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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
2
The notice identifies the Anita Iowa official county paper published June 1 1916. It lists subscription rates 1.50 for prepaid and 2.00 otherwise and notes mail handling as second class matter.
The piece notes 105 Chinese and six American women in their respective halls of fame. It explains 101 Chinese women were honored for widowhood and memory of departed spouses, four as mournful fiancés, while most Chinese men did not gain fame for such devotion. It questions romantic criteria and lists no female Americans like Priscilla Alden or Pocahontas among early honored figures.
The piece debates the limits of a women’s hall of fame and notes Detroit business reliance on war orders. It cites rising New York zinc mining amid wartime demand, praises George A. Wilson for attorney general, and compares rail prosperity signals with past political parallels, while noting John B. McCosh’s quiet death.
Ed L Newton, a respected Republican, will attend the national convention in Chicago next week and serve as a door keeper on convention day. The report notes his broad support within the party and the honor accorded to him by fellow Republicans.
Local residents, relatives, and travelers from Atlantic, Maine, Dexter, Council Bluffs, Nevada, and Chicago gather in Anita for Memorial Day events. Shipped hay earns $12.50 a ton. three white sows listed as stray or stolen. Miss Mattie Baker to wed Leonard Kezer in June at Rev. Dallas Reed's home. tribune extends best wishes.
A Washington tip says a government armor-plate factory will be set up if the White House gets its way. The plant would risk private enterprise and create jobs for “deserving Democrats,” aligning with Wilsonian aims.
The piece notes Cosson Allen and Kuehnle rivalry amid Harding’s rising Republican votes. It urges all voters, regardless of party, to cast ballots next Monday and vote for woman suffrage to empower Iowa women in November. It ends with optimism for a strong fall in Iowa.
Mrs C H Elliott visited Atlantic friends. L D Pearson and son Weimer were Atlantic visitors. Christian church to host children's exercises on Sunday June 4. Miss Alice McCarthy left for Clinton Iowa to attend Cedar Falls teachers college. Mrs George Aldrich visited with her daughter near Avoca. Mrs Frank McCord and Mrs Frank Leffingwell with children were Atlantic visitors. Congressman Lafferty of Oregon says every grafter opposes Equal Suffrage.
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