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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
5
Local notice from J A Irving announces a newly completed elevator in Anita ready for business with plans to pay top market prices for grain and to maintain supply of coal. He seeks public patronage and invites deliveries and coal orders, thanking past supporters. Other notes mention subscriptions, events, and local happenings.
The Massena Echo office prints the premium list for the Massena District Fair while local items mention Geo Herrick’s move to Bridgewater for a few weeks, Anita baseball links with Preston, and local ads offer one year subscriptions to Anita RECORD and Iowa Homestead at $1.50.
G. W. Marsh, a route 1 carrier, takes his annual vacation and Mrs. Marsh fills in by serving patrons with mail matter.
The Anita Record and the Kansas City Weekly Journal announce a nationwide one year subscription rate of $1.50 to any address in the United States. The offer emphasizes affordability and broad delivery.
Weather over the past four weeks required constant sprinkling of the streets to control dust. The extended dry spell prompted city crews to spray regularly to prevent airborne dust from impacting visibility and health.
A northern Iowa editor apparently took his life in the basement of his office last week, with officials citing poor health as the presumed motive. The tragedy underscores concerns over editorial pressures and personal wellbeing in small-town journalism.
Rumors of a domestic dispute in the community surface, suggesting a possible move to divorce court as tensions rise and neighbors discuss the potential outcome.
Buy early and you will have it when you need it at Holmes Lumber Yard offering Pitston hard coal for prompt pickup.
The law banning children under fifteen from operating automobiles took effect July 4 and is being strictly enforced across the state.
Miss Gwendolyn Lougher of Adair, a former Anita public school teacher, will move to Cody Wyoming to take a position for the upcoming school year.
The Greenfield Press reports an elderly single man in Greenfield who allowed a young Gypsy fortune teller to take a ten dollar bill by claiming she could read his future. The incident highlights a local con as the man was deceived by the fortune telling act.
G H Stoffs visited Des Moines yesterday. Mrs L D White was in Omaha last week. P S Kelloway of Adair called on Monday. O W Wheatley visited Omaha Saturday. Lee Peterson went to Des Moines on business Monday. Dr Roy Lantz came from Extra Saturday evening. GGlen Holmes of Guthrie Center was in town Tuesday. W P Swelley family spent Sunday in Atlantic. Andrew Maline visited city with daughters Sunday. Miss Louise Dittman returned from Stuart Sunday morning. Mrs J D Peterson returned from Maine Saturday evening. Mrs D D Morgan came home from Atlantic Saturday evening. Mrs Henry McDermott and daughter visiting in Des Moines. Miss Wilmanetie Holmes was a carrier at the RECORD office Saturday. Mrs R C Rasmussen and son Harold spent Sunday in Atlantic. Miss Charlotte Holmes called at RECORD office Monday. H K Bissell of Massena was in the city Tuesday en route to Atlantic. Mrs J W Long went to Van Meter Monday to visit relatives a few days. Miss Edna Pieper has gone to Jamaica to visit sister Mrs Bruce White.
Miss Leila Hendricks went to Casey Saturday evening to spend a few days with friends.
John Steinmetz and his family spent Sunday in the city at the home of P. E. Voorhees and his wife.
A. H. Steinmetz and his wife and their daughter Mrs. Billy Elery spent Sunday in Atlantic City visiting relatives and enjoying the seaside.
Emma and Minnie Lester were Sunday visitors with relatives and friends at Massena, sharing time with local family members and neighbors.
Mrs. Mary Jane Roush of Atlantic spent Sunday night and Monday with A. H. Steinmetz and his wife.
B F Simpson and wife visited the city Tuesday and traveled to Atlantic with W K Carey and wife. Ed Hansen of Coon Rapids is visiting Anita area with relatives. Chas Ellis and wife of Maine were Sunday guests of G F Hayter and wife, sisters. J C Meace and family from Peru Iowa spent a few days with Col and Mrs A G Todhunter. A E Reason and wife of Maine came by car Saturday evening and stayed Sunday.
Mrs Levi Rinehart and her daughter Mrs Morris Creer of Victor Iowa were guests last week of their aunt and cousin Mrs G F Hayter.
Mrs. Geo. Walker and her daughter Miss Hilma visit Prairie City guests of Mrs. Walker’s uncle John S. Hunter and his wife during a family stay with relatives.
Mrs. E. W. Holmes returned Saturday evening from a visit with her son Clifford and family at Hartford Iowa. She also spent a few days with friends at Cambridge.
Mrs Nancy Elliott and her daughter spent the past week with her brother W F Kirkham and family and returned to Des Moines on Saturday evening.
Fred Hansen travels to Omaha this week to purchase a car load of young cattle, aiming to boost his herd and farming operations. He plans to inspect stock and negotiate prices with dealers.
Tuesday evening featured communications of Obedience Lodge No. 650 A F and A M with members gathering for ritual or business as recorded in the local notice. The snippet records a Masonic lodge event in the community newspaper and reflects routine fraternal activity.
J W Berry, father of Mrs J D Peterson, has been ill for a week at his Marne residence.
Opinion notes gradual price declines may bring autos within reach for more families if downward trend continues. Authors warn factors like supply and demand and inflation influence affordability.
The Rec ORD notes it goes into more homes in Anita and surrounding areas than any other Cass County paper, underscoring its dominant local reach and influence.
A lost automobile hood is reported between Anita and Atlantic. Finder should leave it at the RECORD office in Anita or the News Telegraph office in Atlantic.
International Dip. Work one to one hundred and one gallon sells for one hundred cents for sale by 3011 Clyde H Bowen.
A new congressional law designates shooting wild geese as a crime with a $100 fine and up to ninety days in jail for violators.
The Record editor might be persuaded to learn swimming by instruction that avoids entering the water, implying a novel approach to mastering the sport.
If the Great White Way and the River to River roads receive all promised benefits, the resulting celebration will be widespread and vociferous, with voices heard from one end of the lines to the other.
The nine year old son of Earl Godanour sustained a broken arm last Thursday. An anaesthetic was required for reduction. Dr. H. E. Campbell served as attending surgeon with Dr. G. M. Adair assisting.
Supplies of parcel post stamps were discarded by a department order and are now used as regular postage for all mail types until exhausted.
J B Timmons is raising a two story 28 by 30 foot house on his Menlo farm lauded as among Guthrie County best. H R Bundy advertises well work and well refitting services. A large auto with four Chicago men bound for California passed Anita.
A promotional coal dealer boasted multiple daily sales last week, while Ernest Wade, Rock Island Section foreman, now tours with a gasoline powered car on his line. L. R. Galiher & Co. won the contract to drill a deep well on the Rice farm east of Massena, with W. P. Swelley in charge. The RECORD editor notes a calm Friday evening in the company of Mrs. H. E. Boatright and Miss Laura Smith of Des Moines.
Judging by the steady flow of autos passing through Anita daily, both east and west, tourists are turning the Great White Way into a popular travel route.
Mrs J W Martin, visiting the city and nearby for a few weeks, expects to travel to Oklahoma soon to attend to business interests in that state.
A youth who claimed deafness and muteness conducted an extended tour of the business district Monday soliciting money from one cent upward as far as donors would give.
The Rock Island Railway Company remains the target of frequent local lawsuits alleging delay in stock shipments.
Miss Maudie Harris, who has visited the families of her uncles A. L. Harris Thos Harris and Alex Harris and stayed with Mrs J L Stalcup, returned Thursday to her home in Union Nebraska.
The Rock Island operated a special train from Atlantic to Lewis last Sunday to serve spectators of the Anita versus Atlantic ball game. Departed at 10:00 and returned to Atlantic at 6:00.
W. W. Kirkpatrick of the Highland area served a record number of eating apples to the office force on Friday and reported crop prospects still good though rain is badly needed.
Fred Exline resigns from his position at the Grace meat market. John Grace finalizes decision to assume the duties and will take over the role.
The Board of Supervisors employed a new county engineer at a salary of $150.00 per month and Henry Heaton was retained as assistant.
J. H. Aldrich and his wife expect the pleasure of a visit from their daughters Mrs. O W Dufford of Elgin Utah and Mrs. E G Davies of Washington in the near future.
Miss Laura Smith of Des Moines stayed with Mrs. H. E. Boatright and friends last week. She returned home Saturday with Miss Anne May Boatright who will visit for a few days.
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