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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1924
Page
4
From our old files June 21 1894 notes cherry prices at $3 a bushel. Local items record rheumatism illness in R S Riehl, election as Masonic treasurer J R Bates, and school attendance over 125 at Lincoln Center Sunday School.
The Farm Bureau notes a world wool shortage with Australia reporting a 550,000 bale export deficit through April. Boston receipts to date total 126,450,000 pounds, far below last year, while dealer stocks sit around 220,000,000 pounds. Domestic wools stay below foreign parity, signaling rising values later in the season. The Cass County Farm Bureau will pool wool again and hold the annual Fourth of July picnic at Griswold with a large program including a football game Atlantic vs Lewis. local officials note Jefferson, Greene county grows as a seed center and seed concerns rise after warnings about last year’s corn seed reliability.
The Collector of Internal Revenue announces extensions for capital stock tax returns forms 707 and 708 for July 1 1924 to June 30 1925 to September 30 1924. Regulation 64 aids until new forms arrive around July 1. Treasury Decision 3597 grants up to September 15 1924 for corporate fiduciary and partnership returns for fiscal years ending Jan–May 1924 with conditions on tentative returns and installments.
The article explains Iowa tax exemptions for veterans. Civil War veterans qualify for 3000 valuation, Spanish War 1800, World War I 500, with annual filing required by September 1. Civil and Spanish War vets are exempt from road and county poll taxes. World War I veterans get real estate and personal tax relief but not special taxes. Exemption applies only to honorably discharged soldiers and must be claimed each year.
Three Maine residents filed intervening suits in the bank receivership claiming defunct Maine Savings misused Liberty bonds left for safekeeping. Fred Walter seeks 300 dollars, Jesse M. Thomson 600, and Gus H. Walter 750, alleging officers took the bonds. Other similar suits have followed the bank's closure. Floyd Dement visited Des Moines. Harold Winder, a Des Moines banker, visited family in town. In a Roe Clothing pants contest A D Dean won fattest, Frank Dement slimmest, John C Jenkins most perfect. The Iowa Supreme Court upheld Cedar Rapids court ruling in favor of Mary Hickey of Todville against Sherman Freeman for 3500 damages from a buck sheep attack. Her knee injury and suspected pleurisy were noted by her physician.
Ladies Aid will meet at the church next Thursday at 2:30 for officer elections with refreshments. Christian Endeavor delegates to the state convention are Miss Louise Trumbull and Mr. Ernest Wagner. Sunday School sends nine delegates to Cass County convention in Atlantic on July 8. Sermon topic next Sunday is The Testimony of the Redeemed. C E meeting at 7 led by Marian Dougherty on Discovering the Christian Endeavor Pledge. More Than Conquerors will be the 8 o clock service. Official Board meets Tuesday June 24. Men's Brotherhood debates friendship toward Japanese exclusion. Choir and Orchestra practice and Life-Service Legion meet Thursday evening.
Christian Science services set for Long's Furniture Store with Sunday School at 10 and service at 11. M E Church notes report five baptisms despite heavy rains, with 45 total this year and plans for July 6 baptismal service. Epworth League officers elected with Hazel Furry as president and Morris McEldowney as secretary treasurer. Special program by graduates planned for next Sunday evening. Daily Vacation Bible School continues and a Sunday School Teachers Training School may be held in July after the County Convention in Atlantic.
Fred Kuehn nurses a sore foot after stepping on a rusty nail. D. R. Forshay with family and H. A. Marshall with family have traveled to Lake Ogoboji for an upcoming two week stay.
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