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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
6
The July 4th holiday means the Anita post office opens only from eight to nine a.m. with rural carriers on routes 1 2 and 3 skipping trips. The Anita and Massena Star Route carrier will still run. No money order business will be conducted that day. Postmaster E F Myers announces the abbreviated schedule.
The week in the state featured favorable temperatures sunshine and rainfall with mean temperature slightly above normal. From Monday to Friday most days were clear and fair, followed by a partly cloudy end of week with beneficial showers. Corn cultivation expanded with second plowing under way. color normal though stands below peak seasons. Growth in well managed fields remains satisfactory meadows improving pastures very good oats and barley starting to head. Rich moist land yields rank vats crop. garden truck and potatoes thriving. small fruits fair.
The marriage of William Pp. Barrett and Miss Bertha Wiegand took place at the bride’s parents home in Anita on Tuesday June 18 1907 the ceremony conducted by Rev W W A Schwimley Shenandoah Iowa. The couple will visit eastern Iowa points before returning to take a home in Dilts street. The bride formerly resided in Anita and worked in her father’s store. The groom son of Dr and Mrs J L Barrett Osage Iowa holds a position with Rock Island Railway. Friends in Anita and beyond extend best wishes for a long happy life.
A fragmented 1907 letter narrates a traveler’s Atlantic to Orient voyage via Omaha Cheyenne Ogden or Salt Lake City, detailing long train rides across Wyoming Utah Nevada and California. The writer mocks crowds and ethnic stereotypes, describes scenery from the Luc ia Cut-off to the Sierra foothills and Sacramento Valley, and notes stopovers in Reno Oakland San Francisco and a U S Army transport voyage sounding. The piece closes with a note on legislators and express rates.
Citizens are urged to travel when the two cent rail fare starts next week and prove the claim that lower rates boost travel. A domestic health ad promotes Chamberlain remedies including Cough Remedy Pain Balm and Stomach tablets, priced at 1.25 per five bottles. Also noting Governor Cummins’ Senate candidacy and Henry Ware Allen’s Tariff critique at a Buffalo News dinner.
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