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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1922
Page
5
Exira Iowa June 15 A Rubel family and Peter Rubel’s 16 year old son escaped a two story farm house collapse by jumping from a second story window after midnight. The wooden stairway was alight. no fire inside the house prior. Neighbors aid the injured, clothing destroyed and property partially insured.
United Press reports a midnight disturbance in Dallas as police investigated owners of forty Hagerie shirts and trousers seized by a farmer who claimed to love nature but preferred sleep. Twenty couples danced under a moon when a man with a shotgun confiscated clothing then returned home with it and slept. A party member found a gun and later called for twenty closed taxis to depart the scene.
A clipped San Francisco advertisement circulated among Shriners about an annual Cone clave. The Nile excursion and Nile steamer from old days are referenced with a smile from Cleopatra. Mailer M. Glenn Holaday, a News-Telegraph clerk, missed work due to illness.
George Lasker once a Marne boy now stands as a leading Chicago steel products manufacturer. He returned to the city to settle his father’s estate and discussed his career from steel construction to mills nationwide. Lasker is a key figure opposing the Pittsburgh plus freight rule before the federal trade commission, sharing insights and data on steel production. Dr. Campbell, family physician to the Lasker family, is mentioned as an old Marne friend.
Rotarians from Council Bluffs Atlantic Red Oak and Creston joined Red Oak club for a hot day at the old chautauqua park. Gouneil Bluffs won the baseball game against Red Oak and Creston. golf, horseshoes, and cuts provided entertainment. Local attendees included Sam Childs Vite Ben U Wood Ernst Berring H K Williams Joe Price Walter Day Chester Eckles with E B Bennett visiting from Omaha to discuss affairs.
The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company offers to produce witnesses to back charges by August Busch and son Aldolphus that the St. Louis Board violated federal prohibition. The offer comes as a possible witness list for a congressional probe. Attorney General Dougherty is asked for a ruling on legality of serving on board the vessels.
Mrs A M Brown long time Atlantic resident died last night at 807 Olive street from influenza complications. She was born July 20 1844 in Franklin county Ohio and married Henry M Brown in 1863. The couple lived in Iowa before settling in Atlantic in 1893. Surviving are six sons Edward E Henry E Emory O Herbert Jos W and daughter Carrie M Miles. one daughter Abbies A Rich died in 1909. Funeral Saturday at M F church at 2 30 pm with Rev F W Simpson officiating. Interment in Atlantic Cemetery.
World War veteran and American adventurer Sergeant Jack Rhanney was to speak on Americanism and his experiences at City Hall last evening but canceled due to poor attendance and warm counter attractions. He is scheduled to speak at Marne tonight in the interests of American Legion Posts of Town.
London June 15 The constitution of the Irish Free State will be made public tomorrow Winston Churchill announces in the House of Commons. The announcement says the document conforms to the Anglo Irish treaty and outlines the framework for the new state.
Lorne H. Clark dies at 110% Birch Street from spinal meningitis after a short illness. Born in Red Oak, he worked for Shranger & Johnson and played in local dance orchestras. He leaves his mother, an uncle Frank D. Larson, and two brothers Claude W. Clark and Earl B. Clark. Funeral set for tomorrow at 1 PM from the family home, with interment in Red Oak.
National Guardsmen mobilized to Carbon County Utah to enforce martial law after a police strike clash near a train ambush that killed mine official George Webb and wounded superintendent H P Lewis. One laborer dead, amid weeks of unrest and district disorder. Also Key West report on a former sub-charter tanker burned and sunk near shore with Mrs Sulzer injured.
City water users can help clear the drinking water by conserving use and sprinkling lawns only from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. Cleaning of two wells at the plant discolored the water. Officials urge water conservation until the emergency passes and foreign matter settles.
Plans are complete for a tuberculosis clinic at the Masonic Hall tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dr John Peck of Des Moines a lung specialist will be present with a nose and throat expert. The Cass County Medical Association sponsors the event with county residents expected to attend for free examinations by specialists.
C B Clovis a well known attorney is elected junior Grand Warden of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa as Des Moines hosts a session running June 9 to 12 with lodge work and a school of instruction Other officers named include Frank Glaze J M Graham Carl Parker N D Parvin and delegates from Atlantic Bert Butler Victor Carlson A R Hill Also note Miss Culver’s return to Audubon after two weeks with Mrs F H Townsend
Labor leaders in Cincinnati back Senator La Follette's program to give Congress veto powers over the courts a move they call revolutionary. The American Federation of Labor convention is expected to approve the plan, despite fears it could erode constitutional stability. Concurrently, AFL meeting riders support unifying unions into a single organization and push a broad, pro labor political campaign. Officers say railroad unions will not block a strike involving 1,225,000 shop crafts and railroad maintenance workers if sought.
Word was received by Swan CloVis & Swan this morning from Iowa City that W. K. Martin of their office has passed the State Bar examination held the first of the week. Marvin Jersild, son of Rev. Thomas N. Jersild of Atlantic, has also passed the exam.
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