Anita Record front page notice 1928 editor and mail info
The Anita Record from January 12, 1928 lists SHERM F MYERS as editor and publisher and states the paper is entered as second class mail matter January 2 1913 at Anita Iowa. It notes Cass County and the town of Anita as official. Prices shown: 2.00 1.00 2.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Cass County
Iowa
The
Record
Anita Battery & Electric Shop
Lone 270
Jas. E. Foot
Pendleton inmates trip exposes Hickman as fake
A chaotic scene at Pendleton Oregon shows Hickman the alleged mentalist exposing his false persona as a brutal murderer while two Indians are locked in a cell with him. His act collapses as the Indians’ behavior restores his normalcy, prompting critics to call for better public measures. A San Francisco Chicago air trip is cited as longer than expected travel, while a plea for Anita Record subscriptions appears.
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Hickman
Pendleton
Oregon
Treasury Experts Shuffle Forty Thousand Notes Daily
The article notes U S Treasury experts can count about forty thousand paper notes in a day and the editor of this country weekly newspaper vows to try to surpass that tally if given the chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Miss Marie Antrim Wins National 4-H Health Honors
From a Kansas farm to Chicago, Marie Antrim won national health honors at the 4-H Clubs convention competing against girls from 44 states. She did not use paint powder eyebrow pencil or lipstick and scored 99.15.
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Marie Antrim
Kansas
Chicago
Mixed political tones and a missing horse blanket notice
The text mingles political commentary on tax reform and Iowa politics in 1925 with a remark about a woman’s age and a public display trend among Des Moines women. A notice requests the return of a horse blanket lost between Anita and a local farm, signed L. H. Crandall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Capitol City
Anita
Wanted Family Washing and Ironing Guaranteed Work
Notice seeks guaranteed family washing and ironing or any work. Contact by phone 317.
Junior Sunshine Club Meets at Congregational Church
Miss Leora Miars and the Congregational Church announce a Junior Sunshine Club meeting this Saturday at 2:00 PM. The annual dinner and meeting are set for Wednesday evening January 18 at 6:30, with important church business and broad member attendance urged.
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Sunshine Club
Endeavor Society
Maude Walker
Former Local Woman Passes Away After Illness
Belle Snyder Schaake of Valley Junction Iowa died Friday January 6 after a two week illness from pneumonia while visiting Atlantic. She was 46. She leaves husband Henry Schaake mother Mrs Henry Snyder brother David Snyder and is a niece of Mrs C T McAfee. Funeral at the M E church Monday at 2 30 conducted by Rev E A Moore. Interment Atlantic Cemetery.
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Atlantic
Henry Schaake
Valley Junction
Iowa
David Synder
Belle Snyder
Henry Snyder
Pottawattamie County
Local visitors and residents noted in Anita column
Atlantic visitors Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott and Mrs. J. L. Carey were in town Friday. Miss Mae Ruggles is recovering from illness. Grovery C. King is confined at home by illness. John N. Burkhart, a former Anita boy now in Alamo Texas cotton business, sent $2 for the home paper through January 1 1929. He enjoyed a summer auto trip from Anita to Joplin Missouri then Hot Springs and back.
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Miss Mae Ruggles
Grovery C. King
John N. Burkhart
Alamo
Texas
John
Anita
Joplin
Missouri
Hot Springs
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Sherm. F. Myers
Canada
San Francisco
Congress
States
L. H. Crandall
United States
Atlantic Electric Hatchery
Mulberry Street
Rhode Island
Jersey
G. P. van Keuren
Leora Miars
Ser Economical Transportation
Chevrolet
Americas
Phe
America
Fisher
Duco
Lendau
La.b
Michigan
Shaffer & Christensen
Rialto Theatre
Tom Mix
Madge Bellamy
Paramount News & Comedy
Eddie Cantor
Olive Borden
Robert Scott
J. L. Carey
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