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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
2
The notice outlines Washington state developments and various regional reports across other sections of the country, highlighting differing economic and political trends.
Secretary McAdoo will deposit 2 million dollars in Dayton banks to ease flood money shortages, accepting various bonds as security. President Wilson appears in congress to deliver his first executive message in person and outline tariff views. Bank reform bills from Prouty Nelson and Palmer seek emergency currency and broader reforms. Congress considers nearly a dozen proposals, without official endorsement from committees or the president.
Reports cover women's suffrage defeat in Michigan and militant suffragette reaction to Emmeline Pankhurst's sentence. Other items note a DAR convention in Washington, a New York judge’s death, workplace accidents in Chicago, a fatal shooting in Chicago, a sister of a Chicago bandit entering a convent, a Washington portrait sale, and labor and railway news including Sioux City anti closed shop efforts and a planned 16 mile Canadian Pacific tunnel through Kicking Horse Pass costing 14 million dollars.
A severe snowstorm blankets Minnesota while Missouri reports tornado fatalities and Arkans as faces flood damage. Reports note heavy tolls, disrupted services, and ongoing relief efforts across several states as authorities assess casualties and impacts.
Announcement: the fourth annual national clay court tennis tournament will be held in Omaha during the week of July 21. Ebbetts Field, Brooklyn’s new $750000 ballpark, has opened. The New York Nationals beat the Baltimore Internationals 12 to 3. Pittsburg defeated Kansas City 14 to 1. Boston beat New York 8 to 0 in the season opener at New York. Belmont Park will host racing eighteen days including the Suburban and Metropolitan handicaps starting on Decoration Day.
Des Moines report says cooperative societies that compel members to trade through them are monopolies. In Henry Reeves vs Decorah Farmers Cooperative society the supreme court upheld a lower court restraining order forbidding penalties on members who did not transact through the society. The group, capitalized at 4000 dollars, aimed to unify hog marketing for better prices. Reeves, a Decorah hog buyer, said he was driven from business by overbidding to purchase from members.
Towns from Livermore to Spirit Lake gathered in Estherville for a booster meeting to promote a Fort Dodge to Spirit Lake electric railway project. Five delegates from each town were named under a chairman to confer with Homer Loring, president of the proposing company.
Black Hawk county supervisors back the corn improvement drive by supplying ten acres at the county farm for experiments and by appropriating a large sum of money for research in multiple county sections.
Logan announces multiple vacancies in the Logan school system. The board of education seeks instructors in German Latin English and mathematics to fill teaching positions.
The Greenfield city council approved a contract for a complete new equipment package for the municipally owned electric light plant. The upgrade will cost $9,000 and work starts immediately as the city’s venture grows financially.
Members of the Methodist church at Waverly plan summer improvements costing about 2500 dollars. A new heating plant will be installed.
A. F. Frudden, former state senator from Dubuque county, is elected president of the Industrial corporation. The Dubuque boosters head the effort in the city.
Keokuk water power officials expect the big locks at the dam to open in late May or early June, marking a milestone in the project.
Clearfield opens electric light service by a local company. Forty street lights are now operating, marking the start of public illumination in the town.
William B. Stewart longtime chief clerk of the railway mail service for this district is dead here.
Albert Meyer recently sold 107 hogs for 2092.23 dollars. He plans to offer seventy more hogs for sale during the summer.
A cloudburst near Essex caused a washout of about 600 feet on the Burlington track of the Red Oak branch. The incident disrupted service and required inspection and repair crews to assess the damage and restore the line.
Des Moines reports that newly appointed factory inspectors push into the state with regions assigned to J. D. Seamans in the south, Harry Bye in the center, and Alfred Shepherd in the north. They will visit manufacturers unannounced and refuse to disclose visit plans. A. L. Urick, state labor commissioner, may compile wage statistics for Iowa plants and wages of shopgirls next year.
War erupts between master builders and carpenters as bosses advertise 200 non union workers at four dollars a day for nine hours. Union carpenters are urged to stay away, signaling a lockout if replacements are found.
Y M C A officers questioned in closed sessions with staff. President R B Wallace announced all employees were exonerated and reinstated and classes would resume immediately. A heavy guard remains on duty around the clock.
Iowa City reports the teachers' employment bureau at the state university has far more openings than applicants. About 150 students have applied for positions, while nearly 300 teaching posts remain unfilled for qualified men and women.
M Ballinger of Mt Pulaski Illinois claimed a $40 000 inheritance if he married by June 15 He was arrested by police at the request of postal authorities after publishing a wife ad in a local newspaper in Council Bluffs Iowa He faces investigation into the ad and related matters
Vernon Swindler and Ben Williams were caught in the act of cracking a safe at the Dunker Heating and Plumbing office. Swindler confessed to breaking Buhler Bros meat market safe and taking $160.
Charles W. Johnson of Burlington was found guilty in federal court of violating the Mann white slave act by inducing his wife to an immoral life. Judge McPherson sentenced him to five years in Stillwater prison.
A new bank named Greenfield Savings Bank opened in Creston last week with W. L. Battin as president, R. A. Shreves as cashier, and W. Don Carlos and W. Don Carlos Jr. as assistants.
A banquet served as the main event at the Western Grain Dealers association convention in Sioux City. Speakers included Prof. A. M. Ten Eyck of Ames, J. Randolph Pickell editor of the National Hay and Grain Reporter, and J. H. Henderson of Des Moines.
Mason City reports 155 Rock Island employees will transfer to Manly Junction from Albert Lea and Rockford under an order effective May 1. Officials announce the move impacts train crews across the system.
An Arabian goose, the sole specimen in this region in over twenty years, was killed at Clear Lake by Joseph Saylor. The bird weighed 25 pounds.
Residents of Creston approved both water works and electric light measures by solid majorities. Women voters contributed a larger share of the total than men, reflecting strong turnout and support for local services.
Fayette President Cooper says the financial drive will end before May 1. About $55,000 has been raised for the campaign.
The United Shoe Machinery Company in Boston advertises that machine-made shoes cost less per pair than a penny or stamp. It claims average royalties for all shoes under 2.23 cents per pair and asserts the overall return from machine use is minimal. The ad urges readers to write for details.
A historical note describes the avocado as a meat like pear containing about twenty percent fat and rich in nutrients. It details scarce cultivation, noting trees thrive near native huts and provide easy meals for locals. Expanded farming could impact the high cost of living.
Miss Clara Mueller of Chicago testifies that pimples covered her face for over a month until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She reports relief from burning and itching after three weeks and complete cure following the treatment. Cuticura products are advertised with world sales and a Skin Book offer.
The passage argues that opening portals to the beyond would not yield greater happiness or virtue. It suggests sacred realities would be reduced to ordinary human discourse, and real improvement requires a deeper quality of life rooted in love and spiritual assurance.
If We Would Practice What We Preach, citizens near Des Moines are urged to join the Town Mutual Dwelling House Insurance Assoc. of Des Moines Iowa. The ad touts twenty years of operation, over 40 000 Iowa members, and 45 000 000 in force life insurance. It invites readers to contact secretary B Harsh for details.
In 1807 Sir John Carr advised a brief inscription for Nelson's monument in Glasgow. The court agreed and suggested adding Glasgow to Nelson nine miles to make the column a milestone as well as a monument.
A witty exchange features a judge advising what boxes to bring for an opera party. The pun hinges on “chatterboxes” as unwanted items, delivering a light courtroom humor moment.
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