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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
4
The issue contains a subscriber reminder from The Telegraph urging prompt remittance to avoid interruption, plus a Christmas message promoting holiday cheer, Atlantic stores, and steady subscription support. It also reprints assorted local items and a Tolstoy passage urging kindness and love over the season.
Ki R Thomas, noted automobile maker, told the Buffalo Ad Club that the daily newspaper is essential while magazines are a luxury. He argued that magazines rely on newspaper advertising to reach readers and emphasized newspapers as the primary medium for mass exposure.
The text argues that newspapers are the most effective advertising medium, noting advertisers rely on daily papers to reach the public promptly. It states that the Telegraph has carried more inches of display ads this month than in any prior issue in towns of 6,000 in Iowa, highlighting growing merchant success through the home paper.
Special correspondence from Cumberland reports a busy social run with visits by Chaos Eberle and Mrs. Bert Beebe en route to Anita. Local residents including Miss Annan, Ellen Larson, Cathy and James Robinson, Alfred Taylor and Mrs. W S Foster are seen in Atlantic and nearby towns. A Hindeo Magician show at the M W A hall drew a full house, and a Christmas program is planned at the M B church in Wieta on Christmas Eve.
Cumberland J W Welton spent a couple of days in the county on business. Harry Liston is sick with typhoid fever. John Pettiger of Adair visited last week with his parents and relatives. Santa Welton and family from Mont, Neb., are visiting J W Welton’s home. Mrs C W Mountain Jr of Minneapolis visiting at the home of her parents A Jones and C W Mountain. W A Cannon and wife visited their daughter Mrs Ed Shumaker’s family in Wiota over Sunday. George Hopkins left Friday for Denver to learn of his daughter Rose’s illness, no details yet. Harvey Heath and wife and baby visited from Massena. Ming Hallie Antrim, attending school in Atlantic, came home.
Ed Wagoner of Massena visited Cumberland for business while Friday to Sunday plans centered on family. J B Chaney and Geo Dolt drove to Dridgewater on Monday for business. M C White of Anita made a business call, and will become new owner of Richardson restaurant after February. The Delley brothers restaurant was robbed Saturday night of 30 to 46 dollars plus cigars and candy through a rear window. Gene Pierce bought Dilley restaurant and will take possession immediately. Berth Johnson attended Cumberland teachers meeting with many teachers present. L D Poettinger’s sale last Wednesday drew a large crowd and fetched good prices.
A poem contrasts a father's hard work with his family's lack of gratitude. It portrays Jabora as the daily breadwinner who bears the burden of rent food and weariness, while others seek amusement and recognition. The speaker concludes that the father endures toil yet remains unseen until honored in memory.
Ming Louie Lee about twenty, daughter of Sam Lee, was seriously injured in a runaway accident Saturday night in Avoca Indiana. She remained seated in the buggy when the horses bolted after the driver tied the team, the buggy overturned, and she was thrown out. She was unconscious and doctors doubted her recovery.
Long account of Christmas scenes with General Grant and Sherman at Nashville headquarters. Officers dine with Granger, discuss wartime logistics and winter campaigns across Tennessee and Mississippi, and letters from soldiers reflect devotion and hardship during Christmas.
From Wednesday's Daily the Iowa State College reports Shamrock II, a grand champion steer, achieved a 67.25 percent dressing percentage and a new world record under one year. Morgan’s firm plans a mounted head and robe from the hide, while the carcass is praised as perfectly dressed with no waste.
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