21 Mar 1924
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1924
Page
1
This notice outlines delivery options for Atlantic subscribers who miss evening issues, with a special telephone number for arrangements. It also lists carrier and mail subscription rates for the United States and Canada and foreign countries, noting Associated Press rights.
Foreign Advertising Representatives Knill Burke Inc lists offices at Chicago 122 South Michigan Boulevard and New York City Brokaw Building, 42nd Street and Broadway.
Senator Brookhart used a stump speech to attack Daugherty charges, labeling Wall Street financiers as the nonpartisan league. The article argues many bankers are honest and that branding all financial professionals as crooks is unfair, likening Brookhart to critics who demonize business districts across major cities.
The passage states broad fatigue with ongoing inquiries in Washington led by the Walshes, Wheelers, and southern gentry. It argues the public across political lines is tired and disgusted, with the sense that leaders aim to control the discourse from afar.
The piece denounces persistent rumors about Washington politics linked to Daugherty, asserts no direct criminal ties, and condemns accusations by Democrats while praising the integrity of the attorney general and GOP leaders. It criticizes scandal mongers for inflaming the public and dragging “cesspools and swamps” in search of fault.
A public letter argues the 1922 Service Pay Act unlawfully deprived long serving officers on the retired list before June 30 1922 of postwar pay benefits. It claims elderly Civil War and Spanish American War veterans plus some WWI returnees were unfairly left out and urges an amendment to correct the injustice.
In this country last year 81,542,600 hops were killed. The piece argues America, especially the United States, holds vast shares of global production and consumption across autos, coal, iron, steel, and oil, illustrating economic dominance. It contrasts population and land area with industrial output.
The piece argues the United States controls large shares of global production from cotton to shoes and railways while consuming far more than its share of resources. It notes a wealth estimate of 300 billion dollars, a young republic under 150 years, and contrasts with Britain’s longer wealth-building history, dismissing claims of inequitable wealth distribution as fakirs. It cites 14 million autos and a vast consuming power, challenging Soviet industrial claims.
Washington March 17 Republicans denounce Senate oil probe methods as ignoring the letter and spirit of the Constitution. Jonathon Bourne Jr accuses investigators of broad surveillance beyond lease facts and slurring Republicans with business ties while violating the Bill of Rights.
The senate committee, seeking oil lease evidence, demanded telegrams from telegraph companies. Many messages unrelated to leases surfaced publicly, provoking concerns over privacy and due process. Critics warn that broad disclosures set a dangerous precedent and waste time chasing sensational, irrelevant material. The New York Times condemns the committee’s tactics as reckless partisan maneuvering.
In sporting circles I praise Jack Dempsey as the greatest scrapper, while acknowledging rumors of rivals. The verse honors Irvin Cobb, Steve Leacock, Wallace Irwin, and Josh Billings, noting critics of the living and praise for the dead. Copyright 1924. It will be impossible for spring to wear out her welcome.
A jumble of aphorisms, misheard lines, and satirical snippets. The notes touch on crime in Atlanta, Russia’s alphabet, agriculture’s importance, fashion and collars, Teapot Dome, divorce, and Wyoming’s monocled Indian chief, all in a rough, humorous pastiche.
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