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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
10
Local notices from Anita include calls to the RecORD office, village gossip, visits, and civic items. Residents such as Mrs. Wm Stoffs Mrs C H Elliott Miss Dora Fickel Chas Barber and others are cited along with new business ventures and public works plans. Members attend Obedience Lodge meetings and community events, while trade ads note sales and seed corn prices.
Sam Morgan leaves Watkins remedies, takes job with O G Whitney Cumberland Enterprise. Editor recalls old days with Fred Hansen. Red Eggs and day old chicks for sale at fixed prices from Mrs. Simmons Anita. Commentary on Mr. Cummins and Republican party concerns in Iowa.
If you intend wiring your store building or residence for electric lights now is the best time to place your order and secure prompt service. Later in the season it may be impossible to do your work as promptly as you might wish, P. A. Johansen.
D. P. Becker and his nephew Will Lantz traveled to Kansas City Missouri Wednesday morning for the veterinary school graduation exercises. Their brother and nephew Roy Lantz is part of the class graduating this year.
Don McClure travels January from Davenport to Council Bluffs in a record-breaking car trip with Anita along the route and the line touted as central to the main thoroughfare Ocean to Ocean. A Chicago to Omaha run is planned for June with expected extraordinary timing and schedules.
J E Morgan and J E Reason promote Marcus a healthy horse in good condition from their farm 312 miles east of Anita, aiming for the 1913 season. The notice emphasizes soundness and readiness to compete.
The Royal Male Quartette comes back to Chicago for a week or two as they arrange future dates. They signed contracts for three months in the fall and partially for two more, with summer months filling their schedule. They are in good health and pleased with the work, with a possible trip to Anita and vicinity next month.
A Massena woman wins a divorce from her husband on grounds he pinched her until she could not wear a corset. The article quotes humorous lines about pinching and notes Wilma Stone’s return from Council Bluffs and Omaha to visit relatives, including Grandma Herbert, Aunty Abbott, and brother John C. Stone.
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