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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1913
Page
1
The Great White Way or White Pole Route links Davenport to Omaha via Iowa's best road. Anita promotes travel along this notable route across the state using the famed highway name.
A 1913 Wiota Iowa note from Hon. Oll Coomes praises the Record and recalls shared memories from cattle herding to melon seasons. The letter expresses high regard for Coomes, a Franklin township figure, and mentions friends Mrs. J. M. Briggs and Miss H. A. Boyle enjoying time in Pennsylvania, plus local moves to Minnesota.
Des Moines clergymen show opposition to inviting Billy Sunday for October or November revival meetings. Reverend Everett Dean Martin labeled Sunday a Charlatan and urged abandoning the campaign, saying funds could better aid a working girls’ home or a tuberculosis hospital. He warned Sunday’s influence could harm the city’s religious life.
Classified notice for old papers sold by Recorp office at five cents per package. Customer asked not to count how many papers are in a package. Public notice indicates pricing and source.
The United Evangelical Conference ended its LaPort City session with widespread pastor transfers. Rev. J. H. Boozer departs Anita for Iowa Center, to be replaced by Rev. H. H. King. Rev. C. H. Stauffer moves to Cedar Rapids First Church, and Rev. J. M. Bamford heads to Waterloo. Chas. Pickford goes to Belle Plaine amid routine district leadership changes. George Van Houten of Lenox, a longtime state figure, visited. funeral services in Omaha for George and wife Burnett, victims of last week’s storm, noted locally.
Capt. L. F. Mullins, famed Cass county figure, slipped and fell near the J. W. Cuykendall home, breaking his right hip while en route to his son's house for dinner. He was cared for at home by his son Dr. Mullins, with friends hoping for a swift, full recovery and recalling his Civil War leadership. Atlantic News-Telegraph notes a half car of heifers sold by G. F. Wilburn and other local commerce. A public-spirited inquiry on white slavery is urged in Iowa. Baxter New Era reports separate court sessions in Council Bluffs to ease docket congestion.
Mrs C A Russell of Aberdeen South Dakota reports missing issues of a newspaper and recounts eight weeks in Pierre with her daughter Emily. She notes her mother visits Seattle and expects April return, and sends regards to friends. The note also mentions Lynn Johnson selling a Missouri farm for a Colorado purchase near Dear Trail and requests a record change address.
A. Hanks died after slipping into a bale baler on the H Wedemeyer farm north of Adair on Saturday afternoon. He was crushed head first and lived about an hour after the accident. He leaves a wife and one child.
Mother Carey and son Clayton return to Anita after a two month stay in Los Angeles with Miss Marie Anderson. Carey plans Iowa spring days for health and thanks Marie for indispensable care. Clare enjoyed the trip and visits but remains hard to handle at times.
John D. Peterson, county representative, visited the city Saturday on business and paid his taxes at the News-Telegraph office. He planned to push session work toward approval by the 10th of the month and praised the road law as a step in the right direction despite opposition to progressive legislation.
A rhythmic verse laments the false arrival of spring as the backbone of winter reasserts itself. The speaker jokes about lingering cold, jokes of beards on beards, and the fickle vernal tease while imagining the season’s stubborn grip returning with north winds.
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