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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
8
The Cass County Board of Supervisors met in regular session last Monday to review agenda items and discuss county affairs. Additional actions or votes were not detailed in the fragment provided.
Letter from B F Brockman of Garwood Missouri dated February 3 1923 requests a mail address change from West Plains Missouri to Garwood Missouri. He mentions buying a small strawberry farm and invites a visit for strawberries and cream while sending regards to old friends.
Jacons, pastor, leads Sunday School at 10 a m with 11 a m preaching. Epworth League at 6 30 p m followed by long service at 7 30 p m. Preaching at 8 00 p m. Prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 p m. Scout meeting Wednesday evening at the church.
Congregational Church notes and events list meetings for the Ladies Aid Society and Junior Choir practice. Sunday School at 10 Preaching at 11 with Junior Endeavor at 2 30 and 7 30 with music by the Junior Choir. Local resident Si DeCamp returns from Oregon and Washington. Wm Dorale leaves Manhattan oil station to join Standard Oil. advert in this week's Record. Mrs F O Worthing relocates to North Asra property and plans remodeling to modernize dwelling.
The division of labor, rooted in political economy, assigns each worker a specific task to gain perfection through constant practice. From Adam Smith to Plato and Ferguson, the idea evolves as steam and electricity expand machinery, broadening the scope of specialization to national and international scales and shaping modern industrial organization.
The piece reflects on Sir Walter Raleigh's final work The War In the Air as a modern adventure scale literary effort. It notes Raleigh's detachment from daily life yet deep engagement with current events and life as test for his writing.
A Kansas City Star note recalls Alfred Harmsworth known as Northcliffe as a boy at St Johns Wood. A ball over a fence led to an encounter with a dark eyed thirteen year old girl who later became Mrs Alfred Harmsworth.
Consul McCunn at Yarmouth reports rich gold bearing quartz found on property at Malega Barrens Queens county in the Yarmouth district. Preliminary development finished and quartz being crushed. Eleven men employed since early spring with a five foot lead showing rich gold specimens after a July 26 shot.
A Montgomery County family boy Benny is guided in manners at dinner after a second piece of cake leads to a tense moment. His mother asks for a polite response and Benny, after a hurried gulp, asks for more cake. The brief reflects on etiquette training.
A writer tasked with creating a poster for a circus panther asks for a thesaurus. The manager declines, claiming circuses do not use such tools and questions where thesauruses are even raised, citing past shows in a wary tone.
Sam Turner appears in past week records. Mrs. Pete Smith visited Atlantic Sunday. Geo. Parker called at the Record Monday evening. Mrs. Bessie M. Ward visited Atlantic Tuesday. Geo. Stotts of Valley Junction is in the city Monday. D. A. Scott recovering from lagrippe and flu. Ida Muntendum called at the Record Thursday. Victoria Hotel floors undergoing repair. Fry's Colfax Water glass priced at 1 3 cents a gallon at Goog's Place. Council Bluffs adopts resolution banning carnivals. Dorothy Chinn ill and unable to teach. Chinn family reported suffering lagrippe and flu.
After paying taxes, obtain receipts from the bank and place them in a Safety Deposit Box at Citizens State Bank in Anita Iowa. They will be secure and readily available whenever needed.
Health officials report in 35 cities totaling 32 million population a near seventeen percent rise in per capita milk consumption. The highest intake occurs in towns under 5000 and in very large cities, while medium sized communities show surprisingly low consumption.
In Cass County Iowa Probate Court the estate of B. F. Sisler is administered with Susan Sisler appointed and qualified as Executrix. Creditors warned to pay and claimants to present claims as required by law with dates and forms for allowance. Dated March 1, 1923.
Local items report real estate sale near Anita at 175 per acre and changes of address for residents. They note road conditions, new signboards by Stoner McCray, Mayo Hospital treatment for Hans Peterson, a sprained ankle for Mrs Deeming, and moves to Des Moines and Omaha. A brief fiction vignette ends with a comic lampoon about money and travel.
Adeline Chaffee a Cass county resident since 1870 died at 10 30 Friday morning at 508 Maple Street Atlantic Iowa heart trouble predeceased by mother in infancy she born July 21 1859 in Rock Island Illinois married Clark R Chaffee in 1875 they lived on a Kenton township farm before moving to Atlantic survivors include husband two sons C R Chaffee and G M Chaffee two sisters Mary Price and Alice Fitzsimmons one granddaughter funeral was held Thursday at the Church of Christ Atlantic with Rev Clarence Bigelow officiating burial in Atlantic cemetery
The Self Improved Club and families were entertained at the C O Gipple home on Friday evening, March 20. A delightful program followed by dancing and cards. A two course luncheon of sandwiches, coffee, cake and ice cream was served at two o'clock. All reported a jolly good time.
Fred Scholl left $200 at the Record office for Kathryn Tierney to change the newspaper’s address from City Hospital in Des Moines to Carroll Iowa. Michigan House rejected a capital punishment repeal bill by five votes, failing to pass. In Boston, 10 000 gallons of liquor seized at Kebfe's hotel were ordered returned. federal court ruled government overstepped warrant limits and delayed forfeiture action. Des Moines Register.
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