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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
3
Local notes report strayed calves, G A R Encampment activities, and community updates. Anita prepares for Fourth of July festivities with visitors from Des Moines and Grinnell. Jolly callers, health notes, and travel to eastern Iowa mark the week.
Anita and surrounding towns report a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs H W Winder in Milestone Canada on June 10. Local ads invite sales of farm and town property with Simeon Myans. Attendees include Miss Lena Rogue elected to Oakland schools and Anna O Leary chosen for Aberdeen SD teaching post. Community events feature Dr Chas Cullen Smith gospel tent in Anita July 10 31 and an Odd Fellows district convention planned for next year.
A flurry of visitors and residents travel within and between towns. Hugo Weise and Mae Lanty appear in Towa City and Anita respectively, with others like Julia Hamm in Omaha, John Rls in Athietic, and Dan Mallory in Dallas Center visiting the city. Notices include a rental ad, and funeral services for Ithial D. Murray at the M. E. church led by Rev. D. P. A. Rickel.
The speaker writes an epigram for Anita, notes rhyme difficulties, and finally settles that only the sweetest line will suit Anita, while confessing imperfect technique and a desire for a fitting rhyme. The piece maintains a playful, self-deprecating tone about poetry craft.
The Troy Times editorializes that if Hachman remains loyal to the Republican platform and legislation, he is a good Republican by his own act, while one who wears the livery of Republicanism to aid its enemies has self-ejected.
Walnut Bureau notes farmers paying a premium through longer trips to market and greater costs for draft animals, vehicles, and land upkeep. A smooth highway system could boost growth. a downtown frame building collapsed during relocation, narrowly missing Dr. H. Campbell and Lineman J. Schaake as a pole and wires stayed intact. The 27 year old structure, built by Samuel Turner, had a license to fall.
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