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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
1
The piece rails against the league of nations and Democratic leadership, praises certain restraint and economy, and urges selling the Cass County Farm to buy a smaller tract near Atlantic. Local notes follow, including social visits, harvests, and park cleanup.
Rev Laine of Bear Grove will occupy the Congregational Church pulpit next Sunday with Rev W M Bear conducting services at Bear Grove. Silas R Leach and wife, recently back from Colorado, visit daughter Mrs Spear at Bingham Lake. Silas’s health concerns alarm family and friends. Special notice reports a head end railroad collision west of town. no injuries. Iowa Electric Company asks meters at Anita Bank by July 25 1919. meters free with no rent. Mrs Emma Chipman visiting her mother Mrs Mary Ballou and her son Master Franklin Chipman of Rowan Iowa.
Fifty years ago Carl Hansen arrived at Castle Garden New York on July 3 and learned American life after a delayed Fourth of July celebration. He later toiled in Illinois and Iowa and settled in Anita Cass County where he shares stories of hardship and perseverance. The clipping also notes local updates on residents, business changes, and community happenings including donations, travels, and a new Ford sales room planned for Des Moines-based Herring Co.
The notice reports the sudden death of Mrs. Smith, wife of Prof Claude Smith, in Afton Iowa. Funeral and interment planned in Ames. Mrs Smith active in Chautauqua Children’s Department. Prof Smith recently named superintendent of Anita Public Schools. Survives by husband and three children.
On account of a severe hand injury the vendor will dispense with handling fresh meat for now and will keep on sale cooked and smoked meats, fresh groceries, canned goods, and more. The note asks for continued patronage until able to resume meat supply. 202 C.A. Thompson.
Former neighbors in Anita report Dr. L. R. Eller and his family have moved back to Iowa from a several week stay in California. The article notes the doctor may relocate to Washington for dentistry practice and expresses a warm welcome home to the Eller family.
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