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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1923
Page
1
A city urges residents to clean up streets and alleys along the Rock Island right of way and First street three blocks long. After paving, the town promises a transformation for visitors and travelers, with neat backsides and improved overall appearance.
J W Garlock recently elected Anita public schools superintendent spent a few days in the city with his wife and four children. He met with the Board of Education to plan for the coming year and to arrange a residence as he intends to move his family to Anita soon. Local business leaders and citizens expressed a favorable view of his appointment.
Mrs. Lennie Beason of Los Angeles is in the city staying with her mother and siblings after the death of her father Benjamin Wagner. She is married to Lewis H. Beason Jr. and they have lived in the West for years. Relatives and old friends give her a cordial welcome.
Louis Anderson undergoing a second operation last Friday due to complications in his frail condition. Surgeons Dr. H. E. Campbell of this city and Dr. C. L. Campbell of Atlantic performed the procedure. Despite the ordeal, Anderson shows a remarkable recovery with likely improvement if no new developments arise.
Miss Virginia Boatright of Berea Kentucky plans a visit to her brother Geo W Boatright and wife in Stuart. Former Anita public school teacher, she has long served as an instructor in a Ladies Seminary and will see old friends in Anita.
Chas. B. Robinson and wife have leased the Samuel Petty residence on the corner of Fourth and Locust streets, indicating a new occupancy for the property and potential local housing shift.
Mrs. Mary Smither and daughter Miss Lillian will accompany their son and brother Tom Smither home to California to stay indefinitely.
On Anita's paving job two workers clashed in a brief dust up using dempsey guidance. The fight caused a pause but no serious injuries as mud-mixer wheels stopped briefly and soon resumed. Workers cooled with water from a shared dipper and continued paving the town.
Miss Irma Lewis daughter of Mr and Mrs Jas B Lewis will join the Bussey Iowa public schools teaching corps for the coming year. A graduate of Anita High School she spent two years at the State University Iowa City and is now taking a summer course preparing for duties ahead. Her friends wish her a successful year in her chosen vocation.
James Morgan returned Monday evening from an auto trip to Burlington Iowa where he spent a week with his daughter Mrs Bruce Engle whose husband works for the Q railway in that city He reports crops in the south and eastern portions of the state ahead of this vicinity but with continued favorable conditions harvest days will not be any better.
Mr and Mrs Ed L Newton received a five o clock call Tuesday from Nevada Iowa announcing the arrival of their first grandson Robert Wentz Newton eight and one half pounds born to Mr and Mrs Glen Newton on that date Grandma Newton went to Nevada on the first train while Granddad will stay home until the baby is watched over
Geo S Daughenbaugh of Wiota visited the city Saturday to test a latest model four door Ford sedan purchased from Atlantic Auto Company. His wife and daughter Miss Cora accompany him, with Cora content to ride at a safe and sane pace.
A feature of Anita highlights Mrs. A. F. Choate on West Main Street where a wide range of roses and other flowers are grown in abundance. The attractive home and grounds are praised by passersby who are welcomed with bouquets of Choate’s finest posies.
Mrs Hansena Johnson purchases the W F Budd residence on East Iowa Street now occupied by Howard Marshall for five thousand dollars. Possession is to be given August 1.
A. D. Dean his wife and daughter Miss Evelyn and Mrs. Kenneth Dean visited Des Moines and left Anita at 3 30 in the morning. They drove directly to Union Park, cooked breakfast, made coffee, and enjoyed an early feast fit for a king.
Reports say Dr. W. T. Webb of Audubon left for Fairfield after a Tuesday encounter with local Ku Klux Klan members. The doctor allegedly fired at Klansmen, threatened Jack Van Cise, and later sought to return to town before a later delegation sought him. Webb is married with four children and had lived in Audubon four years.
Joe Saunders and wife from Kansas City Missouri survived a rollover near the Voorhees Estate two miles west of Anita while en route to Omaha. Mrs Saunders suffered a deep arm gash and internal pains. Mr Saunders had multiple bruises. Frank White transported them to town where Dr Campbell treated them. The Cadillac was badly damaged after the sudden plunge on a smooth stretch of road.
Tom Smither, in Anita with his mother Mrs. Mary Smither and relatives, has taken a state representative post for Hudson Automobile Company in California. He enjoys a brief vacation before starting duties with a salary described as very attractive.
J. P. Randle of Des Moines, formerly of Anita, spends the week in the city visiting relatives and old friends. Though totally blind, Pete remains happy and uncomplaining.
August Pieper, a caller at the Record office, notes backward weather conditions but says corn is up to the usual standard for the season. He cites prospects for an abundant crop and says the outlook has never been better.
Mrs. A Forester and her daughter Miss Ida May of Greeley Colorado accompany Bert on a visit to Anita. The party enjoys time with old neighbors and friends in town and surrounding areas.
The Iowa State Fair opens August 22 in Des Moines with a preliminary estimate of more than five million dollars in educational and entertainment features. Livestock value exceeds three million dollars with 7500 grand champions. Amusements, government exhibits, farm machinery, auto show and races add hundreds of thousands. special baby beef barn to house 500 calves. Railroads offer reduced round trip fares for August 22 to 31.
The Anita Produce Company remains a key business in Anita, circulating cash through cream poultry eggs and other farm products. A recent shipment of 1 200 cases of eggs went to New York City while thirteen people are employed at the plant, with seasonal dressed shipments and steady wages supporting the town.
Angell's Comedians perform a week in In Concert Park under a tent. Rain on Tuesday reduced attendance but favorable weather promises larger crowds for the rest of the week. The Angells are described as a courteous, pleasing troupe.
Co. H Bartley of this city is appointed executor of the estate of his father H E Bartley who died recently in California.
Two hundred citizens of Atlantic join a remonstrance against locating a filling station at the corner of Sixth and Poplar streets on a lot recently owned by the Episcopal church society.
Fourteen fifty pound shoats were stolen from Chester Wycoff's feed lot southwest of Massena at an early hour. Despite a diligent search, no clue to the thief has been found.
Farmers in the Middle West buy tractors in large numbers as the fourth Farm Power Prosperity Special moves 43 carloads from Milwau kee to Kansas Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico via Rock Island Railroad. The shipment signals a shift from buyer restraint to broad farm prosperity and indicates rising demand for modern power.
Mrs. Alice Kennedy of Benton township learns her son Eugene W. Kennedy enlisted for air service on June 15 and is stationed in the Second Corps Area Fort McDowell California. Pay ranges from 21 to 126 dollars monthly with medical and dental attendance, food, clothing and quarters free. The air service encompasses aviation duties with work hours from five to eight daily. Recreation includes field sports free motion pictures and gymnasium.
Bert Forrester of Greeley Colorado visits Anita for a few weeks to attend to business and see old friends. The Forrester family loves their new Colorado home and surroundings as the daughters pursue educational work and the sons work hard, one preparing to become a newspaper man.
N E Stucker of Ottawa Kansas arrived from Winnewood Oklahoma where as a representative of Cook Stucker Company he secured a second paving contract. The firm did a large amount of paving there two years ago with a first class job and faced no difficulty this time.
W. O. Aldrich and family from Iowa City visit Anita to reconnect with relatives and friends. The article notes their reunion with Old Bill and mentions Aldrich’s work selling Walnut Grove Hog Remedy products across eastern Iowa, where he is achieving success.
Miss Bernice Deeming daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Deeming of this city was chosen as one of five hundred young ladies to participate in The New Life pageant at the Christian Endeavor convention in Des Moines She is a student at Des Moines University.
W. E. Sisler, a worker on the Barnholdt service station project, sustained slight injuries Tuesday when a scaffold gave way and he fell to the ground.
Miss Metta Knowlton of Anita High School Class of 1923 is taking a stenographic course at Des Moines University. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Knowlton.
Former county board member Mike Metz visited the city on Thursday for the first time since last March. He met many friends and received cordial greetings after moving to a farm last spring and finding much to do.
John Shipman Bell longtime Cass county resident died at home near Wiota at 9 05 p m Thursday following injuries from a June 25 accident when a team hitched to a plow ran away and passed over him He was born November 23 1860 in Guernsey County Ohio and moved to Iowa as a child He leaves a large family including wife Lavina Dalzell seven children and multiple siblings Funeral services were at Wiota M E Church conducted by District Superintendent W B Talley.
Enterprising residents have opened Bixler's Park on the Anita Mas Sena Corning road in Adams County. The resort sits beside a clear stream in a grove and offers amusements including baseball. Community meetings and picnics are common, drawing people from miles around, especially on Sundays, to enjoy a wholesome day away from reckless road stunts.
Mrs. Addie Henderson Hayward of Idaho Falls, a former Anita girl, spent last week in the city visiting relatives and friends. She and Mrs. Mildred Walker called at the Record office. She said her son and daughter are seventeen and nineteen, still her children at heart.
Chas M Blakesley and A M Worthing who have run a Bancroft Iowa cafe for a year have sold their interests and plan to move to California to pursue new business opportunities offering stronger returns.
Miss Mildred Porch daughter of Mr and Mrs E C Porch spent the week in Des Moines with her cousin Miss Grace Winder during a family visit in the Midwest city.
Samuel Petty and his wife will dispose of their household goods next Saturday and move to the farm after leasing their residence property for a year to Chas. B. Robinson and wife.
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