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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
1
Atlantic Iowa newspaper notice lists advertising rates for carrier and mail subscriptions, plus staff credits including CHAS F CHASE E P CHASE and R K A CHASE as editors and managers. Membership in Associated Press noted with republication rights.
A brief item notes that Liberty was designated Made in Amer ica, preserving the trademark wording and implying a branding claim. The snippet highlights the phrase as a mark of origin. No additional details were provided.
Atlantic subscribers who do not receive their papers in the evening may have a replacement delivered if they call before seven PM at telephone Red 403. This number is not for the News Telegraph.
A collection of 1920 Cass County Iowa Republican primary candidacy declarations for multiple offices. W H Huff seeks state representative, W A Follett county attorney, unnamed candidate for sheriff, A Higuley for supervisor, O M Hobart for county recorder, and Jesse N Jones for county treasurer, all subject to June 7 primary voters.
Local notices announce candidacies for district court clerk and county treasurer positions. James H. Lary, Harold Herbert, and Alan Hinkite seek Republican nominations with primary dates June 7. The text also references President Wilson vetoing a peace resolution amid World War I context.
Amid a broad Methodist gathering in Des Moines the group briefly paused a resolution endorsing a U S mandate for Armenia after a bitter debate. Delegates split, some seeing beyond immediate aims, yet the measure passed in the end despite misgivings.
A Wisconsin newspaper column praises Carl Zellmer and his campaign managers for political skill in the county district race. It notes Zellmer's read on local road issues and warns Republicans to place a write-in Kannaman candidate or risk defeat in a presidential year district race. The piece praises Zellmer while critiquing opponents and reflects on Armenian mandate and Armenian conference issues amid postwar politics.
Nate Kendall reports a Clarinda gathering where 800 business people and farmers heard four candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The piece notes the town and farming interests align here, contrasts with Atlantic, and suggests reviving broader community organization as a path forward.
The piece reflects on President Wilsons call to renew the Armenian mandate, praising American resolve to act for a just cause. It emphasizes that any mission must benefit the conscience and questions the cost in blood and treasure, noting the soldiers willingness to go wherever right requires.
A harsh critique of President Wilson's Armenian mandate proposal. The piece warns of entangling U S forces in a volatile Near East nexus involving Georgia, Azerbaidjan, Mesopotamia, and competing imperial powers. It argues the plan offers no clear national benefit and risks costly, endless involvement. The American mission's view of broader control is cited to show futility. The author predicts congressional rejection and urges restraint.
Poem links high prices and profiteering to social decay, urging thrift and rejection of unnecessary buys. Then a Real Estate Transfers notice lists property trades: John Schulz to Arina Schulz in Atland for 1000 mortgage, May 20, 1920. Pribble to Skipton. Hagshaw to Bagshaw with legal land description and 10 400 dollar price.
Memorial Day exercises at Walnut Ta will feature Hird Stryker of Omaha delivering the address. A 1 pm band concert precedes a 1 30 pm program at the opera house with selections, prayers, a tribute to the dead, a keynote speech, solos, and a parade to the cemetery for monument decoration by the American Legion.
The Iowa Insurance Department in Des Moines certifies that the Bankers and Shippers Insurance Company of New York filed a sworn statement as of December 31, 1919 and is authorized to transact insurance in Iowa until March 1, 19— as per law. The statement shows paid-up capital and liabilities, totaling 1,125,744.70 at that date, with the commissioner’s signature and seal.
Allen of Kansas faces Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor in a public debate on the Kansas industrial relations court and compulsory settlement of labor disputes. The event is set for Carnegie Hall in Kansas City tonight.
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