Social notes from Anita and Spokane visitors
Mrs. Maud Davies of Spokane plans a short stay with her family in Anita. Billy Hull, now entering his second year of high school, returns from Los Angeles to visit relatives Dr. and Mrs. W E Fish. Lulu and Robbie Linderman of Norwalk Iowa visit Mason Linderman and family. The T. Smith & Son shoe store interior was repainted and M C Brehmer visited the Record office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy’. Hull
Daisy Dunlap Huff
Anita
Los Angeles
California
W.E. Fish
Billy
Lulu
Robbie’ Linderman
L. M. Linderman
Norwalk
Iowa
Mason Linderman
Bankers’ Life Insurance Co
Bobbie
Equitable
Des Moines
Purity Ice Cream at GOOGS Place and Local Notices
Purity Ice Cream full quart for fifty cents offered at GOOGS Place. Roy W Deeming and wife visit Colonerl Bluffs at Mrs Luxfords home. Mrs Deeming to stay several days. Oren Burns named administrator of late O D McGeorge estate. Frontier Round Up Show at Atlantic folds after two days due to low attendance. Mrs F J Deeming returns from Mayo Clinic in Rochester after operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Deeming
Colonerl Bluffs
Mrs. Deeming
F. W. Luxford
Atlantic
F. J. Deeming
Rochester
Minnesota
13. H. Dodge
Mayo Bros. Hospital
Obituary of Oliver Coomes Pioneer of Cass County Iowa
Oliver Coomes born August 26 1845 in Licking County Ohio died June 27 1921 near Storm Lake Iowa at seventy five. He moved to Iowa at eleven, farmed in Jasper County near Colfax, attended Iowa College briefly, married Addie Kellogg in 1867, had three sons Arthur K Coomes Bayard and Isaiah. He settled in Cass County on a Franklin township farm, wrote western fiction for New York publications, served in the State Legislature 1877 to 1880 as a Republican, and helped build his community. Funeral at Atlantic M Church with interment in Atlantic Cemetery. He was a respected neighbor and civic leader remembered for hospitality and kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Coomes
Licking County
Ohio
Storm Lake
Iowa
Jasper County
Colfax
Iowa College
Addie Kellogg
Royston
Arthur K
Atlantic
Isaiah
South Dakota
Coomes
Cass County
Franklin Township
James Byrd
R. G. Phelps
Anita Lodge
Viota Lodge
M. Church
F. W. Simpson
Atlantic Cemetery
Wrota Odd Fellows
Mary Ellen Ragan Benson obituary notice
Mary Ellen Ragan Benson born July 22 1844 near Jacksonville Illinois died June 13 1921 in Colorado Springs Colorado aged 76. She married W A Benson December 20 1869 and lived in Wiota Benton Lamar and Atlantic before moving to Missouri. Funeral June 18 1921 at Swan Chapel Colorado Springs. Interment Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Ragan
Geo. W. Ragan
Jacksonville
Morgan County
Illinois
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Cass County
Wiota
W. A. Beason
Lamar
Missouri
Boulder
Chas. Ragan
Anita
Iowa
James Ragan
Salida
Eller
Custer
South Dakota
Sarah Lyons
Rushville
Nebraska
Alice Grover
Callahan
Benson
M. E. Church
Benton Township
Swan Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
Gasoline Sales Rise Cited by Wagner and Shaffer Company Ad
A letter attributes the gas and oil sales increase to high quality goods and prompt service from Wagner & Shaffer Company. Local notes report bank consolidation in Elk Horn, travel, park picnics, a township trustees election, carnival fines in Atlantic, and a Los Angeles woman injured in a motor bus accident near San Bernardino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner & Shaffer Company
Rev
W.R. RaDuke
Record Visitors and Local Arrivals Highlight Anita Notes
Read and Gissibs visited the Record office on consecutive days. J. D. Peterson suffers bunion pain for a week. W. C. Trego toured Cumberland with granddaughter Lettie Huff. Mrs. L. R. Craig of Gardena California plans a Cass county summer stay with relatives. Numerous visits from Anita residents and relatives are noted. Daisy Dean Grant of Los Angeles visits her brother A. D. Dean family. Grant’s husband S. E. Grant once ran a business in Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Craig
Gardena
California
H. C. Dasher
Daisy Dean Grant
Los Angeles
A. D. Dean
Local visitors and student on vacation in Topeka
Miss Marian Foose of Topeka Kansas visits the Kellaway Aldrich Grace Forshay and Aldrich families this week. Miss Louie Carey a State University of Iowa student is home with her mother and sister during vacation after a week at West Liberty with her brother Dr. Jas C Carey and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Foose
Topeka,Kansas
Kellaway, Aldrich, Grace, Forshay
Aldrich
Louie Carey
State University of Iowa
West Liberty
Jas. C. Carey
Huff and wife visit Columbus relatives on cross-country auto trip
A. D. Huff and his wife of Columbus Ohio spent a few days in the city with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs W M Petit and family and her grandfather W C Trego. Mrs Huff is remembered as Lettie Trego who lived here years ago. They travel west by auto and plan to return home in a few months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Smither
Esther Bear
Caron
Canada
Joseph Kaiser
Anita
A.D. Huff
Columbus
Ohio
City
Paul Bartley Celebrates Ninth Birthday At Home Party
Miss Nella Fitzgarrald of Center Point Iowa begins duties as Anita post office assistant replacing Mrs Eva Kiehl entering last week She brings years of experience in all post office departments sharing duties with the staff and marking a transition in local postal service careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bartley
Nella Fitzgarrald
Center Point
Iowa
Eva Kiehl
Anita
Miss Fitzgarrald
Funeral services for Hon Oll Coomes held in Atlantic
Mother Hook attended the funeral services for the late Hon Oll Coomes held in Atlantic last Thursday. In Cass county early days neighbors were few and far between, the Hook farm southeast of Anita and the Coomes farm southeast of Wiota were considered reasonably close, and a lasting bond of friendship connected the two families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Hook
Oll Coomes
Atlantic
Cass County
Hook
Anita
Coomes
Wiota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Care le
Overe
Anita Bank
Leon G. Voorhees
H. T. Vernon
Harry C. Faulkner
A. R. Robinson
M. C. Brehmer
Record Office
Martin
Raben Auto Parts
Dave Raben
Atlantic, Iowa
J. P. McGeorge
Stansbury
Mary Wall
Union Star
Josh. Adams
Everest
Kansas
Chas Rogers
O. D. McGeorge
McGeorge
Oren Burns
A. L. Turner
S.V. Metheny
Misses May
Bertha
Chas. Rogers
J. D. Adams
Lew Anderson
Wisconsin
Ralph ©. Anderson
Ed ‘Dowdall
F. Cooper
Monroe
Clara Stacy
Lew
Arthur
Bayard
Bangham
Bear Nord
Califoraig
Atheve
AP Electrics
Mary Ellen Beason
Elk Horn
Cashler
Ralph H. Miller
Citizens’ State Bank
S. W. Jenkins
W. F. Crawford
Jos Kirkham
Sherm F. Myers
Sunnyside Park
Max Aldrich
J.H. Aldrich
C. A. Thompson
Geo. E. McDermott
Frank R. Howard
H. A. Delahoyde
Omaha
C.O. Gipple
Landis’ Carnival Company
Citizen’s State Bank
Abe Biggs
Ralph Miller
Cashier
W.S. Read
Charlie Gissibs
J. D. Peterson
W. C. Trego
Lettie Huff
Cumberland
Sherm. S
Roy H. Eneix
Miss Marjorie
Eagle Grove
Ions
E. C. Bangham
B. Mahan
Robert
Guthrie Center
McDermott
Mo. Valley
J. H. Aldrich
Charlie Chaplin
Featuring
Jackie Coogan
Ors
the Kid
Unique Theatre
Cass County Farm Bureau
Garden Theatre
Dr. Stouffer
Council Bluffs
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