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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
1
An Avoca Journal summary notes legislators resume duties after a recess as members debate honesty and service. It highlights votes from the Cass-Shelby district on Sunday laws state bill payments road funding and liquor prohibition measures while criticizing self-serving tactics and dodging votes.
Marjorie Spence has been ill and under a doctor's care the past week. Jas B Lewis and family spent Sunday in Creston by Ford. L P Hadley was in Omaha Saturday. C L Way has gone to Minnesota to purchase a farm. Frank Barber and F R Howard were record callers. H O Stone and family visited Sherm Myers for dinner Friday. C P Richards was a business visitor in Atlantic Monday. Mrs Joe Kaiser reports her safe arrival home at Caron Canada.
The diamondback rattlesnake once feared in a Texas district is now laboratory material for University of Iowa museum experts. It was killed by three Mexicans after a battle and brought to Iowa by Carlton Silas, a former student. The rest of the item notes local farm purchases, school election turnout, and a humorous exchange from the Adair News.
John Heck Sr acted as caller at the RECORD office Monday. Albert Chester of Massena R E White of Pueblo Colorado and A J Joy were RECORD callers Friday. Guy Hayter visited Des Moines Tuesday. New Spring goods have arrived and are on display and sale at The New Racket.
The Anita Light and Power Company will transfer its interests to the Cedar Rapids Iowa Electric Company on May 1. Peter Scott Jr. will become resident manager and oversee the Anita system and the Anita-Adair line, buying the former supplies stock and setting up headquarters to expand electrical services and goods.
An extended, didactic cri de coeur argues commissions are distant from the people and urges a shift to local farming and hog raising. It condemns inflated prices, calls for state effort to find the treasury deficit cause, and promotes potatoes onions beans and other crops to cut living costs while criticizing past promises and policy.
The Fontanelle Observer denounces theft of its material by state papers and criticizes lack of credit for an Anita Record item republished weeks earlier. The piece mocks stealing as harmless while expressing frustration at misattribution and the broader newspaper theft culture.
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