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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
4
A reader notes the Postmaster General orders rural carriers to paint their wagons red. The letter laments tariff policy, liquor laws, and political fatigue, while recounting notes about Des Moines printer acquisition and local visits. A poem from Rastus signals daily travel and rest.
In a April 1913 note from McLean Nebraska Mrs Lote Marsh and family express enjoyment of the Anita RECORD like a letter from home. They enclose a check for a year's subscription and send best wishes to the Anita RECORD.
Message from L. E. Supplee of Gregory South Dakota dated Apr 11 1913 enclosing a money order for 1 50 to pay for one year of the RECORD noting the payment sender and location.
A postal card picked up near Hans K. Petersen’s farm northwest of Extra carried a Christmas greeting from a doctor to a local resident, carried by the tornado. William Ridgely found more cyclone souvenirs on his Berlin grain port paper, referencing the earlier Omaha storm that nearly destroyed Berlin.
Dear friend writes from Humboldt to a former employer. He notes the paper's good publicity and strong advertising, describes four workers plus editor and bookkeeper, mentions daily job work with a midweek break, and praises the neat paper printed for a small town. He asks to convey greetings to the staff.
A letter from Ripley New York dated March 18 1913 recommends the Royal Male Quartette to Syracuse Bureau J manager D H Cook. The note says the concert was among the best in the village with an en thusiastic large audience and a joyful closing to the 1912 13 lecture course.
Brown and Carlton, in Griswold’s moving picture business, secured a lease of the new opera house under construction from F. W. Ponder. They will run the house within about two months and expect to host top shows and a lecture series. They resolved a concession with Gem manager Tuesday to unify the town’s entertainment offerings.
A notice details a $1.50 RECORD sale price and recent moves including Mrs. Fred Saunders to the Dilts residence vacated by Clarence Campbell. It notes Cr W Hook aiding J L Bunker in tornado loss settlements, confirms full settlements, and mentions the Walnut Bureau. It also lists local honors for State Warden Geo A Lincoln who retired April 1 after twelve years, and a social ad at the Congregational church on Friday April 25. Mrs Lulu Wagner Ford and daughter reached Anita after travel from New Mexico. She will teach near Casey starting Monday. The Arcorp office hosted Mrs Ford and Mrs Wagner Jr.
The message urges residents to use the favorable climate to tidy up the town and improve conditions. A call for the best possible successor to Edward F. Berg on the board of supervisors emphasizes selecting someone capable to manage the duties effectively. In Anita, Dr C V Beaver reports a sick child with typhoid fever in the Lanny home, cared for by a nurse from Omaha.
Dr. J. F. Peterson of Emporia Kansas stopped in the city Friday between trains to visit the Peterson and Hubbell families. He then proceeded to Des Moines for a short stay with his brother, Hon. John D. Peterson.
Ed F Berg a longtime county resident and chairman of the Board of Supervisors died Friday at his Atlantic home after a brief bowel illness. Aged 58 he leaves a wife three brothers and a sister His death creates a county vacancy to be filled by the County Clerk Auditor and Recorder Funeral services were held Monday from his residence with interment in Atlantic cemetery.
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