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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1916
Page
2
Public notice details advertising rates by subscription type and carrier, with editor and manager names CHASE and B P CHASE, and postal classifications. Mentions United Press Association affiliation and mail terms for Atlantic, including annual and semiannual prices.
The dispatches report Billy Sunday near the end of his Kansas City revival with free will offerings likely reaching forty thousand dollars as about seventeen thousand attend. Critics accuse the collections of exploiting the public, while the piece condemns partisan claims about foreign influence and Americanism, urging restraint amid political debate.
The News Telegraph defends free expression while opposing broad traitor labels for German Americans and others opposed to Wilson. It promises balanced coverage of the 1916 campaign, proposing a Democratic column if the county convention agrees, to ensure fair treatment of both parties.
Notice from the Daily Des Moines Register dated January 1, 1917 invites club members to a qualification shoot at the range on Wednesday the 21st. Registration by W A McKp, dig. Executive Officer urges all members to attend, shoot begins at 9:00 a.m.
At a regular meeting the Atlantic Commercial Club voted President Gillette to form a three person committee to meet with the city council and urge the city to pay for running lights for the booster sign at the depot. The sign reads What Atlantic Wants is You and is bright in daylight but dim at night. The club will seek fringe lighting around the sign.
Stories report the Atlantic Home Bakery building received a new front yesterday, described as a great improvement. R By King Returns notes R E King came back from Emmettsburg after several days tending land interests. crops in the northern state are thriving and Emmetsburg is booming. A $50,000 lake reclamation fund was raised by subscription. Encampment trips sent veterans Ron Bair H M Brown and R B MccGeehan to Mary Shalltown for the G A R state encampment. Mrs Helena Dunn travels for the wives’ meeting. Mrs Mehrens and family visited from Omaha, plus Mrs Hans Petersen and Mrs Renfelt of Avoca joined Mrs Mehrens at the Richardson home Sunday.
Reports say George Kelly of the Los Angeles Athletic Club holder of the world high hurdles record will enter aviation after the national championships. A friend of Glenn Martin, Kelly may get a plane offer. A French race at Rheims after Stockholm Olympics saw an aeroplane distract him from the lead. Fred’s aviation interest and future with Martin are noted amid the track tale.
A local commercial club member proposed placing American flags along the Great White Way or White Rose road across Iowa for the Fourth of July. Each town would maintain flags on its section, aiming to advertise the road and its towns. The idea was discussed at the commercial club board meeting, noting all poles are painted and flags could produce a fine display on the Fourth. The Tongues of Men Opera House show is noted for Wednesday.
A fragmented newspaper fragment shows a faded ad layout with a quick house sale, a buggy for sale, and farm loan offers. The ad copy mentions prices and percentages as Wood and Savery promote farm loans and real estate services in a local Atlantic Town context.
The Firing Line presented with a military band at the Opera House on Friday. The film shows authentic World War I scenes approved by the general staff, including trench fighting, snowbound retreats, and Krupp guns in action. It promises a vivid, near firsthand view of the Kaisers’ army.
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