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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
5
The Anita Record is Cass county Iowa’s official paper published weekly each Thursday. It was entered as second class mail matter January 2 1913 at the Anita post office under federal law.
Mrs I G King a former Anita resident died at her Pittsburg home November 29 after a brief illness. Survived by husband and five children Vinnie Jean Susie Warren Rowland all born in Anita. King was linked to Calkin King mercantile firm and later King Hardware before moving to Pittsburgh where he and son ran an auto business. Her church and social activity in Anita drew sincere town-wide regret.
A rural plea urges Iowa and Cass County farmers to secure a fair corn price rather than borrow. It argues price opportunities beat credit and warns against lowering values by feeding corn to hogs. The piece cites regional concerns, local editors, and nostalgia for the weekly country newspaper.
O G Buckner and Edward Klemish visited business in Anita and Audubon respectively. Attorney E S Holton and wife were Atlantic visitors. Ome Fred Bellar and wife visited Griswold and Audubon. Shas Stone and son returned from the National Stock Show in Chicago. Walter Reot and family hosted at the editor’s home in Atlantic. Victoria Richter and Chas Todd of Omaha spent a week in Anita with relatives. Val Wiegand and Andrew Wiegand visited Henry Wiegand in Fontanelle. Andy J Nelson, sixty, harvested 2300 bushels of corn and once 90 bushels in a day.
Clarence Davis of Anita, a prominent farmer, toured the city and visited the Record office. His barn was recently destroyed by fire, a new building has been erected on the site, and though he sustained considerable loss he is thankful damage was not worse.
Ben H. Read, managing director of the Southern California Editorial Association, hails the hometown paper as America’s strongest advertising force. He notes its grip on readers and recalls a New Yorker who still reads his Ohio hometown paper after twenty five years. He offers a tribute to the enduring local sheet.
Mrs. Denison Pearce spent Monday with friends in Anita. John Dill and his wife and daughter were Atlantic visitors Monday. Mrs. Bessie M. Lowell and Mrs. Mayme Redburn spent Monday in Atlantic. A harsh editorials remarks follow about hanging a man after court decrees.
The S. T. Club met Friday evening at Miss Marie Rickel's home with all members present except two. They enjoyed a program of musical selections and were served luncheon by the hostess and her mother. The club plans for a year of useful activities in 1926.
The article warns that Main Street and intersections lack space for growing traffic. It notes drivers rush to go and return, risking crashes and injuries by not observing traffic rules or considering others on the public highway.
A Springfield minister inflames debate by calling men in the land of the free hired like slaves yet notes the paradox of modern mobility. The excerpt cites early Iowa papers and a dig at a dubious editor amid name changes from Dubuque Visitor to Telegraph Herald.
An article argues that American industry and labor benefit under Republican protective tariffs while foreign workers face hardship. It contends tariffs sustain jobs, higher living standards, home ownership, and automobile use for Americans, and that farmers in Iowa and Cass County gain from such policy. It urges farmers nationwide to embrace protectionism over free trade.
A satirical survey mocks the endless focus on prominent families like the Troskeys Kudinskys and Daminskys. The piece argues such lineage chatter consumes valuable newspaper space and public attention, offering a humorous take on society’s obsession with pedigrees.
The idle son of a rich man fights to split from his bride whom he knew was part black before their marriage. The report notes his stuttering as a noted defect and suggests it failed to deter him from marrying.
Edward J. Klemish and Albert Stonebraker, both visitors from Des Moines, arrived this week and were noted in local society circles. Their visit sparked interest among residents and local officials.
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