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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
1
A garbled column blends prompts about a missing wife in Iowa with disparaging notes on the Democratic administration, debts, and the Harding cabinet. It references a Kansas City manager, a Des Moines murder case, Iowa coal production, and calls for restraint in political rhetoric amid postwar discourse.
In Oakfield and surrounding area many small items fill the week. A baby girl arrived to Mr and Mrs F W Stager on Tuesday March 15 while another birth seen for L E Bean family. Victor B Case reports a son Richard Victor Case born March 11 in Franklin township. Mrs W Koob elected Brayton Oakfield school director becoming Audubon county’s first woman on the board. The Petri family’s 12 year old daughter, amputated limbs, died at home after cancer and lung infection. Mrs Saunders reverberates with a paralytic stroke at eighty six in Denver. Geo S Kirk wins back his 240 acre farm via court action, Tom Whitmore represents him. A Kansas incident sees 200 men eject two Non Partisan League organizers with tar and leaves. Mention of J R Burton quitted. An auto accident in Des Moines in April 1920 results in a sentence for Sidney Oransky, suspended pending good behavior with strict parole terms including no driving and smoking limits.
A crowded item list notes Lewis will acquire a new truck and 500 feet of hose. It mentions March blizzard timing, a tax collector warning, and local political mentions including Wiota school board vacancies and Atlantic city election chatter.
A fund ranging from fifteen hundred to eighty two thousand dollars backs forming a band for the coming season led by Carl D. Carson of Atlantic, a former Anita resident, as instructor. County Supervisors D J Bode Griswold W D Bell Massena and Mike Metz Wiota welcomed RECORD editor Saturday. The piece notes possible early spring for M E church annual conferences to ease preacher moves. A Cass county juror appeal prompts regional names including Oren Burns Anita W D Bell J D Buboltz Massena Geo Edwards Cumberland Herman Eilis Mike Metz Wiota Fred Herbert Henry Hollen C H Cornell Lester Ackerman A C Highley S Wyckoff Jas Douglas J F Conine Atlantic.
Joe Friedlander of Clinton who graduates this spring will lead his orchestra at Long Beach California next summer. Students accompanying him are J E Wright of Maquoketa Harold Pratt of Wauk on and Royce W Forshay of Anita. Friedlander plans to attend Columbia next year for an M A in Commerce.
Geo L Schwenneker recently purchased a picture show in Red Oak after ten years in the moving picture business in Aptta. He plans to move his family and establish Red Oak as his future home and center of business, taking possession of the new property around April 1. The paper wishes him success.
Ray Trout a farmer three miles east of Adair arrested last Thursday by Sheriff Sprague and Federal Agent Wierhouse after a search found three active stills and a barrel of mash on his premises. He posted $100,000 bond to the Adair county grand jury, signed by his mother-in-law, and was later taken to Creston for a U. S. Commissioner hearing. Trout had been under suspicion for months and reportedly sold his homestead product in Guthrie Center Casey Menlo and surrounding areas.
Dr. H E B Campbell, a major local property owner, paid a $1445.50 sewer tax in cash. He has long supported the sewer system and believes early installation would have saved several thousand dollars, though the tax will affect his substantial holdings.
A bungled notice item arrives with a wedding announcement and a public sale. The tale claims William Smith and Miss Lucy Anderson were disposed of on a farm east of a rose cluster with livestock and farm gear as witnesses. The Rev Jackson tied the knot with hay rope amid odd sale details and uncertain future plans.
Ww J Brown of Dawson sells his residence on Chestnut street to T T Saunders for 3100000 with possession to be given April 1. The sale was made by A D Dean of The Anita Real Estate Exchange.
Lyran D. White sold fifteen acres just outside Anita to Chas Garoutte for 800 per acre. Garoutte now possesses the land as White takes a residence valued at 2250 with part payment. White will move to town.
In a southern village anecdote from Greeley Colorado, President Harding agreed to address locals who improvised a speaking stand. With no platform available, an implement dealer offered a manure spreader which Harding used to quip about speaking from a Democratic platform after traveling through many states and delivering numerous speeches.
In Anita Independent district many years ago townspeople packed the town hall for a heated nominating meeting. Balloting extended to two hours and 285 votes were cast with Geo. W. Boatright and J. J. Oregmoyer winning top ballots and later election. Elections were real hot stuff in those days.
The tale centers on Charles L Wilson and Grover King who bet a prize sheep in a road race between two scrubs named Old Zedekiah and Old Obadiah. Grover’s mount loses as Obadiah unexpectedly gains speed, and Wilson wins the sheep.
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