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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
8
Mrs. Joe Stalcup writes from a visit to a city with tall buildings and scenic parks. She notes enjoying boat rides on the lakes and says they will be home soon.
On Sunday July 2 1917 Ben F Brockman a former Anita resident married Mrs. Orah Mock of Berryville Arkansas at the parsonage and home of Rev J D Edington in Calico Rock Arkansas. A five oclock supper followed and the couple plan to reside near Brockman’s home two miles from Anita.
Mrs Peter Stickler and daughter Florence of Chicago visit Robi Cryer and Wm Steele relatives. L D Pearson and family go on auto trip to Minnesota. Claude Bills marries Nettie Jones in Omaha with L D Pearson present. Hooper moves Arcorp address to Scotts Bluff Nebraska. Wishing joy and happiness from the shake editor.
Berea to host a large Labor Day event with races and cash prizes, a basketball game by all-star players, and a grand dinner with red lemonade. The celebration aims to be bigger and better, with public details to come next week and a note that attendance is extended to residents nearby.
Weather and community notes recount Angell's Comedians drawing crowded crowds in Avoca. Families, trips to Forest River and Bridgewater, twin newborns, and weekly visits are recorded along with obituaries for Mrs. Frederika Johnson of Des Moines. Heritage and kinship highlight a busy week in 1917 Anita society.
Local notes record a Pantry Sale by the Ladies' Aid at the First M. E. Church next Saturday at Amos Shipman’s store. Sunday services proceed with Chautauqua affecting evening worship. Several local social visits are noted among residents and visitors, plus farm yield reports and real estate moves. A field of oats produced about fifty bushels per acre. Don Taylor, once Anita, sells Canada land and moves back home.
Yesterday's notes from the RECORD list several names and short items. C O Gipple served as RECORD caller while J D Young traveled on Adair business. Miss Lena Rogge is elected Thayer superintendent and secured as Ragan district teacher. Oats yield per acre reached seventy bushels, spring wheat looks good. Automobile license road fund payment of 4640 dollars received by Cash county. Various visits, travels, and local leisure notes accompany these farming and community updates.
A brief public notice directs auto drivers to observe traffic rules and cautions about a closure or hazard. The fragment references a phone contact 293 for further information.
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