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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1927
Page
1
The Atlantic News Telegraph lists its ownership by the Chase estate with editor and publisher credit to CHASE. It provides advertising and subscription rates and details for mail and carrier delivery, including regional options and pricing listed in a dense period-appropriate notice.
The article reports that Britain Japan and the United States debate naval tonnage at Geneva with Hugh Gibson proposing the 5-5-8 ratio to apply to cruisers destroyers and submarines. It notes British and Japanese plans to shift or scrap vessels and warns the U S risks a weaker position if it yields.
A Buffalo bishop protests Ambassador Herrick serving wine at a Lindbergh banquet in Paris. The piece defends diplomatic custom, noting French habit and that wine at meals is normal there while critiquing American temperance zeal.
A measured crowd remains calm as a local controversy draws mixed reactions. The discourse shows level heads resisting sensationalism while a single voice feverishly overreacts, seeking to inflame public sentiment despite lacking broader support.
The heavyweight rivals Jack Dempsey and Tom Sharkey plan a July 21 bout in New York under Tex Rickard to decide who will face Gene Tunney next for the championship. Dempsey seeks a comeback with a share of 27 percent, Sharkey 22 percent, and a gate near a million and a half anticipated.
The Algons Republican notes the highway commission faces persistent criticism yet continues work. Over fifteen years the body and the road law survive amid graft accusations and political attacks while roads improve and counties race for better pavement, signaling progress as the world moves.
The News-Telegraph notes the American Legion plans a possible 40000 dollar community building to serve as a meeting hall gym and civic venue. If adopted the project would require broad local support and effort to become a lasting benefit aligned with Legion service ideals.
A poetic reflection on temperance and self control. The speaker admits temptation to drink when with friends, stressed by work, or cold, but emphasizes personal restraint and pride in steering life without excess. The piece contrasts social pressure with inner will to know when enough is enough.
Questions cover census timing the Koran authorship The poem Hiswatha and its writer French yes the Red Sox baseball team Doyle's detective fiction Paul Jones remembered the capital of India D W Griffith and the governing figure known as Malt
Answers cover topics from Mussolini to Bolsheviks and a Norwegian explorer. Includes items on polar flight, Princeton, the Ten Commandments, Parala, a royal second son, the Anti-Saloon League, and other reference trivia from 1927.
A 1927 prose poem mocks those who boast they can quit drinking yet still drink. It notes a rising toll as strength fades, and imagines a tombstone inscription about the man who can drink or quit yet often does not. The piece ends with an advertisement for Wilken Monument Works.
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