25 Jul 1928
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1928
Page
1
The Atlantic News-Telegraph features a notice highlighting a treaty vision promoting peace. It emphasizes renouncing war as national policy and urges pacific dispute resolution among signatory nations. The article references Articles 1 and 2 and notes reservations by Britain and other nations regarding defense.
The News-Telegraph denounces the West Sixth street grade in Atlantic as a public disgrace. Cars are stuck in deep ruts and residents urge immediate repairs or closure to the public until fixed. The piece argues highway service means reliable travel and condemns the dirt road’s poor condition affecting local commerce.
The Kellogg treaty designed to renounce war has been signed by several nations including the United States. Supporters claim it supports disarmament while opponents warn it weakens the nation’s ability to defend itself. The paper argues the treaty should have broad citizen backing as a peaceful path, yet questions remain about its teeth and real enforcement amid foreign policy tensions.
A Washington dispatch argues that prohibition did not raise alcohol related deaths, citing state figures on cirrhosis and alcoholism from 1901 to 1927. It contends the data misleads, notes saloon-era drinking levels, and rejects claims that modern drinking kills more people than before prohibition.
The Palimp gest prints Herbert Hoover's boyhood tale from an Iowa town, recounted in his Washington D C speech of last November. He recalls Gook's Hill and city streams, likening early days to wholesome, traditional town life with simple pleasures and communal participation.
A narrator recalls rough childhoods in Iowa with rabbit trapping and bow and arrow practice, mingled with dinners at Aunt Millie’s, a Burlington track memory, and hardy farm living. He contrasts old farm self sufficiency with modern machinery, noting economic shifts, social culture, and frontier heritage shaping early 20th century Iowa.
The piece satirizes quick promises and hard bargaining in old town markets. It contrasts Dreamlike pledges with blunt economics, noting merchants who hawk deals and fail to deliver. A speaker mocks those who mislead customers, leaving buyers to regret broken vows and debts.
A poem about leaving home and returning soon. The speaker laments leaving a town that once defined happiness and fears for the future while holding onto the hope of coming back. The lines reflect nostalgia and resilience as the speaker vows to return.
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