Anita-Californian Picnic Notes From Brookside Park
A letter from Harry H. Cate recounts Anita California picnic at Brookside Park Pasadena on July 5 honoring Fanny Haver Paige. Attendees include Wm. H. Wagner Lewis Benson George Haver and families, Lee Hubbell, Frank DeMent Dora Fickel Meairs, Chas. Fickel, Otto Schlotfeldt, Imojean Earl Younger, Mrs. Earl, and more. Cate praises California, reports real estate work, new boulevard plans, and invites Anita former residents to future events including a Rose Parade gathering in Pasadena and a Long Beach Iowa picnic on August 14.
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Anita Bunch
Brookside Park
Pasadena
Fanny Haver Paige
San Bernardino
Wm. H. Wagner
Lewis Benson
George Haver
Lee Hubbell
Frank DeMent
Dora Fickel Meairs
Chas. Fickel
George Galiher
Otto Schlotfeldt
Imojean Earl Younger
Gus Earl
Milo
Missouri
Harry Blood
San Francisco
Dora Fickel Meais
Anita
Elks
Mildred Fish Hallam
California
Frank
Mildred DeMent
Iowa
San Gabriel
Hubbell
Lee
The
Santa Fe
Mr. Meaks
Long Beach
Huntington Park
Lennie
Record
Aney
Hattie Kuehn Clements
Los Angeles
Prof
W. N. Anderson
Ed Lighter
Aunt Mary Haver
United States
Canada
Harry H. Cate
Elder Court
Calif
Bequest to Evergreen Cemetery From Sherier Will
Mrs Flavia C Hook secretary of the Ladies Cemetery Association receives a 100 dollar draft from the administrator of the estate of the late Mildred Rose Sherier. The gift, filed in district court in Denver Colorado, funds permanent improvements at Evergreen cemetery. Mrs Sherier was wife of Julius M Sherier and daughter of the late Dr and Mrs Wm Rose once residents of Anita.
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Flavia C. Hook
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
Mildréd Rose Sherier
Old Home Folks Visit Anita Enthusiastically
Mitchel Dean and his wife with daughter Mrs. J A Cope of Alda Nebraska are spending weeks in Anita at Maude Dean’s home with relatives and old neighbors. Dean notes crop conditions in their area are poorer than Iowa and praises the strong prospects for the fall harvest and festival.
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Mitchel Dean
J. A. Cope
Alda
Nebraska
Anita
Maude Dean
Junior Missionary Society Meets on Birthday at Miss Scholl Home
The Junior Missionary Society of the Congregational church met Saturday afternoon at the home of Miss Jane Scholl for her eleventh birthday celebration. Plans to broaden the society’s work were discussed, promising merited success. Games followed by refreshments served by Mrs. Scholl and Miss Freda. Favors were Chinese joss-sticks.
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Misionary Society
Congregational Church
Jane Scholl
Scholl
Freda
Sojourning in Colorado with Mrs Black and Daughter
Mrs F A Black and her daughter Miss Margaret are spending a few weeks with relatives in Denver and other Colorado towns and Lincoln Nebraska. They will visit Mr Black's mother in Denver and see the two brothers. The Black family were long time residents of Fort Collins and may return there to make it their future home.
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F. A. Black
Margaret
Denver
Colorado
Lincoln
Nebraska
Mr. Black
Busy feed station among city’s lively spots
Jas C Rickel of the Fa Coop takes a brief vacation with his family scouting around the countryside. Mrs A L Turners is ill with rheumatism. The Ladies Aid of the M C Church will serve cafeteria lunch and supper at the hotel on Main Street Saturday July 31. Everyone is invited.
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Jas. C. Rickel
Fa Coop
Former Anita resident returns for visit after long absence
Anita J E Stauffer of Pine Bluff Wyoming, with wife and two daughters and two sons, arrived Monday for a week long visit at the home of Bertrand Stauffer and Mrs Robert Scott and other relatives. They traveled 543 miles by auto in record time, facing only sixteen miles of mud. Crop conditions in Wyoming are unusually favorable for farmers. Mrs Stauffer is a daughter of the late Millard Allen, longtime farmer and stock-raiser near Audubon county, and granddaughter of Nattie Hamlin pioneer Anita merchant and landowner.
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J. E. Stauffer
Pine Bluff
Wyoming
Anita
Mr. Stauffer
Bertrand Stauffer
Robert Scott
Cass County Delegates Attend State Judicial Convention
E. S. Holton and H. P. Ziegler travel to Des Moines this week as Cass county delegates for the state judicial convention.
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E. S. Holton
H. P. Ziegler
Des Moines
Cass County
Keeping Close Tab on Iowa
IL S. Coomes of Webster South Dakota, former Cass county boy and son of Howell Coomes, a pioneer near Wiota, is a Republican with a long record as Cass county rep and South Dakota district attorney. The note shows old Cass county ties remain active in Iowa politics.
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IL S. Coomes
Webster
South Dakota
Cass County
Howell Coomes
Wiota
Coomes
Iowa
Letter from I S Coomes to Sherm F Myers in 1926
A personal letter from I S Coomes of Webster South Dakota dated July 23 1926 to Sherm F Myers of Anita Iowa includes a front page of the Aberdeen Morning American with a prefatory note on a Republican convention speech Des Moines and reflections on Republican leaders. The missive mentions relatives Art and his family at Pickerel Lake and extends best wishes and sympathy.
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Sherm F. Myers
Anita
Iowa
Sherm
Aberdeen Morning American
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Des Moines
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Roosevelt
Art
Gladys
D. R. Love
Atlantic
Pickerel Lake
I. S
Coomes
Corn crop cut short by drought hits business interests
Without further rain the corn crop in many areas will be unusually short, a blow that business interests across the country cannot afford at this time.
Anita Bruce Remembered by Record Readers Worldwide
The Record publishes a letter to the editor from Anita Bruce’s relative, recalling her as the daughter of Anita’s prominent citizen James E. Bruce a banker and senator now living in Tampa Florida.
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The
Record
Anita Bruce
Anita
James E. Bruce
Tampa
Florida
Anita Bruce Consigny letter to Mr Myers
Anita Consigny writes from California thanking Mr Myers for the newspaper and enclosed a two dollar check. She describes family travel plans including a trip from Chicago to Winnipeg and Banff, a Beverly Hills home, and summer plans with daughters Jean Marie and Clarissa. She asks to be remembered to Mrs Myers and Bess and signs as Anita Bruce Consigny.
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Mr. Myers
Anita
Edna
Anita Bruce Consigny
Tampa
Forida
Chicago
Duluth
Minnesota
Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian Rockies
Banff
Lake Louise
Beverly Hills
Jean Marie
Clarissa
Special Meetings Close With 53 Accessions At Anita Church
Evangelist W. C. Cole and wife of Des Moines led revival sessions ending last Sunday, drawing large audiences and a seventy-voice chorus. Rev. LaVerne Morris and congregation praised the constructive and lasting nature of the evangelism, with 45 converts at Audubon prior, totaling 98 in four weeks and prompting full-time preaching at both communities before Morris departs for Minneapolis.
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W. C. Cole
Des Moines
Anita Christian Church
LaVerne Morris
Evangelist Cole
Minnehaha Church of Christ
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Water ban urged for Anita residents
Due to extreme dryness, the town orders that mains water may not be used for watering lawns, flower beds, or washing automobiles. After this date, any use beyond house use or watering stock will result in water being shut off. M Millhollin.
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M. Millhollin
One Hog Cost Five Years
Louis Peachy, 25, of the Berea area, was sentenced to five years at Ft. Madison by Judge Applegate for stealing a 220 pound hog from Andy Thiele. Peachy admitted guilt and implicated two others, with Will Peachy later arrested. The case ties to the Thiele farm theft on June 26 and a sale to an Anita buyer.
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Louis Peachy
Berea
Neghborhood
Ft. Madison
Applegate
Guthrie Center
Peachy
Andy Thiele
Thiele
Peachy Had Been Employed On the Thiele
Anita
Louie Peachy
Matt Thiele
Will Peachy
Louie
Clyde Smith
Smith
Judge Raper
Adair County
Elder Morris Accepts Minneapolis Call for September
Elder LaVerne Morris, long time pastor of Anita Christian Church, has accepted a call to the Minneapolis church and will begin work there September 1. He has given universal satisfaction to his Anita congregation and is wished well by all.
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LaVerne Morris
Anita Christian Church
Minneapolis
Morris
Returned Home to Nebraska tale of relatives’ visit
Mrs Alpha Nelson and her three sons James Robbie and Junior were guests with relatives for several weeks. Mr and Mrs Bert Stauffer Mr and Mrs Robert Scott and Fred Stauffer left Saturday for Winnetoon Nebraska after enjoying a grand time with their old home folks.
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Alpha Nelson
James
Robbie
Junior
Bert Stauffer
Robert Scott
Fred Stauffer
Winnetoon
Nebraska
Fine place for state park near Brayton Iowa
An ideal site for a state park lies in Audubon county on the heavy timber land owned by Keyes and Percy Hallock near Brayton. The area attracts visitors from across the country seeking a day of rest and recreation in a scenic setting.
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Iowa
Keyes
Percy Hallock
Brayton
Audubon County
Baron Family Visits Anita During Vacation
Ernie Baron his wife and daughter Miss Mildred and his mother Mrs J E Baron of Atlantic visited Anita Monday afternoon during Ernie's vacation. They were impressed by tall buildings paved streets and attractions not usually found in a cross roads town of the area.
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Ernie Baron
Mildred
J. E. Baron
Atlantic
Anita
Ernie
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Junior Missionary Society
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Robert T. Lincoln
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Ien
Connecticut Mutual
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Rongers Bros
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