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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
4
A collage of items from The Record notes Des Moines bandit stories, Brookhart and Coolidge veto talks, a Scott divorce case mention, a Pennsylvania postmaster stance, and local Anita society news. It includes community notes on residents, a double leg fracture, a retirement, and church activities for 1924.
The church hosts Sunday School at 10:00 AM, Morning Service at 11:00 AM, Christian Endeavor at 6:30 PM, and Evening Service at 7:30 PM. Choir practice is Wednesday at Mrs. Donna Dorsey’s home. Ladies' Aid Society meets with Mrs. Julia Biggs on Thursday.
A public appeal urges every American to write Senators, Congressmen, and the President to demand robust air service. The plea emphasizes mail transport and other vital governmental purposes, arguing the nation's people will be affected when air service expands.
On January 3 1925 Old John Rose mails a greeting and a payment of 2 00 for the 1925 subscription to the Record. He mentions cold winter weather with little snow and sends regards to the Record family and local friends.
Letter from Linden Iowa dated January 2 1925 from Mrs Eva Suplee enclosing two dollars for the 1925 Record. She expresses missing the home paper and wishes a prosperous year for Sherm and his family.
Edward E Allanson of Chicago writes to Sherm enclosing a $2.00 fund check as payment for the record for the year with best wishes, dated January 5, 1925.
Mary Whitmore Stone explains delayed payment for the Anita Record through May 1 1924 and sends a $2 check for May 1 1925. She mentions unusually cold northern winter, a recent snowstorm, a white Christmas, and many former Anita residents now living in California or across the United States and Canada.
A January 6 1925 letter from Mother Burnett of Marshfield Missouri describes illness lasting over five months and reliance on Mead Maud and her husband for care. She notes a cold winter with temperatures six degrees below zero and sends money to pay for the old home paper to stay connected with friends and neighbors.
Charles P. Lattig writes about a recent Record issue and a letter from Harry Cate on a "magnetic mountain" and its roads. He asks if autos coast both up and down the grade and mentions planning to view the land where directions seem inverted. He closes with best wishes to the Record family.
News notes from Anita Iowa area cover hospital returns and medical events. Hazel Merryman returns to duty in Anita public schools after surgery in Rochester Minnesota. Crecer Rupperte undergoes appendicitis operation at Atlantic hospital with satisfactory results. Russell McIntyre injures left arm in haymow fall. A. H. Marsh and son lease Albert Forrester farm and plan to return March 1. Wm H Wagner Jr sends payment for two copies of the old home paper to March 1, 1926, for himself and daughter Gertie Slater.
Chicago visitors note holiday wishes to Sherm and family. Reports include Des Moines travel, hog deliveries to local dealers, ill health of Clyde Moore’s son Donald, new telephone hookups, corn marketing by Moore, in law relatives visiting Carroll, and Sunshine Club gathering hosted by Mrs Ed Reimers with a one o clock dinner.
160 acre farm three miles from Anita with 100 acres in grass and ample water via windmill. Includes a seven room house, large barn and additional buildings. Priced to sell by owner at 15000 dollars. Contact WM Suplee Anita Iowa.
A sale notice offers a 65 acre stalk field and 15 acres of blue grass pasture eight miles southeast of Anita. Enquiries directed to Roy Taylor or M. O. Corneilson. Frank McDermott plans to move to the Anita area on March 1 after living on a farm north of Maine.
The letter recalls old Cass County Democrat days in Atlantic and a move to Fort Collins Colorado. Gerald Bruce and family report seven married children thriving. He laments California real estate costs currency jobs and notes southern California growth while sending best wishes to Anita people.
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