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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
2
A front page item discusses tax policy and the failed promise of tax reductions. It uses a pocket-drawer fable to argue that shifting taxes from property to income or sales simply moves burdens. Francis Koh of Fontanelle vicinity, formerly here, is in poor health and will be sent to Iowa City for treatment.
Reports from Anita detail O C Hansen's critical condition with little hope for recovery. Raymond Witte injured his right arm after falling from a windmill tower. Abe Bilitikoff and family visited from Buffalo. Ta Ta Po Chow campfire girls held a picnic in the city park and plan a Sunnyside park trip. A robin nested under a freight train caboose leading to a railroad stop. Joe Crowley near Monticello survived a lightning strike that killed two horses and knocked a third, keeping him unconscious briefly.
Dry weather cuts Cass county potato yield by thousands of bushels as beetles devastate vines. Reports from Thurman Tabor and other towns cite overnight losses. Nearby events include a Winterset Patterson visit, a tonsil operation in Winterset, and Hal Stones tent show in Anita under American Legion auspices. Springville creamery gains sole beer permit amid farm beer trade joke. Incident notes beer trade debates across Dubuque and other counties.
The Birthday club met Monday at Mrs. M C Hutchison’s Elm Street home with a 1:00 PM dinner and needlework session. The C D O club dined at Mrs Andrew Jacobsen’s north of Anita last Thursday, all present except three, and two comforters were tied in the afternoon. Next meeting at Mrs Marinus Jensen’s. Harold Davis Stauffer, 12, of Ignacio Colorado, won first in the clarinet division of Fine Arts Musical with accompanist sister Jessie Margaret, grandchild of Berttrand Stauffer and nephew of Mrs Alpha Nelson and Mrs Robert Scott. A baby boy born to apg Mug Faye Plowman of the Per ainity on June 1st. Jank ES Canter left Sunday for Chicago to visit the Century of A reas.
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