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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
5
The article notes a pastor transfer affecting Grace, mentions Rev. Allen exonerated after charges, recalls Grover era politics, and reports the death of Mrs. Mary Hackwell near Anita Iowa, with funeral and burial details. It also discusses Iowa vacancy elections and governor duties amid the Thirty-second general assembly.
Governor Cummins, after weeks of deliberation, uses constitutional authority to convene the General Assembly in a special session. He will proclaim the purpose and address vacancies as required by law and the state constitution.
A fragmentary editorial argues the Republican party fears the forthcoming campaign less from Democrats than from allied organizations and newspapers opposing core Republican principles, signaling tension between parties and press bias.
The piece quotes Cedar Rapids Republican commentary accusing Republicans of drifting toward Democratic platform ideas on tariffs. It includes a bizarre linguistic example about a school ma am, verbs, conjunctions, and a marital age remark, ending with a note on two school ma ams cooking a dinner.
A recent Rock Island passenger order directs all agents and conductors in Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma that from October 1 tickets must be shown before boarding trains. Passengers without tickets will be barred from entering cars at stations with ticket offices.
The piece urges daily encouragement for the weary, soldiers, artists, and writers to uplift efforts and noble actions. It discusses Grover Cleveland's posthumous influence on voters, noting his perceived judgment supports party welfare and national well being, with Bryan supporters expected to shift.
The late Grover Cleveland, knowing his writing would be published, predicted Taft's win in the upcoming election. He planned three campaign articles, only the first completed, noting Taft as the nominee and Hearst as a rising force, while Bryanism faced opposition. The unfinished pieces, including one on doubtful states, remain untraced among Cleveland's papers.
A rough charity game between Creston and Anita drew about 500 spectators at Bridgewater with an expected purse. Anita led 1-0 until Creston surged in the seventh inning while four runners were put out on four noted plays. Sherm Myers, Anita coach, received cheers as the crowd suspected the green windfall from the game. Officials expect a rematch under police regulation, though Anita remains undaunted and blames luck for the final seventh inning turn.
The Atlantic Evening News notes the Aiwa Tribune will be twenty five years old on the sun of December. It hopes the old sheet may celebrate its hundred and twenty fifth anniversary and continue to thrive with its sword unsheathed for the petty grafter and sanctimonious grook.
A barn on E. M. Kohl’s farm, about a mile and a half west of Anita, burned Tuesday. Willard Kennedy and family were away. the blaze destroyed the building and Kennedy’s belongings including a team, forty horses, sixty tons of hay, grain, tools, and harness. Replacement value tops 81,300 with 80 insurance, while Kennedy’s loss stands around 81,000 with 3500 insurance. Cause unknown as family was away.
A Milford Nebraska fall from a three story building seriously injures Jake Selby a young man known in Anita and victorty. He moved to Milford with his wife a few months ago and is said to be fatally hurt.
The Anita M. B. Church will dedicate its new dining parlor on Saturday September 7. The Ladies Society prepared a bountiful dinner including bread butter coffee chicken roast noodles salads fruit ice cream cake and more. Tickets cost fifty cents and are sold to raise funds to liquidate the debt from the improvement project.
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