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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
3
Moisture continues. many residents report visits and illnesses. Florence Hunter in Atlantic. Jack Ruggles and Bill Aldrich active locally. Hog shipments to Omaha. Anita hospital rumor surfaces. Ladies pantry sale well patronized. Stonehouse, Palmer, and Hunter families noted. Miss McEvoy teaching near Casey. Improvements at C E Faulkner farm. Kirkpatrick visit from Chicago.
The Federal Land Investment Company of Kansas City Missouri closed a deal to acquire 18 acres in Anita for high class residential platting. General Manager F J Davies visited to plan platting and sale by public auction. Davies predicts Anita’s growth and strong investment profits. The transaction was arranged through Sarah G Norton.
The High School presents the two act comic operetta Bulbul next Monday night April 21. Miss Kenly leads the production with Miss Mountain at the piano and Miss Reed handling the libretto. Cast includes Royse Forshay as Tamit and Lenore Peray as Bulbul among others.
Mr and Mrs Henry Beer received a message Monday informing them of the death near Deer's rail Colorado of their eldest daughter Mrs Huldah Johnson wife of Lynn Johnson a nephew of Mrs Andrew and Wim B Johnson of this city. Death occurred at 11 o'clock Sunday morning after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday. Mrs Johnson born in Illinois May 6 1875 was 43 years 11 months and 7 days old. She married Lynn Johnson about 23 years ago in this city and was mother of six children the eldest married. The youngest is six. After marriage the Johnsons lived in Missouri briefly before moving to Colorado where they have resided for years.
Advertisement offers ten bushels of Early Ohio Seed Potatoes for sale at $1.50 per bushel from 1616 J. D Young.
Small town notice reports a five room house for rent with city water, advising inquiries at RECORD office. The item mentions a show window display by The Black and White Cafe and includes numerous local society notes on residents, travels, farm leases, and school staff changes.
April 7 1919 Cass county Iowa board met and awarded contracts for bridges culverts and pipe. Wickham Bridge & Pipe Co. accepted for 47840 with work to finish by August 1 1919. Other bids rejected for concrete culverts and bridge lumber. Meeting adjourned to April 8 1919.
The Methodist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10 00 AM with an Easter program and Easter collection for the hospital. Families are asked to bring eggs. Epworth League meets at 7 45 PM followed by World Centenary pictures.
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