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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
8
The M E church discusses temperance with a paper by Mrs B Wilbourne read by her father. Rev J G Walz of Des Moines will lead quarterly conference with communion and baptism on Sunday. he will speak in Keystone Park on The Supreme Element of Life. H H King, Pastor.
The Kansas City Weekly Star and the Anita Record advertise a one year subscription for a dollar fifty in a two week limited time offer. The promotion emphasizes low cost access to both publications.
In the District Court of Cass County Iowa Hattie Rule sues Edward Rule for divorce custody of minor Gertrude R Rule claims desertion over two years. If Edward does not answer by Sept 23 1913 a default will be entered. Bryant & Bryant attorneys for plaintiff.
Mrs. Walter Hoek was officially notified of her election as Delegate from the district to the State Rebekah Assembly in Fort Dodge on October 21. The Anita Rebekah Lodge prides itself on this honor, with Mother Hook as the chosen representative. Ralph Walter and Miss Maudie Hefler, children of the Hefler family formerly of Anita now residing in Boone, Iowa, are visiting relatives in Anita.
A heavy rain over Sunday and Monday saved crops and eased drought concerns in the local area. Report notes the downpour was welcomed as a season-saving event for farmers and gardens alike.
J. H. Hess and wife of Grand Ridge Illinois send two postcards to the Record editor. One shows the father and his two year old children, the other features the Hess home and its matron in Grand Ridge. Mrs. Hess is the daughter of A. J. Joy and wife of the city.
Miss Edna Worthing returned to Anita from a West trip and spoke Sunday at the Congregational Church about her California journey and the World's Convention of Christian Endeavorers in Los Angeles. The gathering drew over ten thousand delegates from forty seven states and many foreign countries and Canada. She then left Monday for Denver to spend winter with her sister Mrs Elma James.
A letter expresses hope Anita might secure a World’s Fair and asks for a cor poral’s guard of Atlantic citizens to attend briefly. It humorously condemns greed and selfishness in neighborhood sociability while praising local hospitality and community spirit.
E M Blakesley and wife along with M C Hansen and wife will depart around September 1 in the Blakesley car for a two week pleasure tour to Colorado. Denver will be their base with excursions to Boulder Loveland Fort Collins and Thompson Canyon. They also plan a drive along the famed Moffitt Road to sample scenery and roadside views during the journey.
The west bound local to Anita carried hundreds of Atlantic circus patrons with only one extra coach. All seats filled, many passengers crowded in aisles and on platforms. The writer condemns Rock Island for gross neglect and demands better passenger care.
A series of storm losses reported Sunday night and Monday include a barn struck by lightning near Anita owned by Ed Cihak and contents insured. Wm Haines hay, harnesses, and farm implements destroyed. Henry Kuehen loses a brood mare. Martin and Nelson Rice lose a horse each. Karns loses a heifer. Mike Sorrenson one heifer. Louis Pieper two sheep. Avtar Rockman straw stack destroyed. D Wortman loses several oat stacks. Insurance payouts noted for some losses.
A speaker Prof Woodruff advocates consolidating several rural districts with a town school to form a larger district. The plan would transport rural pupils, allow a bigger teaching staff, and keep farm families on their land while improving educational facilities. It aims to bond town and country communities with no extra cost.
No service was held in the park last Sunday evening due to threatening weather. The electric lights failed but no rain fell. Next Sunday evening Rev J G Walz, the Presiding Elder of the United Evangelical Church,will speak on The Supreme Element of Life.
At the Commercial Club meeting the Cass County Veterans Association was invited to hold the 1914 reunion in Anita. A committee was formed to raise funds if needed. Judge Sears and Abe Biggs will represent Anita at the Lewis meeting to extend the invitation. It is hoped Meade Post members and local veterans will attend Lewis next week with a large booster delegation.
The piece reflects on two recent baseball games involving Anita and Atlantic, noting confusion and an uneasy response. The author opts to treat the incidents as closed, avoids further commentary, and requests restraint amid discomfort and heat.
D. R. Forshay and his wife will spend a week or ten days at Lake Okoboji. Mrs. Laura Buerken, who has been with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Row for two months, returned this morning to her home near Anderson Missouri.
The north wall under the Clarence Hedges barn near Anita collapsed after a dry spell, a forty by eight foot section failing in recent days. Authorities suspect extreme weather weakened the structure leading to the failure.
Mrs. R S Holton suffered a deep cut on her arm when a large broken glass piece in her door fell out at her home. Dr G M Adair was summoned and dressed the wound.
Mrs A L Millhollin will hold a public sale of household furniture at the Millhollin residence in Anita on Saturday August 16th at 2 30 PM. Every article offered for sale is in good condition.
Ralph Langley and Miss Lou Pegan arrived Saturday evening from Kansas City and stayed several days with the Teese family. They traveled in a 60 Overland without accident or mishap.
H F Wilson and his wife from Milo Missouri stay in the city visiting Mrs. Wilsons uncle Carl D Millard. Mrs Wilson is former Miss Ada Woods daughter of T J Woods longtime county resident before moving to Missouri.
For sale or trade a seven passenger Speedwell car in perfect running order and good condition with two bodies. Cash sale or trade for stock. Contact Nelse Jensen at 203 Anita Avenue, Iowa. Phone 202.
Miss Anna O Leary has spent weeks with the John MacDonald family at Lake Arthur Louisiana and is now visiting the Shaver family of Adair in Tulsa Oklahoma. She plans to pass through Lincoln Omaha and Council Bluffs on the way home and expects to reach Anita next week.
Miss Phyllis Henry celebrated her eighth birthday with twenty young friends at her home on August 8. The girls enjoyed ice cream cake and gum from three to five o clock and posed for photographs taken by Miss Harriet Ilts before leaving.
W. K. Carey and wife returned Saturday evening from a trip through northern Iowa and Minnesota reaching Winnipeg. They met former local residents W. H. Pearson and family in Madison Minnesota who are now in the hotel business and prospering. Carey reports crops along the route in good condition.
J L Stalcup received word of a serious accident in Des Moines where Eva Weatherly’s son Baby Joe was run over by a car. He suffered broken legs and internal injuries. Mrs Weatherly’s sister Mrs Stalcup hurried to Des Moines to assist.
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