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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1923
Page
1
Wheat growers and handlers face ongoing losses as prices fall below last year. Proposals from grain commission men and producers suggest withholding wheat from the market, borrowing up to eighty percent of the stored value, and using warehouse certificates to stabilize prices, requiring near unanimous farmer action to succeed.
A broad survey recalls insulin’s promise for diabetes, notes cancer’s stubborn toll, and surveys hopeful advances from X rays and radium. Reports from Philadelphia and New York highlight rushed claims of cures and advancing surgical techniques.
An Omaha man argues for orderly wheat marketing by delaying sales until demand rises. He cites Canadian practice of selling stored warehouse wheat with negotiable receipts and advantages of holding stock in Omaha markets, with storage credits of 75 to 81 percent. The piece blends market opinions with broader remarks on progress and remedies.
Judge N W Macy of Pasadena is in Iowa City visiting relatives and possibly attending the 50th annual reunion of the class of 1873 at the State University of Iowa. The meeting drew 19 members, 12 living, eight attending, with Simon Casady James G Berryhill Seerley and Dr O A Williams among the attendees. Macy may visit his old Harlan home before returning west.
A collage of quips and observations ranges from Ford’s appeal to the masses to musings on aging fashion, Mars seasons, and the idea of a new era dawning before noon. Scattered notes mention California divorce, a Pottstown man’s broken leg after a tooth extraction, and a Dempsey bout’s backstage contenders.
A column questions Henry Ford as a presidential possibility noting his lack of public experience and education. It argues Ford’s fortune and cheap cars attract diverse backers, while voters mistake wealth for political fitness. The piece warns against embracing a candidate who embodies money and populist appeal.
A 1923 critique by George Matthew Adams contrasts old romance heroines who swoon with modern women who smoke and hold their own. The piece mocks sentimental heroines, notes the rise of smoking imagery, and lampoons contemporary depictions of female characters in fiction.
Fragmentary lines reflect wartime anxiety and social pressures as one narrator notes ordinary people confront danger and economic strain. A girl muses on identity between yesterday and tomorrow while weary businessmen fear failure amid turmoil.
Des Moines Iowa June 20 Associated Press descendants of William Penn Quaker pioneer plan annual pie social at Marion Iowa June Harley Penn grandfather was brother of William to attend affair Edinburgh after four months strike 10000 pounds strike money paid and 30000 pounds lost in wages 580 paper workers in Valleyfield mills return to work strike began when a union sign was torn and all workers were called out
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