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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1925
Page
8
Ribbon Flowers Ribbon Ornaments and Ribbon Decorative Novelties in all colors and designs. Large variety ready for inspection and on sale. Phone 231. For rent modern corner home near good neighbors. Call Anita Bank for details. Harry H. Cate
Mrs. George Pratt entertained a group of ladies from Anita Fontanelle and nearby areas at her Benton township home on a pleasant Thursday afternoon. The women enjoyed a country drive and a lively bridge session followed by an elegant luncheon.
The Cass County Board of Supervisors ordered highways weed cutting twice in 1925 with first cut by July 1 and second by September 1, and all noxious weeds to be removed by property owners. Fines and county mowing costs may be charged to landowners. notice to be published in county papers. Sherm F. Myers, Anita, Iowa, is specified as publisher and owner of the Anita Record.
The piece estimates Iowa’s rat population at 7,500,000 with each rat costing $2 annually, totaling $15,000,000 in waste. It notes rats as dangerous disease carriers beyond the financial impact.
Publication of a delinquent dog owner list occurs by May 20 each year. After listing, 30 cents is added to the regular license. On June 1 a penalty of one dollar is added to the original fee and costs. County Auditor Jennie M. Ward signs this notice.
The Women’s Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church held a regular meeting at Mrs. W. D. Pratt’s Marr’s Hill residence with large attendance. Mrs. F. A. Black was elected district convention delegate. The next meeting will be May 14 at Mrs. H. G. Stuart’s home featuring a social afternoon, a silver tea, and a member play.
Miss Laura Anderson served as a record caller Friday in a local event. Her role highlighted the proceedings and drew attention from attendees at the community gathering.
The Board of Education of the Independent district held a Monday night business meeting. The Ladies' Union Club enjoyed a one o'clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dasher southwest of Anita, with an unusually large turnout. Rentals advertised for Anita residences and Jared Blattner listed at 1109 Poplar, Atlantic.
A brief market notice lists a few farms for sale or trade. Lee K Nichols and wife have returned to Wichita from visiting Mrs Weigand in Iowa. Rock Island branch trains are cut from two to one daily each direction, a change labeled as providing some service to branch line residents.
Mrs. Martha Salaw of Marshalltown Iowa credits Karnak with restoring her health after years of nervousness indigestion and weakness She says noise sleeplessness and back pains vanished and she can do housework again The treatment is sold exclusively by Bongers Bros in Anita
One Round Oak Chief Cook Stove, in good repair, to be sold at a right price. 1731 W. H. Stager. Mrs. M. Smith, of Atlantic, former landlady of the Hotel Victoria, spent the week in the city as guest of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Eblen.
In a quip from the Lewis Standerd the Town Dads decree that each dollar deposited in the defunct Bank of Lew is worth at least fifty cents. They add they would remain loyal if guarantees ensured each dollar returned one hundred cents.
The local market lists apples for sale at 1.50 and 3.00 per bushel. Mrs. Chas Stonebraker and Frank M Nebeana family, of Atlantic, visited Mrs. Flavia Hook and her daughter Vera on Sunday forenoon. Iowa cattle on feed on April 1, 1925, were down fifteen percent from a year earlier, while the eleven corn belt states showed a twelve percent drop.
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