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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
5
Des Moines lawyer Stults son of Wiota physician visits town in support of a wholesale drug house. Mrs N D Chinn visiting Spokane son F C Chinn and family will return from Des Moines. D C Reed reports son Tom, once with Overland Auto, is in New Zealand making return plans uncertain.
Notice to gasoline and oil consumers in Anita. New local station manager promises delivery anywhere in town and tributary territory, with prompt phone orders. Also mentions Miss Anna O'Leary's week in Des Moines before resuming duties in Orient, Washington schools.
Frank W Luxford and W F Edwards served as record callers Thursday. Walter Faulkner of Milwaukee visited his ill brother D W Faulkner in Anita this past week. Faulkner has prior ties to Anita. W E Kelloway B D and D R Forshay families returned from Lake Okoboji after a two week visit. Byron notes northern Iowa crops are good though corn deteriorates south of Audubon county. Cass county tends to act up about once in twenty years.
Nelse Johnson of Atlantic and family visited the RECORD office last week and announced they will move into the Carl Carson property in Anita, taking possession around September 1 after selling their current home. Also noted is Dr C V Beaver’s return from a trip to California with visits to Orland and Montana relatives.
E S Wolfer orders furnaces for W D Pratt Mrs J F Robison and Mrs Eli King. Clyde Smithy invites Doc Becker to thresh and he arrives ready to work with an appetite. Berea faces an ice famine as the corn crop loss remains uncertain until harvest.
Mrs Hazel Scott served as RECORD caller Friday. Ray Millhollin writes home confirming safe arrival overseas. Thomas E Carey and wife visited Anita and nearby for relatives. Anita faces an ice famine, urgent for ice. A son of Geo Pawley is under Dr R A Becker care. BE Hulton and wife went to Red Oak for business and visiting friends. L R Galiher and H H Graham toured Greenfield for business. Senator J C Voorhees plans a modern house on his west farm Peters homestead bought from George Kohl. Simon Neilson and wife returned to Anita after three months near Atlantic. Charles H Graham renews RECORD subscription for Private George L Parkinson at Camp Pike Arkansas.
Miss Helen Dinsmore made the REC ORD pleasant call Thursday. Sherm S. Winchell spent a very pleasant week among old neighbors and friends in Anita and vicinity. Mrs. A. L. Turner renews her home paper subscription yearly and we thank her. B. F. Swartz renewed for his brother Jacob Swartz of Kewaunee Illinois. Ed Johnson and sister Anna returned from a pleasant visit with relatives at Sioux Rapids Iowa.
Harry E. Baker subscribes to the Record. J. W. Long and wife of Des Moines visited their son C. A. Long and family. Janie Brown was a RECORD caller Thursday. Minnesota reports heavy rain. Lulu Gotsche of Manning stayed with sisters Dr. G. M. Adair and B. D. Forshay. Jared Blattner stayed with son Ernie in South Dakota where crops look good.
A round of small town events includes Cochran family auto trip to Waterloo on Sunday. Stone Myers and Lowell visit Atlantic to see a show. J W Butler reports a RECORD caller from Berea. Eller Husman welcomes a baby boy born August 6 with mother and baby well. Editor reads eastern papers mailed by Mrs Philco. Karns family leaves for a pleasure trip to eastern Iowa with several stops, returning to visit relatives. A barn on West Main in Anite is to be torn down to reuse lumber on a farm barn. Selah Hendricks visits Ames while awaiting W F Hendricks State College training and possible overseas deployment. Cumberland Enterprise.
Irene Lucile, baby girl, was born August 8 to Mr. and Mrs. £ J Moore. The professional card for R L Sheeler, Chiropractor, appears in today's RECORD. George Biggs completed work at Uncle Abe's Lincoln township farm and is back in the Fullerton lumber yards for the winter.
Mrs Jennie Martin returns from Wyoming visit. Isa Brown suffers tonsillitis under Dr R A Becker care. The Epworth League social at Mr and Mrs Frank Howards last Thursday drew a large crowd and reports a general good time.
Miss Emily Bailey came back last week from a pleasant visit with relatives and friends in Chicago. M. C. Hutchinson and his wife were summoned to Neponset Illinois last week due to the death of a near relative Mrs T H Rogers. They were accompanied by her two daughters Mrs Bertha Mueller and Nettie Schloffeldt who traveled from Walnut and spent the day last Friday before returning in the evening.
I have moved my business from the Anita Produce Company office to L. B. Trumbull's office first building north of the Citizens Savings Bank. I will continue to pay the highest market price for hides and furs in season. If you lose a horse or cow call 209 or 276 for removal. 27-If F. H. KNOWLTON.
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