Former Anita Lady Dead After Fall in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. R. Davis formerly Eliza Prosser, longtime Anita resident and Congregational church member, died after injuries from a fall at her daughter Pearl Wisner’s home in Cedar Rapids. She lived with daughters Ruth, Helen, and Pearl. Dr. R. Davis, her husband, died years ago in Beatrice, Nebraska. Funeral services were held in Cedar Rapids.
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Anita
R. Davis
Cedar Rapids
Pearl Wisner
Farmers’ Co- Operative Company
Davis
Beatrice
Nebraska
Pearl
Ruth
Helen
Ferner Communication Read by Anita Friends
Rev. John W. Ferner former Anita Congregational pastor who was severely injured in a fall weeks ago will have a communication read to friends in Anita and surrounding area.
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John W. Ferner
Anita Congregational Church
Anita
Former Anita Lady III Illness News From Mrs. Houck’s Family
Long time friends in Anita and nearby areas learn of Mrs. Isaac Houck now residing in University Park Iowa facing serious illness after a second major operation at an Oskaloosa hospital. The wife had been ill in California a year ago and returned to Iowa, then Minneapolis hospital treatment followed by a second operation. Her husband once ran a hardware and implement business in Anita.
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Anita
Isaac Houck
University Park
Iowa
Oskaloosa
California
Houck
Keeps Tab on Old Home
Mrs. Laura Myers Miller of Mossbank Saskatchewan sends a post office money order to renew a subscription to the old home paper. A former Anita girl and popular teacher, she is sister to Mrs. Rev. Chas. Knoll and Mrs. W. G. Nelson, now living in California.
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Laura Myers Miller
Mossbank, Sask
Canada
Post Office
Miller
Anita
Chas. Knoll
W. G. Nelson
California
Dr C V Beaver Visits Atlantic and Local Car Purchase
Dr C V Beaver made a business visit to Atlantic on Monday while J D McDermott Jr bought a new Chevrolet from Shaffer Christenser this week. The Anita Drug advertises druggists sundries and a gathering at Mrs. Morgan's home in North Anita occurred Friday. Elmer McFarland and his California family stayed with the Egans Sunday as Frank Bontrager’s tin Lizzie damaged an electric near the city park last Monday.
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J. D. McDermott, Jr
Shaffer & Christenser
Frank Bontrager
Lizzie
Hospital visit and temperance remark amid 1920s dining incident
The writer recounts a six day stay in an emergency hospital after an accident at Whittier Street Washington DC. He notes ninety nurses on duty and a food poisoning incident that affected two hundred picnickers with sixty rushed in. He quotes a surgeon linking physical illness to spiritual factors and closes with a personal sign off.
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J. W. Ferner
Mayor's Notice on Tractor Use and Traffic Law
A municipal notice from Anita warns that tractors with logs on streets are prohibited and violations will not be tolerated. It calls automobile owners to observe traffic laws, stress stop signs speeding mufflers and lights, and issues a final warning.
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Anita
May Decide to Return Here in Anita Area
John Row a longtime Anita resident visiting from Peoria Illinois with his daughter Mrs Laura Buerkins and granddaughter may decide to move back to Anita to reside there permanently after spending weeks in the city attending to farm interests and visiting friends.
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John Row
Anita
Laura Buerkins
Peoria
Illinois
Row
Sam Houston Delights Attica With Redpath Chautauqua
Sam M. Houston city resident and Redpath Chautauqua manager shares recent copies of the Ledger and Tribune from Attica Indiana. The Redpath troupe has been filling a week's engagement to evident delight of Attica’s residents and surrounding community.
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Sam M. Houston
Redpath Chautauqua
Ledger and Tribune
Attica
Indiana
Redpath
Pastor Leora Miars Heads to Iowa Vacation
Rev. Miss Leora Miars, pastor of the Anita Congregational church, departs for a several week vacation. She will stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Miars, in Orient, Iowa, visit Des Moines and other relatives and friends across the state and at other points in Iowa.
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Leora Miars
Anita Congregational Church
I. E. Miars
Orient
Iowa
Des Moines
Woodmen Meet to Confer Woodcraft on August Fourth
Grove Camp No 1537 of the Modern Woodmen of America will meet Saturday August 4. The mysteries of Woodcraft will be conferred on three candidates. All Woodmen are urged to be present. Ed N McLaughlin Venerable Consul.
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Grove
Ed. N. McLaughlin
Local Girl Wins Buick Car in Omaha Guessing Contest
Miss Lela Booth of this city won first prize in an Omaha guessing contest. The prize was a Buick automobile valued at $1,250, though she chose to take the cash instead.
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BUICK
Lela Booth
Omaha
Injured In Auto Smash Near Des Moines
Mrs Wilma Nelle Tharpe of Des Moines daughter of E W Holmes and sister of Mrs H P Ziegler was severely injured when her car was struck by another vehicle at a country road intersection north of Des Moines She suffered facial and head cuts from broken glass and multiple bruises.
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Lakes
Wilma Nelle Tharpe
Des Moines
E. W. Holmes
H. P. Ziegler
Anita shuts out Extra with 12 to 0 win at local diamond
Anita pitchers Millhollin Bear and reliever Scott held Extra to zero runs while Anita offense scored 12. Wells Eaton worked for Extra. this marks a second straight cleanout of Extra for Anita in Sunday game at the local field.
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Anita
Extra
Millhollin
Bear
Scott
Wells
Eaton
They Followed the Band at Sun Side Park
The Anita Atlantic Adair concert Band drew hundreds from across western Iowa to Sun side Park Atlantic last Sunday for a richly pleasing sacred program. Local fans have a long tradition of following and supporting their best musical group in the region.
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Anita
Sunside Park
Atlantic
Iowa
Buses Straggle Behind Schedule On Coast-To-Coast Run
A large bus bound for Chicago from California was halted near Anita Friday afternoon due to air issues. Passengers report the vehicle carried freight and the trip stretched to six days from California with the bus about twenty nine hours behind schedule into Omaha.
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California
Chicago
Omaha
Oklahoma by Airplane Brings Miss Zilpha Brown to Ardmore
Miss Zilpha Brown of Greenfield flew from Des Moines to Ardmore Oklahoma with pilot Fred Oakley to attend a chicken show in Moines. She will stay with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs H T Vernon formerly of Anita. Vernon is cashier at the Leo G Voorhees bank in Ardmore.
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Zilpha Brown
Greenfield
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Des Moines
Fred Oakley
Moines
Miss Brown
H. T
Ted) Vernon
Anita
Vernon
Leo G. Voorhees Bank
Bessie Myers Lowell Visits Atlantic with Son Sherman
Bessie Myers Lowell and her son Sherman spent Thursday with friends in Atlantic.
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Bessie Myers Lowell
Sherman
Atlantic
California visitors in Avoca and Anita meeting old friends
Mrs N P Nielsen and daughter from Los Angeles are spending weeks in Avoca with Mr Nielsen and his eldest son employed there. They visited Anita last Saturday meeting many old friends. Mrs Nielsen plans to return to California soon while Mr Nielsen and his son will travel back by auto later in the fall. Former Attorney General H M Havner of Des Moines recently visited Anita on business.
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N. P. Neilsen
Los Angeles
California
Avoca
Had Birthday Party for Mother Anderson in Sunnyside Park
Last Sunday Mrs. Peter F. Anderson was honored at a memory-filled home-coming picnic meal in Sunnyside Park Atlantic. The event marked Mother Andersons 82nd birthday and her son in laws 64th birthday, with many relatives attending from Anita Audubon Omaha Ross Gray Sac City and other nearby towns. All immediate Andersons except daughter Mary of Montana attended.
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Peter F. Anderson
Sunnyside Park
Atlantic
Mother Anderson
C. O. Gipple
C. C. Gipple
Anita
C. A. Caldwell
Audubon
Iowa
At A. Delahoyde
Omaha
Nebraska
Fern L. Anderson
Dale Anderson
Ross, Iowa
L. J. Lawson
Gray Iowa
Fred Richter
Sac City
Cloyd Karns
Robert Pl
Civil War Veteran Recalls Arkansas Frontier Skirmish
Wm. Ramey an 84 year old veteran recounts a Civil War action near Poison Creek Arkansas where he fired on a Texas ranger during a retreat from Camden Missouri. He says seven of the rangers shots struck his clothing, none drew blood, and the ranger’s tall hat was knocked off. He enlisted at Oskaloosa in Company K 18th Iowa and now lives at the Iowa hotel in Des Moines with visits to Anita.
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Camden
Missouri
Arkansas
Poison Creek
Mr. Ramey
Oskaloosa
Company K
18Th
Iowa
Anita
Des Moines
Weekday religious education plan gains Anita support
Dr. W. W. Meredith of Guthrie Center M E church spoke at a union Anita churches meeting about a co operative weekday religious education plan for third through sixth graders. The program, already used in Greenfield and several nearby towns, aims for one weekly hour of instruction through church school cooperation, with broad citizen backing.
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W. W. Meredith
Guthrie Center
M. E
Anita
Church of Christ
Meredith
Anita Public Schools
United States
Greenfield
Iowa
Glidden
Scranton
Nevada
Jefferson
Shenandoah
Social visits and local happenings in Anita and vicinity
L R Galiher and wife of Atlantic spent Saturday in Anita at the Jenkins home. Attorney E S Holton and wife vacation through the eastern states with Miss Lesetta Hereth to visit her aviation service brother. Mrs Mary Van Slyke of Randolph Nebraska, widow of Chas Van Slyke, visits Minnie Charles south of Adair and relatives in Anita and Viota. B F Broderson and family visit Denison. Mrs Sherm Myers and Bessie Myers Lowell hosted a Ladies Union Club dinner and quilting at their home. A runaway car on Chestnut Street demolished a telephone pole near the Christian church. no injuries reported.
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L. R. Galiher
Atlantic
Anita
J. C. Jenkins
E. S. Holton
Lesetta Hereth
Mary van Slyke
Randolph
Nebraska
Chas. van Slyke
Minnie Charles
Adair
Viota
Chestnut Street
Christian Church
Former Anita resident Kellogg visits Davenport health restored
Mrs. E. M. Kellogg of Davenport, formerly of Anita, is in the city for a week as guest of her son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs Howard Millhollin. Friends in Anita will be glad to hear he has regained his health and now works for the Bettendorf Car Company.
Former Pastor Visited Here from Cleveland
Rev. Chas. H. Stauffacher his wife and daughter Miss Joy of Cleveland Ohio are visiting Anita and nearby relatives. Former Anita Evangelical pastor for about thirty years he later served Cedar Rapids and presiding elder in north Iowa. His father Elder Stauffacher was a leading Evangelical minister. Mrs. Stauffacher Miss Madge Worthing is from pioneer Anita families. The couple have three children Chas H Jr and Joy, with Chas Jr holding school music post in Jessup and Western Reserve, and Joy a high school student. Rev. Stauffacher has been field secretary of the Evangelical church based in Cleveland.
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Chas. H. Stauffacher
Miss Joy
Cleveland
Ohio
Anita
Iowa
Stauffacher
Anita Evangelical Church
North Iowa
Lincoln trio leaves for four week visit in California
A. N. Crow his wife and daughter Miss Lela of Lincoln township depart on No 5 for four weeks visiting relatives in California. They will first stop at Somis to stay with Uncle Fred Aggen and wife. Aggen notes lima beans dominate the area with steady yields and good prices.
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A. N. Crow
Lela
Lincoln Township
California
Somis
Fred Aggen
Mr. Aggen
The Mayor Means Business
Mayor J. T. Monnig issues final notice to vehicle owners and drivers about strict enforcement of traffic laws. Stop signs speeding mufflers and lights must be observed. enforcement applies to all violators regardless of status.
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J. T. Monnig
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Anita Lady III
C. V. Beaver
Everett Morgan
North Anita
Fred Wheatley
W. G. McFarland
Elmer
W. H. Egan
Whittier Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Sam
H. M. Havner
Bongers Bros
Texas Ranger
B. F. Broderson
Buddy
Denison
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