11 May 1921
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1921
Page
1
Published by News Publishing Company Port St. Louis Iowa lists officers Lydia R Otto Chas F Chase E P Chase and R Ky A Chase among directors. Rates show carrier monthly 50 cents six months 2.60 and yearly 5.00 in the U S four dollars by mail Canada and foreign six dollars a year. Associated Press credited for news dispatches and local news.
Atlantic subscribers may get evening papers by calling Red 403 before seven. The piece argues that replacing boards of trade with cooperative marketing could fail, risking chaos and losses, and notes how old methods persist amid new schemes. It references bridge and house construction analogies and historic wheat pricing linked to Liverpool markets. The writer laments global violence and news fatigue.
The poem lampoons global distress and political folly as war and famine rage. It laments aid pleas from stricken lands while rulers quarrel, Germans defy debt, and Greeks clash with Turks. The piece paints a fractured world spiraling into chaos with biting humor and somber tone.
Reader letter argues against privatizing U S national parks and monuments. It warns that bills in Congress could transfer Yellowstone and other sites for irrigation reservoirs and hydro projects. The piece contends public ownership protects real value and native conditions.
The Progressive club, formed last December and open to farm youth, will hold an evening program in the city auditorium on Saturday May 14. The event features songs recitations tableaux and club performances by 4 H members and guest readers with titles including Old MacDonald Had a Farm Making the Constitution Go forth with Booster songs and a sewing club segment.
In Constantinople on May 11, a contrast is drawn between Turk and Western visitors in crowded streets. Abdul Medjid Effendi, heir presumptive to the throne, praises courtesy as a remaining quality of Ottoman tradition, noting his own calm, refined manners as a model.
Claire Wintsor of Seattle Washington pursues acting after courting studios daily and landing engagements with a producer. She spent last winter visiting studios and was featured in several screening plays during the fast year.
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