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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
8
A well improved 120 acre farm nine miles from Anita Iowa offers new house barn hog house chicken house corn crib granary and other buildings. Water works provide inexhaustible supply on a prime road to Anita. Priced at 145 dollars per acre or 84000 cash with five percent interest on balance. Contact SHERM F MYERS Anita Iowa.
The Correctionville News laments rising print paper prices and declining quality. It notes thinner stock, lack of color, and fragility after presses and folding, warning further deterioration may force drastic handling or alternative use of the material.
A Des Moines farmer demands 35 cents for dressed rabbits citing high corn costs. The Iowa Farmer notes inflation and predicts eventual price drops. North Dakota independents win control and push for state socialism and a single tax, aiming to tax land and remove taxes on buildings and currency, signaling a broader shift in farm policy.
A Tabor Beacon explainer mocks electric billing by Malvern Light and Power Co. It jokes thatkilowatt costs are set by those who cannot explain them and bound by meters on the wall and hidden charges. The piece satirically shows the confusion in monthly bills and definitions.
The Blattner family improvements noted as E. M. Crane sells his Berea area farm to Chas Hockinbury at 8130 per acre. Miss H A Boyle served as RECORD caller Tuesday. Jno M Grace visits relatives in Woodbine Iowa this week.
Mrs. Sherm F. Myers and Mrs. Adam Haist represent the local Royal Neighbors Lodge at the grand lodge in Sioux City though Mrs. Haist misses the event due to family illness. Arthur K. Coomes of Atlantic bought a 120 acre farm near Wiota for 147.50 dollars, across from the Old Coomes homestead owned by O. D. McGeorge, a bare parcel with strong value.
A 1917 letter from Lindsay California mocks Iowa road spending. It notes Iowa voters approved large road budgets and the writer ridicules the idea of using taxes for state roads while praising California road projects. The message also mentions Johnson's U.S. Senate election and ends with a jab at Iowa’s wealth and mobility.
A quantity of choice re cleaned clover seed offered for sale. Contact Callon and Wn Bangham for details and pricing. Listed as a public sale or trade notice from a local newspaper item.
Automobiles are described as pop eyed mechanical quadrupeds found worldwide in various sizes and colors. They run on oils and gasoline, live long, and are largely nocturnal, often speeding unseen through the countryside and blinding people with bright eyes.
A quantity of good home grown timothy seed offered for sale at 2.76 per bush el by Amos W Shipman dated December 21.
From Birch Ballentine Griswold Jow s and Mrs Seaborn Moore Beatrice Nebraska requests the RECORD be sent to new address Griswold Town R F D No 4 and asks for a replacement issue after a missed delivery. Moore notes nineteen below weather and invites visiting Sunny Nebraska.
A brief note from LaHarpe Kansas dated March 4 1917 asks to forward the RECORD to the present LaHarpe address until further notice. The writer says George is busy pulling and straightening nails to keep him out of mischief and sends regards to old friends in town.
A 1917 letter from Nels Dufford of Hackettstown New Jersey sends $1.50 for a one year subscription to Dear Sherman s paper. He asks for items about Dutch Scholl Bill Johnson Old Dave Reed and other longtime friends and requests sturdy wrappers to protect the issues. He notes spring has arrived.
I H Silvius of Fairlight Saskatchewan writes from Canada to enroll with The RECORD. He sends two dollars by postal order to receive the paper until March 1, 1918, notes well fellows in Anita area are thriving, reports three meals a day and securing coal for the cold climate, and expresses thanks and wartime hopes.
Charlie I Beason from Chicago reports a $4 check to aid the high cost of living under a Democratic administration. He just returned from a ten day trip to New Orleans Mardi Gras and Gulfport Mississippi, notes hog and cattle prices, and expresses interest in meeting. The column also mentions rental listings and a Vernon visit to Chariton.
Pastor J Harold Fairly invites residents to Sunday School and Communion at 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM at the Congregational church with sermons at 11:00 AM and 7:30 PM. The program includes a Teachers' Training Course at 2:30 PM and Christian Endeavor at 6:30 PM led by Charlie Cibert on The Saloon a Foe to Society. Brethren of Anita urged to attend with friends.
Fay Delight Van Slyke and James Alexander Jarvis married at 214 Ninth Street Northeast Bridgewater Calgary with Rev. A W R Whitman officiating. Newlyweds honeymoon in Calgary and receive well wishes from Red Deer and Anita connections. A bond report notes Ford car price rise tied to 400 barrels of potatoes. Alfalfa inoculation methods and light local humor items complete the page.
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