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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1921
Page
1
Subscription rates listed per month six months and year for carrier and mail delivery. Canada and foreign countries one year six dollars, U S one year four dollars, mail six months two dollars, three months one dollar, one month forty cents. Associated Press channels credited for news dispatches and local news published.
Atlantic subscribers to the News Telegraph who do not receive their papers in the evening can have some delivered if they call the number for seven o clock telephone red 403. This is not the News Telegraph number.
A light verse critique contrasts sensational crime headlines with steady rural life. It argues that most people pursue honest work like farming and schooling, while a few criminals are sensationalized in crimson ink. The poem calls for ordinary virtue and steady action rather than fear or sensationalism.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph invites readers to submit communications on general topics. Letters should be 200 or 800 words, include full name and address to be printed, with names withheld if requested. The newspaper assumes no responsibility for opinions in this heading.
A letter to the editor from A. J. Karstens of Levis criticizes the Franklin Township stance on farm bureau costs. He argues no evident benefits justify high salaries and county agents. He endorses C. E. Malone and R. A. Bell letters and calls for farmer unity to curb taxes and end costly officials.
Shipped a car load of ventile by Wiota Boyasaed Eilts Saturday. W. D. Lowy of Tiarlan visiting son M. M. Tow. Ward time gathering with sixteen youths featuring music Halloween stunts and games and light refreshments. A primary teacher returned to Audubon by 10 30 train due to bad reads. Margreta Anderson taught until return. Violet Prather returns to Council Bluffs to resume State Savings Bank post after appendicitis. Mrs J F Croft spent weekend in Des Moines. Morgan finished shucking corn. Helen Black from Anita attended Wiota high school girls basketball game and Epworth League box social. Mr and Mrs Ed Worthing and families visited Anita Sunday. Supervisor Metz in Atlantic on business. Box social and basketball game by Wiota girls well attended. Jennie M Ward of Atlantic spoke at Parent Teacher meeting. Gertrude Caynon went to Le Monday for gat ne.
The piece evaluates whether fear of hell remains strong, noting Howe’s view that people fear spouses and employers more than the devil. It discusses shifts in belief, old fashioned hell concepts, and whether torment now begins in this life, ending with praise for Old Wol Mone as a keen observer of human nature.
The Massachusetts state highway department announces three new warning signs a T cross and three bars at 45 degrees to mark intersecting roads cross roads and danger spots The plan includes white lane dividing lines at curves to standardize warnings and reduce varied local signs The move aims to boost road safety and uniformity across communities and the country.
The crowded courtroom saw Judge McCall sentence John Bere of Belmond to five years in the penitentiary. The judge hesitated as many felt Berg deserved parole, given his $80,000 defalcations and effort to replace half. The story lauds County Attorney 3 A Rogers for pursuing law’s reach and notes Moore’s twenty year term with parole, praising the court’s tempered justice.
Mrs D F Brooks and her mother Mrs Jesse Joran motored to Atlantic Monday. Frank Medearis has been painting a building in Atlantic owned by Ralph Weston. Mr and Mrs Bert Beebe and Ian Vernon of Lewis visited the Beebes in Atlantic and Anita this weekend. Mrs Glen Kauffman’s Norway school closes the fall term this week. The domestic science committee will travel to Atlantic to buy supplies as a relation from the Parent Teachers. The classes will start cooking when rest of equipment arrives. A group including J F Croft J D Cannon C E Robinson and others motored to Atlantic Monday evening for Mason lodge. A car of potatoes from Minnesota is on track in Wiota. Mrs Bertha Carson plans to visit Colorado next week for two weeks.
Rev Mr and Mrs W A Purdy and two babies spent a pleasant day on Wesley Mountain. Mrs Milton Rebels hosted a masquerade Halloween party with witches cats and pumpkins. Prizes were awarded for best costumes. A siege of rock followed a tasty lunch. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Breckenmaker Dr and Mrs Gordinier, and many others. The Rebekah lodges held their district convention in Greenfield, and the Men’s Division of the Young Married People’s class hosted games and stunts at I C C F hall with 50 couples invited amid bad weather.
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