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Newspaper

Anita Record

Location

Anita, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1917

Page

9

Bargain Clothing and Small Goods Sale Highlights

A late 19th or early 20th century shop ad lists men's sport shirts from 98c to 4.50, ladies silk hose black or white at 50c per pair, raw hide hose for boys 25c, and cheap neglectible shirts. It also notes a croquet set for one dollar and a few remaining ladies waists. Local notices report Miss Janie Brown’s recovery, Des Moines visitors Mabel Robison and Lillian Miller, Roy Felt purchasing land, and Omahan relatives visiting Anita with plans to winter in Florida near Lake Worth.

Chiropractor Practicing In Anita Iowa

A condensed local item notes L A Schoonover a chiropractor located in the Anita Bank Building with office hours 9 to 12 daily and a phone number 256. It also covers social anecdotes about community figures and visitors including the Busy Bee Club ice cream social raising funds for Red Cross and various residents traveling or visiting nearby towns.

Anita Towa Anita Bank Ladies of the Busy Bee Club Summit Center Adair County Red Cross Chapter

Anita town council notes payments and local updates

The special session at Town Hall approved bills for Jensen Construction Company and Chas Exline. Local society notes list numerous visits, job changes, illnesses, travel, and routine town life events with names such as L. Eller, Nellie Eneix, Mrs. Shipman, and Beatrice Murphy.

Town Hall P.m H. Kirkham Chas. Scholl R. C. Pratt N. W. Way E. W. Holmes H. BE. Campbell Jensen Construction Company Chas Exline

Local Notes from Anita and Surrounding Areas

A. R. Robinson and his wife return from a vacation visiting Ringsted relatives. Chas W Hook of Cedar Rapids is appointed deputy state Fire Marshal to inspect grain elevators and other fire-prone sites. North Dakota suffers severe dry weather threatening crop shortages. Mabel Mullin, formerly at Central, visits Anita and now works at Adair central station. Lake Bear visitors Esther Smither Bert Wissler and wife toured Dexter Springs for a day.

A. R. Robinson The Anita Bank Ringsted Town Chas. W. Hook Farmers’ Insurance Company Cedar Rapids Mabel Mullin Central Anita Miss Mullin Adair Central Station Lake Bear Esther Smither Bert Wissler Dexter Springs

Iowa Visitors Stay With Aldrich Family

Mr and Mrs Fred Davis and daughter Thelma with Miss Stella Slesser of Reinbeck Iowa visited their uncle and aunt O D Aldrich and family. Rev J H Young, recently in the south, returned to Iowa and stayed with his daughter Mrs W H Armstrong last week. He owns a home at Van Meter and will spend time there and in other parts of this area.

James Morgan Bruce Engle Billings Montana Morgan Cheyenne Wyoming Denver C. E. Townsend Harriett Russel Emily Margaret Russell Anita Lake Okaboji Aberdeen South Dakota Fred Davis Thelma Stella Slesser Reinbeck Iowa O. D. Aldrich J. H. Young Southland W. H. Armstrong Father Young van Meter Lowa

Local Farm Deals and Grain Sale Report

J. Gissibs sold and delivered a large quantity of corn to local dealers last week at 2.10 dollars per bushel. E. M. Crane bought the F. L. Sisler farm, eighty acres east of Anita, for 200 dollars per acre.

E. M. Crane F. L. Sisler Anita

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Janie Brown Mabel Robison Des Moines Jnc. F. Robison Lillian Miller Roy Felt Stuart Beattie Mr. Beattie Mrs. Felt Stuart Stuart News Wm. Hemphill Omaha J. S. Hunter Uncle John Mother Young Florida Lake Worth Rev. M. Stahl Caddock Bonner C.p.richards Anitaa L. A. Schoonover Wiota Custer L.C. Campbell Alfred Bailey Atlantic H. E.campbell Fred C. Chinn and R. A. Felt Tulsa Okla Roy Colorado Robinson Amos W. Shipman City Council Council Chamber Dist Holmes Scholl Way A. M. Worthing L. R.’Eller Galiher Building Geo. Morgan A. H. Talbott Lew C. Robison John Reimers Adair City Nellie Eneix Eagle Grove Earl Knowlton Nelse Johnson Vernon Hall Russell Cryer John C. Rose Iowa City Maggie McDermott Ruth Foote Geraldine Kieh Coon Rapids C. M. and C.E. Blakesley Alberta Wolf Washington, Town L. R. Eller Z. C. Lloyd D. G. Lloyd and Texas Beatrice Murphy Beatrice Slininger Hugh Farrell S.J. Campbell Chicago Dean Roe Roe & Kohl McLaughlin Coffee Company Jon L. Stalcup Ottumwa Alma Halvary Rural Bessie Lowell Leland Roe Rockwell City Hannah A. Boyle H. &. Campbell J.M. Briggs Elvira Hyde John C. Young John Chas. H. Whitmore Citizens Savings Bank Ier Ieeerill B. D. Forshay M. Blakesley W. R. Spence D.R. Forshay John W. Nichols Ernest Stone Lee K. Nichols Insurance Department North Dakota Crystal Ice Co., Chas. Atwood, Prop Tee. F. R Bogota
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