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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
4
Entry shows second class mail matter dated January 2 1913 at Anita Iowa Cass County under the 1897 act. Includes office and residence phone numbers 227 and 231.
A broad chorus of farm organizations urges Jardine of Kansas for Secretary of Agriculture in the Hoover cabinet. Critics question their ability to unite on policy and warn against political drift while highlighting broader social quips and era concerns.
Final reports on the 1932 national election show the Democratic National Committee spent 5.34 million dollars to back the Smith Robinson ticket and still must raise about 1.44 million to square accounts. Republican receipts totaled 6.54 million, with combined national committee receipts of 11.09 million. The Democratic campaign closed with a paper balance of 102,608.54 and the Republicans with 285,637.20. Hoover led with 21,388,300 votes out of 26,863,533 cast.
Luverne Minnesota Herald argues tariff policy underpins living standards by ensuring steady, well paid jobs for American workers. It warns that eroding buying power reduces farmers’ selling power and that protection for all or none is misguided.
A humorous view extols the unlikely alliance between dry anti saloon advocates and wet Democrats in Congress as they push for a 24 million dollar appropriation to enforce prohibition but fail to gain traction.
The piece argues that the Republican Protective Tariff is a dependable national asset and warns against belief that permanent relief for industries comes only from Free Trade Democratic policy.
County Treasurer Carl Vedane notes over 1,200 cars are junked in Cass county each year totaling about 1 million dollars, yet some claim impending bankruptcy. The piece weaves satire on preparedness, Chicago politics, consumer spending, Al Smith, and January’s strangeness.
A drugstore ad urges readers to try Cystex for backache, bladder weakness, and nocturnal symptoms. It claims a 48 hour test with money back if relief is not felt and cites Bongers Bros as seller. Only 60 cents.
An Albany NY health department study proposes allowing Dr. Arthur MacDonald of Washington DC to examine the skulls of New York state legislators. MacDonald, a phrenologist, says findings above the ears could contribute to science after examining about twenty U.S. senators and eighty congressmen.
Column argues Congressmen eager to aid farmers should wait for a special session to prove honesty and sincerity by enacting substantial relief measures, urging tempered effort and careful action instead of hurried moves.
A Des Moines newspaper item notes an outbreak of illegal liquor transport and warns arrests will follow, while remarking on vague progress by booze interests since the directive was issued a decade earlier.
The text argues for a reconciliation conference between Sister Aimee and her estranged mother to end private feuds and restore moral influence. It also remarks on Uncle Sam maintaining a powerful navy, asserting affordability and global importance.
Hans Nelson who has held the northwest Anita farm, owned by L Larson of Harlan, will move to his own farm on March 1, taking forty acres formerly owned by W B Keley.
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