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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
6
A digest of senate bills and federal actions covers rail damages suits under $2000, anti polygamy talk, DC lobbying probes, drought and flood relief, border fence aims, Alaska mining work relief, Titanic polices on potato imports, and naval education reforms. Also noted are local disruptions, strikes, and notable obituaries and legal rulings.
E G Gowans releases forty five boys and young men on their own recognizance from the Utah state industrial school. Two thousand destitute men dine aboard the river steamer Hassalo at Portland. Ben F Moffatt fined and jailed in St Louis federal court. Yellowstone park welcomed almost two thousand more visitors in 1913 over 1912. Quinault Indians Frank Walton Cleveland Jackson and Jasey Fowler arrested at Tahola on counterfeiting charges.
In Panama several houses inhabited by Colombians were stoned prompting Sanchez Rambirez a Colombian government agent in Panama to sail home for safety. Gen Francisco Villa issued a note to US Consul Marion Letcher regarding reported detentions of Mexican women and children in Chihuahua by rebel forces. A large part of Georgetown Demerara's business district burned leaving twenty dead and many injured. A Paris Academy of Science report described a brain abscess surviving despite extensive brain destruction in a 62 year old patient treated for a minor occipital wound for a year.
Dr Woods Hutchinson extols heredity as a major driver of human improvement and contests pessimistic views on insanity. He cites that most births are normal and that negative eugenics could nearly eliminate hereditary defects. A light note ends with a maid mistaken for eggs and spoons.
Mrs. B L Wilson of Nashville praises Calumet Baking Powder as economical and wholesome and claims it yields complete success with careful powder selection. She notes Calumet’s use in holiday cakes for presidents and cites top awards at World Pure Food Exposition and Paris Exposition 1912.
A playful dialogue between Mrs Exe and Mrs Wye contrasts blame and apology in marriage. Mrs Exe dislikes the phrase I told you so, while Mrs Wye notes her husband admits misperception despite clear reasoning and an inevitable outcome.
A terse quotation shows a speaker claiming Villa took Chihuahua and asserting personal preference for borubon, reflecting a debated stance on territory and remedies in a casual wartime conversation. The line implies ownership rights and personal treatment choices without broader context.
A poet confesses a vague yearning for something unnamed while a sympathetic landlady notes they have had little during a long time. The dialogue captures a quiet domestic moment of longing and perception.
Softeons the gums and eases teething discomfort as a claimed remedy for babies. Advertises a bottle priced at 25 cents and includes a note on calming wind and crying.
A brief dialogue recounts a sharp remark about a drink described as rye. The exchange highlights a character’s reaction to the rye beverage.
A Detroit Free Press report notes an unusual death by self harm. The city editor and reporter debate the presence of bichloride of mercury tablets in the house, ending with the remark that the man hanged himself, an old-fashioned method.
Mrs Nextdore Professor Adagio called at our house yesterday and our daughter played the piano. He praised her playing openly provoking whispers of impropriety among the household observers.
A reflective aphorism notes that pursuing instinctive paths keeps a person close to the base of progress. It underscores caution about acting on impulse rather than steady purpose.
A terse observation argues that women rarely evaluate matrimony through a male point of view, reflecting gendered attitudes in social expectations and romantic choices.
Des Moines Iowa Democrats see end of patronage battle as N F Reed state chairman is reported to get the southern Iowa marshalship and Dan Hamilton of Sigourney the attorneyship. Er Moore of Anamosa for the northern marshalship is less accepted.
In Corwith Jesse Oxley shot Melville Hillery, married to Oxley’s ex wife, on a street. Hillery, wounded below the heart, is expected to die. Oxley is jailed in Forest City after the attack. Jealousy from the divorce and remarriage is cited as motive.
An automobile carrying Harvey Henning and his siblings overturned on a homeward trip, killing Harvey instantly and seriously injuring his two sisters. The cause remains undetermined. Another crash near Monona left John Leath unconscious.
In Waterloo district court nine damage petitions were filed seeking a total of 37147.74 dollars. The suits include claims from smallpox contraction amounting to 13600 dollars to a buggy upset valued at 150 dollars. It marks the largest number of damage cases filed in one day in the local court.
Webster City loses Captain W F Smith a pioneer newspaperman and former Iowa National Guard captain. He founded the Clarion Monitor and once owned half interests in the Freeman Tribune and Journal. Smith served two terms as county auditor.
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