15 Jul 1926
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1926
Page
1
Notice to subscribers outlines monthly and yearly rates for carriers and mail, including Canada and U S, with a contact number for Atlantic subscribers who do not receive evening papers and must call before 7 PM.
A editorial critique questions the use of inflated billion figures in farm mortgage debt talks. It cites Iowa and national totals, argues figures are padded to fit arguments, and urges living within income and saving for solvency as the sane path forward.
The article surveys political potential candidates in 1928 with Senator James A Reed highlighted as gaining strength. It notes Reed's campaign appeal and contrasts him with Al Smith and William G. McAdoo, while touching on party dynamics, regional positioning, and the newspaper's stance on child labor and labor rights.
The Davenport Democrat notes no special session will be held to authorize a hundred million road bond issue. The piece questions Des Moines readership and cites Governor Hammill and Mummill on the good roads movement, suggesting the governor’s stance could sway a ballot this year, but the word was withheld.
Fragmentary text questions whether a sixteen or eighteen year old child should be the responsibility of parents or the nation. It hints at concerns over guardianship and the child's physical and spiritual well being under external control.
Tobias surveys Iowa farming after WWI as debt, deflation, and mortgage burdens rise. He argues many claim profits while a real minority struggles, notes nearly one billion dollars in Iowa land mortgages and daily interest obligations, and critiques schemes like export plans meant to prop up prices.
A farmer’s letter argues that prices depend on farmers’ crib stock not terminal receipts and cites past predictions of 76 cent corn. He urges Haugen bill support to restore agricultural parity, warning that US agriculture is waning as urban populations rise. He compares rural decline to England’s shift and stresses sturdy farming as civilization’s foundation.
A humorous 1926 NEA Service piece riffs on ambition and everyday sayings. It contrasts salmon with goldfish as a joke about scale and appetite, suggests a glacier could be a fine pet in warmth, and quips about autos, reading by dim light, presidential chances, and gendered clichés.
A reader recalls using a whiskers dye from a druggist described as lye based with nut galls and chicory. It stained hair brown then green blue and yellow, turning the wearer’s look to a comical wreck, prompting embarrassment and a warning about improvised facial hair dyes.
A clipped excerpt shows a speaker dismissing neighbor guidance as they reflect on living and learning. The line emphasizes self-direction and personal growth within daily interactions, framed in a 1926 voice.
Egyptians developed day surveying to map land when the Nile overflowed yearly. They could not keep permanent monuments on floodable land, so methods to reidentify parcels became necessary for accurate ownership and taxation.
In July the Dye Brothers company store will mark fifty years of continuous operation as a Dye controlled firm in Macedonia. The firm began at the old town site on the river bank before moving with the rest of the village to the present location by the new railroad. Willoughby Dye Sr. has led the business for the entire period, also serving in the state legislature and heading Hulle-Huss Drug in Council Bluffs. The item also notes a river current incident involving swimmers.
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