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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
3
Names of city leaders include Mayor H L Bell Clerk H H Cate and Treasurer W R Spence. Councilmen are J C Voorhees J A Wegner R D Vernon EK W Holmes W E Kelloway and Marshal and Street Commissioner Geo H Biggs.
W. H. Wagner Sr serves as president, Ed M. Blakesley as treasurer, and J. D. Young as secretary. Members listed include H. R. Robison, W. H. Wagner Sr., F. C. Chinn, Dr. W. E. Fish, and N. C. Burkhart.
Executives and officers named include Execut. E. D. Forshay F. H. Sears F. O. Worthing with Sears as President W. Holmes as Vice President Co E Faulkner as Treasurer H. H. Cate as Secretary The committee includes L. R. Galiher A. H. F. Ziegler and Ed Lee Newton.
Post office in Anita Cass County Iowa lists office hours from 7:00 A M to 5 00 P M on weekdays and Sunday hours from noon to 10 00 P M Carriers on Rural Routes Nos 1 2 and 3 depart at 8 00 A M and return at 4 00 P M Ep L Newton postmaster oversees operations
Ed L Newton F O Worthing Sherm F Myers Jas B Herriman named trustees. Sexton listed among church officials.
Fragmented timetable lists westbound trains with times around early afternoon and evening. OCR oddities obscure certain details but shows a sequence including 1:47 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. departures.
The June 29 reading outlines Stephen’s defense and Joseph’s trials as parallels to God’s enduring plan. It contrasts Israel’s disobedience with faith in Abraham’s lineage and highlights Joseph’s rise from pit to power as typology of Christ.
In LESSON XL Joseph provides for his brothers as a symbol of God’s bounty in Christ. Faith, the source of victory, links Joseph’s life in Egypt to the future exodus and the carrying of his bones to the land of Israel.
Harper's Weekly notes a Paris museum study arguing that the shepherd dog and bloodhound may descend from the Indian wolf rather than a direct wolf lineage. The scientist cites skull growth differences among dog breeds and wolves, linking the Indian wolf to the earliest domesticated dogs.
In Lillian Nichia’s reminiscences Rubinstein vows to prove immortality after death. Six years later in Paris a nightmare vision repeats his fear and agony as he dies, with reports by Le Petit Journal and Teresa Curreno noting a cry of agony. The Dundee Advertiser hints that the explanation remains elusive and unsettling.
Science studies whether snakes enjoy music with cobras reacting to gourd pipe by a fakir in a dance like motion. The report suggests a nervous sympathy to notes similar to a dog. Wolves howl at noon in the zoo, and dogs show pleasure or pain from music by sitting near a hand organ or howling.
A memoir fragment describes the Bon box kept inside the Alcotts home as a symbol of an honor system. At day’s end a child who had behaved well dropped a lit token or item into the box, marking fidelity to rules.
Excerpt notes a bon slip with the name and code Bon and three crosses, describing the narrator’s wish to work for the deposit box. The speaker recalls often placing her name on the box and examining her stock of virtues in those days.
Former Australian prime minister Mr. Deakin recalls a King's Coronation scene that impressed him most not in a palace but a slum alley. He recounts a midnight moment when a boy of about twelve sheltered a three year old girl with his coat and cap for warmth and protection.
The piece argues that political views evolve with age from a distant ancestor, noting that at 20 opinions are formed from broad knowledge, at 30 they align with the grandfather, and by 50 they become mere prejudices lacking real warrant, using Bernard Shaw as a cautionary example.
A Brooklyn boarding house joke features Mr Wicks asking why his napkin is damp. The landlady Mrs Jones replies that it is due to the amount he owes for his board. The tale reflects light humor from a Times attribution.
Harper's Weekly notes the Nile valley’s soil fertility stems largely from earthworms. British surveyors report worm castings totaling about 240 pounds per acre during active months, enhancing soil, aeration, and nutrient cycling. Darwin compared five years of English worm castings to an inch-thick soil layer. Nile worms may form an even thicker layer due to land use.
A recent House of Lords session featured a safety razor demonstration by a mechanics expert peer. The episode echoed past Commons shows including Burke’s dagger and later items such as a pea-bag, a German brush, a battering ram, a policeman’s truncheon, and a Belfast riot steel nut, underscoring rare showpieces in debate.
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