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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1929
Page
4
Entry noted as second class mail matter January 2 1913 at Anita Iowa Cass County under 1897 act. The Record is the official paper for Cass County and the Town of Anita. Office and residence phone lines are listed.
The Iowa newspaper urges lawmakers to repeal the unconstitutional primary law, arguing it would save counties at least 2500 dollars per year and prevent political favoritism. It notes public sentiment from citizens and references Farm relief measures and local happenings including G W Yeater’s porch project and Ruby Bangham Peterson’s hospital admission for surgery.
On March 16 twenty years ago Iowa lawmakers passed ten measures to curb liquor dealing and drinking. Senator George Cosson, from Audubon Dallas Guthrie districts, noted Iowa had more liquor laws than Congress in fifty years, while a fourteen or fifteen year old claimed progress over two decades.
A reader recounts a Florida tour by motor through Naples Fort Myers and Tampa Bay, praising the Tamiami Trail from Miami to Tampa and noting stops at Sarasota Bradenton and Lake Worth. The piece lauds Florida’s agricultural wealth and scenic charm as well as civic figures and local transport links.
A compact ad from Stuart Hatcher promotes Diamond Chicks and a full line of poultry supplies including the Oil O Star brooder coal brooder fountain feeder and Diamond chick mash. Two color book offered free with purchase. Write or come see.
A baby girl Joy Diane Bell weighing seven and a half pounds was born Friday March 15 1929 in Atlantic to Mr and Mrs Edward Bell. Mother and infant are reported doing well.
A Missouri legislature proposal seeks a tax on home brew. The item is part of a broader discussion on revenue and national debt. In Audubon township district elections, Henry W. Voape, Jacob Schuler, Edward J. Klemish, and Joseph Klemish were elected directors for districts 6 through 9, with Jacob Schuler chosen President of the Board.
Leah Blanche Nordman Hopley died March 15 after a brief illness in a Chicago hospital. Funeral services were held at the Wiota cemetery with Rev. Ralph B. Noyce officiating. She was born June 19, 1896 in Wiota and was 32 years old. Survived by daughter Edith. parents C G Nordman of Stuart and five sisters and four brothers.
The Nordman family expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for support during the death of Leah Nordman Hopley and thanks for floral offerings and sympathy. Also notes long-time friend and subscriber Peter Biggs renewed his home-paper subscription to July 1 1930.
A brief notice requests changing the old home paper address from Lake Worth to Daytona Beach Florida until further notice. The message mentions attractions in Florida and quirks about a pelican as a playful aside. It ends with a personal signoff from Larson Atlantic The Eye Man.
Ben F. Brockman, formerly from Anita, has moved to Wymore to take a job this year after living in Beatrice Nebraska. Chas Scholl made a business visit to Des Moines last week. Fred H. Bell and wife from Stuart spent Sunday in the city and nearby areas with relatives and friends.
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