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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
5
A compact guide from Jerome P Pleishman on wholehearted effort and enthusiasm as keys to success. Work diligently, avoid shirkers, and align heart head and hand with daily duties to build progress and rewards.
Congressman Smith outlines a business style plan to keep government expenses within revenues and assign responsibility for shortfalls. He argues to halt reckless expenditures that bankrupt the treasury and trigger panics like the 1890s. The Atlantic Evening News praises the amendment as timely and necessary for future legislation.
The season of settlement is at hand for printing and publishing as well as other trades. Readers are urged to settle all accounts before year end and honor the newspaper man whose requests, though small individually, form a significant aggregate.
A girl sold a box of love letters to a rag man for 60 cents. He later boiled the letters and sold the resulting product as a “trained” honey, earning a tidy profit from the unlikely treasure.
Fragmentary religious text mocks hypocrites and Pharisees. It contrasts outward piety with inner corruption and warns against public displays for human praise. The ornate language mimics early modern church speech.
William Jones son of 80 Be Mulberry Street fell from a load at feeding pans when a wheel hit a rut. He fractured his arm badly. doctors say the bone was severely shattered but amputation may not be needed. Johnson, a member of the Homesteaders fraternal organization, received treatment at Dr Halley's office.
Jesse W. Machlin son of Mrs Henry Touck of Anita will graduate from the Still College of Osteopathy in Des Moines next spring. Despite eleven years of blindness he funded his education as a plane tuner and also studied at Vinton College for the Blind. He is praised as industrious and will pursue a successful future despite darkness.
Tam desirous of closing up my books hot only for the year 1408 but for all previous years I call at my office to settle accounts by cash or trade before January 1st 1900 Many accounts have accumulated and must be settled promptly to meet coming obligations I thank Anita patrons for their support and wish a prosperous new year De Th EB Casenzan
Local items report debts unmet, travel to South Dakota relatives, a jury list ruling by Judge Green, and routine social events. People travel to Manhattan Kansas, Des Moines prizes, and family visits while winter weather hints at spring.
For sale or trade. One Edison phonograph and case offered with accessories. Includes seventy five records. Asking price or trade value to be negotiated. Potential buyers contact through listing.
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