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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
5
Entries include plastering services offered by F. R. Leffingwell, various social visits and illnesses, price concerns on cement in Iowa, property transactions, a spring wagon for sale, and community updates from Guthrie Center and Anita with names like J. B. Cecil, Mrs. Lillian F. Hayter, Peter Voorhees, and Dr. J. W. Harrison among others.
An advertisement by Dr L R Eller promotes planting plans for winter and farm improvements with claims of boosting farm values. includes address Over Galiher Building and a note about Ww M Bomberger of Harlan Iowa. Also mentions a birth notice: on February 5 1917 a baby boy arrived from Stork Express to Ralph and Mrs Ralph O Anderson.
A past summer client credits L C Campbell with drilling a successful water well that produced ample supply for all pasture needs. Testimony from Tr John Robson confirms satisfaction with the service and results.
The community notices announce a Plantation Social to be held at the Highland School House on February 13 with a call for ladies to bring baskets. Local items report multiple social and civic happenings, including subscribers, callers at the RECORD office, and farm sales.
Local notices urge readiness for dry weather and wells to save time and money. Advertisements cover car removal for hides, nursery stock promotions, discounts, heating and plumbing services, and real estate rentals. Social notes mention Des Moines travel, a funeral in Atlantic, and business changes including Carl Carson purchasing Budd restaurant.
In local notes a window glass supplier claims quality at all sizes, while Harlan Nursery reports 3,000 to 5,000 autos visit annually for trees and plants. A Cleveland Drug Co. salesman, C. C. Campbell, is hospitalized after a railway wreck near Creston with a crushed skull and slim chances of recovery.
At a city council meeting A M Worthing was chosen city clerk and C A Exline became marshal and street commissioner with a 860.00 monthly salary. State Institution grounds at Ames received landscape work and millions in improvements funded by the State Board of Control with W M Bomberger noted for nursery stock and promotional claims.
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