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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
4
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In the London Opinion a patient asks if the operation can be performed safely and the doctor replies that they are about to discover the answer. The exchange reflects medical uncertainty and ongoing evaluation.
The Chicago mail order sector highlights rising farmer buying power with strong 1922 earnings. The largest house posted net 5,435,160 versus a 1,455,469 deficit in 1921, signaling rapid improvement. A second major firm swung from 1,887,396 in deficit in 1921 to 4,562,607 profit in 1922.
The public highway between Anita and Adair and Anita and Atlantic is praised for its fine condition maintained by workers Fred Dennison Milt Hefler and Old Dock Ballentine whose faithful and efficient service is credited.
The Pittsburg Gazette Times notes President Harding commuted eight I W W sentences to expire immediately on condition they depart the country. It suggests the freed men may prefer exile to prison but questions the wisdom of their martyr status and contemplates sending the group abroad. It speculates on Big Bill Haywood joining them in Russia.
March opens mild and shifts to farming weather as Frank Rhoads and wife lease the Horace Stuart property in South Anita from F A Black. City Council hears petition to ban Sunday baseball movies and dances, postponing decision. Chas Barber is record caller. Frank Lees and family relocate to Dr C E Harry property. Bartley family moves to Lula Alvord residence. Frank Muller changes paper route to 1 Anita. Rev Alva Jacobs begins Boy Scout work with first meeting at the M E Church.
Rob Bain marketed hogs in Adair Elmer Shaefer and Geo Graham drove over in Bear Grove Thursday. The Bears Grove area saw repairs to phone lines. Several residents reported illnesses travels and visits with family. Local clubs held meetings and prepared comforters. A real rain sleet and snow storm hit Saturday night delaying hog deliveries. Township trustees vet three new road maintainers for this season. Multiple farm moves occurred including Edington Bremen Carson Downing and Griffins.
Miss Cristena Hollen underwent a serious opera tion in Omaha for an impacted eye tooth and is expected back soon. The school reports weak spelling and handwriting on a 100 word test. remediation will run through the rest of the year. Parent Teacher Association meeting on March 6 will feature a program and free refreshments. New eight volume Comp ton's Pictured Encyclopedia kit. donated Cooper's Works volumes boost seventh and eighth grades. New second graders Max Smith and Charles Byler welcomed. March 16 carnival prep underway. Anita Girls basketball team reached Cumberland tourney final. beat Elliott 11 to 10, Cumberland won final, Anita took second place.
Ralph Bohning served as caller at the Record office on Monday. Joe Smith visits Guthrie Center near his uncle Bert Scarlet while Roy Dorale returns from Idaho to stay with his parents. The Hawking Millinery in Atlantic unveils its first spring hats and dresses with a four day display and special attention to out of town customers.
After Detroit’s 1796 occupation, Saginaw valley Indians threatened the town and cattle thefts prompted a circular earthwork fort east of current High and Park boulevards. Built in 1806–07 by Fort Shelby soldiers, it enclosed half an acre with a ten-foot wall and a six-foot ditch. Renamed streets followed Duffield and George, later becoming High street.
Eskimo snow huts adjust roof thickness to keep interior heat even. Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson recounts a hut at 50 degrees below zero where blocks share latent cold and interior kept near 60F. When heat rose, outside roof shaved to reduce heat leakage and maintain warmth.
A Washington naval officer with Arctic exploration experience recounts a voyage halted by dogs failing in a critical moment. A listener questions Eskimo dogs’ tirelessness, to which the officer quips about its culinary implication.
A club member finishes a basement pool swim and, puffing, argues with the instructor over breathing. The instructor says both swimming and sawing use similar upper body muscles, while the swimmer retorts that sawing wood uses someone else's muscles. Exchange.
Census reports buffaloes at the Federal game park in Wainwright Alberta have multiplied so fast that officials say the reserve is too small. An order calls for slaughter of older animals and sale of carcasses to northern traders for pemmican. hides will be kept by the Dominion government.
A new golf accessory keeps an accurate stroke count between holes. Described in Popular Mechanics with an illustrated dial and a small pointer moved after each stroke, this wristwatch like device aids enthusiasts.
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet notes an eminent lawyer defending a bootlegger. The remark turns the exchange, suggesting shifting roles and public scrutiny of legal defense amid Prohibition era tensions.
Lou Anderson, long based in Atlantic, moves back to Anita to occupy his North Anita residence recently vacated by Elwin Burkhart and wife.
A Chicago editor recalls verses written sixty years ago by someone long since gone to his grave. The note explains the lines were penned as a pastime while the author slumbered in rest.
The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs C A Thomas’s home. A ten cent lunch was served.
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