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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1916
Page
6
The Iowa item list notes patents awarded to residents including Beebe Waterloo for a automobile jack Dumond Waterloo for a washing machine Harvey Adair for a baby jumper and others with several named inventors and towns. Other items describe a $2500 deficit in Roy W Clark’s railroad account his disappearance and the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern interurban takeover May 1.
Eighty six Iowa county fairs are slated for 1916 with two in July, forty nine in August and the rest in September. The schedule lists fairs in Greenfield Corning Audubon Vinton Waterloo Cedar Falls Ogden Waverly Independence Aurora Alta Allison Manson Rockwell City Carroll Atlantic Tipton Mason City Nashua Strawbery Point Elkader McGregor De Witt Bloomfield Burlington and many more towns. The state fair runs August 23 to September 1 with ten county fairs during that period.
Fort Dodge high school principal receives a conscience money letter. Delmar to build a $50 000 school house this summer for use of the consolidated district. Hampton votes April 24 on water system extension and bond issue. Cedar Rapids directory lists 1900s population around 40 500. Kalona dairy sale yields $182 for a two year old heifer. Ft Madison youth Elmer Fuget fined $5 and costs for killing a blue bird. DeWitt Observer sold to J W B McGee of Carroll. Welch Transportation barns burn in Council Bluffs fire causing about $25 000 loss and damage to nearby homes. Roy W Clark, Crooked Creek railroad chief, missing several days after raid findings.
A. O. Wolever of the Iowa banking department says the January 31 call shows Iowa banks solid and deposits rising. Farmers who fed stock during winter largely made money while soft corn is largely consumed, aiding repayment of debts and signaling better conditions for 1916.
Nine of Iowa's 99 counties have begun issuing bonds for road improvements by using county warrants to fund work and issuing bonds later. Counties adopting this method include Clay, Marshall, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Tama, Buena Vista and Sac.
Des Moines reports the death of Charles A. Bach an interurban conductor struck by an automobile while flagging a crossing at Perry He was hurled under a fast car after the interurban train took a siding to allow a passenger pass His back faced the street as the vehicle approached the scene
National Park association urges Iowans to back the Mississippi river national park bill linking McGregor and Prairie du Chien. The appeal highlights the valley’s resources and asks residents to contact their congressional representatives in support.
Walter McKinney 85 years old was burned to death in the Fremont jail half an hour after arrest for intoxication. His body was found crouched before his cell door as the jail burned, cause unknown. The jail was destroyed. officials investigate. He left a wife and three children.
Canada reports near one billion bushels of grain produced in 1915 with high farm and industrial output. Western taxes average 24 dollars per quarter section, no tax on improvements, and soldiers may receive leave to aid harvests ahead of 1916 planting. Government highlights farming labor needs and mentions recruiting in the United States.
The National Association cites Census data showing TB deaths fell from 200.7 per 100000 in 1904 to 146.8 in 1914. Despite progress, TB still accounts for over 10.5 percent of US deaths in 1914. The movement reports over 1500 associations, 600 sanitariums and hospitals, 450 dispensaries, 800 open air schools, and more than 100000 active participants.
A playful line of dialogue features facial hair characters trading puns about staying power and cheek. The razor sparks humorous banter as the group bristles and blood flows, ending in a vivid facial consequence.
In India Catholics remain the largest single Christian group with 1,924,000 Roman Catholics out of 3,674,000 Christians excluding Eurasians. Over the past decade Protestant numbers rose about twice as fast as Catholic, with Catholics increasing by 273,000 and Protestants by nearly 500,000.
A husband volunteers to cook when the regular cook is sick and serves Grape-Nuts which prove easy to prepare and highly comforting. The narrator credits improved health after using Grape-Nuts with Postum, noting similar benefits for a friend with indigestion.
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