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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1922
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers to the News Telegraph who do not receive their papers in the evening may have them delivered if they call before seven o'clock telephone Black 170. This is not the number of the News Telegraph.
The piece discusses President Harding’s push to end the coal strike by meeting operators and miners in Washington. It notes optimism from Chicago about railway workers’ representatives negotiating with railroads to delay or settle the strike. It also highlights Congress’s Ways and Means committee led by Fordney and W. R. Green’s potential chairmanship, with Green poised to succeed if Fordney retires.
The article extols Congressman Green and Iowa’s Ninth District, celebrates Atlantic’s upcoming entertainments Slippery Gulch Barnes Circus and Robinson Circus, and argues for a renewed American focus on seafaring and national security under President Harding and Shipping Board chief Lasker. It links domestic culture with a broader maritime strategy, urging policy support to revitalize the U S. fleet and commerce.
A jumble of aphorisms and snippets questions busy ants, street cars, and a crosswalk. Observations touch on safety at grade crossings, office life, car motors, and the odd notion of naming kin after the speaker. Chicago arrests crooks trying to join its police.
The editorial lauds United States Shipping Board ships for American travelers praising their comfort, meals, and amenities. It argues trains, autos, and rails define the national transport genius, noting the coast-to-coast rail system and the shift from sea speed to inland integration.
Ta Sing Singaiman writes poetry to save his life as debates over an indemnity continue. Dread of death haunts some, while seaside revelers mingle in bathing suits and booze. Rural threshing of wheat contrasts with urban threshing of wild oats amid bustling life.
The narrator meets the ghost of Uncle Hiram who laments bad weather and failed harvests. The specter speaks of a deadly cold breeze from the east, relentless rain, and fear for spring crops while longing for past hay fields and spectral musings on farming.
A dramatic fragment shows a speaker crying for action and truth, scolding ethereal voices for trivial talk. The lines urge a return to earth and a call for a stately message to rouse men's souls in the face of dull discourse.
Sheriff Seth Orndorf of Il Vaso Texas tested an honor system by releasing twelve prisoners from the jail for four hours to work on a road with a promise of pardon if they behaved. Five prisoners escaped before the end, and the experiment was halted.
The sun earth distance has shifted from over 95 million miles to under 9 million miles by recent estimates. New computations place it around 92,822,000 miles, reflecting updated measurements within living memory.
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