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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
1
New York mayoral race outcome noted in city elections
The Tammany candidate won New York City mayoral election by over 100,000 votes. Democrats swept other offices while the Socialist candidate, campaigning on immediate peace negotiations, finished fourth and will not pursue the issue as mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
New York
Regulating prices and political prospects for Governor Harding
The writer argues innocence suffers when crime occurs and prices for basic goods are too high, urging statutory revision. It dismisses opposition to Gov. Harding and asserts the triangular squad cannot unseat him from a potential second term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Government attempts to fix price of co 1 face limited success
Government efforts to set the price of co 1 appear largely ineffective with little impact reported. Officials undertook measures to regulate cost but market response remains weak and uncertain.
Political voices question Harding leadership in wartime debate
The piece mocks Gov. Harding and laments the disconsolate squad while proposing bold alternatives. It suggests sending prominent figures such as Elihu Root, Bill Taft, or Theodore Roosevelt on an important war mission to assure substantive, beneficial action and questions who Col. House is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Root
Bill Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Col. House
Unclear World War Era Flap Critiques Social Decay
A strongly worded denunciation targets Germany for slaughter of civilians and calls out organized labor and the booze industry for stirring unrest. The author likens elite society to a stinking, fumigated circle and urges action before winter.
Round up slackers urged to reveal activity
A column urges stamping out slackers and traitors by rounding them up and placing them in the field. It argues that drafting a Washington detachment paid for distributing seed could unify support to reconsider measures from the past session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Revival of Ahita hotel project sparks renewed effort
Plans to organize a company and build a modern hotel in Ahita are revived with signals of progress. J R Peterson travels to Valparaiso Indiana to join the U S service for wireless telegraphy and potential later postings. An all day Highland Church rally is set for December 11 with a basket dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahita
J. R. Peterson
Valparaiso
Indiana
U. S
Great Lakes
Illinois
Est
Highland Church
Tally
Bound to Be a Soldier Oscar Grimstead Joins Camp Dodge
Oscar A Grimstead of Wiota slipped into Camp Dodge with local draftees around Sept 29 and after two months training was kept in camp and credited to Cass county. Colonel Newman reported a man not listed in the quota and Clerk Kringel identified his Wiota registration. This marks the first clear case of a man breaking into the camp, with others attempting to stay out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic In
Oscar A. Grimstead
Wiota
Camp Dodge
Cass County
Grimstead
Kringel
Newman
Devil resigns as hell’s keeper in wartime satire
Stolen copy from RECORD editor Bert Willison quotes the devil lamenting resignation after declaring others more capable, praising Kaisey Wilhelm as superior at wartime governance. The piece mocks war industry and regional loyalties, ending with an abrupt note about a welcome caller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Rhine
Mea
Kaisey Wilhelm
Bert Willison
the Record
Record from Nevada Missouri notes local prosperity and subscriptions
Roy E. Saunders sends money for subscriptions to the Record and mentions hometown trees and family. Local items report Fred Dennis’s accident, the Blattner visit to Avoca for Thanksgiving, Raymond Sorrenson under care for lung fever, A L Turner paying for a subscription to send to Wm. V. Petty, and Lars Christiansen’s broken arm from a fall near the home. A church Christmas sale and other small notices conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Briggs
Missouri
Julia Petit
Ross Avenue
Dallas
Texas
Roy E. Saunders
Harvard Radio School cadet writes of work schedule and Thanksgiving
Swede in Company 13th Harvard Square U S N Radio School Cambridge reports long hours from 5 30 A M to 9 00 P M with extra night classes. He plans aviation corps training after twelve weeks and notes Thanksgiving with hope for mail carrier wage talks and a French army feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Joe Dougherty
Aviation Corps
13Th Company
Harvard Square
Radio School
Cambridge, Mass
Sentiment in Switzerland on United States war role
Godfrey Miller shares extracts from a Swiss daily editorial detailing Swiss views on U S entry into WWI, Wilson, central powers, Liberty Loans and American resolve. It notes Swiss awareness of U S food rules, conscription, and the broad support for the Allied cause amid German intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey Miller
Penille d'Avis de Neuchitel
United States
Switzerland
England
Atlantic Ocean
Germany
Europe
France
Russia
America
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