15 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1921
Page
1
Atlantic Iowa publication details billing advertising rates and subscription options. It lists staff names including Chas F Chase E P Chase Lydia Otto and Clara Otto along with phone numbers and postal notices. It notes Associated Press membership and republication rights for news dispatches.
Atlantic subscribers to the News Telegraph may arrange evening paper delivery by calling before seven o'clock, dialing Red 403. This telephone number is not the News Telegraph's official line.
Announcement from R. E. King and A. H. Mountain statesmen seeking at large council seats in Atlantic Iowa with March 28 city election. The notices defend against tax and school bond critiques while urging voter decision.
An editorial critiques legal practice where lawyers defend clients for pay, regardless of right or wrong, and condemns the newspaper's alleged opportunistic endorsements. It discusses taxes, a family home purchase, school taxes, and bond costs totaling $500000, equating to about $99.90 per person or $499 per a five-member family, noting misleading distribution in a Sunday extra.
The article argues that election results do not change the math of school bonds. It contends a $250,000 bond carries interest at six percent, imposing the same tax burden as before. Figures show per capita costs of about 349.90 or 240.60 per five-person family, with annual interest near 15,000, and insists the interest must be paid.
State superintendent exits amid committee finding he cannot command respect from educators. The report exposes misused power and calls into question nine million dollar education funding push. Public confidence in the McClenahan office is shown as severely damaged.
The article reflects on a high school bond defeat, calling it a slaughter of innocents and criticizing campaign managers and supporters. It notes Atlantic’s stance on children’s needs, condemns the last minute Sunday screed, and praises women while acknowledging a smarting defeat and hard odds for future bond propositions.
A public venting of concern over school bond purchases shows residents opposing $250,000 in bonds with $175,000 deemed unnecessary. The Parent-Teachers' Association faced scrutiny as ballots cast indicated taxpayers should not bear excess costs from the failed bond plan.
The Day's editorial argues Britain and France stay united on Rhine cities to preserve allied aims and warns separation could let Germany win. It criticizes US absence as self made and predicts lasting hatred from occupation and future wars, urging realism over Pollyanna optimism.
A weather weary poem reflects on a bleak day, naming Poe and Longfellow as muses for sorrow. The speaker admits comfort yet questions joy, referencing lines about rain and sunshine and a playful paraphrase about a parasol returning in July.
An Old Files note records an interesting Civic Club gathering held at Mrs Greenlegs home on Monday afternoon. Members discussed Miss Temple's tank up on Woman Her Duty and offered comments on the Sociology reading.
The notice references Theodore G. Steinke as a potential county supervisor candidate and lauds his capability to oversee county business. It notes Atlantic should have a board member, with Steinke highlighted as a strong choice amid local politics and civic duties.
In Huron March 15 a circuit court jury found John Westey Miles insane to will, unduly influenced. The $13,000 estate was split with each of three brothers receiving $1500 and an old sweetheart given 1000. His wife and her spouse received the rest, but the court ruled both wives get nothing and the relatives inherit the balance.
Mrs Josie A Olson sues for divorce in Mitchell South Dakota alleging cruelty and repeated insults by her husband including calls of Fattie Old Cow and Old Fool. She claims he forced her to sell chickens to feed and clothe herself and children while he refused to buy her a car. Olson testifies he left her after she refused to buy him a automobile. A farm for sale notice also appears mentioning a 120 acre Cass County holding in Bear Grove township offered by Henry E Multhaup and contact details.
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