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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1927
Page
4
The nation has moved beyond revenue and luxury tariffs toward a protective tariff, with farmers and workers benefiting most. The Republican party is credited with advocating and enacting this system, and the issue is said to have left political contention.
The piece argues that graveling every foot of Iowa's main public highways wastes money. It calls for permanent highway construction as the economically sensible solution, contrasting it with the expensive, temporary feel of dirt road upkeep before storms.
Fragments deride pro Russia sentiment and crime experts while lampooning a weather man and April showers. Notes on Entangling alliances advise caution as Atlantic Canning Company plans no corn canning due to a surplus, impacting Atlantic’s local economy by about $100000.
A collection of opinion lines criticizes the League of Nations, wartime actions in China, and highway safety in Iowa. The writer mocks punitive naval actions, calls public dieties narrow, and jokes about military expeditions with a saxophone band, underscoring a satirical view of current events.
Scientists declare a lie detecting machine useless as they hold that truthfulness is born not made. The remark notes the irony that many devices fail where human nature succeeds, and minimizes the machine’s future impact.
Wednesday at Guy Hayter residence Mrs. John Stuhr spent Monday in Omaha attending to business. Mrs. Hannah Parrott of Extra stayed in the city as guest of Mrs. Mayme Pierman. Two Ford cars collided at the Anita Bank intersection with minor damage. Emory Douglass, son of Rev. and Mrs. E O Douglass, returns to Iowa State College Ames to study chemical engineering. Baccalaureate service at Anita High School filled Christian church with overflow for class of 1927. Mrs. Mary Worthing visits Lake Crystal Minnesota and plans indefinite stay with Mr. and Mrs. D R Donohoe in Walnut
The piece cites a judge’s claim that thirty five types of liars exist in New York with a satirical nod to liars in the press. It also mentions a wild tribe said to be lost for seven centuries punished with six months for income tax forms and traffic rules.
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