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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
1
A mix of political opinion on liquor policy, national issues, and international affairs alongside local items from Anita. The column covers editorials on Democrats and Prohibition, the German question, and U S politics, plus community notes on residents, sales ads, weather, and local visits.
The Omaha area church notes higher attendance at Sunday school and worship as weather improves. Members are urged to attend next Sunday with Rev. Sherman Powell D D visiting to preach a great message. Evening services follow.
Congregational Church schedules Palm Sunday worship at 11 A M with special sermon and choir music. Palm Sunday observed next week’s morning service followed by passion week evening meetings for devotional soul-life enrichment. Evening services: Senior C society at 6 30 and 7 30 with choir rehearsal Thursday at 7 06.
Christian Church in Washington holds Bible School at 10 A M. Pastor D C Johnson preaches at 11 A M and 4 30 P M with the theme Orlain of Hell and Destruction.
Anita records note roller skating and bicycle use banned within city limits under penalty. Several short items report Atlantic visitors, DeLaval Service Day promotions, hay prices, a fire destroying a Buckner farm house, Turkey Creek project opposition, and local officials including Elder Corbitt for Cumberland mayor. The weather, livestock, and produce prices are also mentioned alongside community notices.
Grant Brown is buying horses for a St. Louis firm. Uncle Watson Trego was a RECORD visitor Monday. Uncle John OC. Young wrestles rheumatism. Phil J. McEvoy moved to Omaha after selling his farm near Keithsburg. Roy Felt resigns from Rock Island Ry in Stuart to move to California by auto with his wife. Ralph Hunter, ISU Ames student, visited and planned time with his mother and sister in Iowa City. William McCue heads to Cobden Minnesota for a farm, turning down higher offers. Mrs. S. W. Clark recovers after Mayo Clinic operation for goiter. Karas Bros. buy 240 acre Massena farm at $400 per acre from Rogge. Karas Bros. previously lived near Anita with the Garoutte family. Road issues force Cryer couple to abandon auto at Grinnell for train. The Williams baby will be rocked in a 75-year-old walnut cradle from archival relics. John M. Grace returns from Avoca after farm visit with Bertha Jackson family. Uncle John shows improvement in healthy air and feeds.
Pure bred White Pekin Duck eggs for hatching 15 cents each Also Toulouse Goose eggs 20 cents each Phone 20 on 27 Roy Daughenbaugh offers poultry supplies with contact details and price list.
The 1920 assessment nears a million dollars as assessor Godfrey Miller urges public posting of each contributor. He proposes an April 6 open session for reading the assessment before later closed sessions. The piece also notes wrestling star Earl Caddock’s injury and lighthearted household misadventures with Uncle Shelby, Rochester hospital visits, and a missing dog named Buster.
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