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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
1
Advertising rates and contact details for the Atlantic News Telegraph include subscription options by carrier and mail, with Canada and foreign advertising representation listed. A notice informs Atlantic subscribers to call for evening delivery if not received by seven, with the phone number 879.
In Maquoketa Mount Lote cemetery directors launch a tombstone recycling scheme, selling reused grave markers to fund care of graves, provoking opposition as a thrifty yet controversial practice. The column also notes Cass county’s 5,707 licensed drivers and a countywide car density, debating potential road savings and economic impacts on local infrastructure.
A heated quarrel between Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton of Calvary Baptist New York and Rev. Elmer W. Powell of New Roselle New Jersey centers on Straton's doctor of divinity degree and related matters. Powell questions the honor, while Straton presents records from Shurtleff College Illinois amid a broader modernist versus fundamentalist church dispute. The exchange mirrors tensions over authority, church governance, and unity within the Baptist community.
A satirical verse blends irony and civic life as a charming smile becomes legal tender, powering debts and votes. The speaker contrasts cheerful optics with sharp ingratitude and scrutiny, noting how public favor shifts with a serene, princely demeanor during a candidate’s run for justice of the peace.
An unreadable fragment discusses debts and payments with a warns that smiling cannot settle obligations. The text hints at training rent and other costs while stressing better payment and the futility of relying on a cheerful appearance.
The piece blends cynical reflections on marriage money and life with broad references to events like Germany’s postwar status and a Des Moines court rehearing. It cites a June 16 date for a Stuart bank case rehearing and mentions a U S Shipping Board steamer refloated after grounding off a New England coast, reflecting scattered historical fragments in a dated wire brief style.
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