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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1922
Page
1
A reader quotes the Des Moines Register critiquing calls for government regulation to push wages higher and living costs lower, labeling such demands as political rut promoted by the Register and similar papers for months.
In a clipped Tribune column the writer mocks Rotary International as failing to meet grand promises. He jokes they must end famine in Russia, fix Ireland, pay veterans, finish Belt at Large, force Senator Watson to wear a muargie, and even alter Lake Michigan rainfall, while noting Kiwanis will handle other woes.
A Chicago letter suggests raising funds for a bonus by taxing automobile owners at 100 dollars per year per machine. The writer claims fifty million U.S. machine owners would yield six trillion dollars, arguing autos are a luxury and the plan would not disrupt business. He cites Joseph Paoletta of Company B, 181st Infantry, 33d Div, and criticizes Republican leaders in Washington for their pledges while in office.
The article discusses divisions within the Republican Party led by Ben atoy Modill McCormick and Charlie Rawson over the unity of the ticket led by Colonel Brookhart. It argues for a vote of confidence from Town Republicans and critiques reparations debates tied to Europe, asserting the United States can endure without European debt cancellations as tariff discussions loom.
A Chicago Tribune editorial notes European powers seek to shift reparations burden by seeking US cancellation of all war debts. It argues reparations are for the nations that owe and those who must pay, and the United States should not bear the burden for others’ debts. The piece argues for a Europe-centered settlement without US funding responsibility.
A poem described as Rippling Rhymes highlights a cheerful wanderer Blitzen in a van who sees beauty along a country road. The narrator extols sunshine fields, wheat and nature while Blitzen improvises verses and revels in life’s simple delights as he drives with awe and joy.
A garbled, partial text fragment recalls someone being dumped in a ditch with a broken limb. The scene references a long eluate and a driver watching goats, while a delegate surveys a landscape and a creaking carriage is noted. The fragment ends with a mock copyright line.
A garbled page of witty musings covers social habits and entertainment. It references boxing, cinema demand, lamb availability, Russian stereotypes, and marriage curiosities with a flippant tone reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century editorial aside.
Cryptic OCR fragment mentions money, keeping up, truth stranger than fiction, railroad time, a table, and driving a nail with a hammer risking a finger. No clear event or named entities. summary notes fragmented lines.
In the sixteenth century it was customary to engrave on one side of table knives the benediction or grace before meat, and on the opposite side the grace after meat, reflecting a ritual use of music and prayer at meals.
Mexico City reports the great Tule tree in Santa Maria de Tule Oaxaca is 800 years old and beginning to show algae and wear. The colossal cypress, noted for its vast trunk, once spanned by two men arm in arm, has fed legends from Columbus era and Indigenous lore. A younger tree nearby called Hijo Xeon is said to symbolize family honor and is described as hundreds of years old.
A Turkish hobby mirrors fastidious fashion as fingernail dyes color nails with red blue and gold shades. The trend extends beyond simple polish to creative color styles among women.
Wireless foreman of a coastal electric company keeps several construction gangs at work at remote points and stays in constant communication with them via wireless telegraphy.
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