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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
7
Mrs Wise and baby are well. Several residents reported hog sales Saturday. Andrew and Mrs Roob hosted Sunday visits with Bowen and Hutchinson families. Tornado pictures in Omaha attract North Grant observers. Curtis Benson sold a dozen books on local disasters this past week.
East Grant items record losses and sales including Frank Barber’s fine horse and L. D. Peterson’s $200 mare. The column notes health, travel, farm work, weddings, visits, and a serious eye injury to Wilbur Heckman, with various neighbors and events listed.
Monday road work and farming activity dominate Highland reports while travel touches Canada and New Mexico. Sunday School organized, measles close Stearns school, local accidents and a church program lead into summer plans with officers and teachers named.
The Maple Grove News notes a insurance repair on John Dill potatoes and mentions S. K. Wilson losing a young colt. Farmers report seeding progress and Jerry Karns helping L. L. Brock. Social events include Iadies' Aid Society gathering with Mrs. Gene Daughenbaugh and visits to homes of Mother Borth and Bert Mountain. Soper and wife visited, funeral for Frank Johnson attended by S. E. Wilson and family. A barn on the F. H. Morrison farm damaged by wind and storm.
Everett Hansen owns a new Ford in the area while Paul T Brown sells his black driving team. Lewis Shipman buys an Arabian driving horse. Miss Grade Broadfoot spent Saturday evening with Fern Smadge. Mrs A L Patterson visited her sister Mrs A R Brown last week. E T Broadfoot and wife visited relatives in Greenfield over the weekend. Paul T Brown and wife rode to Atlantic Sunday to visit kin. Cecil and Mildred Taylor rode their horse carriages.
Ben Godanour called on John Heck Frank Foster and his mother drove to Atlantic Saturday. Saxton is putting in small grain on the Homer Koob farm. Wm Gillpatrick hauled hay last week for John and Fred Heck. Chas Rickel and wife were Monday callers at the Walter Wise home. Andrew Smith has been assisting Lafe Koob recently with his farm work. Andy Smith was a business caller at the Lawrence Christiansen home Tuesday. Mrs Fred Heck and Anna Gillpatrick were Monday visitors at the John Heck home. Miss Bessie Miller visiting her parents. The funeral of Frank Johnson was largely attended by North Grant residents. Mrs W F Wise is not well again. Dr W Beaver was called recently.
Local notice invites residents to settle horse-related accounts at the Record office. The brief entry signals available records and payment details, urging timely action within official notice channels.
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