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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
8
Excerpt from Table Talk by William Hazlitt contemplates choosing sociability or solitude amid nature. The narrator prefers being alone to avoid dull talk and puns, valuing inner quiet, memory, and personal reverie over social chatter while acknowledging the pull of companionship. He weighs walking alone versus joining others, expressing a desire for solitary freedom.
The French academy will insert the English word gentleman into its official dictionary describing it as an English term used in French for a man with lofty sentiments and good manners. The note highlights the trend of English words like home smoking and dancing becoming common in French usage.
A once feared alley dog is welcomed by neighborhood children after saving a boy from drowning. Once pelted and chased, he becomes a cherished member of the boy’s family and rests content with his new life. Milwaukee Journal.
The piece notes California hosts a great diversity of Indian languages yet many are vanishing fast. Some languages survive by only five or six speakers, others by 20 to 30, and almost every year a dialect or language dies with the last speaker. Efforts seek to preserve these languages for Pacific coast heritage.
Public notice announces incorporation of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building Association of Anita Iowa. It will operate from Anita with 30000 capital in 25 par value shares, issue 650 now and 530 later, to own or build lodge and mercantile facilities, board of 3 to 5 directors, first officers named, business to start December 6 1920 with 20 year term and two thirds debt limit.
Farmers report progress husking corn and fall plowing amid poor weather. Local social life includes Miss Clara Harkinson visiting Miss Roxy Kelsey and several family gatherings. Headlines note Hoover’s warning on European children’s starvation and banking rumor about R E Bell selling part interest to a Grinnell man.
A notice lists pure bred White Rock cockerels for sale at farm prices with contact 2205 W. Huss. The item appears among other local notices and ads in the community column.
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