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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
1
The article urges renewed political vigor claiming stand out Republicanism as the safest policy. It notes salaries deter capable men from county offices and mentions various local residents, social visits, and community events amid a bustling Anita area scene.
Incomplete snippet notes that much can be accomplished by unity but warns separation weakens effort. The fragment hints at collaboration versus division without clear names, places, or events.
Mrs P A Rickel and daughter Gladys visit the Record office Saturday. George Morgan and Henry Karns sold a car load of horses last week and have another ready for market. Locals discuss ideal garden planting times. The Harland Tribune notes Sherm and Roger Luxford leaving for Casper Wyoming to homestead. A family gathering at Ed Lewis’s home includes Spry and Lewis families and Irene Cummins set to go as a missionary to China. An April snow storm is noted. Public opinions on moving pictures and weather conditions are touched. Coffey & Irwin sold two Majestic Ranges. one buyer lives near Adair. Editor to fashion a spring vest from Old Charlie Schoot’s cast-offs. Uncle Tom Winder survived the winter well and plans spring work, while Bill Karny notes aging limits.
Katharine Noles Purvis of Philadelphia born August 1835 died April 7 1920 at her daughter Mary Steinmetz home in Anita Iowa aged 84 years 7 months 28 days. She married James Purvis in 1852 and moved to Cass County Iowa in 1870. five of ten children survive including Mary Steinmetz Belle Dougherty Ida Voorhees Levi Purvis and Charles Purvis. Funeral services held April 10 at Mary Steinmetz home conducted by Rev. Wm Boaz with Evergreen Cemetery burial. The notice also shares family updates and local anecdotes about teachers, health, and a planned Kellastone two story office building for the Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company in Anita.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during their mother Catharine Purvis’s long illness and for funeral tributes. Notices mention family members, illness updates, visits, a record caller from Lincoln Center, local home painting, relatives visiting, an appendicitis operation in Atlantic, and local shopping notices for pork and Opal Coffee prices.
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