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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1927
Page
1
Advert rates listed with agencies in Chicago New York and other cities. A public notice urges Atlantic subscribers to call before 7 PM for evening delivery. The piece then analyzes Ambassador Herrick’s controversial speech in France versus Houghton in Britain, arguing Herrick’s address in France is in bad taste while praising Houghton’s restrained diplomacy.
Fred White, state highway engineer, spoke at a Council Bluffs banquet Tuesday evening. He outlined features of the new hollaw effective July 4 enabling counties to issue road bond issues to be paid from the state fund. The speaker praised for calm judgment and fair hearing, noting the demanding mix of technical skill and diplomacy required for road matters.
Fred White state highway engineer says upkeep costs for gravel roads run about 1000 per mile per year in this hillside section while concrete paving costs do not exceed 200 per mile per year. Concrete costs 90000 per mile versus 5000 for gravel here, but long term durability favors concrete. If Cass county votes bonds for concrete paving of about 1 million dollars, the debt would be retired from the state primary road fund in fifteen years with interest paid from the same fund at 4.14 percent, plus possible extra primary fund allocations. The plan hinges on state policy to aid counties with roughly similar past allocations, and paving primary roads with concrete is presented as real economy for the state.
A fragment from a local page notes a road meeting at city hall next Tuesday evening. It also mentions municipal issues, liquor sales in Canads, housing outlook in Atlantic, and Pottawattamie county road network amid Missouri bluff terrain.
Fragmentary editorial notes discuss the American ambassador to France and remarks on Memorial Day observance. The garbled text mentions the ambassador's role and a French government recognition, with unclear context and incomplete phrases.
The article argues that tariff protection shelters American wage earners, not Wall Street. It notes tariffs support high wages, though farmers may not gain equally, and discusses how surplus wheat and foreign competition influence prices, suggesting tariff policy affects industry and workers more than farmers.
The article argues against tariff cuts, saying protection boosts American industry and wages. It claims cheaper foreign goods would harm US consumers and workers, and defends Tariff policy as vital to national wealth and labor pay, noting long adherence since the Civil War and the goal of preserving a strong home market.
A satirical verse recounts a scientist's quest to dye whiskers without streaks or smears. He courts public interest, markets a perfect solution, and inspires a flood of imitators who claim to have solved the mystic whisker puzzle.
The text presents fragmented lines about a scientist unable to compete with fakers, a move to the city dump, and admonitions to delegates to value real items. It cites copyright 127 by George Matthew Adams and ends ambiguously with unresolved phrases and quotation marks.
Jewelry valued at over $100 000 stolen from the home of Carl J Schmidlepp in Nassau county according to Captain Harold R King. The week marks a second major jewel robbery on Long Island following Jesse Livermore's Kings Park home loss of 920 000 in jewels last Monday.
A puzzling list asks about Volstead limits Linotype Washington party Hudson water bodiespox prevention and more. The supplied "answers" are garbled, with mispunctuated items and stray names, rendering clear facts unreadable.
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