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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
1
The fragmentary notice lists a Atlantic AB post office publication, rates for carriers and mails, and management names including CHASE and E P CHASE. It states subscription prices for various durations and regions, noting Associated Press copyright and republication rights.
Atlantic subscribers who miss evening delivery can get a late issue by calling before seven o clock, phone Rei 403. This is not the News Telegraph number. America has faults but there is a sane way to correct them.
A candidate announces for school director on the March election date and another for the Republican nomination for state representative. The notices urge voters to decide at the party primary in June 1820. Nelson signs the school board note.
A George Matthew Adams poem praises brevity as the soul of wit and grace. It contrasts terse, pointed speech with rambling lecturing and long winded orations that bore listeners. The piece champions the 10 minute limit as enough, noting most talk is rot and bunk.
A brief chronology notes Letters Patent for Prince Albert beside Queen Victoria in 1840, Florida statehood in 1845, Lillian Adelaide Neilson born in 1860 and died in Paris, 1870 Maryland or U.S. constitutional amendments and pope anniversaries, with scattered references to Sydney and conflicts in Sudan and South Wales.
Fragmented OCR notes mention Berlin newspapers confiscated for reprinting a Times editorial on Emperor Wilhelm II and a 1918 Dominion Senate move in Canada granting women's suffrage. No clear dates beyond 1892 and 1918, with scattered references to London and Bradenburg.
A compact chronology notes key events and births in 19th and early 20th century figures. Included are Admiral Henry C. Taylor born in Washington and died 1904 in Sudbury Ontario, Henry Smith born Kentucky died in Los Angeles, and Ada L. Howard first president of Wellesley, with other items on Austrian constitutional changes and Newfoundland fishing rights.
Florida turns 76 today as Woodrow Wilson begins year seven in office and Purim observances begin. The Ontario Bar Association opens its annual Toronto meeting to discuss League of Nations issues. James M Love’s centenary anniversary ends at sunset. Elected figures Polk and Marshall are noted for their roles. Nova Scotia legislature gathers ahead of a general election. New York businessmen host a Far Eastern luncheon at the Biltmore with Japan’s ambassador as guest.
The Kansas City Times reports The Gypsy Trail, a happy romantic play, comes direct from New York and Kansas City, with stars Frei Sa and Katherine Sayre among the cast. It promises to be spoken of and well worth seeing as the week unfolds.
President Wilson and former President Taft spoke to a large audience at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York about the League of Nations. The event highlighted bipartisan support for postwar international cooperation with emphasis on collective security and peaceful negotiation.
James A. Garfield son of the twentieth president filed in Ohio as a Republican presidential candidate. Native of Ohio and Williams College graduate, he entered politics early in the Ohio legislature. He later moved to Washington in 1902 as a federal official, serving on the civil service commission, then as Commissioner of Corporations and Secretary of the Interior. An inner Roosevelt circle adviser, he joined the Progressive party and is president of Cleveland, a lawyer by profession and a reformer by conviction.
Fragmented report notes heavyweight wrestling match headline with Jack Huttbh and Jack Bloomfield set for Detroit on March 10. Mentions closers rather than openers and a noisy mix of fighters, hockey teams, and baseball prospects across several cities and leagues.
Glendive Montana report details a 1909 boyhood carving by EF Larimer who wrote his name and address on a wood block and cast it into the Yellowstone River as a means to trace it to a person in Mexico. The block was found by G H McGuire in Washin gton North Dakota, then floated the Mississippi toward the Gulf. Larimer later observed the derelict wood during a transit tale of its journey downstream through the era.
Hy Myers of Brooklyn topped the National League batting last season with a 72 RBI total. The Great Western trotting circuit opens at La Harpe Illinois August 3 and ends September 17 at Omaha. The Boston church organ story notes King’s Chapel first organ in 1723, once kept unpacked due to prejudice. Wilbert Robinson signs Brooklyn team with ease. Jimmy Wilde to earn 16000 for boxing Frankie Mason at Toledo. Joe Stecher’s matches list the iron man squad.
Major General Charles P. Summerall U S A who commanded the Fifth Army Corps in France was born at Lake City in May fifty three years ago. Brand Whitlock U S Ambassador to Belgium was born at Urbana Ohio thirty? years ago. Edmund F Noel former Governor of Mississippi born at Lexington Mississippi sixty four years ago. John Enzmann pitcher for the Cleveland American League team born in Brooklyn North Carolina thirty years ago.
The Gypsy Trail arrives on Broadway with a 100 percent Broadway cast led by Charles Kennedy as general stage director. Stars include Walter Woodruff, Joseph Jefferson, Otis Skinner, I. C. Sothern, May Gerald, and others as part of a notable theatre lineup in New York.
March 4 report notes a resolution by Representative Johnson of New York proposing that ratification of constitutional amendments be decided by voters rather than legislatures. The measure also allows submission by two thirds of state legislatures or by Congress.
In Dallas on March 4 two raggedly dressed girls aged ten and twelve were arrested for burglary. They claimed they acted to spare their mother from scolding their unemployed father, who lounged at home and smoked cigars. The father was detained on vagrancy and contributing to delinquency charges despite claiming independent income. Readily, the incident details a home invasion where bacon, eggs, and cocoa were taken from a neighbor’s ice-chest as the family faced hunger.
A damaged text fragment describes a father unable to work for four months and disputes with his partner. The speaker mentions considering stealing to feed and support the family, highlighting economic distress and coercive tensions within the household.
Irregular OCR text outlines a history item about teachers leaving for money. It mentions a professor Tompson ending a long tenure in animal husbandry and shifting to a registered stock farm, reflecting shifts in faculty careers and agriculturaleducation.
Diss Hazel Steer daughter of Mr and Mrs B L Steer married Francis Gray of Michigan at Marion Town February 20. The ceremony is just now public. Miss Steer was well known in Audubon and her husband visited there. They reside temporarily at Cedar Rapids and plan to establish a farm home soon.
SF Marth, once a prominent Atlantic canner and hardware merchant, later ran a canning business at Blair Nebraska where he recently left an estate valued at about $
An ad fragment promotes Freezone as a corn and callus remover. It promises quick relief with a few drops applied to the affected area and claims the corn will lift off shortly. The copy uses casual spelling and a marketing tone from a print era.
Mrs Geo Walbridge of Toizy Minnesota endorses Dr Pierce’s Payotite Prescription noting it cured her earlier weakness and kept her and all her children healthy over many years. She recommends the medicine to other women and praises Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a supplementary aid.
Mothers urged to purify blood and cleanse stomach and bowels with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea this spring. Claims the medicine improves family health, color, mood, and well being. Read to see the difference at See's Drug Store.
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