Mrs Nancy Weatherby Dies in Anita Iowa at 81
Nancy Jane De Vault Weatherby 81 died at home in Anita Iowa after a long life in Des Moines Warren Cass and Audubon counties. She married Dennis A Weatherby on January 29 1862 and had three children Olive Smith Edward and Fred. Funeral services were held at the South Anita home with Rev B W McEldowney and burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Nancy Jane de Vault
Belle Fountain
Ohio
Anita
Iowa
Des Moines
Dennis A. Weatherby
Warren County
Audubon County
Lincoln Township
Cass County
Olive M. Smith
Burns
Wyoming
Edward D
Fred A. Weatherby
Boyden
South Anita
B. W. McEldowney
M. E. Church
Evergreen
Card of Thanks for condolences and floral tributes
The family expresses heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for kind assistance during their bereavement and for the beautiful floral tributes honoring their wife and mother.
Testing Woolen Goods For Wool Content
Instructions from the home economies division at Iowa State College describe a lye test for woolen fabrics. Heat a lye solution then boil a square sample. a jelly like mass or disappearance indicates all wool, a thread bundle shows wool, while a thin open fabric suggests a wool cotton blend likely to wear threadbare.
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Iowa State College
Illness of Anita Native Mrs C Rexrode Mentioned
Former Anita resident Mrs C Rexrode is seriously ill at her Muscatine Iowa home. Relatives include sisters Mrs J L Carey and Mrs Bert Rand Stauffer of Anita and Mrs Wood of Omaha. She is mother to John Rexrode of Lincoln township.
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J. L. Carey
Bertrand Stauffer
C. Rexrade
Anita Vicinity
Muscatine
Iowa
Wood
Omaha
Rexroade
John Rexroade
Lincoln Township
From Far Away China Letter Reaches Anita Community
Mrs Friedda Hughes, formerly Anita Public School teacher, now a teacher in the American school in China, writes a letter recently received by Mrs J D Peterson highlighting distant duties and connections.
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J. D. Peterson
Friedda Hughes
Anita Public School
Christmas Notes From Chenchow China Dear Mrs Peterson
Letters from Huvan Chenchow recount Christmas plans in China 1924 with teaching duties, student crafts, housing with furlough families, winter weather, and war news in the south. Also included is a basketball roundup from Anita High School detailing wins by girls and boys teams with scores and a sprained ankle update.
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Anita High School
Casey Dribblers
Casey
Service Star Legion meets installs officers in Anita
The Anita Service Star Legion held its regular meeting Tuesday evening installing newly elected officers led by President Mrs. E C Porch. Dues for 1925 are due to Secretary Mrs. Guy Steinmetz, with a social meeting planned January 27 at Mrs. Floyd DeMent’s home due to the American Legion moving quarters. Mrs Max Mayer is due February 4 with a 1 PM dinner at the Masonic Temple and a 3 PM public lecture. attendees urged.
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Floyd DeMent
American Legion
Ness
Guy Steinmetz
Legion
Max Mayer
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Philadelphia
Mayer
Masonic Temple
Service Star
Heavy steers bring top price at Chicago yards
Carl Sinderson of the Oakland vicinity marketed nineteen heavy western branded Herefords at Chicago on January 5. He received 11.00 per hundred for the shipment averaging 1344 pounds, cattle on feed 160 days and noted for uniformity and beefiness. The sale occurred among 26,000 cattle on the market, placing Sinderson among top feeders nationwide.
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Carl Sinderson
Oakland
Chicago
Mr. Sinderson
Mrs. C. H. McDermott Recovers After Double Operation
Mrs. C. H. McDermott of Fontanelle, formerly of Anita, underwent a double operation Saturday afternoon at Atlantic hospital. Relatives and friends report the operation was successful and the patient is rapidly recovering. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Young of Anita.
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C. H. McDermott
Fontanelle
Anita
Atlantic Hospital
McDermott
J. D. Young
City and Country Clover
Many youths tired of farm life should note that cities offer far more expensive and restrictive living, making the farm appear like a richer option. The piece contrasts rural abundance with urban costs and limitations, urging a realistic view of urban society.
Seventeenth Birthday of Max Walker Celebrated
Max Walker, son of Mr and Mrs Levi M Walker of Oak Ridge, observed his seventeenth birthday Thursday evening at the Walker home. A large neighborhood youth group attended, sharing games, amusements, radio program, and refreshments.
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Max Walker
Levi M. Walker
Oak Ridge
Walker
New Atlantic Baby Delights Hobart Newton Family
Mr and Mrs Hobart E Newton of Atlantic welcomed a baby daughter named Marilee whose beauty draws praise from relatives and friends. Grandpa Ed Newton parodies gifts by selling thirteen two cent stamps for a cent and a quarter, a playful family tale to mark the joyful event.
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Hobart E. Newton
Atlantic
Marilee
Ed. Newton
Things Booming in Coffeyville Kansas
In a copy of the Coffeyville Kansas Daily Journal the town’s many industries are detailed with past achievements and prospects for 1925. The publication notes Sherm Winchell and family as former Anita residents providing authentic local information about the Kansas area.
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Coffeyville
Kansas
Daily Journal
Sherm
Winchell
Anita
Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company Holds Annual Meeting
The Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company held its annual meeting Saturday at its Anita headquarters with unusually large attendance. The 1924 records were described as very satisfactory, with W. B. Tagg of Omaha among the principal officers present.
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Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company
Anita
W. B. Tagg
Omaha
Steady Winter Weather Persists in Cass County Iowa
The Cass County Iowa area has enjoyed an uninterrupted stretch of almost six weeks of steady winter conditions. The writer notes December and January have produced notable cold, with hopes that spring will arrive on schedule.
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Cass County
Iowa
Keeping the Kids Busy in Grundy County Schools
Miss Ethlyn Cockrell reports 367 children excluded from Grundy county schools due to itching lice and related conditions from 7,597 inspected. Among 4,337 individual inspections 429 cases of goitre were found, 197 with poor posture, 586 underweight, and 20 percent or more overweight.
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Ethlyn Cockrell
Trenton Republican
Miller tops Cass County sale at Chicago stockyards
J. F. Miller of Maine led Cass county bidders with a top price of 11.15 per hundredweight for 22 western branded Herefords averaging 1143 pounds. The sale, held December 31, occurred on a market of 11 006 cattle, marking a high note for Miller and his herd.
Are Moving to Des Moines
Chas. A. Thompson and wife, long in Des Moines, return to Anita to pack and prepare for a move to the Capitol city about February 1. They have leased their Anita home to G. A. Roe who will take possession once vacated. Mr Thompson plans to open business in Des Moines.
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Chas. A. Thompson
Des Moines
Anita
Capitol City
G. A. Roe
Mr. Thompson
Ordered to the Hospital For WW Veterans
James Roberts of Brayton vicinity traveled to Anita to catch a train for St. Louis Missouri where the World War Veterans Board of Examiners ordered special treatment and possibly an operation for ailments contracted during overseas service. He has been in ill health since discharge as many WW veterans are.
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James Roberts
Brayton
Anita
St. Louis
Missouri
World War Veterans’ Board of Examiners
Mr. Roberts
Quarter Money Riddle About Small Change
A playful riddle notes a twenty five cent coin claiming it is too small for many purchases yet seen as money in church on Sunday. It plays on the value and social perception of a quarter.
W W W C T U Meets For Regular Monthly Session
The regular monthly meeting of the W W W C T U was hosted by Mrs Jennie Overmier. Devotional exercises and business were followed by a program led by Mrs A B Stone and Mrs E C Porch with readings by Mrs George Denne. Rev J W Ferner gave an address. Next meeting at Mrs A B Stones with program by Mrs J D Peterson and Mrs George Scholl.
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Jennie Overmier
A. B. Stone
E. C. Porch
Reading
George Denne
J. W. Ferner
Anita Congregational
George Scholl
H. P. Ziegler
J. D. Peterson
Mrs Mary Smither Improves After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Mary Smither has shown notable improvement after several months of illness. Her condition is described as better and she is under medical care as she recovers.
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Mary Smither
Iowa Gains 55 Million in Grain Values This Year
Iowa farmers earned 55 million dollars more from corn wheat and oats in 1924 than 1923 according to the Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. The nation wide increase totals 550 million with oats up 34 million and Iowa adding six million on oats and fifteen million on corn. The corn crop value rose to 143 million from 128 million while wheat climbed to 186 million and oats to 99 million, aided by higher prices despite lower yields. The report notes improved livestock prices and renewed vitality in agriculture as profits per bushel rose in all grains.
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Sears-Roebuck Agricultural
Iowa
Foundation
Cost Agricultural College funding in Iowa emphasized
The article rejects a rumor that Iowa State College seeks eleven million dollars this year. It clarifies the request is under three million to support about five thousand students including engineering and domestic science, with three percent of the fund allocated to Extension Service reaching two hundred thousand farm families. It argues the cost is cheap insurance against livestock and grain diseases and compares state funding to other professions’ support.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Ames
Ames College
Hines Family Visiting Anita Relative's Home
C L Hines and his wife and daughter from Norfolk Nebraska are spending a week in Anita at the home of Mrs Elmira Rickel the wife and mother of Mrs Hines.
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C. L. Hines
Norfolk
Nebraska
Anita
Animals Seen in Unusually Large Numbers Near Anita
The possum and the coon are reported in unusually great numbers in the Anita vicinity with several captures made during the past week.
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Anita
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China
Mrs. Peterson
Most Sincerely, Friedda Hughes
Lewis
Lewis Boys
Cumberland
Robison
Massena
Service Star Legion
The
Anita Service Star Legion
Busi
Terest
Grundy County
J. F. Miller
Maine
Chicago Stock Yards
All West
Ern
Cc. T. U. Meeting
Dation
Cost Agricultural College
Rickel
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