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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1923
Page
8
H H McCartney of the Jerea vicinity will reopen the Bridgewater Hotel after a thorough cleaning. The long-closed house will be prepared for patrons once the work is complete.
The Corydon Times notes that land in Iowa may sell cheaper than ever this spring as postwar mood improves and farm product prices rise. The paper suggests farmers will be less eager to sell, expecting better days ahead.
The House passed Judge Green's joint resolution to amend the Constitution to bar issuance of tax exempt securities by 223 to 201. The measure faces Senate hurdles amid a crowded final week of Congress. Five states Wisconsin Nebraska Oregon Oklahoma and Iowa have endorsed the amendment with more expected.
A Kansan editorial cites the League of Nations in Geneva as failing to prevent Asia Minor conflict and violating Article 10. It argues England and France undermine the league while urging the United States to join, asserting continued U.S. hesitation.
Edna Stantz dean of women at Simpson College enforces strict rules for students. No parties or visits to fraternities without chaperones, no out of town trips, no Sunday picnics, quiet hours daily, and fashion shaming to emphasize character. Miss Stantz, niece of Bishop Howerl, defends firm standards amid campus chatter.
The state finished buying state buildings in Knoxville for use as a rehabilitation hospital after receiving the federal government check for FIGS 64826.
Miss Arline Willison celebrated her fourteenth birthday at home Saturday afternoon with games music and a two course luncheon. Guests included Odetta Parker Goldie Mc Laughlin Bertha Kirkham Agnes Lindblom Marie Rickel Ethel Gipple Maurine Turner Dorothy Nancy Willison Lela Willison Anita Willison Helen Turner Geraldine Parker Evelyn Scott Marie Wise Rosa Miller Mabel Willson Alice Ruggies Madeline Taylor.
A poem extols newspapers for chronicling births, graduations, marriages, and local progress. It urges citizens to support papers for free advertising and community benefit, noting the weather improves as winter shortens day by day.
A twenty one passenger motor bus now runs regular trips from Audubon to Omaha. The four hour journey costs 350 dollars, offering a cheaper alternative to railway fares.
The Storm Lake Pilot Tribune argues that unlimited currency issuance crushes economies as Germany and Russia suffer. It warns American supporters of large government money volumes that such quackery would backfire and harm national finances.
Attorney General Ben J Gibson notes motorists using 1922 plates face a $100 fine citing section 3 chapter 25 of the thirty eighth general assembly acts. The item shifts to national meat figures and a playful editors note about mistakes in the Glen Eider Sentinel.
The Cedar Rapids Republician reports larger rail lines like the Northwestern are purchasing engines, passenger cars, and freight cars this year, signaling major investments after war years. A Dubuque county farmer fined for shooting quail and pheasant on his land faced penalties totaling $14.15 after admitting the birds were for private sale.
The Story City Herald notes debate over Iowa’s future national representation amid remarks about peanut politics. Critics compare southern peanut interests pushing tariffs on peanuts with calls for free trade elsewhere. The paper cites headlines on Iowa senators opposing ship subsidies and seeking farm subsidies as examples of political maneuvering.
The U S Department of Agriculture shows how growers can profit from fruit by-products of bruised and undersized citrus. Grapefruit juice can be produced with proper pressing and pasteurizing, while orange vinegar and citric acid offer revenue options. By products include candied peel marmalades jellies and pectin for bakers and confectioners.
The article traces claims to early gliding attempts across Europe with figures like Jean Baptiste Dane and the marquis de Bacqueville. It credits Louis Pierre Mouillard with guiding theory on flight using steady winged birds and air currents, then notes the Wright brothers advancing his ideas ten years after Mouillard's death.
Canada’s mounted police report about 2,700 Eskimos in the Far North not counting Alaska. The small census defies common belief from early geography lessons and prompts questions about publicity and notoriety.
The U S Geological Survey notes a peculiar Ohio well that yields both fresh and salt water from two stacked aquifers confined by limestone. The freshwater pipe taps the upper vein at 16 feet while the saltwater pipe reaches the lower vein at 85 feet, with brine settling at the bottom.
The Israel hospital in New York experiments with a meatless diet under Superintendent J. Louis Frank. Dr. E. V. Mc. Cullom of Johns Hopkins University challenges the belief that meat alone provides vitamins, arguing fish milk eggs and dairy products can supply essential nutrients.
A wartime editorial notes Europe remains unsettled with France and Germany fighting and tensions rising in the Balkans. The piece thanks United States Senators for keeping the nation out of involvement, reflecting pro isolation sentiment.
The James family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and death of their husband and father. Eva T James Georgia L James Louis W James Arthur C James express appreciation for every courtesy and favor shown.
In Iroquois South Dakota farmers faced dire need, many traveling in single autos with crowded families to town. Attendees showed signs of hardship, skipping either matinee or evening shows to save costs, and some avoided using 50-cent corn as fuel.
Johnny Scott rests at his brother Peter Scott’s home with double pneumonia and attentive care. Jono H. Schaake, Rural Telephone lineman, is confined after a tree fall causing a fractured nose and injuries. The Denison Review urges expanding merchant marine through new legislation as a national duty.
In this city on Saturday afternoon February 18, Mabie Fiekel Knowlton married Frank Lees at the home of her parents the ceremony performed by Chief Justice M E Millbollin. Relatives witnessed and guests wish the couple happiness as they plan to reside on West Main Street.
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