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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1927
Page
1
Atlantic News Telegraph lists publishers E P Chase and C F Chase Estate and notes evening edition delivery policy. It provides advertising offices, telephones, foreign reps, and subscription rates including carrier and mail options, with a notice urging callers to report late deliveries before 7 pm.
Navy department figures on Teapot Dome show the supposed vast oil wealth was overstated. Production from the reserve is tiny, insufficient to fuel even a single battleship for a day in war, with estimates shrinking from 185 million barrels to as low as 14 million.
The News-Telegraph and Griswold Ameren clash over Cass county road schemes. Officials dispute No. 132 route to the Pottawatamie line, affirm No. 82 via Lewis, and deny No. 52 surfacing without bond approval. Highway work hinges on bond passage under new law, with grading to Audubon county line and potential completion of No. 32 if funds pass.
The readable passage asserts absolute facts about a situation and presents them to inform readers. It references a coastal to east-county line span with numbers and measures, but the text is incomplete. No clear event, names, dates, or organizations are established in the available fragments.
The Iowa Electric company plans a new local gas plant to meet future town needs. It will serve 900 additional consumers as part of a campaign to justify the investment. H. S. Boyd becomes manager, with Marion Cook remaining as plant superintendent. The project is presented as a sound, future-oriented improvement earning public support.
Editorial notes decry misinformation and praise progress in Cass County while urging action on road bonds and road improvement. It critiques socialists and politics, laments dry rot in communities, and contrasts local road quality with plans for county and state funding amid 1920s fiscal trends.
The expert farmers' view links pork and corn prices to world competition weather and policy. Hog prices fall as Europe buys Danish pork amid British import limits after hoof and mouth disease. Corn prices rise due to bad weather and Iowa planting delays. Readiness to adjust costs could profit farmers. Iowa prioritizes livestock values over corn price rhetoric. The piece ends with a moral reflection attributed to George Matthew Adams.
The page lists common trivia with answers: 1 The Constitution. 2 Light blue and white. 3 Red white and blue. 4 Great Britain. 5 Not provided. 6 Blue and yellow. Queen Elizabeth. 7 It is said to rain for forty consecutive days thereafter. 8 My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country. 9 Alois Senefelder. 10 He struck out.
A Council Bluffs Nonpareil analysis notes most farmers lose money on hogs versus selling corn. Profit depends on feeding strategies, prices around 95 cents, and whether farmers raised their own hogs. Some fattened on 68–70 cent corn may still break even or gain modest profits with optimized feeds.
Barrons Weekly profiles Charles L. Lawrence president of Wright Aeronautical, who designed and refined the air cooled engine Lindbergh used on his transatlantic flight. He built early two and three cylinder motors in West Forty fourth Street shop and earned army support for his cooling innovation. Lawrence rose to vice president then president of Wright. his wartime work shaped military aviation.
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