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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
1
After June 1st twelve quarts of milk for a dollar and twenty pints for a dollar offered. Geog Jensen. Hammermill Bond typewriter paper in letter and legal sizes for Bale at the News Telegraph office.
A long report from East Side school lists seventh and sixth grade pupil scores with high per cent figures. Names include Janie Brown, Jennie Bicket, Amy Churchill, Orville Conkling, Laura Moreland, and many others. Mentions water works stock efforts by Judge Lgufborrow and Mayor Phelps, with about $3500 remaining. notes visits by Hon. O. Mills and wife and departure of H.L. and W. C. Tubbs of Denver.
A historical note dated June 1 1902 marks the fifteenth anniversary of a Sunday. The line prompts readers to place orders with Wileem Honu Ment Works, implying a promotional insertion.
Urgent call by the railroads war board to form nine regiments of railroad men to serve in France as part of the regular army. Five construction regiments, one shop regiment, and three operating regiments planned with railroad men led by army engineer officers. Coverage details recruitment of officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates for construction and shop units to rehabilitate French railways.
Teddy bears and mini satire anti aircraft guns are the most popular toys in Great Britain. Consul Wilson reports from London that demand has risen, driven by recent events and the Zeppelins. Toy guns imitate anti aircraft artillery featured in those visits and military themed play appeals to children.
Chicago reports a confidence scam in which tubs advertised as sixty pounds of butter contain only surface butter with sand beneath. Agents sold these tubs for up to $19.50, yielding about $4 per pound, as stores and hospitals alerted police.
President Wilson voiced approval of a daylight saving plan to a Missouri delegation led by Representative Borland. He said the crucial question is whether leaders will treat it as legislation and carry it into operation, and noted leaders have agreed to initiate the session on the subject.
A verse lament celebrates spring floods and muddy pikes costing forty million dollars annually to fix. It imagines a world of stagnation in trade as autos vanish and mules wade through mud, urging submarines amid dire economic woes. Copyright 1917. Also notes Taimi’s return to Russia at a Central Commission invitation, arguing Russians will embrace liberty and avoid czarist domination, with patience needed for reorganizing the former empire.
Wood and Bavery successors to John H Wood in Atlantic Iowa announce readiness to place farm loans at 5 percent, 5 percent, and 6 percent. Call to arrange terms and discuss options.
Lazar Talmi, a young Russian refugee who plans to lead 150 compatriots back to Petrograd, says there will be no separate peace with Germany and Russia will require at least a year to influence the fighting in Europe. Talmi, who grew up in Sioux City, learned English, finished high school in two years, and worked as a local reporter.
A Pittsburgh reader, seventeen, describes monthly illnesses causing work absence. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring health and asks others to consider it. The letter, signed Miss Maria Scumetz of Troy Hill, promotes the product and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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