Local visits and notices from the city and surrounding region
Local residents and visitors are listed with brief notes. Harry L Blood and Fred H Huarst returned to Denver. Ira H Sopher orders Ri&corp for a year. L R Galiher and A H F Ziegler were Des Moines visitors. Daisy Jenkins home from Griswold visit with H P Brown and wife. Chas Robinson from Des Moines in town for a few hours. Joseph Morgan from Wiota orders RECORD for a year. Several professionals and businesses noted, plus spring weather returns and local commerce activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Robinson
Des Moines
A. R. Robinson
Local News Notes and Notices From the County
Local residents and visitors are listed with social calls and trips to Omaha, Wiota, and Des Moines. The RECORD subscription price is $1.50 per year. Farm leases, shipments of cattle and hogs from Bridgewater to Chicago, marriages in Denver, and moves of residents are noted with brief details.
Marriage of Fred J. Herchenbach and Mary Agnes Conway
Fred J. Herchenbach and Miss Mary Agnes Conway of Wiota wed at St. John's church with Rev. Daniel McAllister officiating. The ceremony drew many guests and the couple are well known in Cass county with the bride a longtime popular schoolteacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Herchenbach
Mary Agnes Conway
Wiota
Daniel McAllister
St. John’s Church
Cass County
Mad Madsen sale draws large crowd on old Bovee farm
Local notes report the Mad Madsen public sale on the old Bovee farm attracted many bidders as stock and cattle sold well. The item also mentions Charlotte Holmes ill with la grippe, Des Moines business travel, and nearby residents stopping by the Anita Record to renew subscriptions.
Calendar printing by Benton township breeder featured
The office produced calendars for J. D. McDermott a Duroc breeder of Benton township. W. H. Dinsmore provided photographs for the calendars. Mrs. M. F. Perey left for Stuart for a brief visit with C. H. McDermott and wife and then planned trips to Dexter Des Moines and Chicago to spend winter with her son Dr. Nelson Perey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. McDermott
Benton Township
W. H. Dinsmore
M. F. Perey
J. D. Young
Stuart
C. H. McDermott
Dexter
Des Moines
Chicago
Nelson Perey
Anita Temple Pythian Sisters Confer Degrees at Meeting
Anita Temple Pythian Sisters held a regular session with strong attendance. Two candidates received orders one Knight and one Lady, and thirteen petitions for membership were received. The evening closed with a charming supper served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Temple
Temple
Funeral for Colorado-bound brother-in-law attended
Nattie McVay and Mrs. W F E Moore traveled to Marengo last Saturday for the funeral of their brother-in-law Wm Cochran who died in northwestern Colorado after a brief illness. Cochran sold a Poweshiek county farm last fall and went to Colorado for health reasons. consumption proved fatal. He visited Anita last fall en route to Colorado. The Walnut schoolhouse fire destroyed a premier state library, hundreds in apparatus and a $500 piano, with books burned. A new building at a cost forty thousand dollars was proposed within hours. the library and furnishings were lost, but lives were likely saved by the noon blaze. The writer urges Anita to act promptly on a new school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nattie McVay
W. FE. Moore
Marengo
Wm. Cochran
Colorado
Anita
Community notes show improvements and local visits
Grandma Cooper is reported almost well again. H O Stone travels to Omaha to visit John and Bessie for a couple of days. Fresh eggs hatch in cold storage. Chris Bohning recovers from a brief illness and Wilson Moreland improves under Dr C V Beaver care. The M E Church Ladies host an oyster supper. Many residents recover from illnesses and travelers visit area towns. A Pythian Sisters group reports fourteen applications. Anita board of education sends a committee to study new school buildings in nearby towns and reports back with plans for Anita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE. Fish
H. R. Robison
Anita Board of Education
Anita
Oakland
Des Moines
Lenox
Iowa
Messrs. Fish and Robison
Record Paid For Grandson En Route to Kansas City
Uncle Sam Cooper paid for a copy of the Record to be sent to his grandson Dr. Chas W. Zike who is attending Veterinary College in Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Cooper
Chas, W. Zike
Veterinary
Kansas City
Missouri
Auctioneer buys 17 acre tract east of Casey
D. R. Jones, a well known auctioneer in Iowa, bought a seventeen acre tract adjoining his farm east of Casey for 190.00 dollars per acre. The purchase shows the profitability of real estate in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Jones
Casey
Lowa
Local News and Notes from the Record
Old Bill Kelley sends for a yearly Record subscription. Mrs. Koob celebrates her birthday with a neighbors’ surprise at the Koob home. James O. Jenkins leaves for Des Moines to join the Iowa Senate. Wim. Stoffs renews with an advance payment for a year. The Record promises to publish all the news and separate wheat from chaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim. Stoffs
Record
Bill
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C.V. East
Optometrist
Anita, Iowa
Harry L. Blood and
Fred H. Huarst
Denver
Ira H. Sopher
Ri&corp
L. R. Galiher
A. H. F. Ziegler
Daisy Jenkins
H. P. Brown
Griswold
Record Office
Dc. E. Schott
The
Carpenter Paper Company
Omaha
Eugene Kennedy
D. D. Harrison
Joseph Morgan
A. Long
Hastings, Nebraska
J. F. Gissibs
Lincoln Township
Wim. Chambers
U. S. Express Company
W. E. Clark
M.D. Thomas
Brayton and Extra
City
Miles Lowell
Zeta Vernon
Neice
H. EK. Boatright and Wife
R. F. Parmley
Id Pardick
Rock Island
Earlham
W. H. Armstrong
Franklin Township
Rev
C. C. Smith
Indianola
White Rock Roosters
IRA Buggles
Chas. Shakely
Canby
W. T. Slater
Irwin W. Joy
H. M. Wagner
Guy White
Menlo
August Pieper
J. W. Angell
W. W. Niswender
Larah
James Roarick
W. P. Barrett
Kellogg, Iowa
Val Wiegand
Eva Weatherly
J. L. Stalcup
E. E. Benson
W. G. Wilson
McLean
Nebraska
Carl Hansen
Adair County
Bridgewater
S. R. Leach
la Grippe
Silas
John Crawford
Berea
Mr. Crawford
Valley Junction
Gordon EF
Stone
Robt
Cryer
Massena
A. B. Stone
Jessie Smith
M. M. Smith
Thomas Henchliff
South Dakota
Smith
Massena Township
Charlotte Holmes
Sm. W. Holmes
A. Liter
H. L. Siedelmann
Dinsmore
Frank Roberts
Earl Gaylord
Atlantic
J. W. Smith
F. O. Worthing
D. D. Morgan
Bert McKenzie
Anita Boy
Justice of the Peace
Eckley
Walnut
Jimmy McDermott
Jimmy
Ella Butler
Ank Liter
B. D. Forshay
M. Blakesley
W. R. Spence
D. KR. Forshay
D. Young
Insurance Dept
Citizens Saving Bank
State of
United States Postal Funds
H. O. Stone
John
Bessie
Chris Bohning
Wilson Moreland
C. V. Beaver
M. E. Church
Grandpa Way
Pythian Sisters
Circle
Chas. C. Allen
M. J. Calkins
Moose Jaw
Canada
Paul Becker
Mary Becker
Lincoln Center
Andrew Hansen
East Anita
Anna O'Leary
J. W. Piercy
Prof. Piercy
Anita Public Schools
James O. Jenkins
Iowa Senate
S. A. Worthing
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