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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1927
Page
4
Entry dated January 2 1913 lists second class mail matter for Anita Iowa Cass County under Congress act March 3 1897. The Record proclaims itself the official paper of Cass County and the town of Anita.
A compilation of brief satirical items about Prohibition repeal efforts and economics. It notes that Smith’s win would not materialize without a Volstead Act repeal, mentions farming optimism for 1927, a Florida jail case, and a California prank involving a local Iowa editor and a trip to California.
A fragmented column presents quips on fashion headlines, weather forecasts, and social mores. It contrasts outdated ideas with modern tensions, noting oddities in public chatter and seasonal prep while poking at domestic expectations and gender roles.
Neighbors seven miles south of Adair gathered at the Charles farm and put in forty acres of small grain while assisting with spring work after the death of Mrs. Frank R. Charles's husband last week. A list of volunteers includes Arley Newport Louis Wade Chas Ruth Vince Ryan Fay Harris Claude Dorn Elmer Schuler Cyril Mortimore Arthur Bolton and Wm Bolton Jr. The Charles family extends grateful thanks for the kindness.
The article notes that unemployed foreign missionaries due to Chinese warfare may begin work in Herrin and Chicago. It also mentions a town loafer who married a 680 pound circus beauty and Earl Carroll, the New York theatre producer, planning to condemn the American bath tub as dangerous while delivering strong resolutions.
Notice to Cass County Iowa school presidents and secretaries of school corporations of a convention at the Cass County Court House on May 10, 1927 at 10:00 A M. to elect a County Superintendent of Schools and three members of the County Board of Education. President or an alternate from each district must attend. Dated April 26, 1927. Jennie M Ward County Auditor.
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