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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
1
A Thanksgiving day dinner was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Crandall with Pa and Ma Dittman and all the big and little girls as guests of honor. Notable guests included Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Macklin of Stuart. Old Fred reportedly beat his son in law to a pair of tan shoes and is wearing them.
The Des Moines saloon keeper Ralph Wolverton once ran saloon interests and formerly worked as a telegraph operator in this city. Known as Batty for his small stature, he is described as the cog in recent years though Fatty is praised for not using intoxicants.
The piece warns publishers to prepare for January when boards of supervisors decide official county papers for 1914. It cautions against fraudulent lists and free gifts to inflate subscriber counts, noting law requires bona fide yearly subscribers and lists must meet minimum thresholds.
The congregation warmly welcomed Mrs E Cushman and family visiting from Monticello Iowa where Mr Cushman takes the pastorate. The pastor and Earl Holton attended a large missionary convention in Atlantic and expect reports to influence local church methods. The Ladies Missionary Society meets Friday with subject Utah and its Needs. The Endeavor Society gathers 630 PM led by Miss Jennie Wiegand. The service will discuss Burdens Our Own and Others. Home Missionary offering is collected this week for headquarters remittance.
Wm. Bangham has kept Roy Eneix busy repairing buildings for winter and hauling lumber for a 10 by 75 foot hog house. Further improvements are planned for fall, winter, and early spring.
A local advertiser named Worthing noticed a misprint in his RECORD notice when a figure 2 dropped from the stone to the press. The error made a candy bargain read two pounds of candy for 5 cents. Customers rushed in, the response was rapid, and the shopkeeper exclaimed over the phone to the RECORD boss, nearly overloading the line.
An Atlantic Iowa advertisement urges farmers to prevent hog sickness by using Irwin's Poke Root Powders. The copy warns against saving a dime at the expense of ten dollar losses, claims a 75 percent recovery rate, notes twenty eight years of production, and lists H L Carey as agent for Anita area.
Stuart football players traveled to Adair and spent over an hour in mud and rain with the Adair team. The eastbound train returned with a weary, banged up group of players, bandaged and smelling of arnica and horse liniment.
A Maine woman warned readers in the News Telegraph at Atlantic against employing Dr C J Thompson claiming poor care and unfair treatment. The doctor replies he has not treated that family for about eighteen months and says he pursued legal action to collect a prior bill which was paid in full.
Forty years ago in Kansas City stock yards 666 pound heifers sold at one dollar per hundred weight and Texas steer at one dollar ten cents per hundred. A sharp contrast to present prices.
J. W. Cuykendall, owner of the Atlantic canning factory, loses $15,000 in insurance after a policy in the Canners' Mutual Company lapsed a week or ten days before a fire destroyed the plant two weeks ago.
The Anita Record editor Sherm Myers reportedly subsists on butter-milk and sinkers provided by local ladies. The note says he enjoys butter-milk as a beverage and praises its claimed cosmetic merits, reflecting a humorous take on coping with high costs of living.
The Board of Supervisors and Mr. Henry Heaton engage in a tense financial discussion over bridge business. Both sides appear to grasp the issues, signaling a serious budgeting dispute for the project.
Rev. Cushman former Anita Congregational pastor who moved to Missouri has again returned to Iowa and accepted the pastorate at Monticello Congregational church. He will move his family this week and four of his sons were visiting Anita last week.
I C Dunmire visited Anita on Monday and spent the night with Joshua Poreh, an old friend from Pennsylvania. The two boys, separated long ago, discovered each other in the West recently and enjoyed renewing their long friendship with memories of boyhood pranks.
Bargain sale offer for a residence in Anita featuring six rooms besides kitchen pantry and bath. Steam heat cement walks and overall good condition. Lot measures 175 by 365 feet. Sold on favorable terms. Contact SHERM F MYERS at 474.
Major Burnea fined the Atlantic gas company manager twelve dollars and costs for permitting drips and offal from the plant to overflow the town area. The offensive odor was strong enough to drive residents from their homes.
Mrs Ruth Van Slyke Johnson writes from Canada to relatives in Anita that she has almost fully recovered from a serious illness that required an operation to save her life. Her improvement will be welcome news to many friends in the community.
The Atlantic Blaugas Company advertises Blaugas as a new lighting system in RECORD. It claims power and worth exceed existing methods and asserts Blaugas has "come to stay" with proven demonstrations for those planning a lighting plant.
Clarence and Earl Godanour farmers who failed to agree on terms have prompted a district court to appoint a referee. The official will assist in adjusting their business affairs and resolve any remaining differences between the partners.
The state of Iowa v Parker was heard in Justice Court on Tuesday and after plaintiff witnesses testified the parties agreed to divide costs and dismiss. The state of Iowa v Smith was also dismissed. Both cases charged breach of the peace. E S Holton represented the state.
A statewide graft targets women shoppers through traveling corset peddlers. The con involves taking orders and a 1.50 advance payment before the thief vanishes, leaving victims with unpaid balances. Home merchants are advised as safer sources for corsets and other goods.
The Cowboy Girl Company performed to a full opera house with a mix of love and war themed plot, light gunplay, and acts including a hoop performer and a contortionist. Review notes weak acting, some stale love scenes, and music likened to a midways show. Overall the show was judged as underwhelming but not disastrous.
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