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WHAT ATLANTIC HAS

5,000 Population.

Five Miles of Brick and Asphalt Paving.

A Complete Sewer System.

Splendid Water System, Municipally Owned.

More Typewriters Than Any Town of 5,000
Population in the Country.

The Best Volunteer Fire Department in the
State, and a Modern Hose Wagon Drawn by a
Splendid Team.

Over a Quarter of a Million Dollars Invested
In Automobiles in Its Territory

The Largest Corn Cannery in the World

Municipal Light and Power Plant

Four Lines of Railroad

An Electrolier Lighting System

Two Million Dollars of Bank Deposits

Room to Grow and a Determination to Do It

WHAT SHE IS DOING

Successfully and Profitably Operating Her
Own Water and Electric Utilities.

Encouraging Home Enterprises in Every
Possible Manner.

Giving Encouragement to Every Worthy En-
terprise Seeking a New Location.


From: Industrial Edition, published by Atlantic News Telegraph, Atlantic, Iowa, 1913, pg. 6. Transcribed by Brenda Magee, August, 2012.


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