Speeding motorists in crash kill Nebraska mother near Oakland
Mrs. Granville Bailey, 40, of Ogallala Nebraska, died when a speeding Dodge touring car struck her family’s vehicle near Oakland Iowa. Four Bailey children were injured. father Bailey escaped with minor injuries. Two men fled toward Des Moines after the crash. A Pennsylvania tourist aided the injured and provided a description. Coroner to hold an inquest.
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Granville Bailey
Ogallala
Nebraska
Oakland Town
Percy Lainson
Council Bluffs
Des Moinés
Bailey
Isse
Buddy
Oakland
Pennsylvania
Lainson
Pottawattamie County
Massena
Iowa
Sixtieth Birthday Celebration at Gipple Home
A large gathering marked the sixtieth birthday of Uncle Oll at the C. O. Gipple residence. Relatives and neighbors from Audubon, Omaha, Bridgewater, Afton, Sac City, and Creston came to the feast, sharing a plentiful meal and beverages amid warm, family atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Gipple
Oll
Dale Anderson
Fern Anderson
C. A. Caldwell
Sam Lawson
Harold Masterson
Claire Gipple
Lena Boust
Audubon
Harvey Delahoyde
Omaha
L. A. Gipple
Bridgewater
Ralph Hockersmith
Afton
Iowa
Fred Richter
Sac City
Wm. Richter
Frank Karns
Wiota
C. M. Spry
H. C. Koob
Ben Godanour
Chas. Jewett
T. F. DeMent
Guy Steinmetz
Glen Steinmetz
W. B. Kelley
R. E. Hawk
R. A. Cooper
C. F. Karns
Clayde Karns
Alfred DeMent
Willis Gipple
Anita
Verle Gipple
Frank Gipple
Adair
Miss Myrtle Butler
Creston
Former Pastor Visits Anita in Heartfelt Return
Rev. M. Stahl, once a popular Anita M E Church pastor and longtime Lake Worth resident, travels through the Des Moines conference to visit old friends. He enjoys a cordial Anita welcome and rests in his Florida home between joyful blessings of a faithful Methodist preacher.
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Rev. M. Stahl
Anita M. E. Church
Lake Worth
Florida
Des Moines
Stahl
Anita
Elder Stahl
Sinclair Gasoline Promises More Mileage and Power
Drive in and let us fill your tank with Sinclair Gasoline. It means put ting vigor into your car. You can actually feel your car respond to Sinclair Gasoline. It gives you more mileage more power and more satisfaction per gallon. Wagner Filling Station.
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Sinclair
Wagner
Spectacular Cass County Fair Fireworks Display Planned
The Cass County Fair in Atlantic Iowa will feature a giant fireworks show by the World Amusement Association’s Theatle-Duffield Fireworks division. A million gemstones of color will explode into the sky as the giant hand of gunpowder shapes scenes like The Statue of Liberty and Chasing the Bolshiviks. The program includes set pieces, fireworks, rockets, and patriotic displays with fables and Mother Goose tales for children.
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Theatle-Duffield
World Amusement Association
Cass County
Atlantic
Iowa
France
Washington
Niagara Falls
Ed. Shannon
H. A. Shannon and
Ku Klux Klan Warning Circulated in Belleville Kansas
Belleville resident Claude E. Blakesley reports a printed Klan bill circulating in Belleville and surrounding areas. The message warns bootleggers gamblers and violators to stop law breaking and promises support for law enforcement with a pledge to uphold public schools one language and the flag.
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Anita
Claude E. Blakesley
Belleville
Kansas
Ku Klux Klan
Knights of the
Club Enjoys Outing at Sunyside Park
The G. L. G. Club completed a delightful week at Sun nyside Park Atlantic, with freckles tan mosquito bites and bruises marking their stay. Misses Ruth Taylor and Russia Harris served as chaperones.
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Sunnyside Park
Atlantic
Ruth Taylor
Russia Harris
Anita Bank's A R Robinson Heads North for Fishing Trip
A. R. Robinson of the Anita Bank and Mrs. Robinson plan an auto trip with James Morgan to northern Iowa and Minnesota for fishing. They expect to be absent for several weeks.
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A. R. Robinson
Anita Bank
Mrs. Robinson
James Morgan
Iowa
Minnesota
Two Contracts Awarded for Cass County Federal Projects
At the Atlantic courthouse two contracts were let for Cass County projects. G W Condon Company of Omaha won the earthwork bid at 14.9 cents per cubic yard and will start within fifteen days, beginning at the Anita end and near Lewis when land dries. Bridge work split between Condon and Wickham. Condon awarded Anita end Bridges at 28292 dollars, Wickham south of Lewis at 4890 dollars. big Turkey Creek bridge to be let later.
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Cass County
Court House
Atlantic
G. W. Condon Company
Omaha
Condon
Anita
Lewis
Condon Company
Wickham Company
Anita End
Turkey Creek
Local merchants fight catalog rivals with price undercut tactics
An Iowa weekly article praises a town general store owner who published 40 to 50 item price comparisons showing his goods rival or beat mail order houses. It argues the way to win is selling on home turf and informing rural customers through local papers rather than ignoring catalogs.
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Iowa
Manchester
Manchester Press
Showering the Coming Bride Miss Merle Walker
Miss Merle Walker daughter of Mr and Mrs A B Walker to wed August 20 receives a yellow and white miscell any shower at the Bullock home. Guests sew quilt blocks and a luncheon follows with a yellow white color scheme and yellow garden flowers in the decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Walker
Walker
Lulu Bullock
Hazel Forshay
Bullock
Dorothy Forshay
C. A. Powell
Miss Ida
Adair
Lloyd Miller
Omaha
Harry Noland
W. E. Kelloway
Des Moines
Mesdames U. S. Walker
G. M. DeCamp
P. T. Williams
Chas. Scholl
Guy Rasmussen
Homer Millhollin
Chas. Salmon
Leo Rongers
D. C. Bell
Bessie M. Ward
Lulu Faga
Chas. Robison
Mildred Walker
Wenonah Forshay
Bernice Kirkham
Irma Lewis
Irene Johnson
June Karns
Anita Highley
Elvida Rasmussen
Vera Hook
Kathryn Galiher
Call the Insane Commission admonition letter to Chas Blakesley
A letter from Chas M Blakesley of Winnebago Minnesota questions his honorary status with the bug-house group. He and Albert Worthing plan to vote for La Follette, criticizing Republican prosperity and warning of Socialist and Bolshevik threats. Blakesley praises local crops roads lakes and people, hoping to recover his sanity before the presidential vote.
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Chas. M. Blakesley
Winnebago
Minnesota
Buck
Albert Worthing
La‘Follette
Measuring a Man by How He Lived and Gave
A reflective excerpt questions true worth beyond birth and status, asking how he lived and helped others. It emphasizes kindness, cheer, and friendship, pondering how many mourned his passing rather than his public image or creed.
Appearance Was Deceiving in Kansas Paper Warpath Tale
The Kansas paper editor lent a Winchester to deliver to its owner. Delinquent subscribers mistook his harmless errand as hostility and pressed him for debts. A man cleared ten years of owing, and on returning to the office the editor found hay, corn, apples, potatoes, wood, and turnips as gifts. Editors nationwide are now trying to borrow Winchesters.
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Kansas
Former Anita Boys Return Home After Success Abroad
Harry P. Harrison owner of Redpath Chautauqua and Lyceum Bureaus of Chicago and his assistant J. Percy Young visited Anita on Thursday to greet friends. They were hosted by Mrs. D. B. Harrison and J. D. Young and wife, celebrating the success of their efforts since leaving Anita years ago.
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Harry P. Harrison
Redpath Chautauqua and Lyceum Bureaus
Chicago
J. Percy Young
Anita
D. B. Harrison
J. D. Young
Death of Mrs Gus Sellas Noted in Tippett Nevada
Mr and Mrs J L Carey announce the death of their long time friend Mrs Gus Sellas at her Tippett Nevada home last Monday. The Carey Sellas partnership once owned lead and silver mines near Tippett and the Sellas visited the Carey home in Anita two years ago.
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J. L. Carey
Gus Sellas
Tippett
Nevada
Messrs
Carey and
Sellas
Mrs. Sellas
Carey
Anita
Death of William R. Myers Former Anita Banker and Mason
William Raymond Myers born November 14 1866 died at his Pine Flat summer home in California aged 57. He lived in Anita for years as a banker and served as Master of the local Masonic Lodge and Chancellor Commander of the Knights of Pythias. Survived by wife two daughters and several grandchildren. Funeral in Los Angeles conducted by the K P Grand Lodge of California.
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B. D. Forshay
William Raymond Myers
Eo Flat
Los Angeles
Anita
Myers
Knights of Pythias Lodges
California
Knights of Pythias
Cooperstown
New York
K. P. Grand Lodge of
Mr. Myers
the Record
Dorothy Maxine Chaney Birthday Party in Lincoln Township
On Thursday afternoon July 31 a group of children gathered at Mr and Mrs L A Chaney home in Lincoln township to celebrate Dorothy Maxine Chaney's birthday. They played games, posed for group photos, then enjoyed ice cream cake and candy before departing with well wishes. Attendees included Mildred Eugene and Doris Sandbeck Lillian Viola and Orley Marcheson Helen Robert Harold and Dale McCrory Byron and Virgil King Howard Borth Max Daughenbaugh Edith Rupperle Lela Crow Dorothy and Devene Chaney and Esther Neary of Cumberland.
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L. A. Chaney
Lincoln Township
Dorothy Maxine
Mary Egan
Dorothy
Mildred
Eugene
Doris Sandbeck
Lillian
Viola
Orley Marcheson
Helen
Robert
Harold
Dale McCrory
Byron
Virgil King
Howard Borth
Max Daughenbaugh
Edith Rupperle
Lela Crow
Devene Chaney
Esther Neary
Cumberland
Auto destroyed by fire near Anita source
A car owned by Harry Cheatrick from near Anita was consumed by fire Friday near the John Pierson home northwest of town. After engine trouble and a stop at Ralph Conklin’s, the car reignited under the hood and burned despite attempts to extinguish it. Insurance covered about two thirds of the loss.
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Harry Cheatrick
Anita
John Pierson
Ralph Conklin
Pierson
Griswold American
Visiting Relatives From Ignacio to Visit Anita
Mrs. J. C. Stauffer and children Jessie Margaret and Harold from Ignacio Colorado will arrive in Anita this week to stay with Mr. Bert Stauffer and Mr. Robert Scott on their return trip. They have visited relatives in Ohio and West Virginia since May and will make additional stops along the way.
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J. C. Stauffer
Jessie
Margaret
Harold
Ignacio
Colorado
Ohio
West Virginia
Anita
Bert Stauffer
Robert Scott
Heat Pinches Corn as Thermometer Hits Ninety Eight
The Anita thermometer climbed to ninety eight on Monday as longtime observers warned that prolonged heat could badly affect the corn crop. The forecast and past conditions raise concerns for farmers about yields and viability.
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Anita
Miss Madeline Reynolds Visits Home from Des Moines U
Miss Madeline Reynolds returns from Des Moines University to spend a few days with her mother, Mrs. Carrie Reynolds, at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Reynolds
Des Moines
Mrs
Carrie Reynolds
Farm Tips From Sherman Lowell At Fred Bell Home
Sherman F. Lowell spent several days in the country at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bell and offered advice on proper farm practices and procedures.
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Sherman F. Lowell
Fred Bell
Death of Harry A. Robinson is noted in Anita obituary
The body of Harry Augustus Robinson, longtime Anita resident, died in Clarinda, Iowa, July 29, 1924. Funeral services were held at C. A. Long parlors and Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. B. W. McEl Downey presiding. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Lucile Stevens and grandson Max Stevens, plus four brothers and five sisters. The late Mr. Robinson was born August 1, 1874, in Polk County and lived in Anita, Walnut, Des Moines, and later worked for Western Union and Des Moines Street Railway. He was married January 1, 1896 to Elizabeth Clay. He was a member of Central Christian Church and Modern Woodmen of America.
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Harry Robinson
Anita
Clarinda
Iowa
C. A. Long
Evergreen Cemetery
B. W. McEldowney
M. E. Church
Harry Augustus Robinson
A. R. Robinson
Polk County
Elizabeth T Clay
Adair
Walnut
Western Union Telegraph Co
Des Moines
Des Moines Street Railway Company
Central Christian Church
Modern Woodmen of America
Lucile Stevens
Omaha
Max Stevens
Charles and
Boyd Robinson
Clarence
Mildred
Minnesota
Kenneth
Pasadena
California
Ida Calkins
Robinson
Stevens
Boyd
Nettie Bowman
Dedication of St Marys Catholic Church at Anita
The first St Marys Catholic Church in Anita was dedicated with solemn ceremonies led by Bishop T W Drumm. A dedicatory sermon, high mass, and a large musical program followed by a dinner hosted by parish women. The former Evangelical Society property was remodeled to serve the parish now.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Anita
T. W. Drumm
D. D
Des Moines
A. J. Fitzpatrick
Des Moines Catholic College
W. A
St. Mary’s
St. Joseph's
Viota
St John’s
Adair
St. Patrick’s
Massena
St. Joseph’s
Casey
Evangelical Society
Insurance payout to Anita native widow reaches 3000
Mrs. S H Silvius formerly of Anita now near Fairlight Canada will receive 3000 this month from a long bound Modern Woodmen of America policy carried by her late husband. He was a Grove Camp 1537 member in Anita for many years.
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S. H. Silvius
Anita
Fairlight
Canada
Woodmen of America
Silvius
Grove Camp
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Call the Insane Commission
Charlie
United States
Anita Man
Wm. R. Myers
Pine Flat
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