Local notes from Anita Iowa and vicinity
Mrs P Richards has returned from a trip to Omaha. Lester Bowen and family visited Saturday. Wilburn leased the Pegan farm in Lincoln township. Atlantic to host a Farmers Institute February 20 and 21. S K Wilson sold three horses to Phil Smith of Neola. The Record offers fixed low prices for job printing. Daisy Smith visited the Record office. Miss Anna Tierney, teaching in Story county, visited home near Anita. The Record press busy with job work for various firms and individuals. Notice: bale hay or straw on short notice at reasonable prices. leave orders at the Record office Anita Iona. Ep Bell. J H Mallory bought a meat market at Wiota. Frank J Snoutfer, of Atlantic, marked fifty-ninth year as a blacksmith, age 77, still works daily except Sunday. Phil Smith bought and shipped a carload of horses from Anita. owns large feed barn at Neola. Reminder of 8 K Wilson public sale on February 12 and prospective buyers urged to check ad. Jno E Brookner contractor ad appears in this issue. Panora Vedette seed corn tests discussed. ear test of six grains with 16 percent deficiency noted. Liston Collins from Atlantic reports land business dull. expects many changes in land this year. J A Ellis of Anita offers painting paper hanging and decorating services. solicits patronage.
Embroidery Club meets and local notes flow
The Embroidery Club met with Mrs. D R Donohoe yesterday afternoon A Class Play will be a feature of Commencement time this year The dollar kept at home is continuously employed in doing good J E K Brunson was in the city today and ordered the RECORD sent to his address for one year Geo Schwenneker has accepted a position as traveling representative to the Motion Picture Patents Company Seth Roberts a Cumberland Valley resident bought an 80 acre farm east of the Finch schoolhouse near Wiota and will make improvements at the new buildings fences etc At the residence of Mrs Hamilton Campbell on February 14 the Ladies of the C O Z Club will give a Valentine Banquet to which the husbands will be invited to join in and fill up on the good things of earth Hutchinson of the Highland vicinity was a caller at this office Saturday Miles Lowell traveling salesman for the Cleveland Drug Company of Omaha spent Sunday in the city Roy Felt who has been with the Rock Island company at Stuart for several years past will move around March 1 to a farm south of Stuart recently purchased by him and his father C M Felt Dennison Pearce recently received from Bunker Hill Illinois a thoroughbred Scotch Collie pup with a notable grand sire South Port Sample It is said the dog can be guided to fetch stock by a spoken command This pup’s price was cheap though not stolen and the owner believes it will prove valuable
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Roberts
Cumberland
Finch
Wiota
Hamilton Campbell
C.O. Z. Club
Roy Felt
Rock Island Company
Stuart
C. M. Felt
Dennison Pearce
Bunker Hill
Illinois
South Port
Dennis
Local Briefs and Movements Roundup
G H Stoffs traveled to Chicago Saturday evening on business. Seymour Mallory did carpenter work in Wiota this past week. F J Duffy visited Kansas City and other southwest points recently. J F Robison from Lincoln township bought the Fred Dittman residence. Miss Grace Link returned to Atlantic after staying with EF M Blakesley family. Chas Scholl tested an office chair at a Record call. Avril Faulkner returned to Des Moines after visiting her grandparents, Judge and Mrs. F H Sears. J M Grace home from Dunlap where he visited a ill brother-in-law for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Link
EF. M. Blakesley
Atlantic
Avril Faulkner
Des Moines
F. H. Sears
J. M. Grace
Dunlap
Kelley Homestead Leased Near Anita for Year
The John Kelley homestead southwest of Anita is leased to R. B. Dinkey and Chas. Chapman. Pap and Mother Kelley will occupy the home with space for a small garden and a few chickens. Uncle John plans to return from the south around March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ©. Kelley
Anita
Dinkey
Chas. Chapman
Pap
Mother Kelley
John
William McElfresh Visits Family in East Anita
William McElfresh of Shelby County stays a few days with his brother and sister Jesse and Miss Dora McElfresh in East Anita. He is in good health and as spry as forty years ago, and remains a subscriber to the old home paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McElfresh
Shelby County
Jesse
Dora McElfresh
East
Anita
William
Illness of Lew M. Martin in Watertown Raises Concern
John L. Carey learned last week of the serious illness of his son in law Lew M. Martin at his Watertown Wisconsin home. He could not eat for nine days and was at times in critical condition. Reports say he is slowly improving which brings relief to his many friends in the vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Carey
Lew M. Martin
Watertown
Wisconsin
Mrs Shelton Joins Des Moines Visit Then Plans Burlington Return
Mrs. C. E. Shelton spent a week in the city with her sister Mrs. E. W. Holmes and family then traveled to Des Moines to visit relatives. Accompanied by Mrs. Holmes the party will tour Indianapolis and other towns before joining her husband in Burlington and returning to Scranton Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Shelton
E. W. Holmes
Des Moines
Holmes
Indianola
Anita Ladies' Booster Club forms at Masonic Temple
In Anita a group of women organized a temporary Ladies' Booster Club to support the Anita Commercial Club. Officers include Mrs. B D Forshay president and Vera Hook secretary. A permanent group plan was set for January 28 with officers and term lengths listed. The club aims to beautify and improve the town, with ongoing updates promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Commercial Club
Masonic Temple
Commercial Club
Anita
B. D. Forshay
Vera Hook
A. H.F. Ziegler
Frank Carter, Jr
W. K. Carey
G. F. Lattig
Receiver's Receipt Ties 1855 Land Purchase Near Morton Mills
Bert Porter shows a dated Receiver's receipt from July 21, 1855 to Michael Doyle for forty acres at 1.20 per acre, acknowledging fifty dollars paid. The land, near Morton Mills, is described as now worth far more, with Kanesville, later Council Bluffs, noted as the issue site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Porter
Morton Mills
Michael Doyle
Doyle
Kanesville
Council Bluffs Grant Chief
Harry Scholl to Return Home After Recovery in 1914
Harry Scholl will leave this week for Washburn North Dakota to rejoin his parents Mr and Mrs Chas Scholl. He has nearly recovered from a broken limb suffered in a runaway last fall and will spend part of the winter with family and friends. The Record will visit him weekly in his bachelor quarters in the northland during 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Scholl
Chas. Scholl
Washburn
North Dakota
Harry
Northland
Good Roads Boom and Ocean to Ocean Plan Highlight Stuart News
The Stuart News notes that the good roads boom is widespread with frequent discussions of transport schemes. It praises a perfectly planned and built highway 3000 miles long as a world leading project for the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. ©. P. Richards
Omaha
Lester Bowen
Wilburn
Pegan
Lincoln Township
Farmers’ Institute
S. K. Wilson
Phil Smith
Neola
Daisy Smith
Joseph W. Smith
Reecord
Anna Tierney
Story County
The
Record
Anita Iona
Bell
J. H. Mallory
Frank J. Snoutfer
Atlantc
Mr. Smith
8. K. Wilson
Jno
Liston Collins
D. W. Hickman
Lit
Lewis Independent
J. A. Ellis
Oliver
Farmers’ Supply CO
Embroidery Club
D. R. Donohoe
J. EK. Brunson
Geo. Schwenneker
Motion Picture Patents Company
M. ©. Hutchinson
Highland
Miles Lowell
Cleveland Drug Company
G. H. Stoffs
Chicago
Seymour Mallory
F. J. Duffy
Kansas City
Southwest
J. F. Robison
Fred Dittman
Anita Grill
F. W. Stager
Prop
Ladies’ Booster Club
Board of Directors
Walter Hook
G. A. Pegan
H. L. Bell
S. T. Perry
A. A. Miller
Co. Ek. Faulkner
H.C. Faulkner
Nettie I. Roe
Nyal
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