Atlantic News Adopts Post Office Notice and Coal Debate
A reader notice from the Atlantic News Telegraph details mailing rates and service while a lengthy coal advertising debate contrasts mail order coal deals with Cass County dealers. It argues Illinois and other state coals vary widely in quality and price, urging readers to beware vague terminology and consider local options.
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Illinois
Ilinois
Franklin County
Perry County
Franklin
Belleville
Centerville
Iowa
Centersville
Kentucky
West Virginia
Winais
Cas County
Federal money for state roads debate in Iowa bulletin
The Iowa Good Roads association argues federal aid for highways benefits Iowa, noting Iowa pays about 10.7 million in income tax while New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, and Massachusetts pay far more. It claims Iowa gets roughly three dollars back for every one dollar it contributes to federal highway funds and urges continued support against opposition from wealthier states and past Assembly critics.
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Towa
Mlinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Iowa
Piameylvania
Illinois
Massachusetts
Ave
Army and Navy
Agricultural Department
Post Office Department
National Congress
Iansylvania
Mingis
Lowa
Igwa
Advertisement Notes From Caes County Page Ad
Fragment describes yesterday’s newspaper page advertisement paid by local dealers in Caes County. Mentions a forthcoming ad to congest a proposition from a prominent mail order house and references an off page transmission.
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Yon
Caes County
Indi
Farm Loan Offer From Wood and Savery at 5 Percent
Wood and Savery of Atlantic, Iowa, announce farm loan financing at five percent interest. Call for details and terms. The New-Telegraph reports this news.
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Joana
Wood & Savery
Atlantic
Iowa
National Geographic Society debates Robinson Crusoe isle
Charles P. Stewart reports Washington critics contest the supposed location of Robinson Crusoe’s island mention in Defoe’s tale. The piece notes reactions to the Juan Fernández reference following explorer W. C. Farnbee’s death and outlines differing theories about whether Defoe imagined a Caribbean coast, a South Pacific isle, or Selkirk’s island as the model for his tropical setting.
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Sixteenth Street
Juan Fernandez Re
Robinson Crusoe
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al Moat
Daniel Defoe
Nybody
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Tropicas
Repper
Fernandez
Alex
Caribbean
Robinson
Cradle of Liberty Tour Visits Concord and Boston
A News Telegraph correspondent recalls a Boston itinerary and a Lexington Concord motor tour. Highlights include the Breed's Hill/Bunker Hill distinction, the Old Ironsides restoration push, Harvard and Cambridge landmarks, and a portrait of Boston as a historic yet thriving modern city with museums, universities, and a growing harbor.
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Bunker Hill
Constitution
Old Ironsides
Elks Organization of
Boston
Sons of
Eli
Middlesex Dis
March of Progress and Paul Revere Route Reflections
An article recollects historic sites along the Paul Revere route beneath the elevated rail. It links Revolutionary era sacrifices to modern American life with gas stations, traffic policemen, and urban growth, noting how Revere’s warning still resonates beyond New England.
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Paul Revere
New England
Oat Yields Exceed Expectations in Adair and Exira Areas
Reports from threshing in Adair and Exira Iowa indicate the oat crop is shorter but more productive per acre than expected. In Adair the average yield ranges from 46 to 40 bushels per acre, while Exira’s first tally from Clarence Nissen’s farm shows 30 bushels per acre.
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Adair
News-Telegraph
Exira
Clarence Nissen
Crain
Relative of Massena Man Dies Suddenly
In Massena Indiana on July 22 Fred Kerkman and his daughter Mrs Geo Bernhardt were called to Cedar Rapids by the sudden death of Kerkman’s son in law Albert Eliasen. Pola Negri rumored to be engaged to actor William Haines after meeting July 4 at Gornoado Beach in Los Angeles.
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Massena
News-Telegraph
Fred
Kerkman
Geo. Bernhardt
Cedar Rapids
Albert Eliasen
Los Angeles
INS
Pola Negri
Hollywood
William Haines
Miss Negri
Goronado Beach
Tall corn record in Cass county 1925 by Clarence Petersen
Clarence Petersen, farmer south of the city on Primary road No. 18, brought two stalks of tall corn to Atlantic measuring ten feet eleven inches. Earlier Cass county tall corn record holder Ne P. Petersen showed a stalk ten feet six inches with four ears. Clarence Petersen’s exhibit has two ears per stalk and is now at the city site station. No other Cass entries claimed taller corn this year.
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Cass County
Clarence Petersen
Atlantic
Cass
Ne ‘P. Petersen
Horna
Wince Casa
Town debate hints at civic tension and humor
A fragmented note hints at local gossip and humor about a conservative official. It references expressed thoughts on leadership, friendships, and public perception amid vague town concerns. The passage suggests a wary, tongue in cheek portrait of town politics.
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