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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1925
Page
1
Subscription rates are listed. A local column criticizes Carl Wellmer and statesman Zellmer, arguing for a state funded road plan. The piece defends bonds or pay-as-you-go options, backing voter approval of a highway program and disputing claims of political manipulation.
Washington reports President Coolidge elevated Pribble Sargent to attorney general after Charles Warren was rejected. Sargent stands about six feet five, weighing roughly 250 pounds, and hails from Ludlow near Plymouth. The profile notes his strength, blunt temperament, long winters of study, love of fishing, and a habit of smoking and chewing.
A brief editorial note extends Mr Zellmer space to state his views on Iowa roads while criticizing his repeated emphasis on what not to do. The piece mentions Nebe selling Atlantic shoe store to Ira Welch of Griswold and previews Welch as a strong local business figure. It also cites a proposed debate at city hall with Curly Dunn and comments on Senator Nelson from a Harlan paper.
A dated, fragmented quip filled with odd phrases about luck, poverty, marriage, and taxes. The text references a roads, a boss, a flea, jail, and an automobile sales rant, ending with a note about a filling station and a 1925 copyright.
A narrator complains of a car buying scene lit by a shop sign claiming all prices cut today. He laments peak loud consumerism, the waste in bones and tears of those watching reductions, and urges clearer notice of real deals to help people join the bargain rush.
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