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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
1
Percy Smith, son of F A Smith, ran over a large rattlesnake while mowing slough grass. The reptile measured nearly three feet. cut in three pieces, its head end showed a fierce, mean disposition.
On election day August 11 representatives of the Ladies Improvement League will be at City Hall serving ice cream cones. Each small contribution goes toward improving and beautifying Keystone Park, and the public is urged to buy a cone even if they do not eat it.
The Ladies' Cemetery Association will receive sealed bids until August 16 1913 for the appointment of sexton at Everreen cemetery for the ensuing year. The association may reject any or all bids. Bids filed with the secretary. Mrs B D Forshay president Mrs W Hook secretary.
A team of horses hitched to a hay load with Earl Reason and his wife frightened by a car Monday causing the load to overturn. Mrs Reason suffered a deep gash behind the ear from a telephone pole and a laceration on the cheek and nose from a pitchfork. Dr C V Beaver treated the wounds and she rests easy.
Isaac Brown of Berea shows a clipping about an eighty acre farm near Ottawa Illinois selling for 312.50 per acre. The property lies a mile from Ottawa where Brown once lived before moving to Iowa.
Miss Hazel Trimmer daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Trimmer will enter Ames College Iowa at the start of September term to study domestic science and instrumental music. A Anita high school graduate she is praised as a bright young lady and the community wishes her success.
J D Young and wife stayed in Stuart over Sunday with C H McDermott and wife to attend the Chautauqua. Rev Dr O Neill of Chicago, who married their son J Percy Young and his bride months ago, was on the program and to be entertained at the McDermott home.
Laura Garcia, once sentenced to be hanged for the murder of night policeman Charles Brockman in this city, has applied for a pardon after a year in state prison. Her death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after Mexican friends intervened. A pardon board investigation was requested with witnesses named by the district clerk.
In Fort Collins Colorado the Review notes intense and sometimes violent sentiment against Garcia with calls for lynching. Authorities doubt he will receive a pardon despite strong public feeling.
Mrs. Chas. James and one of her children were attacked by a swarm of bees last week. They were stung severely enough to require a doctor who provided prompt relief.
A community picnic is scheduled for Tuesday August 19 at Keystone Park under the Ladies Improvement League. The notice invites all to attend with well filled baskets for a bountiful dinner and a joyful afternoon.
Last week South Omaha sent 135 loads totaling 4244 head of stock cattle and feeding steers to the country, compared with 70 loads of 2176 head the prior week and 135 loads of 4468 head a year ago. Seventy six carloads arrived in Iowa, and 3280 head of sheep were shipped into the state.
On Wednesday July 30 a group of town and country ladies gathered at the Wilbur Wheatley home north of town. They spent the day sewing for the five little children whose mother recently died. Attendees included Mesdames Barber Dement McKenzie Schweneker Nelson Saxton Peterson Karns Moreland Perry Logan Clark.
The forty fourth annual meeting of the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias of Iona meets August 12 to 14 in Des Moines. More than 500 delegates and visitors are expected for the session at the auditorium, with the Knights meeting there and the Pythian sisters on the Coliseum’s third floor. Logan Lodge 190 will send delegates Karl S. Holton D. R. Donohoe M Hansen and alternates W. R. Spence A. M. Worthing Kk. M. Blakesley.
The RECORD editor hosts M Bales from Fort Collins Colorado visiting son D H Bales and family in Lincoln township. Bales, longtime Anita area resident, moved to Colorado five years ago and remains connected to Iowa friends. The note includes updates on neighbors Hiram and Mollie Moore and Hank Lighter family and concludes with warm greetings to former Anita citizens now in Collins and surroundings.
Southwest Iowa hogs and cattle feeders find South Omaha favorable with strong feeder sales lifting prices. While Chicago declines, Omaha holds steady and feeder prices rise 15 to 20 cents from the prior week.
A Greenfield woman set a mouse trap in a closet and around ten o clock heard a noise. She found the trap had captured a rattlesnake that entered the house through a floor hole.
An unusually large bumble bee buzzed over Joe Vetter last Saturday while he tended the lawn. The insect even landed briefly on the bridge of his nose, keeping his eyes shut to August sunshine for a moment.
Hon. FE Patterson and wife have returned to Dell Rapids South Dakota after a few days at J. B. Smith home near Berea. Patterson son of late Adair County Sheriff Dan Patterson serves in the South Dakota state senate.
M C Hansen led interior renovations at The Regulator. The shoe department moved to the front and new glass door cases now showcase ladies misses and children’s ready made garments. The changes improve appearance and cleanliness, reflecting progress valued by Anita residents.
Dr. H Campbell and Dr L Campbell of this city assisted by Dr Zook of Adair performed surgery on Weimer Pearson, son of Mr and Mrs L D Pearson, to wire the hip after a severe break and a rare pelvic fracture. The operation occurred at the Atlantic hospital on Saturday morning and the patient is reported doing well.
The Sunshine Club met at Mrs. F. R. Wilburn’s home in Lincoln township on Wednesday last. The ladies enjoyed a pleasant session followed by a four o’clock dinner with ice cream and cake. Attendees included Ethel Wilburn Marie Wilburn Eva McCosh Ruby Wilson Grace Wilson Ruth Mountain Marjorie Dilley Neva Turner Roy Linderman and Merle Wilson.
Dr. R A Becker attended Frank Benham at the Gochanour home after a horse kicked him on the face. He suffered a deep facial cut and a broken nose.
Archie Angell son of J. W. Angell and his wife wed Edna Selby of Adair at Rev. Braun’s Atlantic residence. They will reside in this city where Angell works as a carpenter. Friends offer congratulations and best wishes.
W. H. Faulkner and family, now in Des Moines, are renting a cottage at Clear Lake for the summer. They enjoy the resort and its pleasures. C. W. Bruce and wife planned to join but Mrs. Bruce fell ill suddenly, preventing travel.
Peter Lund of the Brayton vicinity sold and delivered fifty head of hogs Friday in Anita to Johnson Bros. He chose Anita because prices were 30 cents per hundred higher there than at the Extra dealers, showing it pays to sell stock to Anita dealers.
A movement among horse breeders to hold a colt show in Anita in late September or early October is under way. J D McDermott and F R Howard lead the committee, with plans to name a date later. Local buyers say Anita offers some of the finest colts in the state and urge community support.
Miss Lillian Anita Hufstader and Harold Samuel Hoyt wed at the bride’s home on Nineteenth street with Rev. R. C. Hufstader officiating. Jeanne Thompson played piano, reception followed, couple to Lake Okoboji and Keokuk before settling at 1173 Mth street. The bride, in king's blue silk, is a Scranton conservatory trained musician. groom from Keokuk, now with his father in Des Moines.
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