19 Sep 1928
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1928
Page
1
Notices detail subscription rates for Atlantic News-Telegraph including carrier and mail plans, with regional rate adjustments and delivery contact instructions for subscribers in Atlantic. It notes delivery failures if papers do not arrive and urges callers to report issues.
A long prose piece debates the St Lawrence waterway project and its national importance. It weighs economic benefits against political interests in New York and ties the route to freight costs, rail impact, and broader U.S. strategic goals amid presidential considerations.
A few days ago in Quober, William Howard Taft, former president and current chief justice, attended a summer birthday gathering. The village crowd celebrated the ex president known for his steadfast optimism and faith in the country, despite his single term.
A tribute praises William Howard Taft as a fine American and exemplary citizen. The piece extols his steadfastness, amiable character, and judicial mind, noting his long career and birthday as milestones.
The piece argues Senator Brookhart deserves credit for backing Herbert Hoover but faces criticism from foes who accuse him of political inconsistency. It notes past opposition to Brookhart, praises his sincerity, and defends his Hoover endorsement as strengthening the Republican ticket amid partisan disputes.
The piece reviews a century of liquor control efforts from local option laws to state dispensaries and national prohibition. It notes waves of reform, tests in Maine Kansas and North Dakota, failed dispensaries in South Carolina and Georgia, and the shift toward national prohibition after extensive prior experimentation. It highlights corruption, enforcement issues, and evolving strategies as the era moved toward nationwide bans.
The piece argues the phrase freedom of the seas misleads and defends American rights to cargo protection in wartime. It contends Britain could not starve if cargo is covered, and American doctrine parallels British aims, risking closer US support in conflict.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Hoover dined with the Yoders at West Branch. Mrs Yoder described the meal as simple Iowa food a light snack featuring cantaloupe, fried chicken and other local fare while speaking to newspaper men.
A rustic menu from Missouri and Kansas evokes comfort food scenes. Dishes include second joint and dramatick browned New potatoes lima beans corn on the cob with a fresh mauh of the marion, crisp salad with ripe tomatoes, small light biscuits with country butter, noel cake, and peach ice cream. The piece hints at a simple, cheerful gathering before a long drive on a road through Iowa.
In a jumble of early 20th century column notes the Iowa Press and Sibley Gazette report errors and speculative remarks about election politics and liquor laws. Des Moines Register notes campaign managers and November questions. Webster City Free Press and others critique political messaging. The piece reflects confusion over policy and public sentiment in a volatile presidential campaign.
A fragmentary editorial voice questions how the United States Senate and President Hoover will handle Kellogg’s treaty and potential policy shifts after Woodrow Wilson. The piece reflects on the presidency as the nation’s biggest job and ponders who could match Hoover’s stature.
A local tale centers on a speaker who names his child Electricity after a lecture and explains the quirk with a joke about his wife Dinah and his own name Moxe. In a store a clerk teases a customer with a mock shout about marriage as part of a humorous exchange.
A broad array of farm organizations and leaders have shifted to Herbert Hoover, favoring him over Al Smith. The roster includes Iowa Congressmen Dickinson and Helen, Senator McNary of Oregon, Senator Capper Kansas, Senator Nye North Dakota, Governor Lowden, and others rallying to Hoover as farm relief becomes the campaign focus.
Fragmentary verse recalls Old Dobbin the horse once valued by the family for travel and labor. As age and ailments mount, kin debate replacing him, with some arguing for kinder care or sale while others resist the idea, reflecting on years of service and affection.
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