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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1914
Page
3
The assassination of Austria's crown prince and his wife prompts reflection on the dangers of monarchy. While royal pomp fades, rulers live under constant threat, yet the ordinary American citizen still cherishes a priceless heritage beyond any king or queen.
Iowa orders 125000 pairs of number plates for next year signaling broad prosperity. The dispatch notes that such a purchase implies many residents have money or credit to buy cars, reflecting a thriving economy in a state rich in agriculture and banking, with a hopeful outlook on wealth and contentment.
A state law takes effect at midnight making West Virginia dry. The march of prohibition continues across the nation. Proponents argue it will doom the liquor trade, comparing it to historical shifts like slavery ending in the United States.
The piece extols the News Telegraph as the best daily for a town of its size and urges neighbors to judge by comparing with larger papers. It also notes the release of Earl Jones, the musician jailed for a crime he did not commit, highlighting public effort to secure his full freedom.
Six leading Shenandoah figures signed a $3,000 bond for Earl G. Jones, Corning music teacher, to secure his release from Anamosa penitentiary under a habeas corpus ruling. The writ grants temporary freedom pending Supreme Court review in September after testimony altered by Grace Runyon's statements.
An injunction blocks Sunday baseball at Woodbine amid local reform discussions. The action targets Woodbine events and involves community leaders as they debate the town’s sports and recreational rules.
Public notice invites all residents to a barn dance organized by Undergrants Jive. The event occurs four miles northwest of Atlantic on Saturday night with dialy cordial hospitality and music.
Irregular or delayed use Tri umph Pills advised. Safe and dependable not sold at drug stores. Do not experiment with others to avoid disappointment. Write for Relef and particulars free to National Medical Institute Milwaukee Wis.
Ughn Glaflin and his firm trigger a sweeping crisis with widespread bank and store failures across the United States. The collapse disrupts lending, credit, and retail activity as investigations begin into the firm’s operations and financial practices. Local officials report closures and government agencies prepare emergency responses.
Middlesex county grand jury indicts Charles S. Mellen former NYNH&H president Frederick Mosely banker and Ralph Gillette of Westerfield for conspiracy to induce Cambridge Savings Bank committees to lend to the Hampden railroad. Gillette head of Hampden railroad died about two years ago. Mosely alleged to be financially interested. Entire investment committees of two Cambridge banks indicted for conspiracy to lend funds.
Pittsburgh June 30 troopers of the Pennsylvania state constabulary patrolled Turtle Creek and East Pittsburgh after disorderly strike outbreaks at Westinghouse works. Crowds jeered as troopers detrained at sheriff G W Richards request. Earlier a second walkout of 260 Union Switch and Signal employees in Swissvale also accompanied unrest.
About three thousand Epworth League delegates from the United States England and Canada gathered at Epworth Memorial church Cleveland to mark the twenty five year founding of the first Epworth League in America Rev Worth Tippy noted the leagues began in this very church and have grown from under twenty five members to over one and a half million In Cleveland delegates plan to sail to Buffalo for the July fourth and fifth international convention.
Dean A Marg ton of Iowa State College head of its engineering division and state highway commission was elected president of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education at Princeton. The organization includes technical colleges in 66 states and foreign countries and focuses on training engineers for construction and industry.
Chis Carlisle, son of the late Jom G. Car, former cabinet official, arrives in Spokane this week with seven sons of age to scout relics and a long-ago press owned by the Teuton. He recalls Spokane Falls before the railroad and the 800 residents, while J. J. Browne predicted 100,000 future residents.
United Press reports Detroit hosts a nine day conference of the central branch of American rabbis in commemorating twenty five years of organization. Topics include religious education divorce laws civil and religious marriages Bible usage in schools synagogue relations and lay clergy matters. Formal opening at Temple Beth El features Rabbi Leo M Franklin welcome address and Rabbi Moses J Gries of Cleveland delivering the annual message.
Savery successors to Joh Wood Atlantic Iowa advertise farm loans at 6 percent. Prospective borrowers urged to call and inquire about details and terms for financing farms and related agricultural property.
Several hundred club women from across the country gathered at the White House urging President Wilson to push for a suffrage rule as the rules committee planned to meet tomorrow. Led by Mrs. Harvey W Wiley, the delegation from the District of Columbia federation urged action while banners and ribbons signaled the protest.
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