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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1923
Page
4
The Anita Record editor pledges to improve the paper and calls for reader support. He notes fourteen years in journalism and defends the editor Sherman while urging readers to recognize the paper's progress and to accept timely local and national issues addressed by their representatives.
The text attacks a peanut politician for failing to deliver for constituents while noting Uncle Henry Ford seeks to gather bonus funds and foreign debtors understand the risks of repudiation.
The author argues former opponents of the League of Nations require tough persuasion to fortify their resolve and backbone for decisive action. The statement reflects a diplomatic stance urging stronger, direct influence on critics.
A local note says a continuous fire alarm in Anita would be unpopular as fires draw crowds from the town including women and children, who tend to gather in full force when a blaze occurs.
Fashion notes declare hats or bonnets a violation for women and girls as they hide the latest jam up hair-dressing creations from public gaze and admiration.
A local column notes the charm of Iowa bull frogs during spring and mentions a week of their songs. It warns that the Anita west road may require improvement for travel unless weather improves and notes many cars, including Fords, stalled after recent rain. The piece also satirically critiques the Republican party’s “wheels in its head,” linking motion to industrial activity and jobs, while praising American labor and wages.
The piece argues voters backed prohibition by a large margin due to raisin price increases. It notes raisins are California’s key product and demand abroad and at home raised profits for grape growers more than bottled wine.
The Missouri Republican Press notes bootleg liquor and purification claims while reporting 35,000,000 cotton spindles in operation for the first time in U S history It also comments on cement bulletins titled facts everyone should know about cement noting the high cost of cement and its impact on users.
The Walter Scott Training School for Nurses of Presbyterian Hospital Omaha invites qualified young women with at least two years of high school to enter a nursing program starting May 15. The program provides training, a refined home on hospital grounds, and a cash allowance while in training. Apply to the Superintendent of Nurses, Presbyterian Hospital, Omaha Nebraska. Yours truly, Cecile Tracy Spry.
Uncle John C Kelley turned seventy nine on April 10 but the day passed quietly with greetings from relatives, friends and neighbors. Mother Kelley treated him to extra good things and he was happy and contented. May his future years be many filled with health and prosperity.
There will be an interesting program a fishing pond and box social at the Berea Standard school in Berea on Friday evening April 20. William Hackwell, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Hackwell, has recovered from pneumonia after fourteen weeks and is able to be out again.
A phony check artist operating nationally was captured after writing two checks in Avoca worth 2.00 and 10.00. He pleaded guilty in court and received a penitentiary sentence of one to seven years.
Closing out new wallpaper patterns offered at low prices. Buffalo Orpington eggs for hatching advertised by J D Peterson. Fifty cent noon lunch at The New Calumet Cafe near Whitney's Bank in Atlantic.
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