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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1925
Page
1
The Atlantic News Telegraph lists subscription prices and delivery details, including evening delivery options for subscribers and a correction line about misdialed numbers. The issue features opinion pieces arguing against radical and nonpartisan economic theories, praising U.S. industrial output and preparedness, plus local commentary on absentee ownership, taxation, and agricultural topics.
Editorial note from Wirend mothers and sisters praising fighters in France. The piece references a group in Dew Moines and mentions adjournment. The tone is supportive and commemorative amid wartime context.
The Baltimore Sun columnist Frank K Kent analyzes Senator Brookhart in Iowa politics after a heated election. He notes voters’ harsh shift, renewed doubt over Brookhart’s future six year Senate term, and a looming recount by a Washington Senate committee that could unseat him. The piece highlights changes in Brookhart’s demeanor and altered relations with Iowa business and banking interests.
The article recalls ex Vice President Thomas R. Marshall as a popular, affable statesman whose sharp wit and frankness defined his influence. It notes the aging of leaders, contrasts the duties of the presidency and vice presidency, and mentions Taft and Coolidge as living ex-officials. It then shifts to foreign policy, referencing Shanghai’s foreign settlement, local Chinese resentment, and the risks of a boycott amid tensions with Japan.
The article traces Senator Brookhart’s transformation from a combative critic of railroads and finance to a more conciliatory figure. It notes a softened voice and gentler demeanor, a possible strategic accord with Cummins, and growing business tolerance after years of fear and hatred from vested interests.
A brief scientific note cites Darwin era observations of Galapagos turtles and toad turtles making loud vocalizations during breeding season. It mentions male Galapagos turtles bellow or roar, and toad turtles emit a piping note in spring, highlighting varied turtle sounds.
A garbled OCR jumble features odd statements about elephants growing up, men aging, a misquoted Latin line, references to England’s oldest clock, wild boars in India and America, and a baffling note on the word sheik. The text ends with a baffling remark about Lapland and petting parties.
The excerpt comments on foreign origin pests, whale oil yields, and various observations about agriculture. It mentions Washington state's apple crop, medical location concerns, and a theme of peace versus disruption, with scattered playful lines on food, animals, and weather. The piece reflects 1920s NEA Service style.
Walt Mason writes of neighbors flocking to aid a sick man, sharing soup and pies while one doctor warns against intrusion. The scene depicts communities pressed by illness, the tension between care and privacy, and the varied human responses to medical hardship.
Miss Lala Christensen daughter of Mr and Mrs N P Christensen of 611 Locust Street is to graduate from Rockford College Rockford NY on June 17 She has been selected for honors in mathematics for distinguished work in the department She majored in mathematics Noel Christensen another family member will also graduate this spring finishing at the college of law at Iowa State University on June 9 and will take the state bar exams June 16 to 18 Both are graduates of the local high school
A July report from Elk Horn town describes a Sunday high wind that damaged two large stock houses near Hansen’s town and caused further damage to nearby places. Incomplete reports limited details.
Mrs Gretchen Crawford Evans, once a prominent local figure and former music teacher, will broadcast tonight from WOAW Omaha at 8 o'clock. She now lives in Council Bluffs and is known in the community for her earlier local roles.
Fragmentary note describes the last of a lineage of hermits living near Athens at the temple of Alyupia, Zeiy, dating around 1860. The text mentions a strange and the anderatoad cuatun, but details are unclear and garbled.
A fragment explains that the phrase burying the hatchet comes from a Cherokee or western tribe habit of interring a tomahawk after peacemaking. The piece links the custom to a broader practice of marking end of hostilities between rival groups.
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