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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1920
Page
5
Atlantic briefs recount local notes from hospital visits to carnival setups, births, marriages, road posters, and civic events. Items include Des Moines business trips, a new baby at Atlantic hospital, a hospital patient, a sanitary carnival, and upcoming bank officers’ dinner.
A fragmentary humor page excerpt surveys playful dialogue about medical care and everyday life. Bits reference an appendicitis case, neighborly banter, and light chit chat about pets, manners, and movie culture with nameless speakers and garbled lines.
Campbell Scott heads a technical committee under Benedict Crowell to settle war contracts after Armistice. The panel, with experts across engineering and manufacturing, addressed 30 000 contracts and sub contracts involving over 200 000 entities to end wartime dealings and salvage industries.
Local items report a theft at Dr. P. T. Williams dental office totaling 160 in gold nuggets sheets and other forms. Joseph Vain plans to build a new barn five miles north of Anita. a storm destroyed a large stock and hay barn on a farm. Mildred McVay's funeral held in Tingley Iowa. Mrs. Luella Sale visiting her daughters en route to Rock Island and Memphis. Mrs. Charela Reges recovering from surgery at home. Earl Sputzman house chimney stopped up causing alarm. Ruth Camp to Spencer, Ta. for vacation from telephone office. Walnut beats Harlan 3 to 2. Adair defeats Grizewold 10 to 9. weather wet field affected games. Upper Silesia plebiscite may boost Poland’s industrial assets including cod iron and zinc.
Westbound Rock Island time cards list trains and times from 6:14 a.m. to 9:56 p.m crossing Stuart and Council Bluffs daily except Sunday. Eastbound trains run 3:48 a.m. to 3:10 p.m with many local and flyer services. Grieweld and Audubon branches show scheduled departures and arrivals with times for each stop.
A clipped OCR shows train times with destinations like Kimballton Elk Horn and Gator. The legible bits mention arrival times around 2:26 to 10:20 and locations such as Lake, Horrindale, and Thoradays, but many words are garbled. The fragment resembles a partial timetable or schedule note with unclear context.
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