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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1927
Page
1
The Atlantic News Telegraph lists publishing details, ownership, and editors of the paper and includes advertising rates, subscription options, and a late delivery notice advising subscribers who do not receive papers to call before 7 PM. It warns that the number given is not the News Telegraph office.
The article urges modernization of Iowa roads, praising progress and opposing resistance. It explains the new road law funding via motor liens and gasoline tax, with Cass County set to vote on issuing one million dollars in bonds to permanently improve the primary road system under the new law. Public education on the law is promised before the election.
The Newton gathering marks the Town of the Army of the North as veterans, mostly past 80, pass from active service. Women groups like the Ladies of the G A R and the W R C carry on the veterans mantle as the once mighty Army fades from the stage. The piece honors a reunified nation born from the Civil War and notes the enduring legacy of valor, sacrifice, and peace as time moves forward.
In Chicago and on Broadway, readers crave authenticity over artificial glamour. The piece contrasts Lindbergh’s wholesome image with modern flappers and flings, praising natural beauty and restraint while noting a wave of auto accident casualties bringing the year’s toll to 468 across the city amid weekend crashes involving pedestrians.
A spoof portrait of a distinguished flyer who crossed the sea from Gotham to Paris, celebrated by kings and presidents yet yearning for simple, solitary moments. The piece notes the crowd adulation that follows fame, contrasts public praise with private wish for normal life, and closes with a gentle jab at grandiloquent praise.
Miss May Talmage Hays of Kansas City declares ambition to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic from New York to Paris. Aiming to prove women can fly as well as men, she nears the 200 hours required for a government pilot license with little fear of rejection.
Des Moines on June 27 reported no arrests in the meat market safe burglary. Three men reportedly pried a safe open at the Buehler market yesterday afternoon, taking about 1600 dollars while leaving 25 dollars in change and jewelry worth 400 dollars. The intruders fled before police arrived.
A hospital bulletin says the renowned actor John Drew is extremely weak and dying after five weeks of arthritis and septic poisoning. Doctors acknowledge he is losing the battle for life as of today in San Francisco.
A list of ten questions covering topics from Renaissance figures to geography and literature. Questions include Lucretia Borgia’s notoriety, opium poppy derivatives, WWI term pollus, the motto They shall not pass, largest continent, polar oceans, who sought more worlds, the Prince of Wales title, author of The Mill on the Floss, and commonality of dog breeds Pomeranian spaniel dachshund and terrier.
Answers to Saturday's Questions list a set of trivia results including 1, 1,760 yards. 2 Boston. 3 Lincoln's Gettysburg address. 4 West Point New York. 6 the flag of Denmark. 6 Estelle Taylor. 7 Samson. 8 he received 30 pieces of all vel.. 9 Theodore Roosevelt 106 the violin.
C Clifton reports Senator Shoff endorses a $100 million state paying bond as part of Shoff campaign for governor and a push for a special session to submit the bond issue to voters. The plan would retire county bonds from the primary road fund and pave thousands of miles of Iowa primary roads, with counties already voting bonds and a Senate majority likely to approve.
County bond issues influence early paving of a cross-state road that runs through the county. If bonds are rejected or elections are not held, paving is postponed amid political delays. Also notes criticism of college athletics and a university switch from intercollegiate contests to intracurricular sports. In Moscow, war tribunal chief Orlov lies dangerously wounded after an assassination attempt at his headquarters.
Portsmouth, Eng June 27 The giant battle cruiser Duke of York ended its six months tour of the Dukes and Duchess of York with a noon docking at the admiralty jetty in Portsmouth They visited Putnam Australia New Zealand Mauritius Malta Gibraltar and other empire countries The Prince of Wales and Prince Henry greeted them with home welcomes from the royal family
The Rev. Karl F. Wettstone, D D, president of the University of Dubuque, has resigned citing health reasons. He served four and a half years and his future plans were not announced, with previous publicity noted from about a year ago.
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