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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1922
Page
1
Published by CHAK CHASE and B K CHASE editors and publishers. Entered at the post office as second class matter under March 8 1879 act. Advertising rates Kiowa on application. Subscription rates by carrier or mail Canada US foreign rates listed. Associated Press license and foreign reps noted.
A devotional item interpreting Psalm verses about trusting the Lord and doing good. It emphasizes committing one’s way to the Lord and believing guidance will lead to outcomes. Includes archaic phrasing and typographical errors from the source.
An alleged telegram from President Lewis of the United Mine Workers to Senator Sneyd of Williamson County is cited as the spark that ignited a mob of miners. The ensuing violence at Herrin led to the deaths of more than twenty mine workers. The text argues Lewis bears moral and potential criminal guilt for inciting murder, despite attempts to shift blame.
Governor Small of Finnois faced conspiracy and embezzlement charges over about a million dollars. The jury returned not guilty on conspiracy and did not rule on the sufficiency of evidence regarding the misappropriated funds.
The platform to be adopted by the coming republican state convention will be prepared in advance by those who have shaped the party’s unsavory reputation. Town republicanism gained in the recent primary. Those presenting it should remember you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.
A wartime style editorial argues the state and federal governments lack authority to prosecute Herrin massacre perpetrators. It condemns the drift toward lawlessness and compares to Soviet Cheka excesses, urging justice and accountability for striking miners killed at the mine.
A historic call warns that Bloody Williamson County is under miner control shaping politics and business. The piece urges outside force to prosecute mine murders, denounce local protection of killers, and defend legal authority with decisive punishment to uphold the rule of law.
Rotary members led by Walter Day toured the Purity Ice Cream establishment on North Chestnut Street learning how the plant grew from cranks to a modern operation. Walter Day built a thriving business with a large payroll, ice making capacity, and national reach selling seventy five thousand gallons annually with ships to many regions.
The paper lauds Walter Day for building up the Purity establishment through genius and hard work. It also congratulates Atlantic for having this business listed among its industries, highlighting admiration for the local enterprise.
The poem reflects on changing times and the decline of durable marriages. It contrasts ancestral vows that lasted a lifetime with modern couplings prone to failure, citing snoring spouses and other strains as the new norm, while the speaker saddens over love slipping away.
The phrase watchdog of the treasury traces to Judge William Steele Holman of Indiana a longtime U S representative elected in 1856. He earned the title for his economy in opposition to many appropriations and measures and served until his death in 1897, shaping the era’s fiscal rhetoric.
A witty line reflecting on memory and ambition as a reflection on human condition. The quotation suggests the difficulty many face balancing recollections with distant goals.
London society figure Heather Thatcher steps out in a monocle at a fashionable race meeting prompting chatter from spectators and fashion observers about her bold style in high society circles.
Real estate transfers list multiple transactions with dates from 1922 to 1974 including names such as Kuester Eshelman Beech Joyce Kees Nelson Petty Mullins and Mullins again with properties on Atlantic Chestnut Street and riverfront plots and amounts ranging from 360 to 12 000. A deteriorated obituary note identifies Villon the French poet Viton as the infamous “genius of the gutter” known in literature and highlights his roaming aliases and notoriety for evading authorities.
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