Unclaimed Purses and Items Stored at La Salle Station
Scores of unclaimed purses and other baggage fill the Rock Island Lines Lost and Found room at La Salle Station Chicago. Trainmen sent in the items from across the system and some contain money. The collection includes baby carriages and tricycles as well as suitcases and trunks. Owners may claim them or they will be auctioned to the highest bidder this fall if not called for.
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F. C. Francis
Rock Island Lines
la Salle Station
Chicago
Rock Island
Min
Andy
Massena Opens New Town Pump and Deep Well
Massena unveiled a new town pump set in a sixty seven foot well near Councilman E J Davis place. Lewis Campbell of Anita drilled the well starting about eight in the morning and by night the water stood 35 feet from the top. The pump was installed Monday and is already attracting many patrons. Campbell offers to locate additional wells that could supply twenty thousand gallons a day for a water works plant if contracted.
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Massena
Lewis Campbell
Anita
E. J. Davis
S. D. Wyckoff
Lew
Munger Rancho
Texas
Echo
Massena Echo
Safe crossing speed urged by New York judge
Supreme Court Justice Charles C. Van Kirk of the New York appellate division warns motorists to slow approach at crossings. He states the safe limit is the speed allowing a driver to stop before the track when a train is near enough to threaten a crossing, and that looking is useless when visibility is obstructed.
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Supreme Court
Chas. C. van Kirk
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of the State of
State fair draws large Iowa youth groups and events
Iowa boys and girls plan to attend the state fair in force this year led by club leaders at Iowa State College. The annual baby beef show is slated to return and gun safety work is expected to see the fastest growth in the clubs, reflecting shifting emphasis.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Weather Prophets Clash Over August Faithful Forecasts
Competing forecasters dispute August outlooks with some predicting unusually damp skies and others insisting on a very dry month. The debate echoes past trips noted by Ames Shapmen to the South, who described conditions as exceptionally dry.
State fair draws large delegations from across Iowa
Good roads and favorable weather will bring large delegations from every community to attend the Iowa State Fair.
Anita Iowa City Council Votes to Rebake Double Taxation
The Town of Anita Iowa council met with Mayor Campbell and councilmen Campbell Shaffer and Slater present. Assessor Clark reported paying double taxation and the board moved to urge the supervisors to rebate taxes on his monies and credits. Bills listed and approved include charges to W H Rhoads J Mallory G B Shelley and many local suppliers and services. The meeting adjourned with absent councilors Holton and Burke.
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Anita
Iowa
Campbell
Shaffer
Slater
Burke
Hol
Clark
Board of Supervisors
Aye—— Campbell
Burke and
Holton
W. H. Rhoads
J. Mallory
G. B. Shelley
W. T. Slater
Peter Scott, Jr
A. E. Lougher
Iowa Electric Co
FE. Burke
W. Heckman
Chas. Campbell
O. W. Shaffer
E. S. Holton
J. B. Lewis
Rural Tel. Co
Walnut Grove Co
Bi-Soda
Farreers Coveperetive Co
M. Wilbourn
Anita Plumbing Co
Geo. Bigws, Estaty
James Rose
O. W
Meritorious Service Note for Homer E Boatright
The Rock Island Magazine commends Homer E Boatright station agent for the Missouri & North Arkansas Railway for discovering a dragging brake beam on an east bound extra at Wheatley Arkansas. Boatright has long served the Rock Island System on west Iowa lines and recently accepted his current post.
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Rock Island
Rock Isand Magazine
Homer E. Boatright
Wheatley
Arkansas
Homer
Missouri & North Arkansas Railway
Boatright
West Iawa
Anita
President Harding Dead and a Nation in Mourning
The article marks the sudden death of President Harding, praising his life and achievements. It frames him as a friend to all people and notes the edition contains an epitomized tribute drawn from dispatches of the day.
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Harding
Fernest Stone Returns Home From Visit to South Dakota
Fernest A. Stone returned to Andover, South Dakota, on Thursday after a pleasant week with his parents A. B. Stone and wife. He was joined by his sister Mins Bernice, who will stay until September to begin teaching at Stuart schools.
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Fernest A. Stone
Andover
South Dakota
A. B. Stone
Mins Bernice
Stuart
Families vacation at Lake Okobaji cottage stay
Wayne Bullock A S Walker and W E Kelloway with their families spend a week at Lake Okoboji occupying the B D Forshay cottage at the popular pleasure resort.
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Wayne Bullock
A. S. Walker
W. E. Kelloway
Lake Okobeji
B. D. Forshay
Man Attempts Suicide After Family Troubles Near Eureka Center
Fred Mearke aged 49 of Hadley farm west of Eureka Center attempted to end his life by swallowing lye on Thursday evening. Mentally unbalanced and worried about finances, he left seven children after his wife died two years ago. He was taken to Iowa City for treatment earlier and later commanded his son to fetch a gun. After lye ingestion he was sent to Clarinda for treatment following evaluation by Greenfield insane commissioners.
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Fred Mearke
Hadley Farm
Eureka Center
Iowa City
Audubon
Adair
Board of Insane Commissioners
Greenfield
Clarinda
Fontanelle
No Time Like the Present Overhauls Heating Plant
Anita Plumbing and Heating Co promotes furnace and heating system upgrades with a call to action and a contact number 147 or 37 for quotes and service.
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Anita Plumbing & Heating Co
Summer and Winter Specials in Rexall Store Ad
August sale at Rexall Store offers factory to you specials for summer and winter items. Continued rains threaten grain in shock, risking damage and possible total loss to large acreage still standing in fields.
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Rexall
Iowa's ten worst weeds listed by state legislation
Dr. L. H. Pammel of Iowa State College says controlling weed seeds is key. The article lists quack grass smooth dock buckhorn wild parsnip horse nettle velvet weed as Iowa's problem species and urges seed formation prevention to curb regrowth.
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Iowa
Family letters and crop notes from upstate visit
W. C. Trego returned Monday evening from Waterloo where he stayed with his son for several weeks. Uncle Watson's trip reached the extreme northern tier counties and he reports crops looking fine after a recent heavy rain that arrived just in time to prevent corn damage.
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W. C. Trego
Waterloo
Watson
One New Wind Mill Offered At Six Five Cash
A single forty foot steel windmill tower with an eight foot Samson wheel is offered for sixty five dollars cash. Hardware deal current with R L Robinson Hardware Co. Also promoting a fifty cent noon lunch at The New Calumet Cafe near Whitney's Bank in Atlantic.
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Tf R. L. Robinson Hardware Co
New Calumet Cafe
Whitney’s Bank
Atlantic
Lawyer E S Holton Practices In All Courts
Chas Crolly of Massena vicinity was a business visitor in Anita Monday. Buy Binding Twine The Plymouth Standard at 27 The Farmers Coop. When buying binding twine, give your order for the Plymouth Standard recognized nationwide as the best. Place your order with 27 The Farmers Coop.
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Chas. Crolly
Massena
Anita Monday
Plymouth
Fiery Cross Burning Allegations Stir Cumberland Community
The Cumberland Enterprise reports residents in Anita Atlantic Griswold Lewis and Cass county areas witnessing multiple infernos of a fiery cross. The paper notes the cross is a warning to law breakers and asserts no immediate need to burn at Cumberland while calling residents law abiding.
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Anita
Atlantic
Griswold
Lewis
Cass County
Cumberland
Cumberland Enterprise
Stopping the Speeders in Anita City
Anita city marshal has spent two weeks rounding up speeders who exceeded the speed limit on the new pavement. The town is several dollars ahead from fines collected by the speed ordinance enforcement.
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Anita
Adair News
For Sale Twenty Tons of Hard Coal
Holmes Lumber Co offers twenty tons of hard coal for sale while it lasts. The coal is described as good and priced at 121 dollars.
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Holmes Lumber CO
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City Council
Council Chamber
City of Anita
United States
Des Moines
Special
Anita Marble & Granite Works
A. F. Choate
R. L. Robinson
Irving-Newkirk Welding
East Third Street
Atlantic, Iena
Fullerton Lumber CO
Hamilton
America
T. & T. Gift Shop
Atlantic, Iowa
Rexall Drug Store
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