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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
2
A concise national digest covers political developments, personal milestones, and public affairs. Key figures and organizations appear, with emphasis on timely events and notable shifts shaping the national landscape. Each item is presented in a quick, readable summary suitable for broad readers.
Reports show bills to expand the Supreme Court and loosen alcohol manufacture rules, plus discussions on foreign policy and tariffs. A Honeoye dynamite blast kills John Everett. Parole board weighs releases for Hawthorne and Morton. Parole bids, legal battles, and accidents fill a wide political and social panorama.
A touring car lies buried in a drainage ditch north of Humboldt after an accident that nearly claimed three lives. Dr G T MacCauliff of Webster City, a nurse, and Roy Crouthamel escaped, while Mrs Carl Meyers lay near death after a brutal assault. Police report multiple unrelated incidents across the state, including a snake attack on a baggage master, a magistrate appointment, and several fatal accidents.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Board of Control agrees on a plan to use Anamosa prisoners for road work at Iowa State College Ames. Fifteen to twenty five inmates will work under guards in tents on campus with meals supplied by prison officials. The college pays standard wages and a share of earnings goes to prisoners. If successful, use expands to a sewer project and Cerro Gordo county roads.
Creston reports a coroner jury concluded a vagrant found between Cromwell and Prescott was murdered. The victim’s throat was cut from ear to ear and the body placed on the railroad to conceal the crime. Sheriff Hull and the jury inspected the scene and noted the body was dragged a long distance before being discarded on the tracks.
Dan Moore of Donahue offers a $50 reward for the arrest of Tom Moore's killer after his body was found in the Mississippi on April 18. Moore argues foul play suspected since his brother carried $50 when last seen and only a few cents remained on his body.
Joe Booth and his threshing crew reportedly set a record by threshing 2,229 bushels of wheat from grain grown by Frank Palm and S. E. McAlister near Farra gut. The crop yielded about 32 bushels per acre despite short straw.
William Lynch a 21 year old clerk in the Becker Hazelton Glassware company wholesale department died from injuries after being struck by a street car he attempted to board from the wrong side. The accident occurred as another line car moved in the opposite direction.
In avoiding a motorcycle collision Dewitt Davis drove off a bridge edge and the car overturned injuring Phelps Wood 17 son of Mr and Mrs C N Wood of Logan Paul Miller Mr and Mrs A J Miller and Will Hughes also were hurt.
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