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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
1
The piece discusses the new tax law affecting automobile and corporate taxes, potential price changes, and theater taxation. It also notes rising aircraft production, pilot interest, and greater airline use, predicting continued growth in aviation and related services.
A fragmented note argues cities with populations from five to fifty thousand will not rapidly evolve with steam power giving way to electricity and gasoline. The author predicts slower progress and questions whether urban growth will continue at the same pace.
An editorial criticizes Congress for inefficiency and partial focus on personal politics. It notes that many lawmakers lack the breadth to address national welfare, while highlighting the difficulty of remaining in office and the allure of easy rhetoric. The piece also includes a Cleveland retail note on small stores, showing 28 percent of urban retailers earning under 5,000 annually.
The passage notes many small stores survive despite slim profits as owners keep working at the calling. It cites front room shops run by women and children, with income supplementing other family earnings. It argues self-employment appeals despite shifts in the economy and labor organization.
Kilitor News-Telegraph quotes C E Kringel praising Mr D C McClune of Cass County as a worthy Republican candidate for state auditor. Kringel recalls McClune’s one term as auditor and public esteem, noting his conservative approach and the plan to renominate him if not for bank-house opposition.
Fragmented verse portrays a crowd and a dumb dog failing to leap a high wall. A speaker recalls Amin and Rover as symbols of effort and folly. The poem weighs life’s heaviness and the fear of living without help, ending with the idea of a last great leap and fools who hope somehow to get over.
Fragmentary text describes gaudy tales and a lingering doubt about value as crowds form around bookstores. The narrator sits in a barn writing while eager crowds surround the shop, buying a latent yarn in doubt of its merit.
The Cedar River upper segment saw a steamship push in the 1850s with the Valley Queen later Export and then Black Hawk. The Cedar Rapids to Waterloo runs carried freight and passengers, faced low water and snag damage, and ended amid rising costs and abandonment by mid 1860.
The reader muses on why Jasper Jinks novels outsell better writers like Walt Mason while noting Mason’s critique of Jinks. He reflects on prose faults, inconsistent characters, and the paradox of fame versus perceived merit, questioning whether the flaw lies with the author or the reader.
Des Moines June 1 A spirited rivalry over Iowa representation on the new Republican national committee emerged as H C Weaver of Wapello challenged incumbent Charles A Rawson. Mrs T P Hollowell of Fort Madison faced possible displacement as a second Iowa member with Martha McClure of Mount Pleasant and Mrs H H Carter of Corydon also mentioned as candidates. Delegates to the Republican national convention will select the committee before the convention in Kansas City. Headquarters will be at the Commonwealth hotel.
A new diet concept titled the “ideal square meal” promises a balanced intake of vitamins and minerals. The exhibit highlights a menu with chicken, grains, dairy and fruit, claiming it can be adjusted to meet individual needs for health and energy.
Iowa reports show corn planting advancing across the state with warm May temperatures. Cooler spells brought frost in some counties causing minor damage to potatoes and berries. Rainfall was sparse outside Dubuque and neighboring areas, with replanting limited by cool, dry conditions, but overall cultivation progresses and subsoil moisture improves.
Des Moines June 1 In an announcement the socialist party said it would place a full state ticket in the field at the state convention on July 1 Secretary 8 McCrillis said Iowa was ripe for socialist methods and the party would return due to disaffection in the major parties.
McCrillis, a socialist gubernatorial hopeful, plans a summer nationwide tour with President candidate Yheas. Des Maines seeks an able ally to fill a key municipal role, overseeing milk pricing, tax policy, and public pavini duties, aiming to shape regional governance.
Griswold students present a one act class play at the college auditorium. The second performance is scheduled for Saturday night with a cast including Gene McAnelly Spencer Geo Ben and Dorothy Duckworth Ames Mary Dannen Melbourne Taniti Griswold Tuuph Craig Eagleson and several others. A farmer, Roy Gardner, undertakes care of three civet kittens the sole survivors of a family of eight after a plow accident.
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