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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1920
Page
1
Publication details and advertising rates of the Atlantic News Telegraph are listed including carrier and mail prices. A notice to subscribers explains evening delivery options and a contact telephone (Red 403) for Atlantic subscribers who do not receive their papers in the evening.
A notice proclaims a bid for the Republican nomination for representative in the state legislature with a primary set for June 1920. The signer is W. Huff of Company W.
The piece critiques factional splits in the party over Cummins. It argues a strong wing remains pro American and opposes vagaries while backers from reformist ranks mobilize. It notes many so called labor voters lean Democratic or socialist and may restrain in a Republican primary.
A North Dakota editorial praises a law that recognizes nonmarital children as having identical rights to those born to married parents. It notes inheritance and paternal naming rules, questions marriage as a social institution, and mocks critics while predicting inflation and a bond market windfall for holders.
A reflective piece questions wealth and charity, noting that even small acts aid others. It contemplates whether great riches would improve the world and urges everyday kindness toward neighbors and strangers alike, from offering aid to sharing cheer.
A wagon carrying between 15000 and 20000 dollars worth of goods was stolen at Clark and Washington streets during the noon hour. The Loop and City Express company wagon was missing its cargo after the driver left to deliver roads, and the team was reportedly driven away from the scene.
In Red Oak on March 27, state checkers reviewing last year’s county books found a flawless balance in the county treasurer Harry El Mayhew’s office. The cash totaled to the penny with no errors or wrong figures, a rare and notable performance.
The National Daylight Association says daylight saving will begin at 2 am tomorrow in at least eight American cities and towns despite Congress repealing the law last summer. Cities listed include New York City Buffalo Troy Utica Syracuse Yonkers Gloversville Newark and more. other states show several urban areas adopting the time change.
Sealed bids due by 8 p m on April 6 1920 to City Clerk for digging laying and filling sewer ditch and furnishing materials for sewer laterals in streets not yet improved per plans and specifications on file at City Clerk T E Nichols City Clerk.
Edward Bazer and wife March 7, boy. Earl E Middaugh and wife Atlantic March 10, girl Margaret Elaine. Walter McCurdy and wife Edna township March 14, boy. John M Wheatley and wife Brighton two March 3, boy. Alfred Johnie Earl C Cox and wife Anita March 20, girl Florence Nora. Emil Bode and wife Noble two March 19, girl Janice A. Hans Nelson and wife Grant two March 12, girl Thelma Johannah. Archie Van Aornam and wife Grant two March 19, girl Elva Anetta. Joe Burke and wife Washington Enp March 15, girl Arthur E Clark and wife Atlantic March 4, boy Fred C Repass and wife Atlantic March 18, girl Margaret Lillian. W G Sampson and wife Atlantic March 20, girl Jacob R Keith and wife Brighton tnp March 22, boy Carl C Wallace and wife Atlantic March 24, boy Quinton L.
In Red Oak Iowa on March 27 C E Tuttle reports a noteworthy flight by his pilot Wagner from Omaha to Mason City Iowa covering 208 miles in under two hours. The trip featured a motion picture film that missed a train and was shown at Mason City that evening.
J N Wilkerson of Omaha detective famous for Vind Villisca axe murder traced to Montgomery County this week with Sheriff Ed Peterson. They visited Villisca on Wednesday for an informal meeting of local men interested in the tax murder probe, outcomes kept confidential.
California reports a weathering beetle that bores through wood and alloyed subsequences, damaging telephones and causing hundreds of outages as wires are shorted by the pest. The communication lines suffer when the elusive insect tunnels within poles and cables, disrupting service.
Water seeping into cables from holes bored by a metal boring beetle disrupts connections. The U S Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology reports the cause remains unsolved and outlines the challenge in finding a practical control.
Mrs. Steffler, 42, died at North Park apartments when her high heels trapped in an elevator shaft. Elevator operator John Gibson attempted to operate the car after a phone call. She stepped into the car, their separated steps caused her to be crushed between the cage and wall as the elevator descended.
Laws and lore surround the tom-tom once owned by chief Geroniwo. Frank Harrah received the artifact from Geroniwa in 1000 while the chief was a voluntary prisoner at Fort St. Tom-tom is a circle of rawhide about the size of a dinner plate, decorated in red and green with compass symbolism and feather fringe attached by rawhide thongs.
An aviator from Middletown aviation reserve depot flew a doctor to a Susquehanna Island farm cut off by ice to aid Satin Pfownmiller's family. Three children were ill with pneumonia. upon arrival, an infant had died Monday and two others were seriously ill. Lieutenant Ray Brown piloted the plane to the island farm for the medical aid.
The French Academy postponed its dictionary revision by two weeks during the holiday season. The project, started in 1878, aims to complete work by 2020 or 2025 as per best estimates.
Inland revenue returns for October show tobacco receipts rising by nearly 500 000 pounds over October 1918 as Canada sees increased tobacco use among returning servicemen. Total October receipts reach 2 767 085 dollars with tobacco tax the department’s largest income.
Washington is forecast with warm waves reaching Vancouver by March 30, April 6 11 16 and rising temperatures on Pacific slopes. The forecast tracks storm systems across Rockies plains and Great Lakes with heavy precipitation centered around April 9 and 21. Moisture from Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic feeds eastward storms. northern regions face wetter northern sloping westward patterns. Agricultural guidance notes a shift toward human and animal welfare in cotton states and cautions Northern farmers to adjust practices.
Washington March 27 The house interstate commerce subcommittee approved legislation to bring government war risk insurance closer to veterans. The bill funds regional offices suboffices and advertising with 1 million and 250 thousand dollars respectively. Post offices would collect premiums handle reenrollment reinstatement and applications. No premiums on renewable term policies during hospital training or total disability. The government would provide free medical dental and surgical care for service related diseases for one year after passage.
Baptist ministers and laymen from eleven southwestern Iowa counties met at Bluff s First Baptist Church to plan for raising the region’s share of a 3 270 000 fund part of a 100 000 000 World Movement drive. Speakers Rev W L Clapp and Dr G Mitchell outlined aims with Henry Peterson directing efforts for southwestern Iowa. Funds will support missionary and educational work for four years.
A reader from New Kensington shares a testimonial about Chamberlains Cough Remedy easing a severe lung cough that lingered after a cold. The writer notes immediate relief after a bottle was used on advice from a druggist and urges others to try the product.
Mia S. EB. Kinnan of Roseville Ohio says she takes cold easily and keeps Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at home as the last medicine for colds and coughs. She recommends trying it for coughs and colds and notes you will be pleased with the relief it provides. Obtainable everywhere.
An official estimate from the department places about 8,000 Americans in Germany, including around 400 women. In Berlin, All-American travelers were offered chances to depart after revolutions, but many chose to stay and use special care provided for travelers.
A Chicago reader describes relief from severe bed pains after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial claims long-term benefit for female ailments, praising the product as made from native roots and herbs with no narcotics.
Washington March 27 War contracts aggregating four million dollars have been settled at twelve percent by the war department. Joseph Fairbanks vice chairman of the department's claims board testified before the house military committee. Some board members receive as much as sixty dollars a day.
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