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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1923
Page
7
Neighboring notices report W C Billy Brown, a nearly paralytic man in a wheeled chair, gravely ill in Stuart. Other items mention rainfall, a Sunnyside park picnic, travel to Los Angeles and Princeton, visits from Wautato Washington, land business near Sunnyside, and a church program aiding orphans.
The text notes a happiness theme linked to efficiency gains cutting 256 million in expenses in the past year. It references a historic business meeting two years earlier and warns executives of continuing tough tasks. The narrative shifts to Payner, jailed since Saturday, ill and needing a physician, after a short-change scheme in several towns.
President Harding announced at a meeting with department heads that the government has lived within its income for the past fiscal year and has accumulated a surplus of 206 million dollars. He called the result the nation’s most important fiscal record and promised further expenditure reductions in the coming year.
VW Payner a noted short change artist with F C Foley was arrested at Anita after a bank change at Wiotsa and a case at Anita. He pleaded guilty to party larceny in Justice Pr nall's court and paid $100 including costs. The report notes moral contrasts and cites rough upbringing as a factor.
A brief, archaic sounding meditation declares love as eternal and desirable yet directed, feeding the mind with pure joy and freedom from sadness. It praises seeking such love with resolve, quoting a stylized voice that amplifies spiritual sentiment.
The Thursday Kensington club met June 14 with eight members and one visitor. Helen Lucille Neiens received a gold locket and chain from the club as the first baby in the family. Luncheon followed. Next meeting June 28 with Mrs Mike Nevens Jr. Also notes postponed meetings and various social events including a Miss Fackler bridal shower and a surprise birthday for K Costello.
An older man born in England who moved to Cass County in 1870 and later settled north of Atlantic on Buck Creek, died at his South Chestnut Street home. A devout church member and family man, he leaves seven children and thirteen grandchildren. funeral plans are pending.
The next meeting of the Ladies Wiota cemetery association will be held at the cemetery Friday afternoon June 22 at 2 30.
Chinese bandits surrounded the Hangkow Catholic mission and captured Father Malotta along with five hundred Chinese converts. They demand a ransom of one million dollars and threaten to kill the priest if not paid at once. Pope Pius directs relief efforts via Father Wilhelm Leufers of Hangkow.
A clipped item notes Wenan being fined on a charge of keeping sil. The fragment hints at public complaint about enforcement and cites a quotation about why people complain. No further details or context are provided in the text.
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