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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
8
Mrs. Claude Blakesley and her daughter of Coon Rapids are visiting the city with the E. M. Blakesley and Smither families. Mrs. Jno Eneix has gone to Illinois to spend four or six weeks with relatives in different parts of the state including Chicago.
Miss Lorene Chase spent Thursday night with Nora Newman. Willie Dietterick stayed with his brother Henry Saturday night. B Ehle and wife visited John Baier and family Sunday. Mrs Ernest Miller spent Monday with the D L Spiker home. Charlie and John Uhle called on sister Mrs John Baier Sunday. Peter Hopley and wife from Lewis visited Clarence Hedges home Sunday. Anna Hansen returned home after visiting Madeline Sheeley. Clarence Hedges and wife and D L Spiker and wife spent Friday night with Ernest Miller and family.
Ross McVay buys a Ford runabout and Miss Allegra Brown remains ill. Anita visitors, callers at various homes, and gatherings in Anita Greenfield and Atlantic are listed. Several residents travel to Ohio, Fontanelle, and Avoca with family and friends noted among Mrs. J. W. Hutton and Mrs. Dr. M. Adair households.
Chris Sorrensen buys a new Empire automobile east of town. Alfred Creed Whitmore born to Geo C Whitmore and wife in Leadville Colorado on May 11, 1914. Weather changes near freezing after air-pump adjustments Monday night into Tuesday. Fred H Sears and wife visiting Des Moines to spend a week with W H Faulkner family. Pearl Millhollin leaves for Tama Iowa for three months with brother Roy. Geo Scholl to Des Moines for Masons instruction and annual Grand Lodge meeting. Mrs R J Cornell and babies return to Massena after weeks with FE W Holmes and wife. G W Fordyce to Omaha. wife returns home after hospital stay. Mayfred Stone returns from Drake University at Des Moines for vacation. A new monument erected in Evergreen Cemetery for Mrs Crozier mother of Mrs W J Weston and T A Crozier.
F. H. Townsend his wife and their daughter Miss Erma visited the city Saturday and were greeted by many old neighbors and friends.
Mrs Sibbetts of Wichita Kansas filled the pulpit last Sunday delivering a strong address on moral issues. Her talks at Lincoln Center and at the M E church drew enthusiastic crowds. She is welcomed by Christian workers in Anita where she exposes the devil and his aids. Next Sunday the pastor plans to preach on Some Criticisms of the Church. The Christian Endeavor Society meets at 7 PM with Emma Wagner leading. Consecration service urged for all members. Evening service at 8 PM features the pastor. All non worshipers invited.
William P Turner aged about sixty one died May 30 in Los Angeles after a four month illness. He leaves his wife Mattie Cessna and one son Roscoe. a daughter Laura is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving siblings reside in Oklahoma, Anita, Hastings, Ocelrichs, and Atlantic. Burial plans unclear, likely in Los Angeles.
The author urges living in the present and pursuing Christlike character over wealth or fame. Using Hawthorne’s The Great Stone Face as a parable, the piece argues that true likeness to Christ comes through daily virtue, service, and devotion, not public triumphs or fortune.
The Christian Endeavor Society plans a Sunday evening special honoring older members led by Mrs. A. D. Dean. Next Sunday morning the sermon will address The Coming of the Kingdom. The quarterly meeting fixed pastor and presiding elder salaries, discussed but did not adopt a budget system, and praised The Wider's sermons. Bishop Fouke to preach June 7 at 4 pm. other churches invited. Pastor H. H. King notes Sunday topics What Christians Need and How to Grow Old.
Miss Murill Taylor, who taught in Coin Iowa last year, returned home last week after finishing her work there. Next year she moves to Shenandoah for a higher position and increased salary.
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