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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1920
Page
1
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Atlantic readers who do not receive the News Telegraph in the evening may have it delivered if they call before seven o clock. Telephone Red 403. This number is not the News Telegraph office.
Harvey's Weekly notes Panama and Suez alike face unpayable operating costs as investors warned. It recalls past predictions by engineers merchants and financiers in Britain and the United States about canal ventures and tolls. The piece highlights the Suez company reducing tolls to meet dividend caps and the British government’s 4 million pound purchase rising in value to about 30 million.
The article reviews Panama Canal financials and traffic, noting past deficits shrinking to surpluses. last five years show operation profits of about 2.16 million while excluding interest and depreciation. It compares canal traffic with Suez, cites 2,478 ships and 8.65 million tons, and argues future growth will boost regional and national shipping, especially between Atlantic and Pacific coasts and South America. It highlights long term prospects for canal income via interest on bonds and depreciation later.
Poet Walt Mason reflects on balancing verse with farming chores in a rural life vignette. He jokes about writing, weeding, and tending beans and corn while acknowledging aging and the call of honest toil. The piece blends humor with a reminder that hands shape sustenance as well as art.
A garbled OCR fragment references Maz and Volta Bankakzon and mentions a bottle and tablets. The text is unreadable and lacks coherent events or clear subjects suitable for a full news item.
Last night reports Dr Aaron Sir Watkins, candidate of the Prohibition Party for president, plans a four city tour by air on September 16 covering states east of the Rocky Mountains. Also notes retirements, injuries, and local incidents from Omaha Sioux Falls Williamson Williamson etc along with a London miners strike result.
Auditor Guthrie lists $2 561 and $14.52 to organize Midland Packing of Sioux City with authorized capital of $5 200 000. Iowa miners face wage talks with operators offering $7.50 for day labor, but tonnage demands range 10 to 16 2 cents.
The Sea Gull Monument in Utah's park honors Mormon pioneer history with a granite column and bronze sea gulls. It stands about thirteen feet high topped by a granite globe, weighs 600 pounds, and carries a legend of Providence saving crops from crickets in 1848.
Fragmented OCR notes describe Ingrad aguas and a central temple of Marne at Atehurn on Tanith island. It mentions Inman sacrifices to Hié Humathlysty, expected finds to reveal purposs and rites, and ties to Tamil temple history. Residents fear disturbing the sleeping gods and will avoid temple sites at night.
The brief item notes a generic city newspaper update flagged as news. It mentions ongoing reporting and upcoming editions without detailing specific events or names. This summary preserves the source tone while avoiding invented facts.
Buenos Aires reports raids on cattle rustling hideouts by roundup parties acting for ranch owners. Authorities describe ongoing operations to seize cattle and arrest suspects amid tense frontier conditions.
The readable text hints at a discussion of the rolling Pampas of Argentina and its similarity to North American western plains. It mentions older times, the far distant provinces, and a sequence called a picturesque outcome, though many words are garbled or incomplete.
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