread devastation in southeastern Poland according to Warsaw dispatches. More than 150,000 people have been made homeless as homes, crops, and bridges are destroyed, factories damaged, and relief funds organized to aid victims.
New York July 2 Walter Pipp veteran first baseman for the New York Yankees was knocked unconscious and possibly seriously injured after a pitched ball struck him on the left ear during batting practice at Yankee Stadium. The thrower Charlie Caldwell a former Princeton College pitcher was too shaken to continue pitching after Pipp staggered and fell.
The city park concert begins at 7 30 PM due to chautauqua. The chautauqua program will start at 8 30 PM or soon after the concert ends.
Audubon officials and Bell subscribers joined a remonstrance meeting after Northwestern Bell hiked rates. City Attorney Kernberg secured a temporary injunction from Judge Whitmore, freezing a twenty five cent residential and seventy five cent business rise into a separate fund awaiting October trial.
Wayne Lloyd, son of Mr and Mrs Ernie Lloyd, was severely lacerated about the face and neck when a firecracker dropped into a pop bottle burst during a band concert at Lyman. A deep wound was cut beneath one eye but no serious results were expected.
Des Moines reports L A Andrew, state banking superintendent, ordered dividends paid by banks under receivership. Farmers Savings Hamburg receives 89,223.09 dollars, 24 percent of deposits. Plymouth County Savings Semurs 48,488.18 dollars, 10 percent. Farmers and Merchants Washington 90,652.76 dollars, 20 percent of deposits.
The forecast calls for a fair night turning unsettled by Friday with temperatures dropping slightly. In the extreme southern portion it will remain cooler tonight as conditions moderate elsewhere.
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