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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
8
A concise roundup presents national political moves, personal notices, and other items of broad interest. It captures key actions, policy shifts, public announcements, and notable events affecting readers across classes.
President Wilson has sent a number of nominations for confirmation. Suffrage sub-committee continues hearings on suffrage parade police protection. Senator Penrose signals a vigorous request for hearings on the tariff bill. James Hamilton Lewis is sworn in as senator from Illinois and appointed to privileges and elections and District of Columbia committee. Senator Hughes seeks to admit Dr. Friedmann to practice medicine in the District without exam, while Senator Works attacks current journalism in a bill to curb crime detail publier.
News notes a strike of 25,000 workers prompting two silk mills in Paterson New Jersey to idle operations. Other items report a 10 percent stock issue by Pennsylvania Railroad, notable court victory in Kansas, and various political and criminal developments across the United States.
A roundup from London and Washington notes dawn executions of Paris figures Monier Cal temin and Soudy. Other items include Uncle Joe Cannon's Washington visit, a National Council of Women meeting, and murder rumors about Memphis cotton king Joseph W. Martin.
The Suburban Metropolitan and Brooklyn handicaps and other futures will be renewed during an eighteen day meet at Belmont Park New York beginning on Decoration Day. Luther McCarty the heavyweight claimant and Frank Moran of Pittsburg are matched for a ten round bout in New York.
A Swedish column cites a February 2 1913 letter from near Davidson Saskatchewan describing fine winter weather with some snow. yields reported 30-35 bushels wheat per acre 60 oats 20 flax. land availability noted. Alberta sunshine hours up to Feb 22 compare with 1912. February 1913 praised for clear days despite global severe weather.
A shopkeeper recalls a regular female customer who emptied a drawer of change while buying postage stamps. The tale, set in an uptown druggist’s scene, highlights the patron’s habit of frequent purchases, including eleven 1 cent stamps in a week.
Philip Miller, Gray County Probate Judge of Cimarron Kansas, reports six years of heart trouble and dizziness improved after using Dodds Kidney Pills for about a year. He is 63, weighs 200 pounds, and can perform manual labor again. He endorses the remedy and offers to publish his letter.
A witty exchange notes that a business man should not take his stenographer to lunch as it invites talk. The joke adds that avoiding cocktails reduces conversations with her, implying social risk in workplace dining.
Mrs. Lawrence Kiehl of Abbotsford Wisconsin reports her son suffered yearlong eczema on hands. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment twice daily for about six months the sores healed completely. The advertisement promotes Cuticura products and offers a free sample with the Skin Book from Cuticura, Boston.
Des Moines reports two Iowa laws from the Thirty-fifth general assembly cut state costs by changing condemnation jury locations and venue when taking private land for internal improvements. A land purchase negotiator will be hired at 1500 dollars annually to handle early negotiations for Capitol grounds extensions, amid anticipated pushback from some property owners.
Secret service men of nine railroads invading Council Bluffs expect federal law to curb railroad car robberies. The first arrest under the Feb 12 1913 federal statute occurred at Red Oak with J E Jameson arraigned in U S court for breaking into a railroad car containing interstate shipments.
Secret service men of the Q railroad system pursue a clue in the dynamiting of the $500,000 riprap project at Folsom ten miles south of Council Bluffs. About 700 yards of work were torn out, threatening a nearby farm and delaying river harnessing efforts as farmers aid investigations.
The fourteenth annual convention of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Oskaloosa district of the Methodist church ends after a three day session in Knoxville. About fifty delegates attended from Oska loosa Grinnell Montezuma Eddyville New Sharon Rose Hill Sigourney and Delta. The next annual meeting will be held at Delta.
Women voters in Iowa Falls helped carry a $75,000 bond for an independent school district to build a new high school, winning by a large margin.
Fishermen found the remains of Chet Butler who, with two cousins, drowned at Ft. Madison on March 14. The recovery occurred just below Keokuk along the river.
An old advertisement notes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children to aid teething by softening gums reducing inflammation and easing wind colic. The copy suggests a moral undertone about temptation and proper behavior while promoting a patent medicine priced at 25 cents per bottle.
The Kind muses on whether Martians keep dogs and jokes that if they do the pets would have to be moonbound. The exchange plays with space culture and playful speculation about life on Mars.
A Civil War veteran recalls a company member who retreated in good order at Chattanooga. The veteran notes gossip about the act and the man’s witty response about how fast he retreated if his wife were sick at home. The tale ends with a witty comparison to public perception.
Prince Leopold of Bavaria, recently deceased regent, fell asleep after the first course at a dinner party. Guests restrained from waking him, dinner halted, and two hours passed with no service while all pretended normality. He woke, invited coffee, and the gathering continued with coffee, liqueurs, cigars until midnight, leaving guests famished.
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