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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1919
Page
2
Reports from the American occupied German territory describe a queer philosophy among Germans. They blame Germany’s crimes and praise American restraint, yet show no real repentance. German papers condescend to Americans while ignoring accountability, praising youth and doughboy charm.
An editorial discusses how prohibition emerged from religious aims and broader social distrust of breweries. It notes German propaganda links to some brewers and how alien property cases helped shift ownership, shaping political influence. It then notes the American Legion formed by World War I veterans and references a three day convention at St. Louis.
The St Louis gathering shaped plans for local posts across states with charters and a $10 fee, aiming to promote one hundred percent Americanism and defend the Constitution. Colonel Henry D. Lindsley led as temporary chair, with Iowa’s Matt Tinley and others named to key posts as Armistice Day 1939 set for Minneapolis.
The piece notes about 10 million American boys aged 12 to 21 with fewer than a third in the Boy Scouts of America. It calls for a nation wide push during the June 8 movement week, praising scout service such as Liberty bond sales, war stamps, and messenger duties, and urges rich donors to back ongoing, organized participation.
In Des Moines on June 3 President Taft urged ratification of the League of Nations covenant. He defended the treaty, dismissed objections as minor, and called the Iowa rally of the League to Enforce Peace a culminating event of the day.
Mexican border bull fighting resumes in Matamoros drawing about 6000 spectators from the United States. Matador Silveti selected four bulls, enduring injuries amid a dramatic show. Band concerts followed at Plaza de Toros and Plaza Capilla as May festivities continued. Tickets priced 1.25 to 3 dollars with no entry without tickets.
Otto L. Paul, representative for Ladies' Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman, promotes reading to women at Atlantic Top Co. on West Fourth Street.
Reported by Associated Press from Copenhagen on June 3 says Esthonian and Finnish forces have captured Petrograd per unconfirmed telegrams from Vardoe. The telegrams give the date as June 1 and mention advancing units at the city. No official confirmation yet from Russian authorities.
The item clarifies that the Indianapolis event was 500 miles, not 50 miles as previously stated. The correction rectifies the error from yesterday’s report.
A brief ticket sale notice for Uncle Ephriam's Summer Hoarders set for June 5 and 6 at City Hall. Tickets cost 25 and 35 cents with seat sales at Lewis' Drug Store.
Anita Carey also known as Ed Carey, a noted member of the Carey brothers, is very ill with Bright's disease and complications. He is about 53 years old, and fears for his recovery are entertained.
Brussels June 3 Since the armistice the American Red Cross Commission for Belgium has distributed funds totaling francs for Belgian charitable works. Funds aid Belgian refugees returning home mutilated soldiers and civilians destitute children tuberculosis hospitals civilian hospitals and building wooden houses for Termonde ruined by German forces.
Topeka June 3 Kansas farmers set harvest pay at 4 dollars per day plus meals, with 60 cent hourly rate for 10 hours, plus a bonus meal for longer work. About 200000 workers needed, 100000 must come from outside the state. harvest starts in southern Kansas around June 20. Government May crop yield 197.9 million bushels. state projection over 206 million in largest acre.
Iowa faces a rush to select the Board of Education’s architect for new school buildings as meetings convene in Des Moines. The event includes coverage of the Iowa undertakers’ annual session noting high costs, with officers listed and plans for national convention references. Indiana reports Warren County to host a July Fourth homecoming honoring all service members, featuring auto and horse races and a speech by Lieut. Col. Claude M. Stanley of the Rainbow Division.
Waterloo report says Black Hawk County voters chose whether to authorize paving the county primary road system. The county aimed to be first under a new law, but Boone County, with an election last Wednesday, beat them to it.
Cumberland appoints Lahr, current Afton schools superintendent, as next year’s Cumberland superintendent replacing Dickerson who leaves Walnut Miss. Rosen Palmer formerly Wiota principal is elected Cumberland superintendent of schools.
We are prepared to place farm loans at five six and seven percent. Call and see us Wood and Savary Atlantic Iowa tf]
Paris reports that Enghien-les-Bains near the capital hosts a casino and baths, with roulette baccarat and mineral waters, described as a local Monte Carlo. The piece notes a 1919 debate to ban casinos within 60 miles of Paris, and that Enghien’s casino was converted to a hospital during the war and may be discussed again.
The United States turned to cattle ranching in the Canal Zone during wartime, stocking about 41 000 head in 1918 and planning more. Clearing jungle, fencing, and a large slaughterhouse transformed the land to feed about 60 000 workers, with cattle imported from northern Colombia proving cheaper and tastier than cold storage beef. The project reshaped Panama’s landscape, converting vast jungle into green pasture and raising debate over future land use and potential subdivision into smaller farms.
Albert Neuberger of Dedham must pay Peter Jorgensen and the estate administrator 4500 dollars for injuries from Neuberger's car. Verdicts in Sexton’s favor total 2560 and 2000 dollars, reflecting the fatal auto accident that injured the father and killed the son. The Jorgensens reside in Audubon County.
A cryptic message about placing an order with the Wilken Monument circulates, triggering a local vigil and prompting officials to issue a standard safety advisory while investigators seek to decipher the meaning and any potential links to a broader scheme.
A Corning parade last week featured the Co K homecoming with a lively fife and drum corps of Mt Etna veterans led by Jim Homan and Clark Daggett. The band, formed fifty five years ago by Lewis Homan, built a large drum from a board and calf skin. The Homan family remained Greenback partisans, joining a political rally in Corning with improvised wagons and two dead ducks symbolizing parties. The group disbanded about thirty five years ago. Marg Warren the miller died tragically in a boating accident on Nodaway.
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