19 Sep 1921
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1921
Page
1
Rates listed for one month six months one year and international mail to Canada and foreign countries. Includes by mail in the U S one year four dollars and other varied terms. Member of the Associated Press states exclusive rights to republication of news dispatches.
Atlantic subscribers who do not receive their papers in the evening may have them delivered if they call before a specified hour. Contact Red 403 by telephone. This notice clarifies it is not the Lumber of the Nether Telegraph.
An Iowa report details automobile accidents through June, noting 772 fatalities and 64 collisions, with trains accounting for 49 deaths. It cites driver speed, carelessness, and public awareness as factors and urges measures to reduce the deadly toll on highways. Farm loans section follows.
The text previews new fashion fabrics like tricotine and poiret twill for fall dresses. It highlights updated silhouettes with wider underskirts, tunics, piping, and embroideries that mix silk braids and stitchery. Both garments showcase fresh decorations elevating traditional silhouettes.
Deliberation warns against rash spending as autumn money flies and impulse tempts. A narrator contrasts wild splurges with prudent restraint, urging consultation with wife and aunt, and choosing steady thrift over fleeting bargains. The poem laments waste and extols sensible saving.
Notice states that at a special stockholders meeting in Atlantic Iowa on August 80 1921 all stockholders attended and unanimously passed dissolution in accordance with law. Dante M Pierce president and Lydia Otto secretary authorized to give dissolution notice as required by law.
University summer session growth reported by J J Pettijohn shows nationwide gains. University of Chicago up about 5 percent to 6457 enrollments. University of Wisconsin increases around 25 percent. University of Minnesota records a 28 percent rise in summer students.
Charlie Chaplin's The Kid, a year in the making, is booked for the Atlantic Theatre. The film features Chaplin as a foster father to a two week old baby, described as one of his most deliciously humorous works. It runs six reels and is billed as First National's six reels of joy.
DES MOINES Iowa Sept 19 Carefully covering his movements outside business hours C R Offenbarger 62 who was killed in an automobile accident July 21 sometimes during the four months previous to his death mislaid or purposely hid two black leather clips containing practically the entire scour of his surviving relatives. Ever since the day of his death relatives have been in Des Moines questioning friends and searching out rooming houses where Wolfen barger was supposedly to have lived into an effort to find some traces of the missing bags. Hundreds of dollars have been spent in the attempt to secure the grips which contained needed property valued at many thousands of dollars.
The fragment reads like a garbled ad or cooking note about bread and eating. No clear person, place, date, or organization is discernible. Summary reflects the unclear OCR snippet with minimal identifiable nouns or actions.
Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota newspapermen gather in Sioux City with the Interstate Live Stock fair association and the Press Club for two days of business sessions and entertainment. About 300 Tri state Press association members invited. topics include newspaper evolution print paper advertising subscriptions and printing operations. Local hosts include the chamber of commerce.
Ken neth Deakine culls poultry to improve flocks at Kosuth Tenants farm and Town ee College records show 16 Ancona hens laid 304 eggs in August for a 61 percent production. A mixed flock of 86 birds yielded 1,481 eggs, 87 percent. Across 1,384 hens, 128,161 eggs were laid, averaging 87 percent. Costs totaled 1,074.54 with sales of 4,323.12 and a profit of 3,247.58.
A press note describes a submarine engine being tested at the local navy yard for battery charging of American submersibles. The piece claims the engine is one of three units available for practical use in the United States.
The Associated Press reports a growing vogue for knickers among women in sports in New York on September 19. Designers see knickers catching on for exercise and strolling, even for driving and casual wear, though business wear and shopping trips remain rare.
The text debates storm refuge under trees, stating it is dangerous to shelter beneath a tree and that some trees are more likely to be struck. It notes a scientist’s claim about certain trees being highly susceptible and mocks reliance on nearby sycamore trees as protection, while contrasting with perceived safety of sturdier structures and open areas.
Thomas Rees of the Illinois State Register presented the Keokuk homestead to the city at a luncheon. The ten acre park site was once logs home to a family built by a father and his sons. Mayor Craig accepted the transfer for city use to overlook the Mississippi and Des Moines rivers.
A fragmented OCR snippet discusses human affairs and ego, noting surprise at human nature and the caginess observed. The text is incomplete and reads like a meditation on human behavior without clear dates or named entities.
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