Anita City Council approves 1928 tax budget in regular meeting
The Anita Iowa town council met August 6 1928 in council chamber with Mayor Monnig and four councilors present. Budget for 1928 taxes accepted and authorized for signature. Bills allowed include services printing supplies and power totaling several hundred dollars. No action on tractors on pavement. Adjournment followed.
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Anita
Iowa
Cass County
Monnig
Koob
Miller
Christensen
Ziegler
Chas. Workman
The
Anita Tribune
W. T. Biggs
Anita Record
Fred Dennison
Frank Bontrager
Wilson Parrott
Andy Boles
J. B. Lewis
Iowa Electric Geomany
F. W. Stager
Peter Scott
C. R. J. & P. Railway Company
Merle Turner
E. M. Wilson
H. Anderson
Walnut Grove Company
Aere McDonald Company
Globe Ikdane & Supply Company
T. Biggs
Bound for the Southland
Chas M Blakesley and wife travel with their son and daughter in law Ed M Blakesley to Belleville Kansas to visit Claude E Blakesley and family then move to Olvey Arkansas to visit Homer E Boatright and family in Anita. If fond of the area they may spend the winter there.
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Chas. M. Blakesley
Ed. M. Blakesley
Belleville
Kansas
Claude E. Blakesey
Olvey
Arkansas
Homer E. Boatright
Rock Island
Anita
C. M Blakesley
Fishs Host Social Evening With Anita Friends
Dr and Mrs W E Fish entertained Tuesday at six o'clock dinner with a group of former Anita residents and friends. Present were Mrs Emily C Townsend Mrs Hattie Russell Miss Margaret Russell of Aberdeen SD Mrs Lena Pratt of Wapello IA Mrs Flora McDermott and son Douglass of West Liberty Mr and Mrs J M Young of the city. The evening featured bridge.
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W. E. Fish
Anita
Emily C. Townsend
Hattie Russell
Margaret Russell
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Lena Pratt
Wapello
Iowa
Flora McDermott
Douglass
West Liberty
J. %. Young
Bridge
Bongers Bros Sale Prices on Household Goods
Sale ad lists monthly discounts on toilet requisites candies household needs stationery rubber goods brushes and sundries at reduced prices from Bongers Bros.
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Bongers Bros
Anita town notes and visiting residents
Barl Brown was a business visitor in Omaha Friday. Mrs Ella Griffith Woods of Chattanooga Tennessee is spending weeks in Anita with her sisters Mrs Chas Regan and Mrs Anna Porch. Mrs Woods a former Anita teacher and daughter of the late Levi H Griffith. Miss Russia Harris, from Des Moines, returns to Anita for a few weeks at her parents home before resuming studies at Cedar Falls Teachers College next year.
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Barl Brown
Omaha
Ella Griffith Woods
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Anita
Chas. Regan
Anna Porch
Woods
Anita Public
Levi H. Griffith
Russia Harris
Des Moines
A. L. Harris
Cedar Falls
Teachers’ Normal School
Family gathering honors visiting sister from Chattanooga
A company of relatives old friends and former neighbors gathered Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Anna Porch to honor her sister Mrs. Ella Woods of Chattanooga Tennessee who is staying a few weeks with the old home folks Luncheon was served by Mrs. Porch and her daughter Miss Mildred
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Anna Porch
Ella Woods
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Miss Anna O'Leary Lewis Visits City Relatives
Miss Anna O Leary Lewis, longtime rural teacher and former Anita girl, spent several years in Washington and Oregon and is now visiting her brother Dennis O Leary and sister Mrs Katie Main in the city for a few weeks.
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Anna O’leary Lewis
Anita
Washington
Oregon
Dennis O'Leary
Katie Main
Pioneering Cass County kin visit remembered elders
Sherm F Myers and Bessie Myers Lowell with son Sherman visited Uncle Dave Tinsley and Aunt Mary Tinsley in Creston. They recalled Cass county pioneers from the 1860s era when settlements were small at Rea son's Stage Station, Turkey Grove, Lewis and Grove City. Dave Tinsley, Civil War veteran, is eighty six. Mary Tinsley is younger and active in aging health.
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Sherm F. Myers
Bessie Myers
Lowell
Sherman
Creston
Dave
Mary Tinsley
Cass County
Reason’s Stage Station
Anita
Turkey Grove
Lewis
Grove City
Dave Tinsley
Mary
Welcome visit from Mrs. Alice Smith in Fort Dodge
Mrs. Alice Smith of Fort Dodge spent last week in the city as a welcome guest of her sisters and brother Mrs. Mattie Jenkins Miss Bessie Kirkham and John Kirkham.
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Alice Smith
Fort Dodge
City
Mattie Jenkins
Bessie Kirkham
John Kirkham
Plan of Week-Day Religious Education
The piece argues that character must be built during childhood through steady religious instruction. It emphasizes moral and spiritual formation as foundational, with church and school cooperating to instill Bible-based principles as children grow toward life work. Rev. Levi P. Goodwin of Shenandoah, Iowa, advocates a weekday religion program.
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Levi P. Goodwin
M. E. Church
Shenandoah
Iowa
Former Anita Boy in City Visits Family in Anita
Dr Walter Hook Scholl and wife and their children Miss Sophia Kate and Tickie Jr of Linton Indiana spend a week in Anita visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Chas Scholl and other relatives. The Doctor now practices in Linton and is well regarded. He predicts Herbert Hoover will win the November presidential election by a large margin.
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Walter Hook Scholl
Sophia Kate
Herbert Hoover
United States
Former Polk deputy sheriff visits Anita after trip to Clarinda
Former Polk county deputy sheriff Jud Scovil and wife Mrs. Scovel with daughter Mildred stop in Anita on return from Clarinda where he escorted an insane patient to the state hospital. Scovil, a Casa county alumnus and son of early Lincoln township residents, has long served Sheriff Park A. Findley. He recently had a dangerous encounter with a shooting suspect, a bullet denting his watch.
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Jud’ Scovil
Polk County
Anita
Clarinda
State Hospital
Scovel
Mildred
Sheriff Park A. Findley
W H M Society Meeting Notices September Dues Day
The Women s Home Missionary Society of the M E church met at Mrs F A Black s home for devotions business and a lesson. Plans for altruistic work were discussed and refreshments served. The next meeting on September 13 will include a covered dish dinner at six in the church dining room and a program to follow.
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Women’s Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
F. A. Black
Home From Pleasure Trip
Attorney E. S. Holton and wife and Miss Lesetta Hereth returned Friday from a pleasure and sight seeing trip by auto through the eastern states including Boston New York City and Washington D C and many other places of interest. They traveled over four thousand miles and met dirt roads only between Anita and Dexter with the rest on gravel or paving.
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E. S. Holton
Lesetta Hereth
Boston
New York City
Washington, D. C
Holton
Anita
Dexter
Notes From Lincoln Center Transients and family visits
Acker and wife transacted business in Atlantic Friday afternoon. Pollock and wife spent Sunday at the James Kitchen home. Aggen family hosted Valley Junction relatives. Malcolm Pollock visited his uncle Clyde Pollock. Marllda Liston injured her collarbone falling from a tricycle. Marie Borth visited her Atlantic relatives. Edna McCrory stayed with grandparents in Atlantic during illness. Helping Hand Club met at Mrs. Cecil Scholl's for quilting and luncheon. Frederick Baier injured his foot with a rusty wire. tetanus shot given and he recovered after illness.
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Clyde Pollock
James Kitchen
Atlantic
Edna McCrory
Cecil Scholl
Frederick Baier
Herman Baier
Reed Family Celebrates Mother's Fifty Third Birthday
Daughters of Mrs. D C Reed reunited after fifteen years at the Reed home in South Anita to honor her fifty third birthday with a bountiful orchard meal. Tokens of love and esteem were given, and twenty one grandchildren joined the celebration as group photos were taken. Attendees included Mrs. Fred Aiken Newton Iowa Mr P T Jones OxKaloosa Iowa Mr and Mrs James Cooper Corning Iowa Mrs Nellie Bell Anita Mrs Dwight Reeves Mr Etna Mr and Mrs FB C Ellsworth Corning Mr and Mrs D E Hadley Corning Elizabeth Peterson Corning Vernon Boswell Oska loosa Harry and Raymond Reed Anita.
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D. C. Reed
South Anita
Happy Company
Pessie Myers Lowell
Fred Aiken Newton
Iowa
P. T. Jones
Oxskaloosa
James Cooper
Corning
Nellie Bell
Anita
Dwight Reeves
Etna
FB. C. Ellsworth
D. E. Hadley
Elizabeth Peterson
Vernon Boswell
Oskaloosa
Harry and
Raymond Reed
Well Known Lady Passes In Iowa at Ninety
Helen Quigley daughter of Samuel and Mrs Quigley was born Romulous New York November 3 1842 and died August 8 1928 at her daughter Anna Forsythe home in Anita Cass county Iowa at age 85 years 9 months 5 days from complications of a fractured hip after a fall New York based Dockstader Civil War veteran husband died years ago now buried Wiota Cemetery Survived by daughter and grandson Harold Anderson of Anita Funeral August 9 at 2 30 PM Roland Peacock Baxter Atlantic burial Wiota cemetery Rev M J O Connor conducted services Pallbearers Ernest Burke Dennis Pearce George Smither James Jordan Samuel Wood Clarence Robinson of Wiota
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Helen Quigley
Samuel Quigley
Romulous
New York
Anna Forsythe
Anita
Cass County
Iowa
Dockstader
Wiota
Ernest Burke
Dennis Pearce
Geo. Smither
James Jordan
Samuel Wood
Clarence Robinson
Card of Thanks for Mrs Helen Dockstater
The Forsythe and Anderson families express gratitude for the beautiful flowers music use of cars and other kindnesses shown during illness and after the death of their mother and grandmother.
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Helen Dockstader
Anna Forsythe
Harold Anderson
Ziegler’s Office Robbed of 135 Dollars
Attorney H P Ziegler found his office unlocked Saturday afternoon and discovered a thief had entered and taken 135 dollars from the safe. A clue was left at the scene, and police expect a quick development unless the money is returned.
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H. P. Ziegler
Cooper and wife visit Nichols kin in city
J. B. Cooper and his wife of Nichols Iowa spent last week in the city at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W T Slater and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lantz. Mrs Slater is Mrs Coopers sister.
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J. B. Cooper
Nichols
Iowa
W. T. Slater
Raymond Lantz
Cooper
Slater
Massena Fisherman Heads to Minnesota for Rest and Recreation
Wray Wilson of Massena was in the city Saturday en route to northern Minnesota for several weeks of fishing and leisure, pursuing a well earned rest.
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Wray Wilson
Massena
Minnesota
Congregational Church Notes Highlight Service and Events
Miss Leora Miars leads a church week with Bible School at 10 AM and services at 11 AM 7 PM and 8 PM. The Ladies Aid holds a quilting day with a 25 cent dinner Reuters note: The Lost Word reading by Mrs Ella Biggs was presented Sunday morning. The Intermediates plan a Sunday evening dramatization The Garden Scene.
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Bible School
Ella Biggs
van Dyke
More
Ladies’ Aid Society
Leora Miars
Old Civil War Vet John C Kelley Remains Confined at Home
Eighty three year old veteran John C Kelley remains ill at home on East Main Street after a recent operation. Dr H E Campbell reports the patient resting easy but in serious condition following the procedure.
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John C. Kelley
East Main Street
H. E. Campbell
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Soldiers’ Reunion
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Conn Alto Saxophone
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Lowa
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the Atlantic Laundry
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Anita Boy
W. H. M. Society
Lincoln Center
A. M. Acker
Henry Aggen
Valley Junction
Malcolm Pollock
Mrs
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Chas. Borth
Helen Quigley Dockstader
Atlantic, Iowa
P. T. Williams
J.H. Stone
C. H. Johnson
Kodak Films
Kodaks
Mail
F. M. Alexander
Atlantic Auto
R. E. McFarland
P. O
Earl S. Lolton
Harold P. Ziegler
Campbell Building
Masonic Temple
C. E. Harry
G. M. Adair
Citizens’ State Bank
Earl C. Montgomery
Fulton Block
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