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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1921
Page
3
Ed L. Newton bought a sheep in Omaha for 3.80 with 4.43 for lumber and crating, 0.07 for dipping, and 3.87 for express to return home. The article accuses center-fielders of profit from farmers and calls for action to curb their gains.
Secretary Corey announced that all concession spaces for next month’s Iowa State Fair were sold last week with many applicants still seeking room. Outdoor machinery exhibits and livestock pavilions are also filling up rapidly, signaling a potentially record fair.
The report covers Dodge car dealer William Bear & Son delivering a Dodge touring car to L R Goodpasture, ministerial petitions to close moving picture shows on Sundays, bank cashier Ralph H. Miller named director of Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Co, social visits and regional travel notes, a Booster Diy wrestling result in Adair, Evangelist J E Williams holding tent meetings in Wiota, Miss Edna Ray guest in Anita and teaching in Albuquerque, and road maintenance by local residents near Anita and Atlantic.
Brockman seeks heirs of the late Andrew Macy. Information shows two daughters of Mrs Kinney as beneficiaries. The search traced the children from Iowa to Nebraska and finally Texas, after living near Oklahoma. Both Kinney daughters are married with families and will receive their late mother’s share.
The Guthrie Center Ice Company is compelled to double their capacity to meet demand. A soaking rain Saturday morning secures the 1021 corn crop in the vicinity. Mrs. R. C. Rasmussen and Billy Donohoe visited Otis Worthing and family near Guthrie Center. Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company held its annual stockholders meeting in full attendance. Frank Oaks and family plan a Los Angeles trip by auto. Lenore Carson of Atlantic visits Guthrie Center with Miss Abita East and friends.
In Cass County Iowa a probate notice confirms B. D. Forshay as executor of James McVay's estate with probate actions and creditor instructions. The bulletin also reports community notes from Atlantic and Anita including social visits, travel, a ship-out of a veteran’s body, and a humorous farm stock anecdote.
A letter from H. W. Chehock describes Herbert Franklin and a quartette of boys with origins in Livermore Anita Clear Lake and Perry. The writer cites family health progress and plans for Herbert and mentions Chehock's long tenure in Anita public schools and the hope for future statesmen.
Neighbors in Oak Ridge and vicinity describe a pleasant Friday shower and a busy Rooster Day in Adair with many attending. Geo Graham family and Frank Graham with wife and daughters visit, while road work continues on the Cass county line. A boy baby arrives to Geo Parkinson Jr and wife in Adair, and Ralph Stephenson remains in Atlantic hospital after an operation. Mrs Stephenson, Hallie Anderson, and Chas Graham visit him.
John Dufford of Atlantic found a sixteen inch rattlesnake in his kitchen after setting a trap for a mouse. E Frank Stone of Des Moines was in Anita on Saturday. A. Casey auctioneer and Mrs Jones visited with Ed L. Newton and family. Postmaster Harry H. Cate of this locality was re elected president of the Town branch of the National League of Postmasters at Des Moines in its sixteenth annual session.
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