Local notes round out social scene and farm reports
Mrs Ben Godanour is ill with lagrippe. Miss Mildred Worthing made a pleasant call last Friday. O W Wheatley visited the RECORD office yesterday. Pud and Russell Northup spent a few days in the city. Willard Miller was a caller at the RECORD office yesterday. Children of Mr and Mrs Louis Hayter are ill with chicken pox. W S Menefee of Atlantic was in the car vicinity Tuesday on business. For sale a second hand Round Oak heating stove. Orson Brown leased his Benton township farm to G W Flesher for the year. The RECORDs subscription list grows daily. Grandma Hunt ill at the home of her daughter Mrs R S Kiehl at Lewis. Mrs R S Kiehl of Lewis visited in the city last week with her son Glen E Kiehl and family. Mrs E W Marsh of Highland visits Ed Eakin of Spokane Wa this week. One Hog Waterer by W S Menefee of Atlantic in use on Willard Miller farm southwest of town. Miller shipped a ram to Campbell Nebraska from his flock of Shropshire sheep.
Local notes from Anita and surrounding towns
Sunday visits and Monday business trips are recorded for residents like Miss Anna O Leary in Stuart and G W Fordyce in Des Moines. The column notes winter weather, church services, travels, and social events from Anita, Atlantic, Cumberland, Adair, and nearby areas, including engine tests and railroad car concerns, with interactions among locals and visitors.
Local notes and visits in a Omaha area
A roundup of residents and visitors including U S Walker and Dr Lt Eller in Des Moines, J A Wheatley and L R Galiher in town on business, hog shipments to Omaha by L D Pearson and J A Taylor, a three night opera show, a masquerade at John Crow's home, and illnesses of Miss Dollie Saunders and Miss Ida Ridenour.
Uncle Ben McCosh Illness Reported In Local Note
The paper notes Uncle Ben McCosh remains under the weather and sometimes unable to follow the trail, hoping for a temporary ailment’s quick recovery. L A Daughenbaugh paid three dollars for two subscriptions to the Recorp, for himself and for Chas G Daughenbaugh, once a local resident now living in Spooner Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben McCosh
L. A. Daughenbaugh
Chas. G. Daughenbaugh
Spooner
Wisconsin
Kimballton Record Debuts With Promise and Practical Warnings
The editor urges frequent chimney checks to prevent fires and protect property as fires run high. The Kimballton Record, a six column quarto with a two page insert, prints from new type on quality paper and signals health and prosperity for the town and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimballton
Iowa
G. R. Osborne
Kimballton Record
A Handsome Present From Cleveland Drug Company
The Cleveland Drug Company of Omaha offered a sixty dollar silver set as a prize to the traveling salesman with the greatest sales through 1912. Miles Lowell of this city won the contest. The prize is to be awarded to his wife or female relative, not to the winner, to prevent pawning. Mrs Lowell will be invited to Omaha to select the set from local jewelry houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Drug Company
Omaha
Miles Lowell
Wwe
Mrs. Lowell
Mailing list duplications trigger reprints and refunds
The RECORD notes duplicate copies sent to some readers and asks those with extra January 2 issues to return one. replacements will be paid for. It states subscriber lists are corrected and no further mix ups are expected. The Mayor of Harlan faces trial for alleged drunkenness before Judge Evans with removal sought, while J. W. Todhunter promotes Prudential life insurance in Stuart with positive results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
H. K. Evans
J. W. Todhunter
Stuart
Prudential Life Insurance Company
For Sale Five Scotch Collie Pups in Atlantic Iowa
A classified notice announces five thoroughbred Scotch Collie pups for sale in Atlantic Iowa. The listing includes the seller A Johansen and references a date range 1-21 BP. Buyers are invited to inquire locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Johansen
Atlantic
Iowa
Highland and Vicinity News Short Notes
Geo Pratt visited Anita Sunday. S K Wilson and family spent Sunday at Elmer Hendricks home. Isaac Swanson and family with Walter Clark. Walter Clark hauling corn to new farm rented from Jacob Swin. Mildred Smith has la grippe. Ira Bowen and wife with Don Taylor and wife at Lester Bowen’s. G W Parker and family with Walter Sisler near Brayton. Uncle Henry McDermott and bride toured farm Friday. L L Dorsey timber sale poorly attended due to weather. Wm Pond’s daughter recovering from pneumonia. Mrs Lena Benson visiting from Randolph fell ill after arrival. Perpetual calendar patented by J A Wheatley. Rockstand struggles to run trains on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Swanson
Walter Clark
Jacob Swin
Miss Gladys Cooper Takes Charge in Zeaming Meetings
Miss Gladys Cooper has gone to Zeaming Iowa to lead singing in a series of meetings led by Rev. C H Stauffer. Diligent search continues for the body of a woman lost and perished in a snow storm near Fort Collins Colorado. Two correspondents secured to report from their neighborhoods for Record readers, with more to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Cooper
Grone
Zeaming
Iowa
C. H. Stauffacher
Fort Collins
Colorado
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.V. East
Optometrist
Anita, Iowa
Ben Godanour
Lagrippe
Mildred Worthing
O. W. Wheatley
Pud
Russell Northup
Willard Miller
Louis Hayter
W.S. Menefee
Orson Brown
Benton Township
G. W. Flesher
Recorp
Grandma Hunt
Mrs .R. S. Kiehl
Lewis
R. S. Kiehl
City
Glen E. Kiehl
E. W. Marsh
Highland
Ed. Eakin
Spokane
Washington
W. 8S
Menefee
Miller
Campbell
Nebraska
Anna O'Leary
G. W. Fordyce
Des Moines
Fern Wagner
Fred Pieper
Pratt & Crane
Charlotte Holmes
FE. W. Holmes
Wilma
Lulu Faga
G. F. Wilburn
Adair
D. W. Faulkner
Maud Lantz
Cumberland
Rock Island
Henry Schaake
Schaake
Henry
Bell Telephone Company
W.O. Anderson
Cass County
Bangham, Eneix & CO
Harry Woodmansee
United States
Francisco
Cal
Maryland
E. E. Wade
Ilinois
Wm. Wade
Adeir
Valentine Roush
Anita
Anita Flouring Mills
Onawa
Mr. Rouse
Nellie Williams
Gee. Dilts
L. R. Dilley
O. W. van Siyke
Clare Carey
California
Vernon Duthie
Estella Campbell
Cleveland
Ohio
Ralph Anderson
Kensington
W. H. Dinsmore
U.S. Walker
S. F. Cooper
Re. Eller
J. A. Wheatley
Fred Chin
Bern
Louis Pieper
Brayton
L. R. Galiher
L. D. Pearson
Opera House
S. T. Perry
J. B. Cecil
Sam G. Jewett
Farmers’ Supply Company
Dollie Saunders
H. I. Hill
Earlham
Jas. B. Lewis
Recomp
Ida Ridenour
Casey
John Hall
J. A. Taylor
John Crow
James Morgan
Emma Gettleman
Clarence
The
Cay
H. FE. Campbell
W. G. McFarland
Lincoln Township
S. Sorrensen
B.D. Forshay
M. Blakesley
W.R. Spence
D. R. Porshay
D. Young
Insurance Dept
Citizens Saving Bank
Lowa
United States Postal Funds
Highland and Vicinity
Geo. Pratt
Anita Sunday
S.K. Wilson
Elmer Hendricks
Guy Smith
Mildred
la Grippe
Ira Bowen
Don Taylor
Lester Bowen
G. W. Parker
Walter Sisler
Henry McDermott
L. L. Dorsey
Wm. Pond
Lafe Koob
Lena Benson
Randolph
S. A. Worthing
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