18 Mar 1926
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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1926
Page
1
A call stresses consistent and truthful statewide advertising to attract new residents and investment. It argues with unified, fact based campaigns, noting Alabama’s wide appeal from health and climate to industry, and urges the Mobile Register to lead the message to outsiders.
A city of 8,000,000 with streets as narrow as 8,000 units prompts thoughts on costly, grand urban redesign. The piece contrasts sweeping, tree lined boulevards and centralized skylines with the organic, incremental growth of real cities, noting the impracticality and immense expense of such plans.
The article notes that congestion in larger cities drives out-of-town buyers to small towns. Marysville Ohio with 12 000 residents near Columbus reports thriving merchants as parking and traffic deter city shoppers. Bluefield West Virginia merchants devise a one hour parking tag system to aid out of town buyers without enforcement action.
The passage argues that clean factories and offices drive clean living, as workers take pride in appearance and homes, reducing slums. It claims reform comes from labor standards not landlord action, and notes the factory as a lesson to immigrants aiding Americanization.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes that bird sanctuaries boost bird populations and insect control. It argues refuges in state parks forests and private property should be encouraged, as more birds mean fewer insects and less agricultural pest damage.
Miss Claras and Miss Pearl Weiss arrived in New York after a pleasure trip abroad. In Monte Carlo they gambled at roulette starting with five dollars and ended with a prize of three hundred thousand dollars.
Lieut. Carl B. Efelson, to pilot the Wilkins expedition plane, has left Seattle for Fairbanks Alaska to complete arrangements for the flight over the top of the world.
A religious lesson outlines Jesus crucified at Golgotha with two criminals, the inscription over the cross, and garments gambled for. It covers Jesus’ utterances on the cross, his death, and the Resurrection narratives from the empty tomb to Mary Magdalene and the disciples, including Thomas.
Quote from Edward A. Steiner on Christianity and the unfinished task of pursuing the dream of the Son of Man. The speaker emphasizes investing life to advance the mission and ongoing conflict within the faith.
A devotional line urges believers to keep their focus on Jesus amid life’s hardships and avoid letting earthly pain obscure divine presence.
Nature’s own body builder promises Tanlac revives blood and tones digestive organs. It claims to put the whole system in fighting trim and urges readers to visit their druggist today for this tonic and its Vegetable Pills for constipation.
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