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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
6
Earhart and wife of North Branch were Sunday guests of relatives F. O. Naylor and family. E. C. Worthing and wife were in the city Thursday. Mrs. Worthing attended a Club meeting at the home of Mrs. A. M. Worthing while Ed. visited among the boys.
Carl Foote buys a new car and J. O. Peterman with wife visit Miami residents Mrs. W. C. Nichols and family. Sheriff W. A. McKee attends city business Thursday with Ross Lang, making courtesy calls at the RECORD office.
SPECIAL NOTICE. Having fully recovered from a recent illness, necessitating temporary retirement from practice, I return to active practice and will meet patients at my office on weekdays except Tuesdays and Fridays. Also reports of a head end collision near Anita involving a Ford driven by Guy McDermott and Tom Franklin, with minor injuries to Mrs McDermott and significant vehicle damage.
A rural call urges dry weather to aid corn and whiskey while supporting farmers facing high taxes and needed road repairs. The speaker laments mud and hard roads, promotes drys and suffragettes, and cites Millard's on West Main Street as a point of action for farm repairs and economic relief.
Numerous household goods available for sale include a 9x12 Axminister rug a 8x10 Melton Velvet rug three rocking chairs one book case one mattress new sanitary couch one vase and Sones upright piano plus several dozen fruit jars. Contact 289 22 21 for prices. Memory Day carnations and roses from Lilly of Anita Flora Store also listed with phone 134.
Marion Huff of Wiota attended the city Sunday. Ted Vernon works as clerk in the New Racket. Saturday marked the straw hat season opener. Sam Petty delivered a surprising mix of rice juic pie plant and milk weed with dandelions hoping to be in good shape by summer. The RECORD corrected last week on James Jordan from Eagle Point Oregon not selling his Benton township farm. He visited the office Thursday and said he has no plan to sell despite high Iowa real estate prices.
F. C. Naylor and wife attended church services at North Branch. L. V. Hadley sold an Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph last week. Mrs. J. M. Briggs and Miss Hannah Boyle spent Wednesday in Atlantic. Dr. Go. M. Adair went to Omaha and bought a Chalmers automobile. Families of several city residents plan a Minnesota fishing trip by train for a few days, promising entertaining yarns on return.
The Anita city government refused auto tire firm permission to erect a sign post on Main Street. Mayor Homer Kirkham and Councilman R C Pratt led the review, citing an ordinance prohibiting such obstructions, and the Record publishes the ordinance excerpt to explain the decision and defend the officials. A separate note reports Mrs Everett Hansen and her child trapped when a car overturned near Lincoln Center Church. H O Stone aided rescue and both survived with injuries.
M. E. Smith and wife of Stuart visited Ed. McLaughlin and family on Sunday. FE Williams of North Branch Iowa spent Sunday with old neighbors F. O. Naylor and wife, whose farms adjoin Williams. Crockett Poore's company presented two commendable shows in Anita, with own band and fine music, despite smaller crowd. Lew J. Smith, longtime Anita resident now in Harlan, remains a Democrat. Frank Crowley of Wiota attended the Tax-Payers League meeting and left gold standard dollars at the RECORD. Mrs Crowley improving after illness. Aunty Hare, wintering with RE Holmes, left for Grand Rapids Michigan to summer with a daughter. Mrs Holmes's Des Moines visit included daughter Mrs Wilna Nelle Thorpe.
Tam prepared to do plastering and various concrete jobs with sixteen years of experience and guaranteed satisfaction. Floyd R Angell named resident manager of Alamito Sanitary Dairy Co station at Anita replacing O T Higley who moves to Lyons Sebrasia. Bill from Alamito Sanitary Dairy Co leaves for a higher paying position with better hours. Anita visitors include Mrs Sarah Grifith Norton advocate of Equal Suffrage sharing reasons for women's right to vote.
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