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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
2
The writer urges the War Department to adopt a settled policy on army matters and to act decisively. They call for better handling of the war, urging the President to remove inept or overpaid officials to ensure efficiency and fiscal responsibility, even if it upsets political calculations.
The article urges Cass County to raise 9700 for the Red Cross as its share of Wilsons wartime fund. It quotes The Boy Who Ran Ahead and stresses every man, woman, and child should subscribe. It promotes donations of 1 to 200000 with President Wilson as head of the Red Cross and appeals for immediate action.
A 1917 verse by Walt Mason titled Rippling Buymfs credits Geo. Matthew Adams and opens with a motor age refrain. The piece reflects on speed and folly as a man hunts drivers and police across roads, ending with a quip about duty and a quarry. A separate note mentions a Rest Cross gathering in Wiota and a cinema listing at the News-Telegraph office.
In the District Court of Iowa Cass County probate, Jen nie Roberts deceased. The undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate and qualified. All debts due to the estate should be paid to the administrator and all claims presented per law. Dated June 14, A.D. 19. Marguerite Clark in Snow White noted. theatre announcements and ad copy appear in the issue.
A fragment references an afternoon matinee with music and comedy at the opera house hinting at a busy schedule. It also notes a Cass County Iowa probate notice seeking appearances at the Atlantic courthouse on June 20 for the will of John Tharisn.
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