Atlantic News-Telegraph Advertising Push and Local Store Opening
The Atlantic News Telegraph reports strong consumer activity and the opening of Rite-Way Grocery at 4000 Chi street drew 1,288 visitors. It argues advertising boosts sales, noting sturdy local buying power and Iowa’s favorable position, urging merchants to advertise to attract customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonaumers
Chistreat
Griswold
Anita
Walnut
Husingsé
Iowa
United States
Curtis to seek U S Senate seat as he nears age limit
The piece argues Vice President Curtis will not seek the Republican nomination for vice president but will pursue the Kansas Senate seat. It notes his age at 71 and suggests the presidency would be too demanding for a 73 or 74 year old if Hoover dies, framing Curtis as rugged, loyal, and bound to old guard traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Charles Curtis
Curtis
Agro
Republican Party
United States
Feom Kansas
Kargin II
Republcan
Mark Sulhmo
Wiington
Imany
Old Guard
Charlie Curts
Sullivan
Mr. Curtis
Charlie Curtis
Senate
Charley Curtis
Kansas City
McNury-Haugen
Courtis
Time's Passing Reflections On Cabnet Kings And Fate
The piece reflects on a past presidential cabinet remark by the late President Hurditz about time and power. It notes Calvin Coolidge and Alvert B. Fall among the figures, ties to Harding, Hoover, and Fall’s later imprisonment for oil reserve bribery. It muses on transience and the world continuing to function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rwding
Alvert B. Fall
Hurditz
Fall
Interior
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Little Fellow
Calvin Coolidge
North American
Alliance
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Harding
Eld Onur
Sean
Ife
Honesty Versus a Mutinous Miner Rift
The piece argues John L Lewis leads a rift in the international miners’ organization as insiders seek to curb his control. It warns the reformers may repudiate contracts with mine operators, risking Bolshevik-like decay of the union and praising Lewis as standing on solid ground to keep faith with agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Woolommens-Organization
John L. Lewis
Parent-Beily
Lewis
Rink and File
Gil
Uction
Mr. Lewis
Fireworks ban urged in Iowa towns after Spencer blaze
Iowa towns consider outlawing Fourth of July explosives after Spencer fire caused by accidental ignition. Authorities push for municipal bans to remove dangerous devices, arguing the era of high explosives in celebrations has ended. The News Telegraph notes this is a timely issue for councils to address statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Spencer
Jhisal
News-Telegraph
Aluminum For Pullmans Advancing Aluminum Car Era
A 1933 piece notes progress in aluminum sleeping cars by Pullman, with tracks under construction and a target rail debut within a year. The design promises 40 percent weight reduction over steel cars, speeds near 70 mph, and electric traction with two 100 horsepower motors per truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullinan Works
Aliminum Industry
Aluntinuns Nia
Alfit
Smeontinng
Rail travel shifts toward faster trains with fewer services
A fragmented report notes passenger and sleeping-car equipment under review as trains of the future may be speedier yet fewer in number. The railway passenger business has declined against motor buses and private cars, with Class 1 railways carrying 1,284,862,008 passengers in 1920, earning $704,063,000.
The Parisian Market Life and its Glittering Promenade
A diary style stroll through Parisian department stores in the Latin Quarter. The writer notes vast sales floors, multilingual clerks, and lavish but impersonal routines that turn shopping into grand social theater. He observes customers from Bedouin to Harlem, recounts Anna Gould’s exile context, and contrasts American enterprise with French retail spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Parisian
Azores
Grands
New York
Great Hon Marche
Latin Quarter
France
Aristide Houdeaut
Marche
South Seas
Ottumwa
Towa
Day of Shopping Prompts Odd Commentary on Frasco Shoes
A quirky 1931 syndicated column notes shopping habits and humorous anecdotes about Franco shoes, door knocking, and a recurring Tarzan of the Apes character delivering morning papers. It urges readers to support local merchants and buy at home for moral and financial benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franco
Sean
States
France
Tarzan of the Apes
Paris Style Hints From Alice Langeliere In 1931
Fashion notes discuss 1640 bonnets revived with side bobbing, names like feminine brawler and pudding basin, often trimmed with ostrich plumes. Describes black velvet hats with white accents, ribbons, and peaking curiosity about helmets of style while weaving in era references and a melodramatic digression about nickel panic and bank vaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Langelire
Periz
Che
Ureless
Manin Street
Pete
Gapyright
Guorg
Matthew Adama
Merchants urged to buy at home despite paper ads
In Mount Garrat, editor Feezer of the Mirrox-Democrat laments merchants who send purchases out of town, depriving local papers of revenue. He notes dry goods and ready-to-wear shops rely on wholesale houses away from home, while families travel elsewhere for personal needs. The pattern undercuts local merchants and the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal M
Feezer
Mount Garrat
Mirrox-Democrat
Amin
Peaple
Homme
Val
Onder
Thakpeapleae
Hom
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
Rippling Rhymes shows Walt Mason in a playful verse voice with fragmented musings on grief and mood. The poem references overmuch sadness and doubt, hinting at a reflective, lyrical style amid a casual rhythmic cadence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
Daily Knowledge Test Questions Aimed at Page Seven Answers
A scrambled quiz asks ten trivia questions on capitals, geography, history, sports, and explorers. It includes queries on South Dakota’s capital, river names, monarchs, Allied command in France, Manhattan project slang, Lou Gehrig’s team, India’s holy river, the author of Call of the Wild, Byrd’s Antarctic supply sleds, and a figure named Erne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Daketet
Christua X
France
Lou Gehrig
Haly
Fragmentary historical remark on colonial attitudes and slang
The readable fragment mentions a general excuse for pompous behavior toward Indians during the Revolutionary era. It also notes Australian slang calling a tramp the aundawpner and includes other unclear phrases.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atlantic News-Telegraph
the News, and Telegraphy
E. Fp, Chase and R. Co, A, Chase, Owners
E. FP. Chase
Atlantic
Town
Congress
Burke, Kuipers & Mahoney, Inc
Chicago
North
Wabash Ave
Graybar
Lexington Ave
Inland Daily Press Association
Iowa Press Association
Canada
U. S
Cass
News- Telegraph
Pullmans
Chitagy Tribune
Terrasse
Pont Neufarm
Anna Gould
Boia de Bolougne
Count Boni de Castellane
Boni
Cdsma, Waite Sane Ona
Australia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!