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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
3
The June 22 lesson surveys Amos 6 1 14 noting Israel's prosperous yet corrupt era under Uzziah and warnings of divine judgment. It urges vigilance against indifference to God and the lost, condemns luxury and intemperance, and calls Christians to simple living and active witness.
A teacher urges that every effect has a cause and that nations fall for moral decay. The piece likens Babylon Rome Jerusalem to rotted foundations and warns against intemperance in speech games wealth tobacco and other excesses.
An Anita Iowa post office notice from Cass County lists hours from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM daily. Sundays open 9:00 to 10:00 AM. Rural route carriers on Nos. 1 2 and 3 depart at 8:00 AM and return by 4:00 PM.
Evergreen Cemetery Association lists Forshay as president and Bangham Jenkins Young as secretary. Officers include Jenkins treasurer, Newton Worthing Myers Herriman as trustees, with Sherm Myers and James Herriman serving as sexton.
The list names H. L. Bell as Mayor H. H. Cate as Clerk W. RB Spence as Treasurer councilmen J. C. Voorhees J. A. Wegner K Vernon E W Holmes W E Kelloway and Geo H Biggs serving as Marshal and Street Commissioner.
The Anita Commercial Club lists F. H. Sears as President and E. W. Holmes as Vice President with F. O. Worthing and Ed. Lee L. R. Galiher among executive committee members. Other officers include Co. BE. Faulkner as Treasurer and H. H. Cate as Secretary.
C B Osborne furniture man and undertaker recalled a group photo of Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge officers from 1880. He appears in the picture as Junior Warden, and he states he is now the sole survivor among the listed men except possibly one uncertain figure.
Train No 1% struck an auto party west of Ralston killing Lena and Rebecca Dudley daughters of Mr and Mrs R M Dudley of Nashville Tennessee. The parents and their chauffeur Ike were seriously injured. The party was en route from Nashville and planned to eat in Carroll. Dudley firm Gray Dudley hardware merchants Nashville. The injured are expected to recover.
The Anita Board of Education opened bids for a new 32000 dollar school. Hentz and Mallory of Aberdeen won the general contract for 25700 dollars, P T Cavanaugh of Vermillion secured heating and plumbing for 6917 dollars, and P A Johansen of Atlanta took the wiring contract. Completion aimed by January 1 1914.
Unital Board of Education includes President W H Wagner Sr Treasurer Ed M Blakesley Secretary J D Young with members H R Robison W H Wagner Sr F C Chinn Dr W E Fish and N C Burkhart serving on the panel.
Trains go west including No 303 daily No 17 daily at 1 47 p m and No 301 except Sunday at 7 15 p m Trains going east include No 26 daily No 302 except Sunday and No 310 daily with additional unread entries and timings.
A Hanford California inquirer gathered views on the ideal wife. The compiled reply praised a wife with Melba's voice Paderewski's talent Venus figure sylph grace moonlit eyes alabaster skin nun virtues Cleopatra charm Moses meekness Job patience Lazarus forbearance Caesar's wife constancy Hetty Green purse and hair of her own.
A veteran recalls the harsh winter siege with scarce food saying one bite a day for two weeks, horse flesh the only meal, while a tramp asserts a leg bite and compensation kept him fed for weeks, provoking disbelief from the soldier.
Tobacco dominates the economy of North Borneo. Each year new fields must be cleared as land yields only one crop every seven to nine years. After clearing, Chinese laborers hoe and plant by hand, with no plows used. Planters require thousands of acres in reserve and 500 to 1,000 coolies.
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