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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1924
Page
1
The Atlantic News Telegraph announces editors CHASE and FE. P. CHASE and lists advertising rates and postal details. It notes Associated Press affiliation, foreign ad reps, and a subscriber notice offering evening delivery if called before seven.
On a perfect June day crowds gathered at the Gross stock and grain farm south of Walnut for the Layton Flower Merefords sale. Auctioneers Col. Reppert and Col. Cruise led a lively session as locals and out-of-town buyers examined cattle, while speakers urged farmers to back the back to the farm movement and tighten expenses to weather financial pressures.
Iowa editors weigh LaFollette’s possible run and party realignment. Waterloo Tribune says he will form a third party. Davenport Democrat questions whether he will act. Sac City Sun notes the Japan exclusion issue. Knoxville Journey says primary costs are high. Eagle Grove Eagle criticizes Congress for farm policy delay and excess membership.
Walt Mason lampoons a traveler named Bandy Bing who returns from France and other lands with lengthy tales. Neighbors and a village pastor banter about his bore as he prepares to speak at the church gathering, promising entertaining yet tiresome stories of his travels.
A 1924 reminiscence recalls Bing delivering tales that bored some yet delighted the audience when heard in a hall. The piece notes the crowd’s mixed reactions and the lively sleep-displacing laughter that followed his reminiscences, underscoring the old speaker’s impact.
The local Odd Fellows lodge will conduct a memorial service on Sunday June 15. An officers’ election for the coming year is set for Saturday evening June 7.
A excerpt recounts 1830s 1840s Iowa settlement efforts detailing arduous westward travel and life on the prairie. Pioneers built cabins broke sod planted corn and grain, spun flax and wool into cloth, and endured isolation with courage.
A brief note speaks of crude living conditions and strenuous labor while residents look forward with quiet optimism for the future, underscoring resilience and communal effort in challenging times.
Early today a lightning bolt struck and damaged a barn owned by W. KR. Krausa in Massena. A cow inside the barn was stunned by the strike, causing minor damage and a brief scare in the north part of town.
News dispatches report Peggy Hopkins Joyce, famed from Karl Carrolls Vanities, has married a fourth husband, Count Gosta Morner of De Morland. The union adds another chapter to her high society image as she embraces a titled spouse in a public affair.
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