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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
6
An economical widow, widowed for Mackintosh, mourns 18 months and picks Mackintyre from suitors. He wonders why yet she notes his name Mackin tyre and quips that all her linen is marked M a c k, revealing the humor and local color of the tale.
An old advertisement extols Knowlton's Dandeline to treat dandruff and restore hair. It urges quick use with a 25 cent bottle, claiming after the first application hair gains luster and volume, and weeks of use yield new downy hair across the scalp, contrasting with the umpire saying counts in baseball.
The Iowa scene features a Cedar Rapids bid to form a battery and machine gun corps among young professionals, a Shenandoah normal school fire, farm and college mobilization efforts, a broad call for National Guard recruits reaching four thousand men, and state plans for war-related appropriations and civil defense, with scouts, veterans, and students organizing for service.
Reports from early 20th century parliament and executive actions across the United States highlight key events. Congressman Reavis joins the Republican Committee on Committees as war measures loom. calls for a department of munitions with cabinet status surface again. A 24 western railroads rate petition to the ICC is filed. radio stations face seizure and restricted use under President Wilson. The House passes a remy appropriation bill for 240 million, ammonia amendments ignored. Jeanette Rankin takes the oath as the first woman in the House. Nebraska plenary loyalty pledges read into Senate record. Democrats regain control of the House with Speaker Champ Clark. Senate and House vote on war resolutions show broad support, Wilson signs at 7 14 p.m. on April 6. Public sentiment abroad turns pro-American. Comanche Indians offer wartime service. Mexican dynamics discuss expelling Germans from the Mexican army. A New York realty sentence and disparate wartime statements by Bryan and others reflect nationwide mobilization and economic shifts as rail tonnage coal shipments climb to new highs.
About 50,000 bales of cotton at Vladivostok were destroyed by fire with losses estimated at 10 million dollars. Chicago packing houses are told to keep 5 million pounds of meat on reserve for emergency rations. Indiana and Vermont stories address war impacts and security measures amid global unrest.
Overseas trade data show Holland exporting mainly vegetables and livestock to Germany totaling 21 million dollars in a month. In Manchuria a gas explosion killed 34 people, including a Tokio Imperial University engineering graduate. In London a US resident backed Wilson and Congress in declaring a state of war with Germany. Villa supporters were executed in Chihuahua City by General Francisco Murgia, with reports of over 200 sympathizers hanged recently. German reserves concentrate on the Mexico Salvador frontier, and a wireless plant shipped from Mexico to Salvador could link to Germany. Berlin reports labor unrest at Hamburgs Vulcan shipyards, demanding wage increases as the nation pins its industrial might.
The Westminster Crazette of London says a key American mission will start soon to discuss war collaboration. German forces captured vast numbers of troops, rifles, and mine throwers in an attack on the Russian bridgehead at Stokhod. February and March saw Norwegian ships sunk by U boats, with many missing. British merchant tonnage faced losses from mines and submarines, and Belgian deportations continue under German authority. President Wilson’s speech is being translated into German and spread via air routes. Germans use men over 45 in service and push for a final victory this campaign year. Six hospital ships have been sunk or mined, with 247 vessels lost and 78 people injured.
The piece argues fires and rats inflate expenses. It cites Philadelphia rats costing about a million dollars in food yearly and US fire insurance premiums at 410.9 million in 1915. It contends three quarters of fire costs could be saved by reducing fire records to European levels, potentially shaving about 300 million per year from living expenses.
A light quip about a twenty-dollar hat contrasts with a major budget note. The article states New York state will pay about 75 million dollars for various governmental purposes in 1917.
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