27 Jun 1929
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers are urged to call 158W before 7 o clock if papers are not delivered in the evening. Do not mail or contact carriers for delivery changes. notify the office of any address change or paper discontinuation.
A group of fifty business and professional men in Atlantic launch a campaign to raise at least $10,000 to complete the American Legion Memorial building at Seven and Poplar streets. The project will offer a community hub, housing the Legion post and Ladies Auxiliary, a site for sectional meets, and a potential national guard unit, boosting local business. Citizens are urged to prepare funds for brick purchases and support the drive to avoid failure and shame.
Wade H. Ellis proposes withholding federal funds for enforcement from noncooperating states to strengthen prohibition. Critics call the idea unworkable and dangerous, arguing it would fuel anarchy and allow states to nullify the federal liquor policy. The columnist doubts Ellis’s earnestness and warns of unintended consequences.
A rumbling contest in New York pits Jimmy Walker against Tammany Hall as voters weigh his charm and Broadway persona against party opposition. Supporters tout his popularity and transit fare stance while critics question his fit for the mayoralty as the city eyes a political showdown.
The text discusses how appealing to average citizens might affect an upcoming election. It notes that Tammany Hall has often defeated in elections, yet rarely on election day. It speculates Mayor Jimmy Will may seek a second term, and that a challenger would know he attended a horse race if defeated.
Charles Gates Dawes former vice president and newly appointed ambassador to the Court of St James announces he will not serve liquor at the London embassy while in charge. He notes no law obliges a dry embassy, praising consistency and urging honesty among officials amid prohibition debate.
A historical note discusses how the summer slump in business faded as improvements in transport, roads, and advertising changed consumer patterns. Merchants adapted by stocking summer goods and marketing for year‑round demand, ending the belief that summer brings low patronage.
The article argues a vast inland waterway system linking the Midwest to the seaboard via Norfolk and Burlington would transform trade. It stresses the St Lawrence Great Lakes route as pivotal, promising national impact on agriculture and western development, with waterway expansion as a top national priority.
A scrambled, OCR damaged fragment lists various kitchen tasks and dessert ideas including baked rice pudding oatmeal ginger cockles and fruit cup cake. It mentions walnut prune whip and a baked dessert sequence with raisins and spices, with garbled instructions and stray stray phrases about preparing treats for a meal.
A garbled OCR fragment appears with scattered phrases and possible names like Matthew Adams. The text includes stray words about prices, places, and actions but lacks coherent events, dates, or clear subject. No verifiable facts or setting emerge from the readable portions.
A compaction of questions about proper English usage. It notes that certain words should be omitted in a sentence and suggests substitutions such as replacing “almost never” with “very seldom” in examples. It also alludes to anger at missteps and references a “Rimone” quotation challenge.
The Iowa legislature amended the law to add that when a holiday falls on Sunday the following Monday becomes a holiday. The old law listed Sundays May 30 July 4 and others as holidays, with July 4 set to take effect July 4. The wording creates confusion about Mondays as holidays.
The Sentinel and Nonpareil discuss gubernatorial and senatorial aspirants, praising order and law. Editorials reflect on farm relief legislation, contrasting today with prior proposals, while newspapers glimpse elections and policy debates in Iowa.
A partial message discusses a legislative topic about pills and a policy approach. It references past actions and current consideration of the best bill. The fragment mentions meetings and potential outcomes, but lacks clear names, places, or dates.
A humor filled verse sketch on book clubs guiding reading choices and the social pressure to fit prescribed tastes. The piece jokes about selecting popular books versus ascribed classics and mocks literary gatekeeping. It also parodies doctors' dietary advice as overly prescriptive and burdensome.
Eugene M. Stevens of Continental Bank and Prat Chicago argues that storing knowledge in the brain is useless unless it is collective, transformed into material that yields ideals and actions, and shared to benefit the world rather than merely stored. He emphasizes that turning knowledge into productive output distinguishes success from failure.
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