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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1925
Page
1
Atlantic News prints a dramatic editorial warning of vast fire losses across the nation. It cites property losses totaling 1 460 774 44 and 41 deaths, urges recognition of national fire waste, and highlights ongoing Fire Prevention Week observance with data from the National Board of Fire Underwriters and The Literary Digest.
A critical editorial laments whisky's ruinous impact on youth after a fatal drunken quarrel near Grimes. It condemns prohibition opponents and questions Brunson’s role in enforcement. It touts an upcoming Atlantic Corn Show as a major local event drawing broad support and coinage.
A midsummer note describes Green alfalfa harvested by a factory process where the hay never touches soil hands or muscle powered tools. It is dried continuously to finished cow feed in forty minutes at Arthur Mason’s experimental farm near Randolph station on the Illinois Join Clarion line.
A NEA Service column by Charles P. Stewart criticizes Washington boosters who push rapid growth. They remove trees and narrow streets to widen roads for cars, demolish old roundabouts and greens, and replace older districts with uniform, modern apartment blocks, erasing local character.
The piece proclaims abundant prizes for all winners and features pavement dances for youths. It urges marking the dates, attending, and notes Shranger Johnson’s local manufacturing success. It references political chatter about Meredith, Steck, Brookhart, and La Follette amid a colorful, opinionated column.
A fragmentary reminiscence poem recalls a youth aided by Uncle Heck with monthly remittances of forty three dollars. The speaker reflects on easier times, cheap goods, and a lazy phase before maturing. The text is incomplete and ends mid thought.
An imperfect fragment recounts hardship and labor amid poverty with harsh moral lines about earning one’s keep. References to Uncle Heck and Uncle Sam hint at distant aid versus self-reliance as the speaker’s voice critiques charity and progress. The excerpt ends mid thought with a copyright notice.
A 1925 NEA Service piece presents a collage of curious facts. It mentions Siberia, depth measures for freest digging, Dead Sea fish, and absurdities about worms and fishwear. It muses on mile lengths across nations, a Chicago man named Halfkot, visiting cards’ origins in China, and signatures. The text is a playful, disjointed miscellany.
Bits of Iowa History recounts the 1840 Potawatamie mill built for the Pottawattamie Indians three miles northeast of Council Bluffs. The mill used an upright saw and an undershot wheel, rising in activity after Indians were removed in 1847 and Mormon settlers arrived. The era of prosperity followed pioneer land openings and increased milling demand.
Fragmented OCR summary notes a fifty year patron of St Menæs center. church sale. brick structure. mentions Gilbertaville visit and a program with speakers from Iowa State University Columbia University and the University of Chicago. Fri program includes addresses by Professors Ritbus Bobbitt Horn and Newton among others.
A fragmentary note references a privilige valuation study from Iowa Cepy and the University of Michigan. Prof Courtis is identified as director of educational research at Detroit Public Schools.
An archival clipping notes a quip by K Franklin about Winton ton fines and a rare display of wit. The fragment hints at a broader debate over penalties and public folly, preserving a local voice from the period.
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