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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
4
A 1913 Anita Iowa bulletin critiques Hoover and the Democratic rise, questions prohibition spending, and attacks tax and school monopolies while urging restraint and economy. It notes legislative cautions about land values, tariffs, and perceived graft amid national political battles.
Responding to Al Smith’s radio appeal, the national Democratic headquarters in New York City receives over 3,000 letters daily from across the United States. Contributors give one to one hundred dollars as the party aims to erase a deficit of one and a half million dollars and prepare to campaign in 1932. The piece notes the party’s resilience against political defeats.
The piece argues war would only be justifiable over Standard Oil price cuts and praises big business, then pivots to Iowa's 31,128,004 budget and harsh winter weather. It jokes about thirteen months in a year and notes potential congressional redistricting losses for New Hampshire and Iowa senators. It also suggests farmers reduce living costs by housing idle farm implements.
Mrs. Guy Hosfield requests the Record be moved from Beaconsfield to Elliston Iowa and encloses a $2.00 renewal for another year. She notes a harsh winter with heavy snow and sends regards to Mrs Myers and family. Lena Pieper known in Anita as Miss Lena Pieper is mentioned. W Vernon Harrison and sister Miss Mattie Harrison visited Atlantic Monday.
A business leader and public servant, John Hammill is described as a successful farmer, banker, and attorney who has held roles from state representative to governor. He recently began his third term as Iowa governor, amid broad public support and high esteem from over 250000 Iowa residents.
A fragment suggests farm advocates fear and tremble as handwriting on the wall hints at substantial gains for agriculture from an extra session of Congress, pledged by President-elect Hoover, before the recent election.
The writer condemns no future for Des Moines and Iowa, predicting peasantry and pauperism. He shows little confidence in his country and state and has not worked to make Iowa a leading place to live and achieve meaningful goals.
The passage mocks quality testing of liquor with crude, humorous comparisons. It notes some men have bold stomachs and keep working despite rough effects, while others falter. The tone blends campy bravado with exaggerated remedies like horse liniment as a chaser.
The piece argues against joining the League of Nations claiming it would cede police power and financial burden to the world. It frames Uncle Sam as central to American independence and warns of obligations beyond U S borders. John R Stuhr was confined at home by illness earlier this week.
Washington letter notes a 10 million dollar House appropriation for the Inland Waterways Corporation to buy barges and towboats for the Missouri River from Kansas City to St. Louis with operation planned for 1931 and potential extension toward Council Bluffs, boosting grain freight and signaling Hoover administration support. It also covers tariff hearings, Hoover’s Florida trip, Kellogg Peace Pact approval, and pending cruiser bill.
The Grant Township Board of Trustees will hold its annual meeting at the Farmers' Coop in Arita Iowa on Monday February 4 at 2:00 PM. Bids will be received for two township road superintendent positions east and west halves, on basis of man and team and for man only.
Auction notice from 1849 lists personal property for sale before an Oregon trip and includes 25 head horses and mules to be sold later at Anita. Items include ox teams, tools, milk cows, a whiskey barrel, brandy, a copper still, books, rifles, and 2 enslaved families. Sale near Versailles Kentucky with cash or promissory terms. Auctioneer J L Moss and Bd McConnell as surety.
Mrs Eva Suplee writes from Emmett Newton Iowa to express the loss of The Record and encloses a $2 payment for 1929. The note underscores the weekly paper’s valued presence. Emmett Newton, a lumber and coal yard manager in Glenwood, Iowa, visited Anita with his parents Mr and Mrs Ed L Newton Saturday and Sunday.
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