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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1923
Page
6
Mrs Madge Morgan writes from Glendale to Sherm about arriving April 8 after a long trip delayed by a faulty engine. She enjoyed visiting Anita Menlo Viota and Casey despite bad weather and road conditions.
Mrs IvA Hadley of Greenfield Iowa requests changing her paper delivery from Dexter to Greenfield R F D 4 and asks to receive issues for March 15 22 and 29 stating she has not had the Record since March 8 and cannot get along without it.
Mary Haver of Pasadena invites Sherm F Myers and family to Easter dinner with the Anita family in a beautiful Pasadena park among flowers. No Iowa blizzards for Mary Haver.
Mrs E C Dorsey was a Record caller Friday Rev Alva Jacobs visited Atlantic Wednesday Peter Voorhees and son Royce were Record visitors Saturday A D Bullock building stock and hay barn southeast of Anita M E Quint of Des Moines spent Friday in Anita on business Trumbull and wife of Des Moines guests of L pull and family Mabel White of Casey Schools visited city last week Friday sale day for Red Stores in Anita Royc Voorhees sale note About 1922 dates and local activities in Anita and nearby towns
Mrs. Fred C. Chinn Mrs. J. M. Deeming and Mrs. Zate Biggs visited the Record editor and teased him playfully. The editor will dust off last summer’s suit to show signs of prosperity. Miss Geral dine Kieh will summer with grandfather R. S. Kiehl in Indianola. Mother C. W. Van Slyke has recovered enough to be around again after illness.
Mrs. O. W. Shaffer visited Casey last week among old friends and neighbors and joined a social session of the Zetetie Society, of which she is a member.
Dr. W. R. Koob of Brayton visited the city last week at the home of his father-in-law, Benjamin Wagner, who has been in ill health for several weeks.
16-2 tp CHICKS Pure Bred Reds Barred Rocks and Buff Orpingtons at $14.00 per hundred postpaid. GOLD STAR HATCHERY Atlantic Iowa. Since new post office boxes installed patrons find it hard to access box combinations without sounding or printing awkward. W H Weber Cumberland named resident manager for Manhattan Gas and Oil Co in Anita replacing John Atwood.
Mrs Laura Tiege of Galesboro Illinois was summoned to Anita last week due to serious illness of her son Harry who lives with Mr and Mrs John A Cooper. The Cooper family near Ti ngman report his condition improved though an operation to relieve his ailments may not be needed soon.
Official notice from the Town Clerk of Anita Iowa inviting sealed proposals for grading curbing and paving of streets parts of streets and alleys. Proposals due April 24 at 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM with public opening at 7:80 PM in the town council meeting. May involve detailed street sections and project scope.
A civic notice lists street width specifications: Rose Hill Avenue 22 feet from Main to Fourth. Walnut Street 24 feet from Third to Seventh. Seventh Street 20 feet from Walnut to Chestnut. Fifth Street 22 feet from Chestnut to Maple. Maple Street 22 feet from Fifth to alley north in Block 11 and 26 feet from alley north to Main Street.
Town invites bids for extensive street improvements including 8715 lineal feet of curb and gutter 10565 square yards paving 560 square yards alley paving 4550 cubic yards grading and 506 lineal feet headers. Projects to use Portland Cement or asphalt based pavements with bid security 5 percent and five year maintenance bond.
Township reports receipts from all sources totaling 2842.50 with numerous disbursements including road work, grading, blacksmithing, rent, and capital transfers. Balances are shown for Drag Fund, Drug Fund, and Cemetery Fund with year end figures and trustees listed.
A record of payments and credits for the road fund listing numerous names and amounts for road work grading repairs blacksmithing and supplies. Receipts from multiple sources shown alongside extensive disbursements to workers supervisors and vendors with totals and line items for 1923.
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