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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1925
Page
8
The essay argues hard surfaced roads bind Americans across regions, with Hoover noting 5000 campers west of the Mississippi and Jardine calling communication a great equalizer. It claims travel across the country reveals shared values and diminishes sectional prejudices as roads expand and unify the nation.
The essay extols electricity and gas as the core of improvements in the home advancing living standards. It praises Edison era central stations and the vast American use of electric service, noting easier housework, more time for study and children, and a contrast to past hardships with coal, wood stoves, and soot.
The Sunday school hour featured patriotic songs and declamations with readings by Mrs. P. T. Williams on The Spirit of Patriotism. Attendees found the program excellent and appropriate to Armistice Day and greatly enjoyed it.
Rev. L. G. Krebs of St. Pauls Lutheran Des Moines urges girls to avoid choosing life partners in dance halls and criticizes marriages before judges. He says religion is the key to a lasting union and condemns rapid engagements and divorces as modern faults.
A reader cherishes a small town paper over big city dailies. The poem recalls reading births deaths land deals weddings and local notices, with the postman bringing news that stirs anticipation and pride in community memory.
Des Moines farmer George Koth bought land seven years ago at $210 per acre and planted an 18 acre apple orchard. This year it yielded a banner crop of about seven thousand bushels with an estimated net return of $400 per acre. The success is credited to sound marketing and careful orchard practices per the Iowa Horticultural Society report.
A New York Commercial opinion piece condemns labels used against patriotic sentiment. It argues that calls for preparedness, warnings of foreign dangers, or praise of prosperity all get miscast as jingoist imperialism or reactionary thinking.
The Toronto Telegram lists key outcomes of Protection for American industry and labor. It argues protection raises prices and smoke stacks while boosting wages, circulating money, increasing railroad traffic, and lifting living standards.
The article projects the United States will reach about 200 170 miles of finished paved highways in a decade, up from 27 000 miles today. It notes the federal aid program and state cooperation will make permanently built roads the policy.
A Canadian man who bought a Florida tract years ago for 3300 dollars recently sold it for an increase of 25000 dollars. The article then notes that women are tackling fall house cleaning between rainy showers and the approaching snow.
A Cincinnati Enquirer report hails a new record as more than one million children from diverse backgrounds attend public schools in New York City daily, spanning elementary to vocational training. The piece frames this as a landmark in American education.
At the Atlantic Iowa Court House on October 15 1925 the Board of Supervisors adjourned session approved a $200.00 settlement in favor of A D Martin for right of way. A warrant to pay was authorized upon receipt of a deed of easement. The board postponed further action and joined a session with the Pottauemine Board on drainage matters.
Plaintiffs Martha Schultz Rosa Anderson Jennie Curry and their husbands seek partition of real estate in Cass County Iowa. The property includes West three fourths of Northeast quarter Section 14 Township 77 North Range 35 West plus Lots 9 10 in Block 15 Dickerson Key addition Atlantic Iowa. Defendants Jesse Brown Grace Taylor Earl Gochanour Bert Coffy Owen Gilleland and others notified. abstract of title to be filed by November 13 1925. Parties claim specific undivided interests and request sale if equal division not possible with attorney fees and costs made a lien against shares.
Cass County Iowa notices that on December 4, 1922, real estate in Anita Iowa was sold for delinquent taxes to Sam Hoffman Jr. A certificate of purchase was issued to Hoffman who now owns the property. Redemption must occur within 90 days of service or a deed will be executed. Sarah G Norton and Delaphine Benson are named as tax and title holders. Dated October 26, 1925, Atlantic Iowa. Attorneys Boorman & Whitmore.
The county board reconvened at 4 PM and awarded the Buck Creek fill contract to E M Griffin. They also ordered bids advertised for 8000 feet of snow fence with bids opening at 1 30 PM on November 2 1925. Bonds and quarterly reports were approved and filed including fees by G F Cannon WA McKee Jennie M Ward and others.
Mrs Suplee of Mitchell South Dakota spends several weeks in Anita with her mother Mrs Elmira Rickel and other relatives and friends, also visiting the family of W A Suplee.
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