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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1917
Page
2
A girl sacrifices for her mother in The Cloud at the opera house Wednesday while The Stolen Triumph shows Tuesday at the same venue. See both performances for a pair of dramatic offerings.
Press dispatches highlight U. S. Marines as agents of civilization who end fevers and revolutions by sanitation, rebuilt towns near Port au Prince, and uplift Haitians to decent living. A field artillery Marine recalls the transformation and underscores the duty and courage of the Marines in guiding governance with Semper Fidelis.
Washington governors received a detailed national defense council report with 100 points on war readiness. Highlights urge fiscal caution, delaying nonessential projects, avoiding census schemes, and possible price controls only if law permits. Includes recommended war theater areas for military road planning: Long Island area, Chesapeake Bay, Pacific coast, Mexican border, and Great Lakes region.
London, Douglas Duff, fourth officer and sole Thracia survivor, testifies that three hours after the ship went down the German submarine approached his capsized body and asked about the captain and destination. Duff recalls the commander threatened to shoot and then said he would not waste powder on an Englishman before leaving Duff adrift. He was rescued twelve hours later by a French fisherman.
Hempstead New York Mrs Leo F F Warner Long Island's only policewoman rushed from bed with trained German police dogs to chase burglars robbing homes in Hempstead Westbury Garden City and nearby villages Chief Robert Vandewater ordered her to assist early morning men with two calls going to Meadowbrook Farms. She trailed suspects for three miles through fields thickets and brooks before losing the trail in Garden City main street.
Washington reports the war department expects about twenty nine major generals and over one hundred brigadier generals for a reorganized national army. The plan includes thirty six divisions each with one major general and four brigadier generals. The army act lets the president appoint officers at his discretion. Officials note the president and secretary of war are believed to be set on merit.
Local column notes personal mentions and social visits. Items mention Joseph Emmert returning from Westminster College Fulton Missouri, Misa Dorothy Paulsen's Denver trip, F W Montgomery's Nebraska trip, H C Conrad family visits Cumberland, William Meyer in Cumberland, Robi A Herry and wife in Corning, Arthur Lang's Omaha visit, Mrs Frank Cox leaving for Valley Junction, J B Smith of Lindsay Oklahoma visiting Bosley home, Carl Colvin of Sedgewick, Hattie Year and John Year of Burlington, Tate Mi Egan funeral attendees returning home, Peter Hopley and son Harry from Chicago Shorthorn sales, plus showings of Marie Doro in Oliver Twist and Jean Southern in The Cloud, Fatty Arbuckle and Al St John in The Butcher Boy at the opera house. Footwear promotion.
Laurie Rowley, a young man, has been in Atlantics hospital since a work accident in the field. His condition is described as serious and alarms both relatives and his physician.
Testimonial letters from Alma Mills of Eaton Indiana and Hazen Hast of Newcastle Indiana describe relief from monthly cramps backache and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letters urge other young girls to try the remedy for menstrual discomfort and improved health.
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