02 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1920
Page
1
Published Every Evening r 4 Except Sunday by NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY lists offices in Atlantic Town with rates for carrier and mail subscriptions. Directors and editors CHASE family names prominent. Associated Press member acknowledges news dispatch credit.
A candidate declares their bid for the school board in the upcoming election on the second Monday in March and seeks the Republican nomination for state representative at the primary on June 7, 1920. The message is formal and posted as an election notice of candidacy.
A. W. Ricker, former Iowa resident, announces he completed hired work linked to the Committee of Forty-Eight. He asserts he returned to newspaper work as a special Correspondent for the Appeal to Reason. Critics question his appointment to a government mission amid suppression of the anarchist paper.
In Omaha residents report three break ins this week with thieves cutting telephone wires and breaking into basements. Victor Gladstone, 3408 Dewey avenue, says the culprits took choice Rhine wine Hermitage champagne and imported sherry valued at 15060 dollars. The family slept through the intrusion and Gladstone notes liquor cannot be duplicated.
Berlin reports the value of the former German emperor and family estates may reach 1,000,000,000 marks as officials sort private property from crown assets. In Des Moines a Farm Bureau agents conference with Ames leaders and staff discussed plans and office methods for 56 counties.
A list of notable anniversaries and births including Sir William Stowe born in England and died 1814, Gen Sam Houston born 1798 died 1863, the 1820 Missouri Compromise passing, Major Judah Alden died 1847, Mademoiselle Mars born 1779 died 1882, and historical figures Tamail Pasha and others tied to a Windsor assassination attempt and Suez Canal history.
Washington March 2 Republicans reaffirmed their stance against any change to the Article 10 reservation in the peace treaty. Democratic senators allied with President Wilson plan to vote against ratification unless the qualification is altered. The Senate fight appears to end debate with the treaty unresolved as the campaign continues.
A blend of observances and political action unfolds across the country. In Texas Independence Day activities and Missouri Compromise centennial celebrations appear in many towns while Seattle votes on mayor and officials. Colorado Retail Clothing Association convenes in Denver to discuss high prices. In Sioux Falls James W. Gerard and James O. Monroe plan a live public debate tonight.
Today marks anniversaries for J Willis Baer the first lay moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States born in Rochester Minnesota 59 years ago Samuel Untermyer New York corporate lawyer born Lynchburg Virginia 61 years ago Hon Robert Rogers former Canadian Minister of Public Works born Quebec 56 years ago William W Wilson U S Representative for Illinois Third District born Bureau County Illinois 52 years ago
Congress approved a 7.0009 billion Victory Loan Bond issue as part of wartime aid. President Wilkon appointed Herbert C. Hoover as Director General of the American Relief Administration to oversee relief efforts.
Poem laments Kaiser’s fate and public justice after war era with mocking, defiant tone. narrator rejects violence yet wishes punishment while noting moral costs. references to Will and Dutch observers. ends with somber reflection on fate.
The All-American Farm-Labor Co epee Association has summoned all parts of the West to convene today in Vancouver Washington. James Henry Jackson a Negro who on January 24 1919 fatally shot Miss Lillian Hood a Tennessee war worker is to face the death penalty today in the District jail Washington D C. The General Council of the League of Red Cross Societies opens its first meeting today at Geneva Switzerland to plan actions for health disease prevention and relief worldwide.
Des Moines March 2. World War veterans will receive no preference for appointive jobs or positions in Iowa under code commissioners bill 436. The measure excludes World War I veterans from employment advantages, reserving preference only for Civil War veterans and noting they are not listed among those deserving priority.
Sealed proposals for erecting a Consolidated School House in Wiota Cass County Iowa will be received by Dillon Brooks Secretary of the Board of Directors by two o’clock p m March first at the Wiota Savings Bank. Plans by Porter Schreiber Omaha copies on file. Bid bond 6 percent. Right to reject any or all bids reserved.
Bremen engineer misuses an idle engine to fetch yeast then returns. a Bremen railways laxity cited. Queenstown reports American steamer Lake Erie sunk eight months ago near Penarth Road, re floating and towed to Queenstown for repairs.
A Wisconsin woman reports relief after using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for long standing weakness and poor blood. She says doctors failed to help but the remedy cured her quickly and she recommends it to others. The ad notes the product is non alcoholic and available in liquid or tablet form with sample offers.
etheR makes a rare public return after illness, greeting a large circle of friends and well wishers. The turnout underscores community support and his enduring connections across local groups and fans.
Three Hl There reports at the Stolley home at 11th and Locust show Mr Stolley, Robert Rapp and wife present. Off Duty Rapp, makeup man at News Telegraph, is home with grippe. Jock Sick G has been under the weather with a cold but on the job part time. Postmaster John Blake left the office ill today. Miss Jennie Ward, county superintendent, visited Anita with the state school inspector. Sam Marshall, recently operated on for appendicitis, was seen on the street. Robert Jacobsen, city mail carrier, takes regular vacation now. Miss Matia Fulton, formerly of the city and now in Omaha, visited to handle property sale at 10th and Maple Streets to Mu Saxton.
For Rent. 860 acres and half section of land offered. Porter and Dilger handle information. NOTICE. Having sold out we urge all owing us to settle at once and those with bundles to call for same before March 19. MODEL LAUNDRY.
True News Telegraph reports Wood & Savery of Atlantic Iowa advertising farm loans at six percent. They invite calls or meetings to arrange financing for farmers, highlighting competitive rates and readiness to place loans promptly.
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