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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
1
Elmer C Porch passed away in Anita after only three days of illness. The obituary notes his death followed a short illness, with sparse details provided regarding service arrangements or survivors. The report also mentions a local fishing anecdote tied to a newsroom sighting, featuring two channel cats and a nine pound fish as a light aside.
Joe William Dougherty born December 20 1897 in Anita Iowa died aged 27 years 7 months 11 days after prolonged illness from service related ailments He served as Yeoman Second Class U S Navy in World War I and was discharged December 16 1918 He married Alice Smith August 18 1923 at Helena Montana Funeral at Congregational Church featured American Legion honors.
Mrs Elsie Kopp survived a potential bad accident a few days ago near Anita without injury. Her coupe was badly damaged after a car cutting the corner on the wrong side of the road struck her vehicle at a corner northeast of Anita.
County Attorney Frank Northup of Council Bluffs says six affairs involving young girls have terminated in his office since July 10. He asserts joy riding by girls is the cause and warns the public the situation has grown serious.
Elmer Clement Porch born September 22 1863 in Knox county Ohio died July 31 1926 at 9 30 A M in Anita Cass county Iowa after a three day illness from strangulated hernia an operation had been performed. He moved to Cass county with his parents fifty one years ago and married Mary Parker in 1886 and Anna Griffith in 1902. He leaves four children and five grandchildren and was a member of the M E Church for over twenty years with funeral services held at the M E Church in Anita conducted by Rev McEldowney and interment in Evergreen cemetery.
Poem-like verse echoes that stars do not die but go to shine anew on another shore and forever in Heaven's jeweled crown.
Acknowledges kindness and floral offerings from friends and neighbors during illness and death of a son husband and father. Signed by Mrs. Joshua Porch Mrs. Elmer Porch Mr. and Mrs. James Rickel Mr. and Mrs. Glen Porch Miss Mildred Porch Roscoe Porch.
E W Marsh purchases a new Chevrolet automobile from O W Shaffer and Son in a local car sale arranged by the dealership.
Mrs L R Craig long time California resident is spending weeks in Cass county with her brothers C W J O and L W Wheatley of Atlantic and vicinity and with Wheatley families nearby. Anita residents recall her as Mrs Martin Bach a former resident of the city in the seventies.
Frank W Beebe and wife of Wiota and Paul Malone and wife of Mitchell SD visited Anita Monday evening. They enjoyed a pleasure ride on the new Whiteway-7 highway between Wiota and Anita and viewed Anita's new paving. Mr Malone is the son of the late James Malone, once a well known resident of Wiota, and Mrs Malone is daughter of Mrs Beebe.
Angelo's Comedians present a large tent show in Anita this week under the Anita Band and Park Commission. A portion of net proceeds will fund a public piano kept at the band shell. An exceptional lineup and record crowds are anticipated with Monday night attendance near eight hundred to one thousand.
A. R. Robinson of the Anita Bank and Mrs. Robinson depart next week for a mid summer vacation. They will visit lakes in northern Iowa and northern Minnesota where fishing is reported abundant and active. They expect to be away two weeks.
Griswold business men and citizens prepare an auto tour of the county next Monday to advertise the Soldiers Reunion set for August 18 19 and 20 in Griswold. The Griswold Band will accompany them and provide a brief street music program.
Wayland L. Wright, once a prominent Lincoln township resident, spent Friday and Saturday in Anita visiting old friends and former neighbors. He traveled with his son and wife and one daughter, who are heading to Colorado. The Wrights moved to Morning Sun, Iowa, twenty years ago.
The ground has been broken for Wiota s new brick depot to replace the one lost to a fire months ago. The 20 by 40 foot building will stand about a block east of the old site on the north side of the track, replacing the box car used for Wiota station operations since the fire.
Word reached Anita that Rev. C. L. Thomas former pastor of the M. E. Church at Wiota Highland and nearby areas died at Des Moines M. E. hospital following an operation. He is survived by his wife and two adopted daughters Mrs. Georgia Taylor and Nellie Thomas. Funeral arrangements pending.
A. L. Thompson and wife from Fort Collins Colorado spent several days in Anita this week visiting uncle Wm. E. Johnson and Miss Etta Johnson. This is Mrs Thompson’s first return in twenty six years. They will continue to Maryville Missouri to visit relatives of Mr Thompson.
Mr and Mrs Frank Karns of Little Sioux Iowa are in the city attending to business matters and waiting at the parental Chas Karns home as they pass through town.
Clarence Weston, 48, of Anita, after years of ill health and mounting despondency, shot himself in his garage in Welcome Minnesota. His wife found him and a physician pronounced death two hours later. A farm deed, bank funds, and life insurance indicate planned self destruction. Funeral held in Welcome. interment at Fairmont. Remaining family members notified in Anita.
Robert Scott of the E. W. Holmes Lumber Company has left the Des Moines hospital after weeks of care and an operation for hernia plus tonsil removal. He returns home to Anita and expects to regain general health, noting the rough jolts endured recently.
A tourist cranking a left in gear car on Main Street near the Carey rooming house dragged the driver about forty feet and crashed into a Ford coupe, causing minor bruises and small damage but no fatalities.
A tour of Cass county's first supervisor district highlights improved roads including Whiteway 7 highway, rebuilt bridges and culverts, and cost savings under H. G. Armentrout. The editor recalls a mud hole north of Whiteway 7 that is now fixed, praising district harmony and dedication for statewide comparable roads. United, we boost divided, we bust.
Mrs Bessie Parkinson travels with her father and husband to Minnesota and will be joined later by the widow to visit relatives in Anita Massena and Des Moines. Clarence Weston is survived by his wife his father Wm J Weston of Anita one brother Dr Robi A Weston of Des Moines and two sisters Mrs Bessie Parkinson of Massena and Mrs Ethel Teter of Moberly Missouri.
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