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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1927
Page
5
John Row, once a well known resident of Anita, now in Peoria with his daughter Mrs. Laura Buerkin, is spending several weeks in the city to oversee business matters on his farm located north of town.
ANITA DRUG COMPANY promotes specials on beauty products. Local residents Mrs Edna Nichols and family visited Atlantic friends Tuesday. Numerous area families and visitors are noted in this community update with short mentions of health, travel, and entertainment. The Rialto Theatre, operated by C O Lacey, announces a varied program starting Friday July 22 with inviting shows for movie fans.
J Peter Metz, a business visitor from Wiota, spent Monday in Anita. Anita hosted Sunnyside Park crowd with J T Monnig and relatives at Neola last week. Imojean Joy visiting Dexter with Frank Karns family. Rasmussen and daughter Elvida and Paul Kelloway visited Omaha. Grant Township Farm Bureau meets July 27 at F H Osen home. Erma Salmon and daughter stay with Newton family in Anita. FE B Wood from Clinton week in Anita visiting J L Carey and others. Shepherds from Jefferson with baby visit Trumbull household. E P Shepherd and Clara Garroutte join.
Attorney E. S. Holton handles business in Atlantic. Fred Ditman travels to Des Moines for hernia operation with Mrs. Albert Lees visiting from Des Moines. Geo E Pratt renews old paper subscription from Wapello. Clyde Falconer installs a new windmill near Anita. Congressman Green sends two dollar check for the Record to July 1 1928. Maggie Just from Wiota pays for one year home paper. Chas H Bartley turns fifty nine with family and friends offering congratulations.
A fishing party including Frank Sisler Wayne Sisler Charles Sisler Joyce McDermott and Ed Stager achieved an unusual record during a recent Lewis visit. Lafe Parker later visited the Record office reporting a promising corn crop and bright harvest prospects.
Mrs Nettie Cate of Chicago is spending the week in Anita with her sister Mrs C A Thompson and many old friends. Miss Marguerite Tierney Dorothy Weise and Bernice Lewis have been in Atlanta as guests of Miss Opal Bontrager. We carry a full line of Layer Mash Chick Feeds Salt and Oyster Shell
R J Ryan of the Wagner garage visited Omaha on Tuesday. Rosa Tierney and Marguerite Tierney called at the Record office Tuesday. Chas W Clardy and wife were guests of friends in Hancock Iowa last Sunday.
Soem Lae C. H. Daubendiek of the Anita Telephone Company holds the contract to rebuild Viota Telegraph lines in that town and vicinity. Live Stock Spray is advertised as a fly deterrent. Congregational Ladies Aid plans a quilting meeting at Mrs. George Scholl's home Thursday afternoon. Samuel C. Longstreet, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Root, has enrolled in Iowa State College Ames for electrical engineering.
Mrs. Clyde R. Falconer suffered a serious eye injury two weeks ago and was taken to Omaha this week for specialist care with the hope of saving her sight. A local sale announces a free perfume bottle with a fifty cent purchase next Saturday.
A letter from Miss Ermine Brown to her parents places her in Alaska with a large party of Denver schoolteachers during summer vacation. The piece notes snow depths twelve to fifteen feet and hints at regional travel among the wilds.
Lafe McDermott of Lovell works in the Chronicle office. Miriam Thorpe of Des Moines visits her aunt Mrs. H P Ziegler. Mrs. Mattie Morse returns to Sioux City Iowa after a week with F M Sheley C W Clardy. Harvests underway with grain and hay promising good quality. Mrs S S Turner ill from bronchial asthma. Dr A L Smith and Mrs Longstreet of Red Oak Iowa visit T E Root and family. Mrs Longstreet is Mrs Root’s sister.
Relatives in Anita announce the birth of Sedige daughter Dorothy Ann on July 25 in Jerome Arizona. Mrs R J Dostal will supervise and the announcement notes Wilma Stone, daughter of O O Stone of this city, will be remembered.
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