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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
1
Rates for one month by carrier six months by carrier and one year by mail. Canada and foreign delivery also shown. Advertising representatives KuillBarke Inc. New York City and Detroit addresses provided.
A report drawn from Associated Press and United Press recounts a mob killing twenty five to thirty miners in Rin, Illinois, and brutal mistreatment of the wounded by both men and women. The unrest stemmed from workers refusing to mine not from local grievances, but wider mine troubles elsewhere.
The letter argues for harsh justice against alleged killers from the United Mine Workers after the Herrin mine reopening led to numerous deaths, including a beaten superintendent. It urges state and federal action, condemns politicians, and likens the situation to Haymarket era clashes with calls for hangings of the mob and supporters of labor violence.
Secretary of War Weeks told the Chester PA military academy graduating class that much unrest across the nation stems from the Volstead act and that he has found a general sentiment against it.
The passage strings quirky, disjointed lines about misfortune and luck, booze on ships, self made men, autos, summer dresses, lawn mowing at five, health tips, hair trends, Broadway horses, Ford politics, fishermen, hats, and Hawaii volcanoes. It reads as a pasted collage of humorous observations and oxymorons from a bygone era.
A fragment from Walt Mason sketches a tired narrator awakened by a door knocking vagrant. Crude rhymes mix with a humorous, worn mood as the speaker questions the intruder and reflects on sleepless hours and stern refusal.
The News Telegraph reports a milestone in its newsroom as editors vow continued coverage of major stories. Staff numbers rise and new digital platforms expand reach to readers across the region.
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