Narrow Escape When Cars Meet Tuesday Evening
A hay load left on a public highway two miles south of Anita caused a collision between Edwin Garside’s Chevrolet and a Baker sedan carrying Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Crum and two children from Bedford Iowa. Garside suffered a deep forehead cut and minor injuries while all Crum occupants were unhurt. No lights were at the hay location.
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Anita
W. H. Egan
Edwin Garside
J. M. Garside
Garside
Studebaker
W. E. Crum
Bedford
Iowa
Crum
Shaffer & Christensen
Returns From Kansas Travel Highlights Farm Interests
W S Reed and wife return from an auto trip to Garden City and other Kansas points while tending farm interests near Rocks. They meet Galatia residents Mr and Mrs John Wade and their three daughters. John Wade hopes to escape Iowa hay fever. Kansas crop prospects are unflattering and Nebraska corn may not yield fodder.
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W. S. Reed
Garden City
Kansas
Rocks
Galatia
John Wade
John
Iowa
Nebraska
Fines for Those Who Don't Stop Ordinance in Anita
Anita city enforces Ordinance No. 69 designating streets as boulevards and arterials. Violators face fines from one to one hundred dollars, plus costs, and up to thirty days in jail.
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Anita
Miss Bernice Kirkham Visits Anita After Health Recovery
Miss Bernice Kirkham daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm F Kirkham of Anita Illinois spent a few days at her home northeast of Anita on a brief vacation. She is entering her third year as Advisor of Fulton County Home Bureau at Canton Illinois cooperating with the US Department of Agriculture and the University of Illinois. She is rapidly regaining her former good health after a major operation several months ago.
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Bernice Kirkham
Wm. F. Kirkham
Anita
Fulton County Home Bureau
Canton
Illinois
U.S. Department of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Miss Kirkham
W. T. U. Elects Officers At Anita Meeting
The W C T U met Tuesday at the M E parsonage. Officers for the year were elected with a vice president from each Anita church. A Behelt spoke on rapebense. Music included a piano solo by Maurine Turner. Next meeting advised at Mrs Homer Kirkham home with Stone and Aldrich on the program committee.
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M. E
Anita
A. B. Stone
Congregational
Fred Ditman
Methodist
Almira Rickel
The
Christian
Deski V. Behelt
Maurine Turner
C. M. Vohs
Homer Kirkham
W. O. Aldrich
Jeanette McEldowney
Jennie Overmier
Big Wiota Friday Plan a Community Day Program
Wiota I C O F lodge No 348 announces a Friday community event with Mike Metz presiding. The day features concerts by the Norway band, a parade, races and games, contests for all ages, a baseball game town vs county, and an evening dance with prizes for the most attractive couple.
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Wiota
Phil Turner
Frank Mailander
Norway Band
Borst
Men’s Glee Club
Fr. O'Connor
A. Zellmer
C. E. Robinson
Harry Richmond
Harry Hall
Jasper Taylory
Charles Wood
J. E. Ivourem
Claus Sarastan Sr
Charles Sherrett
Melvin Gross
Sam Wood
Sherm Beebe
Reed & Barnholdt
Carl Morgan
News-Telegraph
Marriage and Fickel Family Reunion at Keystone Park
At Keystone Park in Anita Iowa on Sunday August 15 1926 Mrs Maude H Green eldest daughter of Mrs M E Fickel and Mr Frank Brokaw both of Clarinda Iowa were married in a single ring ceremony by Rev B W McEldowney. The Fickel family reunion followed with thirty one guests including Mrs Dora Fickel Meairs and others from Des Moines Long Beach and Anita. A dinner and supper were served and the couple left for Clarinda that evening.
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Keystone Park
Anita
Iowa
Maude H. Green
M. E. Fickel
Frank Brokaw
Clarinda
B. W. McEldowney
Anita M. E
M. L. Dignan
Des Moines
Dora Fickel Meairs
Long Beach
California
Fickel
Mary Ellen Fickel
Chas. E. Fickel
Bertha Fickel Dignan
Cora Fickel Ball
Maude Fickel Green
Edith Fickel Knowlton
Mable Fickel Lees
Harry E. Fickel
Former Resident Jesse Millhollin Dies in North Dakota
Mayor Marsh Millhollin reports the death of his brother Jesse Millhollin a longtime Cass county resident who died July 27 1826 at his daughter’s home in Edmonds North Dakota at age seventy four He was born in Illinois in 1852 moved to Iowa in 1856 and left behind seven living siblings two of whom survive Marsh Millhollin of Anita and Hugh Millhollin of Alhambra California Funeral services were held and interment followed in North Dakota.
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Marsh Millhollin
Jesse Millhollin
Cass County
Edmonds
North Dakota
Illinois
Iowa
Benton Township
Tivo
Anita
Hugh Millhollin
Alhambra
California
Elvira Pearson
L. D. Pearson
Atlantic
Cousins Reunite After Fifty-FIVE Years
Jacob Maas and his wife from near Philadelphia visited Anita for a week while traveling by auto. They planned to reach Yellowstone Park and Seattle and expected to spend the winter in California.
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Jacob Maas
Philadelphia
Nia
Anita Week
Mrs. Maas
Yellowstone Park
Seattle
Washington
California
Family trio returns from two week Minnesota Iowa trip
Mrs. Fred M. Sheley and her daughter Mrs Ed F Carlton with two granddaughters Virginia and Evangeline completed an 800 mile journey home Sunday from Hatfield Minnesota Cedar Falls and Montezuma Iowa. The party reported excellent roads and no car trouble throughout the outing.
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Fred M. Sheley
Ed. F. Carlton
Virginia
Evangeline
Hatfield
Minnesota
Cedar Falls
Montezuma
Iowa
Anita Public Schools Set to Open on September 6
The Anita public schools announce a 1926 7 opening on Monday September 6 with the bell signaling the start. The text notes a strong emphasis on steady effort and classic cup ladder to success and highlights new commercial work added to the high school. The district promises a broad program and practical training without leaving the community.
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Anita Public
Castle of Knowledge
Tung
Ra One
Ber
Atlantic Farmer Tops Chicago Market With Steers
A. D. Pratt of Atlantic sold a shipment of twenty Hereford steers at 10.65 per cwt on August 9, the top price at Chicago with 18,000 cattle traded that day. The 1112-pound steers, fattened on corn hay and supplements, averaged 118.43 dollars gross per animal, selling to an eastern buyer for high fashion trade.
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A. D. Pratt
Atlantic
Chicago
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W. T. U. Meeting
Shoe Service
Welch-Moore
Shoeco
Chas. D. Booth
Norway
Chas, D. Booth
Husband
Hutchinson’s
Bongers Bros
Rexall
Teteet
Bullock
Macaroni
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