Pitt Declares Exit From Politics in Toledo Speech
Milton B. Pitt former Iowa house speaker and four year senator, announces he is out of politics in a Toledo speech. He derides Brookhart and the Plumb plan, urges self reliance, criticizes government interference and laments farmers dependance while pledging to back private enterprise and American government.
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Milton B. Pitt
Iowa House of Representatives
Congress
Toledo
M. B. Pitt
United States
Iowa
Anita Record Tops Cass County Circulation Claims
The Anita Record claims the widest readership in eastern Cass county and asserts its accuracy as a matter of record. The piece notes rising auto tax delinquency alongside the dog tax and warns evasion will have serious consequences.
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Anita Record
Cass County
Miller Withdraws From Anita Viota District Supervisors Race
Godfrey Miller withdraws from the Democratic nomination contest for the Anita Viota district Board of Supervisors, opening the field for another qualified Democrat to run.
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Godfrey Miller
Board of Supervisors
Anita-Viota
Brookhart U S Senate bid gains Democratic support
Across the state Democrats back Brookhart for the United States Senate while Clyde Herring retains pledges of unanimous Democratic party support in Iowa. The clash signals a sharp intra party contest with regional backing and political strategy shaping the race.
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Brookhart
United States
Clyde Herring
Democratic Party
Iowa
Brookhart rails against government control of railroads
The text argues that Brookhart’s platform centers on government control of railroads. It claims this populist policy failed during the late Democratic administration and asks Iowa voters to decide by the June 5 primary whether they want another government financed railroad program with a continuing deficit.
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Brookhart
United States Senate
Iowa
Memorial Day Dinner Benefit and Highways Route Noted
A local appeal promotes a Memorial Day dinner in Anita hosted by the Ladies' Cemetery Association. The message also praises the Adair to Fontanelle highway via Canby as a notable public road, and cautions about following directions to avoid misreading one’s obituary.
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State
Adair
Fontanelle
Canby
Anita
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
Evergreen Cemetery
Association
Judge Green's Wife Dies After Illness in Washington
The wife of Congressman William R. Green, age fifty five, who married in Creston Iowa in 1887, died early Saturday morning in a Washington hospital after a long illness. She was daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Artemus Brown and left two children, Wm. R. Green, Jr. of Buhl Idaho and Mrs. Margaret Campbell of New York City, with siblings in Chicago and Iowa.
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Wm. R. Green
Washington, D. C
Buhl
Idaho
Margaret Campbell
New York City
Edgar
Leon Brown
Chicago
Catherine Stacey
New Virginia
Iowa
Georgia Lloyd
Green
Tragic Death of John H Mayer in Central City
John H Mayer of Massena township Cass County Iowa was killed when struck by a fast car in Central City Nebraska after descending from a telegraph pole. A WWI veteran with 18 months in France, he had worked thirty years with the Bell Telephone Company and was buried in Massena Cemetery after services in the Baptist Church conducted by Rev Duncan McPherson. Survived by three sisters and one brother. He was unmarried and an Odd Fellows and American Legion member.
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Wm. Watson
Lincoln Township
John H. Mayer
Central City
Nebraska
Bell Telephone Company
Anita
Massena Township Baptist Church
Duncan McPherson
Massena
Massena Township
Cass County
Iowa
America
Des Moines
France
Telephone Company
Mayer
Wm. Crozier
Whitewood
South Dakota
John Bishop
Extra
Ben Mayer
Ledyard
Tribute to John H. Mayer from mourning family
Expressions of thanks from Mrs. Wm. Watson Mrs. W. I. Crozier and Mrs. John Bishop and D. B. Mayer for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of their brother John H. Mayer.
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John H. Mayer
Wm. Watson
W. I. Crozier
John Bishop
D. B. Mayer
City set for street upgrades amid sewer delay
New city administration and Council back Mayor H. E. Campbell in pushing street and general improvements. Delays stem from the stalled sewer system begun a year ago. Anita aims to be a leading town for its size with proper efforts. Ralph W. Cockshoot campaigns for County Attorney nomination, praised by supporters after wide voter outreach. A Democratic contest looms for the Board of Supervisors seat from the Anita Vieta district with candidates A. D. Dean and George E. McDermott.
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H. E. Campbell
Anita
Board of Supervisors
Anita—Vieta
A. D. Dean
George E. McDermott
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Wisconsin
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League of Nations
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Cash Store
Naptha
Luna
Ivory
Crisco
Eggers Bros
Atlantic Jewelers
Wagner & Shaffer
Judge Green
Rumor
Campbell
Adam
Record
California
Ralph W. Cockshoot
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