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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1920
Page
4
London dispatch reports that British Austrian German and Finnish prisoners of war drowned when a Bolshevik vessel was forced into the New River. The incident occurred recently as per the Helsingfors telegram.
Walnut defeated Griswold 3 to 0 yesterday afternoon in Griswold with a record crowd watching. The Walnut defense forced errors by Griswold as Fitch and Scharf led a local battery, while Thieman and Nieman pitched for Walnut. Gate receipts were estimated between 450 and 500 dollars.
Fragments indicate July conventions drawing attention to Chicago with expectations of large crowds and hotel vacancy downtown as the Republican national gathering nears. No exact figures clarified, but estimates mention tens of thousands of attendees and widespread media presence.
Homer Cummings denounces the League of Nations covenant as a provincial, misdirected plan lacking hope for Ireland and Armenia. He praises Democratic Peace record from 1918 to WWI, contrasts it with Republican governance, and warns against safeguarding business and finance over human rights.
Fragmentary OCR record notes a fatal airplane incident near Tacoma with two confirmed deaths. No clear names, dates, or agencies due to garbled text. Further verification needed to confirm location, time, and involved parties.
Sam McCullough formerly of Maine owns 600 acres of wheat land in western Nebraska near Red Willow county. Five hundred acres were planted this year by a tenant, with McCullough receiving half the crop. Indications point to at least 35 bushels per acre as maturity nears, and recent Kansas City wheat sales suggest high market value. McCullough previously ran a grain business near Marne and now resides in Central City, where land values have risen since his move nine years ago.
In Casa county progress is reported on two box culverts at Anita and a 20 by 50 foot steel bridge south of the town at Way farm. Three box culverts are finished and a fourth is under way north of Griswold while a separate project proceeds along the Corn Belt Atlantic route.
A crowded church listened to a sacred concert featuring the Congregational choir and Miss Ford, recently returned to the city. The program included organ pieces and songs by the choir with notable participation and a debut by a new singer.
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a June event about Bertramh Odhie of New York showing plans for a large building project with a stated capital figure. Details are garbled and not fully readable.
J Bruce Kremer, vice chairman of the national committee and veteran Democratic worker, opened the San Francisco convention today to nominate a national ticket. A 42 year old Louisville native, he studied at Virginia and Louisville Law, admitted to the bar in 1898, and later settled in Butte, Montana, where he has been a prominent political figure for twelve years as Montana’s representative on the national committee.
Fire in the Kraus Block on Lawrence Avenue Ellwood City Pennsylvania burns seven people to death. Damages are estimated at 35,900. The victims include a mother Mrs James Carlin and her six children ages from 11 months to 11 years. The family lived on the building’s third floor and were unable to escape. The fire’s origin is unknown.
A June incident in Lakewood near Cleveland saw a stampede narrowly averted when a grocery window displayed a sign reading Sugar 6 ½ cents a pound. A mischievous boy painted the altered figure 26% a pound and then rubbed out the 2. Clerks were knocked aside as shoppers surged toward the store, but the scene ended without injuries.
A fragmentary town notice reports a 17 year old named Timmon d swarms and a sand pit avalanche burying workers. It also notes deaths of Muller, 38, and David Schultz and mentions Clinton and Scotts counties planning to submit a vote on highway improvements along the Midtiakippi scenic route amid county supervision boards.
In Exira Iowa a six month old baby boy of Mr and Mrs Will Ridgely fractured the back of the skull after rolling from a bed and falling to the floor. The family and Dr. Jacobsen rushed the child to a Des Moines hospital where doctors expect a full recovery though a week of hospitalization is anticipated.
Hannah Noon died Friday at home six and a half miles north of Marne Iowa aged 79. Funeral services were held at Monroe church with Rev Stroud of Carson presiding. She had lived here 35 years and was widow of E A Noon. She was born in England and survived by six children Willarde Minnie John Miss McMahon Ames Craney a South Dakota native and Walnut resident Will Craney.
Water users with meters face confusion after semi annual statements from the city clerk show charges for six months under meter use and six months at a new flat rate adopted by the city council. The July 1 13312 effective rate for a six room or smaller home with bath and toilet replaces the former 11 payable twice yearly. Owners, not tenants, will receive statements under the new policy holding property owners responsible for water rents.
Reported from Sydney on June 29 that the Prince of Wales aboard the warship Renown was greeted by Fijians bearing whale teeth considered their gold reserve, plus numerous native mats and gifts from local girls during the voyage from Honolulu toward New Zealand and Australia.
Yesterday in San Francisco Edwin T. Meredith Cass county native and former Des Moines publisher who served as secretary of agriculture under Wilson withdrew from the Democratic presidential race. The move follows tensions with James W. Gerard and a clash over ticket prospects as Iowa delegates held firm for Meredith while considering McAdoo Cox and Falmer as backup options. Claude R Porter of Centerville was chosen to present the nomination speech if Meredith’s name remained.
John M. Jones aged 81 died yesterday afternoon after a yearlong cancer illness. Born March 14, 1889 in Indiana, he moved nine months ago to live with daughter Mrs. O E Lister at 100 Cedar Street. Survived by two daughters and three sons, plus one brother in Missouri. Funeral from Lister residence tomorrow at 2380, body to Heyworth for burial.
San Francisco June 28 delegates and alternates packed the convention hall as Democrats opened preliminaries. McAdoo backers assigned floor managers, while Cox Palmer strength holds as debates over prohibition and candidate names begin. Homer S. Cummings delivered the keynote as committees draft rules and nominate officers amid talk of Meredith as McAdoo running mate.
The piece recalls a historic Democratic National Convention in St Louis naming Samual J. Tilden for president and Thomas A. Hendricks for vice president, a ticket defeated by Hayes led Republicans after a congressional dispute. It marks the treaty signing day a year ago and the Wilson pact with the league covenant amid party tensions.
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