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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
1
Letter from Imogene Earl Younger, daughter of Gus and Lillian Earl, recalls old Anita days and family ties. She thanks the Records editor for publishing community letters, mentions the Iowa and Missouri Picnics, and praises the paper for keeping the town united across twenty years.
Last Friday marked the fiftieth anniversary of Mr. Andrew Weigand and Miss Katherine Newsteel. They wed on December 26 1874 in Manschach Germany and arrived in Anita May 23. A planned family reunion was postponed due to weather, but a Christmas celebration honored them with dinner and gifts from children and grandchildren across Iowa and Kansas.
Early Saturday a fire started in a large lumber shed owned by E. W. Holmes Lumber Company in Anita. Nightwatchman Elijah Birge raised the alarm. the fire department used chemical apparatus to prevent major damage as wind and cold aided the incendiary blaze.
John H. McFarland, 25 to 30, traveling from Denver to Bloomington, halted in Anita Saturday evening due to both feet badly frozen. He was treated at Dr. H. E. Campbell hospital then moved to the C. A. Carey rooming house. Several toes had turned black. he planned to visit his aunt Mrs. Sarah J. McFarland in Bloomington and had been delayed reaching Iowa City for a remittance.
Dr. A. S. Pinto city health commissioner of Omaha launches a campaign against what he calls “selfish homes” where pets replace children. He proposes annulling marriages lacking a child within two years of marriage, arguing a childless population could lead to foreign-born children predominating in the United States.
The Fireman s Fund Insurance Co of San Francisco offers 10000 to Keith Collins and Freda Poffenbarger for locations of hidden loot from the Burlington mail robbery in 1920. They claim the bonds and cash were thrown into the Missouri River from Douglas Street Bridge. The men face February trial in Council Bluffs for rifling nine mail sacks from November 1920.
A personal Christmas message from Imojean Earl Younger at 1138 W 20th Street expressing sincere wishes for a happy season. Mentions spending Christmas with Howard Saunders and family at Pomona.
At the regular annual meeting of Hiawatha Camp No. 1392 Royal Neighbors the officers for the coming year were elected. Maria Weimer serves as Oracle, Belle Dougherty as Vice-Oracle, Elmira Rickel as Recorder, Alice Logan as Receiver, Anna Millard as Sentinel, and Mamie F. Myers as Manager. Installation and banquet planned for Friday January 23.
Hiram and Mollie McGrew Moore now live in a fine Fort Collins house they say Hiram built entirely by himself. A photo of the home reached the editor. Hiram enjoys building houses and often moves when buyers offer to purchase. They save profits to prepaid their old paper for a year.
Carl Hough, on trial for killing Lillian McKinney near Bedford, tells the judge Not Adam thing you say it in open court before sentence. Judge Fuller overrules the motion for a new trial and recommends the prisoner be ineligible for parole for life.
Abe Biggs a long time Cass County resident civil war veteran and former supervisor is critically ill at his Anita home. He suffers a complication of bodily ailments and a severe two week hiccup attack requiring constant care and attention. Recovery is deemed doubtful due to advanced age.
E L Newton family gathering was postponed to Sunday at the Anita home for a Santa Claus visit and annual feed. Attendees included Glen Newton and family from Nevada Iowa Hobart E Newton and wife from Atlantic Prof and Mrs Chas Salmon of Beech Iowa Emmett Newton and Miss Juno Karuso of Council Bluffs, with special guests Mrs S G Ingraham of Cody Wyoming and her daughter Lois a Simpson College student.
Governor Kendall appointed the Gold Star Trail commission to oversee the memorial highway from Davenport to Council Bluffs. Adjutant General Lasher Major Lainson Mrs. Lou McHenry Mrs. A H Hoffman Capt Dan F Steck Col Dave R Jones and Bert Halligan form the panel to gather data and funds for markers honoring Iowa World War veterans along the White Pole Road.
Social events fill Anita and surrounding communities in a festive Christmas season with homecomings reunions tree lightings and dinners. The period is described as the most observed and enjoyed time of the year with extensive neighborhood gatherings.
Mrs S G Ingraham of Cody Wyoming is the welcome guest this week at the home of her brother Postmaster Ed L Newton and family. She has lived in Wyoming many years and is visiting Iowa to spend time with relatives, especially daughter Lois a Simpson College student in Indianola.
A short verse extols California as a land of year round flowers and inviting sea breezes. It invites readers to visit, praising Los Angeles and the enduring sun.
The oldest inhabitant is invited to share knowledge about a notably milder winter in this area over the last three weeks. Readers are asked to include dates or affidavits with statements, allowing for memory lapses.
A reflective piece questions Anita’s direction in 1925 and whether selfish stasis or forward movement will shape her usefulness and fate. The article weighs personal growth against town and community progress, using Anita as a lens for collective advancement.
O. D. Aldrich and his wife plan to move back to Anita and will occupy their residence on West Main Street, which has been leased to others during the past year.
Fire department responded Monday to a blaze at O. Goodwin's residence on Rose Hill Avenue started while thawing frozen basement pipes. Smoke emerged from the brick wall behind which an old stump burned, found under unexcavated ground. origin remains unknown. Property owner Jared Blattner of Atlantic.
Mrs. Max Mayer of Iowa City, National Educational Chairman of the Service Star Legion and Vice-President of the Parent-Teachers Association, will speak Friday January 16 at Anita. An afternoon talk supports the Service Star Legion and an evening talk supports the PTA. Location to be announced.
Preparations are under way for dedicatory ceremonies at the Audubon memorial building built last summer with $50 000 in bonds approved at a special election. Expert workmen finish the edifice as the Audubon American Legion and jaw department move into quarters within the new structure. No dedication date has been announced.
Marguerite Buckner, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Buckner of Bridgewater, was severely scalded at home on Monday when a washing machine filled with boiling water spilled. The child, playing about the house, knocked loose the wooden stopper and its lower limbs were drenched in the hot liquid.
The past three weeks of weather cast doubt on the saying that December foretokens winter. The old adage predicted a mild start, but the speaker notes we are only halfway through winter and the forecast has not held up.
A thirty two inch vein of coal found near Gravity in Taylor county with two mines opened and prospecting underway near Bedford and Athelstan. The state geologist calls it one of the best coal fields opened in southwest Iowa.
Residents urged to show patience as electric light and telephone services suffer outages during the ongoing severe storms and weather, with repairs underway to restore essential utility lines and equipment.
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