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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
8
A note from M A James to James Sherman encloses a five dollar and fifty cent payment for the Record and Des Moines Capital for 1918. The writer sends Christmas and New Year wishes and asks after the recipient's well being.
Charles James sends a subscription to the Anita RECORD and wishes for returning soldiers to come home safely. Ed Perry reports cold weather in Hastings with scarce coal and high prices, noting Anita people are managing well. Purchases and mail to Hurley, South Dakota appear in Palladium notices. Louis M. Martin, state highway engineer, named captain and awaiting orders to report to a training camp for active service.
Dr Earl Daughenbaugh writes from Camp Cody Deming New Mexico December 5 1917 detailing camp life weather and health measures He notes sand storms scarce rainfall high altitude 4300 feet and clean water He praises the YMCA Red Cross Masonic Lodge and local town merchants urging subscriptions and advertising in hometown papers. He also mentions Iowa soldiers and the army hospital routine.
From Paul McEvoy the Record reader shares news from wartime Navy life in 1918. He describes night classes, Christmas leave, an allotment starting January Bth, skating on the Charles River, and the Fire Department flooding tennis courts. He mentions snow, an insurance plan, a governor’s trouble with a WV escapee, and three men drowned aboard the Queen Elizabeth. He visits Bunker Hill and the Washington Elm, and notes the passing of Dr A W Vaughin of Adair. The letter closes with a jab at local utilities and a chuckle about suspending religious hardship.
Government plans to deploy tax officers to counties to help residents file 1917 income returns between January 1 and March 11, 1918. Officers will visit county seats and other towns, with postmasters and bankers receiving notices. Exemptions for 1000 and 2000 will expand the taxpayer base. delays or avoidance will incur penalties. Local reports note farmer responses and ongoing needs for higher crop yields.
The piece lists global inventors and nations to argue Germany has not produced major inventions. It contrasts German military menace with achievements by Americans, British, French, Italians, and others, praising diverse breakthroughs from steam, telegraph, photography, medicine, and industry while denouncing German alleged self-promotion.
A compact survey credits Bessemer in steel, Burbank in fruit, Lavoisier as father of modern chemistry, Linnaeus in botany, Hutton in geology, the Virginia Mary for sea physiography, Descartes for analytical geometry, Comte for sociology, and notes Germans did not discover the poles. highlights national origins and misattributions.
The pastor will preach at both morning and evening services next Sunday. The morning message is titled Profit From the Passing Years and the evening sermon will be Right About Frace.
Notes from First M. E. Church urge full attendance for the January 6 service and report a successful Sunday School Christmas program with generous European relief offerings of 834 in cash and more to come. Parishioners from Malta and Audubon visit, while local items mention community reading habits and a newspaper quote on reading variety.
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