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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1925
Page
1
An overlooked exhibit at the corn show argued that most foods in grocers are derived from farm products. Emphasizing price stability, it urged that grocers act as buyers and quảng agents for farm goods, using advertising to boost demand and farm prices.
A Burt Iowa resident Clark Orton criticizes the national convention process, alleging graft and corruption driven by big business. He cites an eastern paper report on the Wood syndicate spending 2,436,000 in 1920 and invokes the Declaration of Independence to condemn political corruption.
The article discusses cooperative wheat selling as a reform to stabilize prices, reduce middleman costs, and avoid flooding markets. It argues for orderly marketing without stock buying or large investment, urging farmers to spread sales over seven or eight months.
Admiral Sern criticizes the navy administration for lingering Daniels era appointees and calls the force uneducated. He links corn price drops to market manipulation and suggests possible market closures to futures. The $490 million bakery consolidation is viewed with suspicion as potentially robbing the people via prices rather than efficiency.
A fragmentary dialogue mentions work, growth, marriage to wealth, and social advancement. It hints at avoiding society pressures, with stray references to an old golf club and a new hand make a striking metaphor.
Foster's Weekly Weather Bulletin predicts a storm wave near the month’s center with moderate intensity storms across the continent. Temperatures near average and precipitation below normal are expected, with cotton picking and harvest possible in the southern states and fall planting extending into November. Cultivation should be thorough to prepare for slight moisture shortages in 1926.
The state board of education approved final plans for new structures at a university campus including a $2,000,000 hospital wing and a $4,500,000 medical plant funded largely by a Rockefeller Foundation gift. A $400,090 fieldhouse and an indoor track will precede bids, adjoining the armory and housing all athletic activities. A $120,000 pharmacy building addition to the chemistry complex was also approved. A committee was named to select a successor for E A Garver as superintendent of the state school for the deaf at Council Bluffs, with the school to be supervised by the board in the interim.
A fragmented note recalls Sultasi Humiliated facing a crusade alliance led by Richard the Lion Heart and Philip I of France. The campaign halted his victorious run and forced a temporary truce amid medieval power plays and negotiations.
In Cedar Rapids Oct 17 the district around Washington High School was declared a public nuisance after a grand jury found the area a hotbed of crime. Judge John T. Moffit directed County Attorney W. J. Barngrover to begin proceedings, following reports of immoral conditions and allegations of witness tampering.
Britain launches a broad drive against communism amid political unrest. Key figures including secretary of the SAE and veteran politicians George Lansbury face charges and bail is discussed as the state targets sedition and related offenses.
The report details a naval clash described as Rum Row warfare with numerous vessels captured and prisoners taken. A portion of the ships were recovered by their owners, while some seamen were released. Attorney General Sargeant ordered appeals to the Supreme Court after mixed court results. General Andrews told Treasury Secretary Mellon enforcement was fair, though rum kings aim to remobilize for holiday liquor floods.
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