Cass County Board approves transmission line and bridge plan
Cass County Iowa Board of Supervisors meets at Atlantic Court House on July 12 1926 with all members present. They grant Mark Hansen permission to erect a transmission line on Chestnut street and authorize letting for a 140 foot steel bridge in Cass Township. Bids on coal are rejected and new coal bids sought from Kentucky coal. The board fixes August 2 1926 for budget hearing and approves budget publication. Quarterly officer reports are approved and bonds authorized.
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Board of Supervisors
Cass County
Iowa
Court House
Atlantic
C. G. Hansen
C. E. Malone
D. J. Bode
H. G. Armentrout
C. A. Zellmer
Chestnut Street
Hansen
Mark Hansen
Cass Township
Armentrout
Bode
Zellmer
Hanser
P /e
F. O
George W. Condon
Cass Coun
Sunday Services With Music and Invitation
Sunday School begins at 10:00 AM and the preaching service at 8:00 PM. Special musical numbers are planned and all are cordially invited to attend.
Greatest 1926 Iowa State Fair and Livestock Show
The fragment points to the 1926 Iowa State Fair and National Livestock Show, billed as the greatest agricultural exposition in North America. It highlights the event's scale and prominence in agricultural circles.
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North America
Burkhart Family Visits Omaha and Anita Dinners
M M Burkhart and family spent Sunday in Omaha with brother Frank W Burkhart and wife enjoying a picnic in a city park. Frank M Burkhart, I B C salesman, visited Anita to handle business and see relatives. The Neighborhood Social Circle held a lawn party at Mrs J M Deeming's home followed by luncheon. Mrs J T Monnig and children travel to ONeill Nebraska and Neola Iowa to visit relatives returning via Omaha.
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M. M. Burkhart
Omaha
Frank W. Burkhart
Frank M. Burkhart
The
International Biscuit Company
Nebraska City
Anita
Esther Vetter
J. M. Deeming
J. T. Monnig
Philip
Mary Modesta
O’niel
Nebraska
Subscriptions Extended as Harvest Season Turns Dry
Uncle Davy Marsh from Arcola Saskatchewan sends a post office order for 2.75 to renew a subscription for another year. He reports wheat is good but oats and barley suffer from dryness and asks for rain as late crops and potatoes need moisture. He notes unusually hot weather in Canada but adds everyone is well.
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Arcola, Sask
Canada
Sherm
Brockman Requests Address Change for The Record
Beatrice Nebraska August 6 1926 letter from B F Brockman asks to move the paper’s address from Route 2 Wy more to 540 West Court Street Beatrice He states he is starting a road selling general groceries for a Cincinnati Ohio wholesale house with Beatrice as headquarters He thanks friends and former neighbors for letters from The Record.
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Wymore
Nebraska
West Court Street
Beatrice
Cincinnati, Ohio
Beatrice, Nebraska
Notice of Appointment in Estate of Richard P Bissell
In the district court of Iowa Cass County administrators Richard N Bissell and Maude E Bissell announce their appointment for the estate of Richard P Bissell Deceased. Creditors are asked to file their claims with the administrators attorney E S Holton by law and for payment. Dated July 24 1926.
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Richard P. Bissell
Cass County
Iowa
A. D
Butler seeks Record address change to new Chicago home
Mrs. Wm. G. Butler requests the Record be mailed to 4139 Ellis Ave, Chicago Illinois. She notes three week delay and misses news from the old hometown.
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Ellis Ave
Chicago
Iinois
Sherm
Wm. G. Butler
Charley Benson Calls for Incentives for Feeders
Chas I Benson, former Anita boy and president of the Drovers' Commission Company in Chicago, declares that packers must offer incentives if cattle feeders across the corn belt are to supply cattle for the next corn crop. Benson, a longtime observer of livestock conditions, shares insights for stock-raisers and shippers.
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Chas, I. Benson
Anita Boy
Drovers’ Commission Company
Chicago
Charley” Benson
Visiting Childhood Scenes in Anita by Gene Eychener
Mrs Gene Eychener formerly Miss Gene Simmons from Anita now living in Omaha spends a week in Anita revisiting old streets friendships and landmarks from her youth with her two sons. The trip by car delights all involved as she notes changes since those early days.
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Gene Eychener
Anita
Omaha
Eychener
Water well yields pure supply on Brownlee farm
L. C. Campbell drilled a well on the S. B. Brownlee farm six miles northeast of Adair. At seventy feet depth he struck a heavy vein of pure water. The water stands at forty five feet and should satisfy the farmer amid dry times.
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L. C. Campbell
S. B. Brownlee
Adair
Miss Lesetta Hereth Returns From Two Week Nebraska Vacation
Miss Lesietta Hereth of the Holton law office arrived home in Wilbur Nebraska after a two weeks vacation spent at her home and other locations in the state.
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Lesetta Hereth
E. S. Holton
Wilbur
Nebraska
Local Society Notes in Anita and Nearby
Mrs. Avery Stephenson visited the Record office Monday as a caller. Mrs. Gena Brown of The Vogue Atlantic spends the week in Anita staying with Bessie Myers Lowell and Mrs. Sherm F. Myers. Edward K. Chord a Columbia Missouri College student vacationing at Camp Knox Kentucky is this week’s guest of his parents Rev and Mrs Robt N Chord in the city.
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Avery Stephenson
Record Office
Gena Brown
Vogue
Atlantic
Anita
Bessie Myers Lowell
Sherm F. Myers
Edward K. Chord
Columbia, Missouri
Camp Knox
Kentucky
Robt. N. Chord
Leased 400 Acre Farm Near Benton Township
Tony Kopp has leased the 400 acre Pratt farm in Benton township and will take possession March 1. Mr. Carter, current occupant, plans to move to Minnesota. Dr. G. M. Adair visited Des Moines Monday. Wm Bangham reports ready blue grass pasture for cattle.
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Bangham
Ee Tony Kopp
W. D. Pratt
Benton Township
Carter
Pratt
Minnesota
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Justice of the Peace
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H. O. Knudson
Highland Chapel
Lawrence E. Baron
Atlantic, Iowa
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Midwest
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Ford Tudor
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Concord Harness
Shaffer & Christensen
King Electric CO
Yours Truly, David Marsh
Ben Brockman
Yours Truly, B. F. Brockman
District Court
State OF
Richard N. Bissell
Maude E. Bissell
Holton
Charley
Des Moines
Larson
the Eye Man
Business and
Connecticut Mutual Life
J. H. Stone
Agt
E. W. Kimpston
P. T. Williams
Red
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Mail
F. M. Alexander
G. M. Adair
H. E. Campbell
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