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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
4
A fragmented Iowa rural news item notes social and labor issues, fuel taxes and public utilities debates, and the Iowa legislature’s delay and potential postponements. It cites remarks from Menlo Journal and a Sioux City robbery, reflecting a mix of opinion pieces and local incidents.
An old editorial voice condemns professional lobbying and friction at the national level. It cites a Danville Virginia case where a Black man was quickly tried and sentenced for assault, and satirizes war on Jersey mosquitoes while criticizing prohibition enforcement costs and unreliable liquor traffic data.
In Anita and across Cass County readers learn the Iowa Senate endorses state control of highway funds, arguing Congress should not condition federal road aid on state matching requirements. The writer defends national road building as vital for defense and commerce, urging cooperation over defiance. Included is a letter from W. J. Weston detailing an Anita visit and California travel notes.
Census figures show 1923 factory output valued at 60.48 billion dollars, up 35.5 percent from 1921 and close to 1919 levels. About 8.76 million wage workers were employed in manufacturing in 1923, with total wages around 10.46 billion in 1919 dollars. Power capacity and coal use also rose, reflecting higher production levels.
A 1920s retrospection notes that 38 legislatures met in January with more than 60 000 bills received and 15 000 becoming laws. It cites about two million laws and 200 000 new ones yearly, and tracks state costs rising from 182 million dollars in 1903 to 1.45 billion in 1923, questioning the value of maintaining legislative bodies.
The real American sardine becomes a world favorite as U S canned production in 1921 reached 6,649,000 dollars with Maine at 3,953,000 and California at 2,696,000. In 1924 exports rose by fifty percent in both quantity and value, underscoring sardines as a valuable U S commodity despite a surplus of lower quality stock.
A comparison of workers who chase high profits with those who relentlessly serve customers, arguing that true value comes from ongoing effort beyond standard hours. The piece praises workers who dedicate nights, days, and Sundays to deliver hundred cent dollar value.
Federal and state governments unite on major highway projects and mining development to boost coal and precious metals. The oil industry expands to new fields while railroads move large cattle, aiding cattle, lumber, cotton and grain industries with expected good returns.
The United States now accounts for nearly two thirds of domestically produced goods sent abroad, per the National City Bank of New York. Western manufacturing growth is cited as a key driver of rising factory exports.
An opinion praising country newspapers as crucial to national welfare and affirming editors deserve fair pay for labor, reflecting editorial stance on press compensation.
Mrs Levi Walker spent Saturday at the Ralph Stephensen home. Farmers shipped hogs on Wednesday. A reen old time snow storm and blizzard hit the area Friday. Wallace Sorensen and family of Elk Horn are visiting. John Parker Max Walker and Wm Kirkham Jr joined the Boys and Girls Pig Club.
The 1924 Iowa hog market total reached 13 742 000 head, a statistic noted amid remarks on political unrest. The piece contrasts market data with a satirical line about gorrillas and wild-cats losing teeth and claws as a metaphor.
Francis Marion Templeman born June 2 1849 in Marion Ohio died March 2 1925 in Clarinda Iowa aged 75 years 9 months. He moved with family to Eagleville Missouri at 12 and married Josephine E Johnston March 8 1875. They settled in Lewis then Anita and left four children Albert M Maud Fulton Jennie Roush and Harry. He joined Church of Christ 35 years ago under W A Moore. Survived by sister Mrs T S Ellis Lewis and brothers in Winterset and Long Beach plus five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Church of Christ with Rev Bellows and burial at Oak Wood Cemetery.
Mrs Orpha Whitlow Radliff wife of Rev W R Radliff former Anita M E Church pastor died Sunday morning in Council Bluffs after a September operation and a later one postponed by complications. Survived by her husband four children and her Council Bluffs parents. Funeral services and interment will be in Council Bluffs.
Mrs. T. W. Grimm, after several weeks in Anita with her sister Mrs. McVay, returned to Des Moines on Monday.
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