Storer runs pump and wind mill ad in RECORD
Lost lavaliere chain reported with plea for return to office for reward. J A Ellis sidelined by grippe under Dr R A Becker care. Advertisements promote woven wire fences and Wilken Monument Works Atlantic. L D Pearson and family now in Atlantic. Myrtle Currier visiting grandma Mrs B J Demming and Peter Scott Sr and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavaliere
J. A. Ellis
la Grippe
R. A. Becker
Myrtle Currier
B. J. Demming
Peter Scott, Sr
Pitston Coal and Local Advertisements Highlighted
Various local notices advertise coal from Holmes Lumber Yard and woven wire fences, a four horse power gasoline engine for sale, and a medical claim on spine health by Dr. D L Evans. Also mentions Mrs Ona Goodwin’s ill child and a subscription renewal for the RECORD by loyal readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root & Vandervoort
Cattle Feeding by Chas. Stonebraker and Local Notices
Chas. Stonebraker is feeding two loads of fine cattle. The RECORD office received a pleasant call Saturday from Tobe Carey and Richard Gaskell. The Ladies Improvement League will meet at the Commercial Club rooms Friday January 9 at 2 50. Chas A Ferguson and his young daughter with his mother Mrs J Ferguson of Lincoln Neb are visiting at the home of D Wilburn and family this week. W J Weston has word from O Donaldson that W H Akin a former local citizen near Greeley Iowa is dangerously ill with slim chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Stonebraker
Record Office
Tobe Carey
Richard Gaskell
Ladies’ Improvement League
Commercial Club
Chas. A. Ferguson
J. Ferguson
Lincoln, Neb
8. D. Wilburn
W. J. Weston
O. ©. Donaldson
W. H. Akin
Greeley
Iowa
Poultry Eggs and Cream Purchases Reported for 1913
Col A G Todhunter provides figures from the Atlantic Produce Company showing payments in 1913 for poultry eggs and cream in this city totaling 35673 dollars and 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Todhunter
Atlantic Produce Company
Choice Residence Lots For Sale In Sloanaker Addition
Seven choice residence lots for sale in the Sloanaker Addition to Anita. Each lot measures 50 by 140 feet with west front. Contact 52-tf W. M. Perr for details and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloanaker
Anita
W. M. Perr
Anita High School Notes Brighten After Holiday Break
Monday morning brought the familiar Anita bell and a flurry of activity as students returned. Desks and seats get a mahogany sheen, new pupils join the grammar room, and plans for a new piano rise alongside upcoming period exams. A reporter hints at a sunny southern trip with plans to plant fig trees and ride Texas ponies before February storms.
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Anita
Roscoe Wagner
Santa Claus
Lena Rogge
Ruth Preston
Audubon
Mildred
Arline Fish
A. H.S
South
Local Notices on Names and Illness in Murray
J. H. Trimmer called to Murray on business. Billy Johnson works at the A. W. Shipman market. The baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Galiher has been seriously ill with pneumonia, doctors G. M. Adair and H. E. Campbell attending. condition shows some improvement after a critical period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Trimmer
Murray
Boston doctor visits Cass county in holiday trip
Dr. Fred G. Salisbury of Boston Massachusetts spends a few weeks in Cass county visiting relatives and friends. He heads the Nea Institute in Boston and reports exceptionally good business. He recently sold institutes in Portland Maine and New Haven Connecticut for a profit to devote full time to the Boston operation.
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Fred G. Salisbury
Boston
Mass
Cass County
Meeting at Massena Baptist Church Hears Spiller Remarks
Rev. J. R. Spiller announced a Wednesday evening meeting at the Massena Baptist church with an unusually large attendance. He offered remarks on the old year and incoming new year, thanked supporters of his pastorate, and invited the congregation to join him for supper at J. M. Garside’s home afterward.
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J. R. Spiller
Massena Baptist Church
Record Callers and Subscriptions Highlight 1914 Local News
Mrs W H Armstrong and Mrs S l Weatherby were record callers Saturday. W M Petit orders the RECORD sent for one year to his son in law Troy Comley at Casey. Fred Hansen and neighbor Chas Stonebraker, a farmer and stock shipper of Audubon township, become cash in advance subscribers for 1914. John S Houck, longtime J M and E E Grace Meat Market employee, is retained by Amos W Shipman to continue serving City Meat Market patrons.
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S. Sorensen
Canada
Mortlack
W. M. Petit
Troy Comley
Casey
Fred Hansen
Chas. Stonebraker
Audubon Township
John S. Houck
Amos W. Shipman
Kirkham and Johnson families return from Anita visit
Joseph Kirkham and family and Wm. Johnson and family have visited Anita and vicinity for two weeks. They returned to Clay Works Iowa Sunday after a prolonged stay filled with daily pleasures for their benefit. They praised the community and expect to visit again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kirkham
Wm. Johnson
Mother Kirkham
Homer Kirkham
S. V. Jenkins
Clay Works
Iowa
Anita
Appointment of Lew M. Martin as county engineer
Lew M. Martin and his wife arrived from Watertown Wisconsin with their babies and are staying with J L Carey family in Anita while seeking a residence in Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew M. Martin
Anita
Watertown
Wisconsin
J. L. Carey
Atlantic
Lew
Board of Supervisors
Old Home County
Grandma
Carey
Bald headed "bull" errors prompt proof reader pledge
The RECORD notes a batch of bald headed bull errors from last week's issue due to hasty proofreading. It says mistakes can happen even in well run print shops and the proof-reader has been promised a steady stream of reliable work near his pistol pocket.
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the Record
Ananias Fumbles in Local Pride of Truth
Ananias would envy the locals in Anita for their growing skill in reckless prevarication. The piece chides one or two amateurs in the immediate vicinity who are becoming proficient in wholesale and retail lying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ananias
Anita
Former S. S. Scholar S. W. D. Staller Leads Benton County Auctioneers
A Wiota area former S. S. scholar S W D Staller is described as the leading auctioneer of Benton County Iowa. The piece recalls Bill and the writer from century past noted for prompt Sunday School delivery at a small Wiota schoolhouse and laments how fortunes have changed.
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W. D. Staller
Wiota
Benton County
Iowa
Bill
Colfax Bank Reopens After Stock Purchase by A L Hager
Hon A L Hager former congressman and Greenfield resident buys majority stock of the Colfax Bank where M B Wheelock served as cashier. The bank reopens for business. Wheelock’s body was recovered recently from the Des Moines river weighted with a grain sack.
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A. L. Hager
Congress
Greenfield
Colfax Bank
M. B. Wheelock
Hager
Des Moines
Commercial Bank
Capitol City
Wheelock
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Caps and Mittens
E. H. Storer
J. A. Irving
Lucy Galiher
Chas. S. Galiher
Wilken Monument Works
Atlantic 9
L. D. Pearson
Pitston
Holmes’ Lumber Yard
Ona Goodwin
Pa Divis
Jared Blattner
The
Record
D. L. Evans
Galiher Building
W. H. Dinsmore
F. B. Perry
Clyde H. Bowen
Barber & Clark's
Milt Bruner
S. R. Leach
Chas Robison
I. H. Silvius
C. L. Way
Charles Ragan
Oscar O. Grinstead
Cb. H. Hockenbury
A. M. Worthing
R. R. Suplee
Wm. Cryer
T. E. Root
Willis Gipple, George Thorngreen
Barber & Clark
Helen Dinsmore
Billy
Johnson
A. W. Shipman
DENBY
Bonita
Tom Keene
Panatelas
Black Hawk
Palmer House
Havanna Rickey
John M. Cullough
F. W. Stager
B. D. Forshay
M. Blakesley
W. R. Spence
D. R. Forshay
J. D. Young
Insurance Dept
Citizens Savings Bank
State of
United States Postal Funds
W. H. Armstrong
S.l Weatherby
S. S
Colfax
G. H. Parchen
Anita Bank
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