29 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
1
Local editorials attack coal prices and winter shortages amid a push for national prohibition. The piece criticizes Attorney General Havner for not acting on enforcement and laments political cowardice in Congress while noting Atlantic hosts a Fourth of July sendoff for Company M and comments on Chicago mayoral leadership.
A Des Moines woman crediting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound narrates a recovery from a serious female condition after doctors urged an operation. The testimonial praises the remedy as a health restorer and notes broad belief in its value over forty years.
A crude unfiltered remark targets a so called foul mouthed American and German Americans, describing a person who brands every German American as a traitor as highly undesirable amid noisy grievance and overheated rhetoric.
Poet Walt Mason reflects on dieting to lose weight and to join the war effort, joking about fitness for service and the desire to march against Kaiser Wilhelm. He weighs himself obsessively while living on beets and potted meat, cherishing the chance to fight for France.
A jumble of local notes from June 28 1902 recount residents traveling to Des Moines Avoca and Glenwood and a Carroll baseball visit. Business moves include E E Zinn and F G Sherwood completing counters for A H Smith of Neela Weiss Sulla Findley visiting Newark and Dr D Fame leaving for home. Administrative notices list Karache Rez Carter estate appointment and filing.
Notice announces bids for building a school house in Washing ton township Cass county district One to be received by July 2 at 1 PM. Lowest responsible bidder awarded contract with payments deferred until April 1918. County superintendent and G L Howard hold the documents. Board reserves right to reject all bids. Old prices on new hammocks advertised by Fred Alexander’s.
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