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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1920
Page
1
Advertising rates and contact details are listed for CHAS CHASE E P CHASE RBK CHASE Directors Stockholders and editors. The piece notes subscription options by carrier and mail to U S Canada and foreign countries with varying monthly and yearly rates. The Associated Press disclaimer confirms news dispatch republication rights.
Notice to Atlantic subscribers who do not receive their papers in the evening. They are invited to call before seven o clock to arrange delivery. The provided telephone number Red 403 is not the News Telegraph contact.
The author announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative. The primary is set for June 7, 1920, and voters of the party will decide the nomination.
The News-telegraph notes Jim Bruce a longtime local booster and trusted citizen. It refrains from judgment, citing Bruce’s past friendship and willingness to back worthy causes while awaiting full evidence in the tractor deal case.
A Vintage-era critique argues that Liberty bonds, once touted to stay at par or rise, have fallen as low as 89. The piece blames McAdoo for flawed financing and urges Congress to stabilize the securities, so holders aren’t forced to bear further losses after the war. It maintains that bonds should be sought, not shunned, and condemns the promises of fixed parity.
The Omaha Bee reprints the editorial explaining Article X and the Lodge reservation. It clarifies that the United States would be bound to assist in quelling wars only if Congress authorizes it, preserving national independence while debating League of Nations obligations and safeguards against penalties by the council. The piece notes expected reactions from England France and Italy.
David Jayne Hill argues reservations preserve American independence under the Constitution. He cites Wilson warning that most reservations nullify articles and threaten US sovereignty by yielding control to an international council. The piece reflects on wisdom versus nations and the challenge of interpreting treaty language.
A reflective verse piece notes that all mortals ride fortunes ups and downs. It contrasts those who put on fronts when things go well with the quiet resilience of others who cope without drama. The author observes how fortunes reveal character and stirs awe and pity.
A fragment listing births and deaths of prominent figures including Prince Frederick Charles born in Berlin and died near Potsdam in 1885, archaeologist Lucy Myers Mitchell born in Persia and died in Switzerland in 1888, and Louis Kossuth who died in Turin. It also notes 1861 a 15,000 death earthquake in Argentina and 1873 France protecting Annam, plus 1916 US Congress rejecting an army expansion.
Fragmentary clip notes from a historic war report claim 10 008 Nationalists killed and thousands arrested. References to Bolsheviki actions and a French garrison driven from Odessa appear as part of the dated recollection. The garbled text mentions Dr Williams and a building, with dental treatment noted in passing.
In Washington on March 20 Rep Green urged reform of army court martial procedures calling for a democratic system and condemning a West Point caste structure seen in military training. He criticized officers focused on drill knowledge over leadership and cited cases of harsh discipline and poor leadership affecting unit order and readiness. In Iowa, Bar Caddock vents over a boxing match rumor and confirms a broken collarbone from a New York bout with Ed Lewis, stating a return to form is possible and that he would have beaten Lewis if not for the injury.
Robert Smillie, once a Lanarkshire mine worker, rose to secretary of a Scottish Miners union branch, then president in 1894 after initiating a six week strike. He led the 1911 coal strike and in 1912 became president of the Miners Federation of Great Britain, commanding over a million miners.
Des Moines capital subscription offer present. One year for 34.50 or 3.76 to Jan 1 1921. Limited to one week. Return subscription at News-Telegraph office.
Harvard president emeritus Charles W. Eliot born in Boston 86 years ago. Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, air service director, born in Pennsylvania 86 years ago. J. Franklin Fort, former New Jersey governor and FTC chair, born in Pemberton 68 years ago. John J. Fisch, Wisconsin congressman from Norwalk born 59 years ago.
At Clinton Iowa on March 20 the D A R audience heard Mrs George That Guernsey state president general say the organization aims to accomplish great things for Iowa women. Officers were reelected or installed including state historian Mrs Frank Thrall and librarian A W Hawley. Mrs Walter Irish spoke on Sam is Doing for the Boys in Training Camps and Girls. The per capita budget set a state fund of 4000, with 40 donated to Dorothy Sharpe School in North Carolina.
Omaha Neb March 20 public school teachers will receive 400 each next fall instead of 300 as previously agreed the board of education voted recently in a move for higher pay for teachers across the district
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