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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
2
Towns face draft age ministers, seed wheat drives, and beekeeping courses as Iowa reports multiple wartime notes. Falls Cedar Croak receives Croix de Guerre. Des Moines seizes cigars. Johnston enlists after standoff. flood of spring wheat and insurance rate hikes reshape rural life.
A long list of war related items notes Britain raises volunteer infantry age to 50 Col John H Powers of Nebraska dies at 66 in Trenton Neb Nebraska Press association to hold social in Omaha June 20 21 22 and a Vancouver shipyard fire causes 1.5 million loss Army supplies for five western states to be handled by Omaha depot British casualties total 120307 for three weeks through May 14 and Hoover seeks 7 million for county food admins. World events include famine notes in Finland Russia and Germany plans for U boats and Moscow concessions. Troop train wreck near Columbia SC kills and injures many. Women's suffrage setback Senate delay.
Meyer Davis of the city called the "king of the Jazzers" in a Boston Post interview. He argues jazz cannot be written since it is never played the same way twice and notes its Congo Square origins in New Orleans. Davis says jazz is a novelty that will pass and explains the typical noisy band setup and its raucous effect on listeners.
A farmer seeks peppermint sticks for his children before a city trip but settles for substitutes after being unable to obtain the exact pink and white candy. A courteous clerk offers alternatives. the man honors his pledge despite disappointment, insisting a promise should be kept. The scene praises honor and contrasts with others who lack such steadfastness.
A former tiny girl recalls a navy officer father returning home from a sea cruise. The child, raised by aunt and uncle with her mother in heaven, learns to accept the man as her dad after a moment of doubt. Her reflection shows childhood longing and the gentle passage of time.
A Washington hotel fired a waiter after two men on business demanded extra bread in breach of food administration rules. An official seated nearby urged the head waiter to enforce the establishment pledge, leading to the waiter's dismissal for serving forbidden bread.
J. J. Phillips, Cleveland machine shop proprietor, says Tanlac transformed his health after a year of stomach trouble and bed confinement. He praises the remedy and notes he would not take $100 for his bottle, urging others to obtain it from first class drug stores or through Iowa jobbers.
The piece cites Ivy Lee as Red Cross propaganda and recalls a parable about Skinner and Grabber debating profit margins. It contrasts wartime generosity with shopkeeping greed, illustrating perceived distortions in German motive and the value of a one percent profit standard.
Frank J. Cheney signs an oath as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. promising payment of one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The affidavit notes the medicine is taken internally and works through the blood on mucous surfaces. Toledo based company and notary public seal are mentioned.
In a heated exchange a mother dismisses a novel as trash while the father defends it as intensely realistic. He concedes the lovers’ talk is silly and their actions appear absurd, though he still supports the work's merit.
Advertises free samples of Cuticura Soap and Ointment with quick relief for itching skin and scalp. Provides address Cuticura Dept X Boston for samples, and lists prices Soap 26 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents plus mail offers.
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