Weekend Auto Accidents Leave Several Injured
A string of Sunday crashes produced serious injuries including a young woman with forty stitches to the face and head, a man with an ear torn away, a boy with a broken leg, and a mother shielding her baby. The cemetery corner crash sent Miss Margaret Jones to hospital with severe facial wounds.
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Cemetery Corner
Stevens
Harold Rasmussen
R. C. Rasmussen
Anita
Rogge Garden
Seventh Street
Rasmussen
Cemetery Road
Margaret Jones
J. N. Jones
Chestnut Street
Anita Highley
H. G. Highley
Elveda Rasmussen
Richard Brownlee
B. O. Brownlee
Hazel Street
Earl Hensley
East Seventh Street
Frank Rogge
Miss Jones
Auto Crash on Massena Road Injures Four
Sunday evening a crash on the Anita Massena road near the Stearns school house injured four people. Miss Minnie Garside suffered facial and arm wounds with a knee dislocation. Arlie Roy and Minnie Garside were in the Garside car. Two Massena men in the Hupmobile were extricated after the vehicle rolled three times. All victims were reported as recovering.
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Anita-Massena
Stearns
Moorehouse
Dougherty
Massena
Minnie Garside
Garside
Tourists in Ford Ditch Near Anita En Route Chicago to Denver
Three young men traveling from Chicago to Denver in a Ford went into a ditch three miles west of Anita near the A. B. Smith farm. The car rolled over three times, front wheels were wrecked, and E. J. Mashey suffered severe cuts and flesh wounds from shattered windshield. He was treated by Dr. G. M. Adair and later resumed their trip after repairs and rest.
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Hazel Williams
Council Bluffs
C. W. Brown
Lake Manawa
South Avenue
Brown
Chicago
Denver
Anita
A. B. Smith
E. J. Mashey
G. M. Adair
Hubbell Family Begins California Move After Walnut Grove Exit
Leland E. Hubbell ends his long service with the Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company this week and will publically sell household goods on Saturday and the following day. He, Mrs. Hubbell, and their daughter will drive to San Bernardino California to settle permanently.
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Leland E. Hubbell
Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company
Traveling family plans extended auto trip
Russell Haltam his wife and child are taking a summer vacation by car starting from Denver Colorado. They will drive to Indiana then return with a visit to Anita to see Mrs Haltams parents Dr and Mrs W E Fish. Mr Hallam works as a traveling salesman for a Denver wholesale house.
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Russell Haltam
Denver
Colorado
Indiana
Anita
Turkey Creek Bridge Opened After Blocked Weeks
The cedar-block floor on the Turkey Creek bridge leading into Anita from the south was finished Monday afternoon reopening the principal highway into town. Supervisor H. G. Armentrout supervised the repair work to put the bridge in passable condition.
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Turkey Creek
Anita
H. G. Armentrout
Longs of Des Moines Visit Anita Kin
J. W. Long and his wife, once residents of Anita, are spending the week in the city at the home of their son C. A. Long and family in Des Moines.
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J. W. Long
Des Moines
Anita
C. A. Long
Ilinois
Berry
Menard County
R. A. Berry
A. F. Berry
Atlantic
John” Berry
J. D. Peterson
Cass County
Henry Bower
Bridgewater
Ernest Berry
Corning
J. Frank Bennett
Orient
H. Taylor
Ida Grove
A. J
B. F. Jones
Winterset
Leola MacLennon
Chris Miller
Robert
Arthur
Iowa
Watson
Colchester
Ill
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Barnes Construction Company builds highways in Decatur county
The Barnes Construction Company, builder of the Great White Way between Anita and Adair a year ago, is now doing highway work near Leon in Decatur county after completing a large contract on a new improved public highway near Galesburg Illinois.
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Barnes Construction Company
Anita
Adair
Leon
Decatur County
Galesburg
Illinois
Drunk Driving Arrest Ties to Bluffs Alcohol Series
Asa Trapp of Treynor was jailed on driving while intoxicated charges after officers detected whiskey on his breath. The arrest followed a crash linked to a string of Bluffs area incidents where alcohol was a factor.
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Asa Trapp
Treynor
Bluffs
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Local Lad Climbing in Pro Boxing Fame
Ralph Deeming son of Guy H. Deeming and wife of this city, recently drew Omaha attention as a promising heavyweight. He beat Johnny Lee in a brief pro bout on August 3, despite foul play, earning local praise and hopes for future fame and Legion appearances.
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Ralph Deeming
Guy H. Deeming
Omaha
Ralph
Johnny Lee
Lee
Deeming
Nebraska
Johnnie Lee
Atlantic
Kewanee Tiger
The Old Time Nickel Lamp and Anita’s Venturing Progress
An old two-quart kerosene nickel lamp once thought sole lighting now sits beside a large electric bulb. The piece notes the cost of progress and observes Anita advancing at a steady, reasonable pace.
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Anita
Cass county Exhibit Lead At Iowa State Fair
Chas. E. Malone of Atlantic will lead the Cass county exhibit at the Iowa State Fair. He will also display his own exhibit, expected to rank among the first and best in Iowa.
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Chas. E. Malone
Atlantic
Cass County
Iowa
Preparations Begin For Iowa State Fair
Preparations start as 500 carloads of exhibits and amusement features arrive at the Iowa State Fair grounds ahead of opening day Friday August 24. Officials say the eight day event will showcase 40 acres of machinery 150 acres of livestock and agricultural entries along with horse racing auto racing a state horseshoe tournament bands clubs air show hippodrome acts and a full women’s program ending at 11 PM each night.
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Iowa
Vogue Announces Second Anniversary Sale Event
The Vogue in Atlantic marks its second birthday with an Anniversary Sale offering a straight twenty percent discount on all new stock of women and misses fall and winter coats suits dresses furs skirts waists and lingerie. Descriptive details of the collection are in today’s Record announcement.
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Vogue
Atlantic
Mrs Steinmetz Quarantines Grandchildren Visit in Brookings
Mrs Mary Steinmetz traveled to Brookings South Dakota Friday morning after a message informed her of the serious illness of her grandchildren. The home of her daughter Mrs Harley McCord is under quarantine due to scarlet fever. She will remain there indefinitely.
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Mary Steinmetz
Brookings
South Dakota
Harley McCord
Dope Thieves Break Into Doctors Offices
Dope fiends hit Dr. H. E. Campbell and Dr. G. M. Adair offices in an after hours break in. Glass doors were smashed and safes pried, with narcotics and hypodermics seized. only a small amount of cocaine found. Deputy Sheriff George H. Highley leads the investigation seeking clues.
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Anita
H. E. Campbell
G. M. Adair
Dr. Campbell
Masonic Temple
Dr. Adair
Citizens’ State Bank
Geo. H. Highley
Night plane mail service links New York to San Francisco
The permanent night air mail service begins its ocean to ocean run Tuesday evening, promising a 28 hour voyage. Beacons from 37 lights, similar to the Atlantic beacon, sweep the sky with 18 inch projectors rated to 5.3 million candles. Larger lights at five landing fields will add illumination of 325 million candles. General Electric designed the system and will be among its first users.
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Ocean
New York City
San Francisco
Atlantic
General Electric Company
Chicago
Iowa City
Omaha
North Platte
Cheyenne
New York
Anita Main Street Paved Turns Into Fine Local Boulevards
Anita completes paving of Main Street linking to country roads with the Record Office corner intersection finished. The two mile stretch is now open to public traffic and praised as equal to boulevards found in larger towns. Second and third paving stages will follow to beat cold weather.
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Anita
Red Oak Boy Loses Finger After Ring Snag Incident
Byron Giles a nine year old from Red Oak lost a finger in a pasture fence incident while riding along the posts. He touched each iron post and a protruding nail on one post caught his ring causing the ring to tear the finger from his hand as he rode away.
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Byron Giles
Mail carrier Metheny buys new car for extended service
Rural Route No. 2 carrier S V Metheny purchased a new car this week. He expects it will last through an extra two years of service granted by the Post Office Department at Washington, despite the age and years already served with the old vehicle on record as “Old San.”
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Post Office Department
Washington
Enjoying Summer Vacation Miss Pansy Smith Visits Relatives
Miss Pansy Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank A Smith left Tuesday for Ottawa Illinois to visit her friend and former schoolmate Mrs M V Donahue From Ottawa she will go to Detroit Michigan to visit relatives returning on or about September 3 to take up her school duties near Newton Iowa where she has been employed the past three years.
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Pansy Smith
Frank A. Smith
Ottawa
Illinois
M. V. Donahue
Detroit
Michigan
Newton
Iowa
Names of Departed Friends from Anita Vicinity
The News Telegraph recalls prominent Anita residents O. H. Elliott Cc D Bartlett M V Robinson and George Scholl. The first three have long since died, joining their eternal reward.
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News-Telegraph
O. H. Elliott
Cc. D. Bartlett
M. V. Robinson
George Scholl
Anita
Wagner couple welcome baby girl in Atlantic hospital
Mr and Mrs Ed Wagner of Massena are proud parents of a baby girl born Tuesday August 16. Mrs Wagner is in Atlantic hospital and both mother and child are getting along nicely.
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Ed Wagner
Massena
Wagner
Atlantic Hospital
Berry Reunion Brings Five States Represented at Cass County
The seventh annual Berry family reunion drew 101 attendees at the Cass county fair grounds in Atlantic. Members from Indiana Illinois Wyoming Iowa and South Dakota joined the program of readings and music while officers were re elected led by President R A Berry Atlantic and Secretary Treasurer Mrs W F Berry Lewis.
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Berry Family
Cass County
Atlantic
Berry Organization
The
Berry Association
R. A. Berry
Sam Berry
W. F. Berry
Lewis
J. D. Peterson
Anita
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Wyoming
South Dakota
Winterset
Corning
Arthur
Ida Grove
Tearing the Bark Loose a Rotary Broadside on Catholics in Office
Rotarian E P Chase of the Atlantic News Telegraph essays a polemic against anti Catholic bias in politics. He notes Catholics in office reflect ancestry politics and argues Irish fighters have always faced conflict, urging less pomp and more plain sense.
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E. P. Chase
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Chicago Doctor Visits Des Moines in Six Hour Auto Trip
Dr. Nelson Perey of Chicago stayed with his brother in Des Moines after traveling from Chicago to Des Moines by auto in six hours. He is connected with the Augustine Hospital in Chicago where he has worked for twenty five years. The trip also included a stop at his old home in Dexter for important business matters.
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Nelson Perey
Chicago
J. D. Young
Perey
Augustine Hospital
Des Moines
Dexter
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the Atlantic Hospital
C. H. Lillienthal Corner
Guthrie Center
Massena Road
California
Mutchy
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RED Oak
Grinnell
Berry Reunion
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