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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1924
Page
5
Pleasant, easy sewing on your machine available at home. Full or part time with high earnings. For complete information address L. Jones, Box 2, Olney, Illinois.
For sale one new refrigerator Enquire of 32 21p Cecil Scholl Lost a thirty inch strand of pearl beads Finder please leave with Mrs C V East 29 tf
Local Rexall Store announces a Factory To You sale running August 1 through August 31. Shoppers can expect discounted merchandise and special deals during the month long event.
The Houston Miss Times Post extols the home town paper as a trusted intimate friend and best medium for local advertising. It argues readers are aligned with community values, ensuring advertisements aren’t buried by excess ads in city dailies.
Des Moines reveals plans for the Iowa State Fair 70th anniversary celebration from Aug 20 to Aug 29. Officials project a five million dollar exposition with $138000 in prizes, 8000 head of livestock, 40 acres of home equipment displays, and 200 acres of other displays. The program features a five day horse meet including match races, auto races, fireworks over Tokyo destruction, polo, hippodrome acts, seven bands, and various contests.
Des Moines Iowa junior department participants from farms across the state compete in contests demos and exhibits at the 70th Iowa State Fair with 11654 in cash premiums Aug 2029. The Iowa baby beef and pure bred heifer contest will crown the grand champion from a field of 2500 calves among 560 finalists. Other events include pig club sheep and wool work poultry clubs health scoring contests and judging contests as officials say the largest Junior Farmers fair in America.
The Des Moines Iowa State Fair announces about eight thousand head of cattle and other livestock entered for its 70th annual event in August 2029. Premiums total over fifty thousand dollars across cattle horses swine sheep and poultry plus boy and girl club awards. Officials anticipate the largest attendance ever for the exposition.
Plan for a giant religious pageant at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday Aug 24 aims to showcase religious truths in graphic form and the role of church and Sunday School in community life. More than 10 000 Sunday School children from multiple counties will participate under a noted director hired to stage the event.
Practically every species of fish and wild game native to Iowa will be on display at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines from August 20 to 29. The state Fish and Game department prepares a unique exhibit with a continuous motion picture showing fish and game in their native haunts.
J. W. Beaver and Mrs. Jennie Miller noted as record callers on Saturday and Friday respectively. For sale: Early Ohio potatoes. P. E. Voorhees listed. S. W. Clark visiting Missouri for Clark family reunion. Mayor A. H. Mountain of Atlantic attended business matters in Anita on Friday.
Claude Spry and wife entertained relatives at their Wiota home last week. Denison Pearce and wife are spending the week in Missouri attending real estate interests. James and Robbie Nelson hosted a company of children at a weenie roast in Keystone Park.
G. M. Aldrich and family spent Sunday in Avoca at the home of their daughter Mrs. Irma Plahn and family. Dr J. W. Harrison and family from Guthrie Center were recent visitors at Mrs. D. B. Harrison’s home in Anita.
J. D. Roe of Atlantic and Lloyd Roe of Des Moines spent Thursday in Anita visiting their brother G A Roe and family. Miss Minnie Christensen, employed in Omaha, spent Sunday in Anita with her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Christensen.
Edward F E Allanson, a Chicago bank employee, writes the editor requesting the Record’s mailing address be moved to 2631 Best Avenue. He cites correspondence convenience and local familiarity as reasons for the change.
The Oak Ridge Club and their families plan a picnic at Sunnyside Park but the event has been postponed to a later date.
Mrs Wm Duthie and her sons departed Anita to Denver Colorado after the death of her brother Fred Saunders returning home Saturday morning.
In a festive roundup, Anita needs one of two high powered airplanes with skilled operators who can deliver the bacon. The appeal centers on securing the aircraft and crew capable of the mission.
Cole Musick and his family left Monday for a two weeks trip to Kansas City to visit relatives. They will travel by car and intend to camp out and rough it during the journey.
Local publisher receives scant encouragement for tireless seven day weekly service to keep the hometown on the map. The piece notes the publisher’s daily commitment and calls for greater community support of the hometown paper.
Mrs C A Carey, long in Des Moines hospital for weeks with special treatment, has come home greatly improved. Doctors report hopeful prospects for full recovery without surgery.
Jacob Suptee and wife of San Gabriel California have been guests the past week of the families of Wm A and R A Suplee and other relatives. Mr and Mrs Suplee were well known residents of the Antta vicinity forty years ago.
In a charged scene, observers question mob-law and the handling of the murder case of a fourteen year-old Chicago boy. The tone critiques crowds taking rough action rather than pursuing formal justice.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Frank White on West Main street Anita Master Paul White entertained twenty five little friends for his fifth birthday. The day featured fun and frolic with refreshments that delight young guests and mark the celebration as unusually pleasant.
Frank W. Stager has built a portable stand costing about $200 to serve fairs in surrounding counties. The stand is sectional for quick setup and takedown and offers protection for stock in inclement weather while serving lunch hot coffee cigars confectionery and drinks.
Mrs B B Reilly was a Record caller Tuesday. LARSON THE EYE MAN A GOOD MAN TO TIE TO 33 Attorney Earl S Holton and wife were Omaha visitors Monday. Miss Margaret Kelloway of Des Moines spent Sunday in Anita. A large acreage of grain in this vicinity has been threshed from the shock. J W Woodcock and wife have returned from an auto trip through the West. W F E Clark and wife of Menlo were Sunday guests in Anita. Frank W Stager is at Avoca fair this week operating a refreshment stand. Wm B Huff of Wapello Iowa sends $2 for old home paper. Mrs Agnes Alexander and son of Atlantic spent Sunday in Anita at Cole Musick and family. Speeders run thirty miles an hour along Anita’s main street. H W Story and wife of Guthrie Center were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs C G Wycoff. H D Allanson and family L R Goodpasture and Theo B Goodpasture enjoyed a fishing trip this week.
Extreme daytime heat followed by refreshing nighttime showers greatly benefit the corn crop, bringing welcome relief to farmers and boosting yields.
Theo B. Goodpasture has put in first class condition and vastly improved parking around his mother's premises with a notable upgrade to the area.
The Minert Threshing Company disposed of their outfit at a public sale selling the separator shredder and other equipment for a total of 100 dollars.
H. A. Shannon sold a shipment of hogs this week at ten dollars and twenty-five cents per hundred. The strong price is noted as a remedy for unsettled feeling and reflects favorable market conditions.
Chas. Workman and his family expect to depart next week for Hastings Nebraska to visit the families of A. T. Turner and J. E. Perry.
Miss Ethel Erickson of Kirkmen Iowa has been a guest this past week of Misses Russia Harris and Hazel Robertson of Berea Vie'n.
M. C. Hansen and wife along with Chester A. Long and wife left Sunday for Tracey Minnesota to be guests for a week of Mr Long's brother in residence.
Mrs. A. Goodpasture, long in poor health for months, has improved and is able to mingle with friends again.
James Morgan and his two sisters, one from Chicago and one from Wheeling West Virginia, have returned from an auto trip through the western states.
Misses Kathryn and Marguerite Tierney have returned from Colorado Springs and will spend a few weeks at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tierney.
Mrs. Jennie Miller of Omaha has recovered from a serious operation and is back out after several weeks at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs Val Weigand, where she had been staying to recover.
Frank A. East of Boone Iowa and Anita businessman visits family in the city this week. A minor accident occurred Sunday afternoon near Earlham when J W Beaver’s auto met the crash. Leland Taylor stayed with the Van Harris family. Garrett M DeCamp and wife toured Shenandoah and inspected Henry Fields Seed Company premises, an appealing site for lovers of beauty.
The notice lists Mrs. B. B Reilly seeking ironing work at her home. It also reports social visits and travel notes including Edgar Vernon and family from Elli ott visiting Anita, Mrs. A Goodpasture welcoming at the Record office, and other local happenings such as trips to Lake Okoboji and Rock Creek Minnesota. A birth is recorded: Betty Lou born August 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Claire Aldrich.
The ladies of the U B Church at Eureka Center hosted an ice cream social on Tuesday evening. Editor Burt Stone of the Cumberland Enterprise and Mrs. Stone visited in Anita on Saturday. Mrs B B Reilly and family moved from South Anita to the G B Worthing property on Locust Street.
Miss Ermine Brown of Berea has returned from a pleasant vacation spent in the western states, sharing memories of travel and leisure with friends and neighbors.
R. D. Vernon and his wife were recent visitors at the home of their son Edgar Vernon and family in Elliott.
Miss S A Dufford of Hackettstown New Jersey sends a post office order for two dollars to renew a periodical subscription for another year indicating ongoing support and continued readership for the Record.
A compact note discusses a proverb about leaving the table hungry when the food is worth the effort. It reflects on frugality and appetite in old social customs.
Mrs Faye Burkhart was called to Indianola this week by a message informing her of her father's serious illness.
A Missouri editor argues that many men could greatly serve their hometown by leaving it, moving away, and never coming back. The piece frames departure as a civic sacrifice and a call to service for the broader community.
Miss Ida May Voorhees spends a few weeks in Des Moines at the home of her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Twining.
A gathering of the children grandchildren and families of the late Samuel F. Cooper took place at the home of Thos F Cooper in Monroe Iowa reflecting family ties and memory.
Ira R. Orvis of Fontanelle traveled to Anita as a business visitor on Saturday. Ed Stager of Brayton vicinity visited relatives and friends in Anita on Friday.
R L Tilton of Walnut spent Sunday in Anita visiting his father James Sheley, brother Fred M Sheley, and sister in law Mrs C W Clardy.
O. W. Aldrich and wife of Iowa City spend the week in Anita visiting their daughters Mrs. Wayne Bullock and Mrs. D. R. Forshay at their homes.
A resident asserts Anita is a superior place to live and enjoy life, noting its year round vacancies as a minor detail in praising the town.
Mrs. Wm. A. Suplee receives word of her brother's death at his Glendale California home. He was eighty nine years old.
Miss Enid Wagner, guest of relatives and friends in Colorado and Nebraska, returned home Saturday after a very pleasant summer vacation spent visiting family and exploring the region.
The Board of Education of Anita Public Schools plans extensive renovations for the entire building including refinishing floors walls and ceilings before opening day on or about September 1st.
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