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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
2
The article surveys global and domestic affairs with notes on Massachusetts auto registrations, Philadelphia vacant lots, US gem imports, Utah mine accidents, and Washington political figures. It records rail labor tensions, naval preparations, bearded grain theories, and diverse short items from politicians to inventions.
Iowa reports test cases of the Webb Kenyon liquor law in Winterset and Ottumwa, with hearings set. Fatal incidents include a Keokuk child inhaling kerosene gas during a failed effort to blow out a can outlet. Other items note a large rural school conference at Cedar Falls, drownings near Boone, and various local civic updates.
The Society of American Women in London held a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel to welcome Walter Hines Page the new United States ambassador and Mrs Page. Official German empire statistics show employers organizations at 132 453 members guiding 4 378 275 workers. The Greek minister left Sofia after transferring Greek interests to the French legation. The Bulgarian minister plans to depart Athens.
A rural school teacher offers a kiss to the first pupil present the next morning to curb chronic tardiness. At sunrise three large boys sit on the doorstep and by six the entire school and four directors await her arrival.
A sharp remark scorns pretension as people with airs are likened to being tarred and feathered in a humorous aside. The line captures late 19th or early 20th century newspaper wit about social manners and vanity.
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