30 May 1921
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1921
Page
1
Entered at the post office at Atlantic Iowa as second class matter under act of Congress March 8 1879. Rates listed for carrier and mail subscriptions within US Canada and foreign countries. Associated Press membership noted with republication rights asserted.
Atlantic subscribers to the News-Telegraph may arrange earlier evening delivery by calling before seven oclock. Call Red 403 to arrange. This is not the News Telegraph’s number.
A nostalgic verse recalls the little green sod tents where soldiers slept in war time. The aging veterans walk among flowers, recalling 1862 battles and the flag’s dark shading. The poem links sacrifice to the land saved and the country’s memory through poetry by George Matthew Adams.
HARLAN Ia May 30 To have lived seventy two yet after your back had been broken and the hale and hearty at the age of 80 would be a wonderful record for any one. That is part of the life story of George Ferby aged gardener of Harlan. Ferby will celebrate his eightieth birthday on June 5. When a lad of eight it was not thought he would live any great length of time. If he did, he would be permanently crippled.
Eddie Collins, captain of the Chicago White Sox, is praised by Chicago American Legion posts for exemplary service and heroism. A charity auction of autographed baseballs by Collins will aid disabled soldiers, acknowledging his 1917 draft age status and Marine Corps service.
CINICAGQ May 30 The Franco Japanese tie in the Davis cup preliminaries will be played off at the Onwentsia club Winnetka Illinois per Varry Waidner president of the Western Tennis association who just returned from a New York Davis cup committee conference The play off may send the winning team into the challenge round with actual dates not yet set Griswold Domination Of Elk Horn And Kimballton In 15 to 1 Victory With Max White pitching superbly and Puss Scott outstanding in the field Griswold shortstop Phillips homered in five official at bats with one three base hit two doubles and a single Delayed Atlantic Merchants Greys game against Adair postponed to this afternoon at Sunnyside Field
Milwaukee fighter Ritchie Mitchell denies retirement after defeats by Benny Leonard Rocky Kansas and Johnny Mendelsohn. He vows a short rest then a return to face top challengers despite recent losses and rumors.
A boy beaten by a farmer near Baltimore was repeatedly returned to his abuser after escape attempts. Doctors said he would die or be crippled, yet he survived, later healing and supporting his mother in Maryland and then moving to Shelby County to work in Hy. He later lived alone near the fair grounds, after years of hardship and recovery.
A dated opinion argues the anti Bolshevik uprising is premature after recent liquidations. It warns chaos could follow if no strong leadership emerges and suggests whether Western Europe should recognize Soviet Russia. The writer supports recognition to expose Bolshevik despotism.
Real estate transfers dated May 1921 show H L Bell to Anna and Ed Johnson, Sarah Ann Snyder to Clintort Scurlock, and W E Kelloway to B D Forshay with terms for indebtedness and land conveyance. Memorial services held at Congregational church featured a children’s play and the flag code presentation by boys. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors for support during illness of mother and notices a drug store demonstration.
Vague schedule lists monetary figures and ages with scattered numbers. It appears to outline vote-related values such as 5,002 and 6,000 years with amounts like 10.00 and 16.00, plus larger sums 20.00 25.00 and 26530 tied to long periods. The fragmentary text lacks clear context or identifiable entities.
A reader urges the commissioner of labor and the U.S. Congress to create new employment for soldiers by relocating Congress to a new site and using soldiers in the government, arguing Congress should pass bills to shift workers and reduce futility caused by stalled legislation. The letter uses informal street speech and references a veteran’s return to work, with suggestions that “the buck” and “the beeylog” influence policy.
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