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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1926
Page
4
The Anita Record notes its role as editor publisher SHERM F. MYERS and as the official paper of Cass county Iowa. It states publication occurs every Thursday and that it was entered as second class mail matter January 2, 1913 at Anita Iowa under federal law.
The editorial rejects both League of Nations and World Court as unworthy for the United States. It recalls Harding’s 1920 anti entangling alliances platform and urges keeping aloof from foreign entanglements that do not affect U S interests.
The piece argues that Iowa's primary system thwarts populist and socialist elements infecting the Republican Party by preventing unreliable outsiders from attaining public office. It claims primaries let such figures gain power and corrupt the party and country.
Mrs. J W Black aged eighty six, formerly of Anita vicinity, now living in Norwalk Iowa, sends greetings to old friends and neighbors. She cares for her father who is eighty six. The Black family long owned the J D Peters farm two miles north of Anita.
Maria H. Ruggles applies to the district court for modification of a sheriff s deed on lands bought at sheriff s sale to establish a two thirds interest. Hearing set for January term. The item also notes local social visits and events including weather and community notices.
Editorial urges readers to support the local paper as a civic duty and investment. It argues the newspaper benefits residents more than it costs, calls for cooperation over self interest, and promotes buying Iowa corn products to curb surpluses. It also notes political diplomacy and the value of a yearly subscription to the Anita area paper.
Henry Carlson and his wife formerly Miss Collie Saunders from Albuquerque New Mexico are spending a few weeks in California. They viewed the New Year Rose Parade in Pasadena and likely attended the Iowa Day Picnic at Uncle George and Mary Haver's where Anita and Cass county folks gather to eat drink and talk eagerly.
Mrs. Nettie Cate of Chicago sends two dollars for the old home paper for 1926 to the Record editor and family. She wishes a happy and prosperous New Year and notes her descent from Levi Huff a pioneer Anita resident and sister of Mrs Chas A Thompson now in Des Moines.
Florida editors note a new parking pattern as business men drive downtown before sunrise to secure spots and then return home to breakfast on the streetcar. The writer remarks the area seems far from crowded.
Mrs GEO E Pratt writes from a new address stating her family is settled and asks the Record office to update their address immediately. She praises the locality as ideal and expects timely receipt of the next copy.
An ear of Iowa corn at the 1907 Iowa State College exhibit sold for 150 dollars and good seed ears fetch about 1 dollar each. An estimated 10 000 to 12 000 ears will be shown at the 1926 exhibition set for February 1 to 6, with prize-winning cars likely to command high prices due to seed scarcity.
Miss Florence Rickel hosted a 9 30 o clock New Year morning breakfast for six young ladies in honor of Miss Wilma Walner of Atlantic. Guests included Ruth Herriman Helen Myers Helen Trumbull Margaret Kirkham and Enid Wagner. Assistant hostess was Mrs Elmira Rickel.
For sale good Timothy and Clover hay mixed. Contact Anna Iowa 221 Walter G Cron, 12R2, item listed as seen for sale with telephone reply. John F Galiher identified as recorder in the record call, Thursday.
An Iowa report claiming an immense corn crop misleads eastern buyers. The speaker notes many areas in Iowa and Cass county are short and drought has hit the western and southern regions. Nationwide 1925 corn crop is short, and Iowa news tends to depress prices instead of inflating them.
Senator Andrew Shinn of Woodbine enters the race for the Republican nomination against incumbent Judge Wm. R. Green. The write up questions whether there is broad support in the ninth district for Shinn’s candidacy and notes that many voters may not have heard of it yet.
A suggestion urges Iowa and Cass county families to adopt a corn based daily meal plan using corn bread flapjacks syrup flakes meal mush and other corn products with milk or cream or fried to reduce surplus corn and prevent prices falling below a dollar a bushel.
A mix of editorial tone on a social issue and local notices from Anita Iowa. Rentals announced for Forrester farm near Anita and W G McParland residence on Main Street. Edw Weatherby rents the Forrester farm and will possess March 1. J Hughes Stone and wife occupy the McParland Main Street home. Iowa Corn Growers guest event at Greater Anita Club Friday. California returnees note warm days versus Iowa winter. Acreage rental on west Main in Anita, $25 per month with March 1 possession and options on clover seed.
The 1925 letter recounts Anita memories and old-timers, notes a cold snap, cotton handling at the compress with numbered bales, and a jovial tone about Arkansas and former townsfolk. It recalls a nights out with Ethel Lattig, a show bear incident, and local characters, ending with warm regards to old friends.
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