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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
1
Capitol notes describe ongoing printing investigations and no ten amendments revision. Cass county citizens petition on temperance and assessors compensation. Cass-Shelby senator voted aye on repeal of tipping law and tax revision touted to save 10 million.
The Britt Tribune notes Governor Harding's Iowa inauguration last Thursday with few Des Moines preachers filling the pews. It mentions several Des Moines political veterans at home with families and observes foreign nations' cautious stance toward Washington's peace efforts.
A string of editorial asides critiques on woman suffrage prospects in Iowa, federal road aid, regulation by law, and politics. The column references Lambs at stockyards, county and township self-rule, book monopolies, and critiques of national party leadership, plus transport price hikes and a misfired whiskey shipment.
A collage of political commentary includes calls to purge Wilcox from the Republican Progressive mix, notes on Nick Carter, and jokes about squash prices. It covers Cummins and primary law support, local newspaper notes, obituaries, road funding opinions, school voting, and a Cass County tax question about Iowa’s 1912 elections costs.
It is noted that the January weather seems tailored to benefit ice and coal sellers, with the frosty period chiefly aiding the ice-man and coal-man likely to profit as well.
Sioux City Tribune notes many Iowa papers critique M B Pitt for committee choices rather than candidacy. It argues Pitt’s selections reflect campaign policies and restraint toward opponents, citing Anderson and Grason as examples while praising Pitt’s anti tax and education positions and cautioning against dishonesty in using influence.
A curious pairing of the Iowa hog and the Boston bean, boiled or baked, has drawn notable attention. Lawmakers debate a road law at this session with expectations of division and conflict.
Forty years earlier potatoes were scarce and priced at one dollar a bushel while supply lagged behind. The Adair News editor muses about Sherm F Myers and the primary system of nominating candidates possibly being vindicated as gospel truth, suggesting a future acceptance.
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