City Council Approves Fifteen More Blocks Of Paving
At the regular monthly meeting the City Council ordered fifteen additional blocks of street improvement, to be let at an adjourned session on Monday evening June 18. Work on Main street from Evergreen Cemetery to the west limits progresses rapidly with grading curbing and guttering on side streets, and concrete spreading schedules keep pace with brick laying, promising an earlier finish. The notice of improvement in today’s Record outlines the streets included, and owners are urged to proceed now as costs are lower due to current labor and material prices and available equipment.
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Main Street
Evergreen Cemetery
West
Honor World War Heroes in Evergreen Cemetery
The Service Star Legion laid a living bed shaped as a star in Evergreen Cemetery to honor World War I heroes. A marble tablet reading World War Heroes was installed near the star, crafted by A. F. Choate of Anita Marble and Mantel Works and cemetery sexton Ed. N. McLaughlin, presented to the ladies of the Service Star Legion.
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Service Star Legion
Evergreen Cemetery
A. F. Choate
Anita
Ed. N. McLaughlin
The
Mass Ku Klux Klan initiation near Des Moines in 1923
In a timber clearing five miles east of Des Moines on May 29 1923 about five hundred men were initiated into the Ku Klux Klan. A forty foot cross burned at center of the site as pastors from Des Moines churches spoke after the ceremony. Supper followed and the group disbanded near midnight.
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Des Moines
Ku Klux Klan
Anita Legion Plans Regular Friday Meetings In Anita
Anita Legion members schedule Friday evening gatherings at the Anita Post headquarters in the Chambers building. Attendance has risen and organizers hope more members attend. First bonus checks arrived Tuesday morning with several warrants sent via mail Wednesday, signaling continued patronage at the Anita post office.
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Anita Post
Chambers
Anita
Record
Legion
Anita Record
Legion News
Old Friend Among Friends Visits Anita for Memorial Day
Mrs. Henry T. Chapin, longtime Lincoln township resident and former Anita family, visited Anita for Memorial Day with daughter Mrs. Gertrude Gifford. Chapin, now at Grinnell, enjoys an elegant home and frequent travels, staying in Anita for a few weeks with the company of friends from bygone days.
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Anita
Henry T. Chapin
Lincoln Township
Grinnell
Premium on His Grand-Kids
Roy Taylor shows pride as he plans substantial gifts for all grandchildren. Granddaughters receive pianos and grandsons Shetland ponies. He has begun stockpiling ponies for emergencies and the editor jokes about buying stock in a piano factory to meet near cost needs.
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Roy Taylor
Roy
They Appreciate His Effort and New Ford Gift
Sister Bill Steele and her daughters LaVerne and Phyllis help remove the kinks from a brand-new Ford. Rumor says friends gave Old Bill the car to honor his nine or ten-base hit that knocked a Spaulding ball into smithereens and blinded two batters in a game versus Anita City League’s Berea team.
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Bill” Steele
LaVerne
Phyllis
Ford
Bill
Smithereens
Anita
Berea
Sioux City Auto Crash Hurts Three Women and Child
Mrs Ed M Blakesley and her three year old daughter Bernice and Mrs Gertie Slater narrowly escaped severe injury when a speeding car struck them on a busy Sioux City corner. Mrs Blakesley suffered serious injuries with the wheel of the car passing over her head. All escaped with bruises and no broken bones. The party were visiting Mrs Slater. Blakesley’s husband was advised the injured were progressing as expected.
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Ed. M. Blakesley
Bernice
Wiola
Gertie Slater
An Old-Time Resident Praises Anita Record Praise
A Rodney Iowa correspondent recalls reading the Anita Record with admiration noting familiar names in the May issue and recalling Charlie Whitmore Nelse Dufford and Parham Corner. He reflects on life and youth while sending best regards from M Dallas Refd.
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Sherm
F. Myers
Record
Anita
Iowa
Anita Record
Chas. Whitmore
Robertson
Ottumwa
Cahrlie Whitmore
Rodney
Nelse” Dufford
Parham Corner
Dewey Bartlett
Nelse
Ohio
Montana
Idaho
China
M. Dallas
Drowned Boys During Picnic Swim Near Elk Horn
Two Petersen youths, eight and fourteen, sons of farmer James Petersen west of Kimballton, drowned Friday in Indian Creek four miles west of Elk Horn. A Jacksonville township school picnic group was present. Miss Brown, their teacher, tried to save them but both sank in a hole.
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James Petersen
Kimballton
Indian Creek
Elk Horn
Jacksonville Township
Miss Brown
Paid For The Fun They Had
Two men and two women were brought before Mayor Mountain in Atlantic to face charges of intoxication and a brawl on Olive Street. The mayor imposed fines ranging from ten to one hundred ten dollars.
Good Will Tour Of Des Moines Boosters To Anita
A party of over a hundred Des Moines business men will tour Anita on Tuesday June 26 arriving 4 48 PM and departing 5 18 PM via Rock Island lines. The 10 car social train aims to foster mutual ties with Anita business leaders with no formal program. The itinerary includes 44 cities and stops in Atlantic Harlan Boone and Des Moines with the Argonne Post Band providing music.
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Des Moines
Anita
Rock Island
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Pullman
Carry Legion Band
Harlan
Chicago and North Western
Boone
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Argonne Post
Des Moines Post
The
American Legion
Mingled With Old Friends In Anita Memorial Day Gathering
Former residents return to Anita for Memorial Day and reconnect with Uncle Sol Wagner who runs a Ruthven hardware business with his son Elmer. The piece notes Sol’s youthful spirit and the brisk passage of time.
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Anita
Sol Wagner
Elmer
Ruthven
Iowa
Sol
Returned from Minnesota
Leland Hubbell and his wife and daughter returned from St. Paul where Mrs. Hubbell was summoned by her father's serious condition after an accident. Hubbell traveled to Rochester to meet them, saying the trip featured the best roads he ever drove both ways.
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Leland Hubbell
St. Paul
Hubbell
Lee
Rochester
Minn
Mrs Lee K Nichols Enjoys Wichita Visit in Anita
Mrs Lee K Nichols of Wichita Kansas spends the week in Anita with her parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Weigand and sister Mrs G A Roe. The Nichols say Kansas does not bleed as often with provocation as in years past and consider it a desirable state to live and do business.
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Lee K. Nichols
Wichita
Kansas
Anita
Andrew Weigand
G. A. Roe
Mrs. Nichols
Parker children set perfect attendance record at district school
Miss Odetta Parker and Master Roy Parker, daughter and son of Mr and Mrs C E Parker, achieved perfect attendance in district No 4 Grant township for the year just closed being the only pupils without absence or tardiness. Geraldine Parker would have shared the record but for one day of sickness absence.
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Odetta
Roy Parker
C. E. Parker
Grant Township
Geraldine
Veterans march to Evergreen Cemetery Memorial services
Sixteen civil war veterans forming Meade Post No. 50 Grand Army of the Republic marched from the Masonic Temple to the Odd Fellows building on Wednesday. Autos were arranged to transport them to Evergreen Cemetery for the afternoon Memorial services.
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Meade Post
No. 50
Grand Army of the Republic
Masonic Temple
Odd Fellows
Evergreen Cemetery
Han sen to return to native land from New York
Arthur Hansen, after over eleven years in the United States mainly around Anita, will sail from New York in about three weeks for Copenhagen. He expects a cordial welcome from his father sisters and other relatives and friends upon arrival.
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Uncle Sam
Anita
Arthur Hansen
New York
Copenhagen
Herriman Family Spends Sunday at Menlo
Jas B Herriman with wife Ruth and daughter Ruth visit Menlo on a quiet Sunday afternoon joined by Miss Helen Trumbull as they enjoyed the outing and conversation in pleasant weather.
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Jas. B. Herriman
Ruth
Helen Trumbull
Menlo
Mrs Ralph H Miller Visited Estherville and Northeast Iowa
Mrs Ralph H Miller spent the past week visiting relatives and friends at Estherville and other northeast Iowa points.
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Ralph H. Miller
Estherville
Iowa
Valuable Addition Joins Anita Concert Band This Summer
Mick Forshay a student at the State University Iowa City is expected home this week for summer vacation and will join the Anita Concert Band as a musical producer for regular Tuesday night concerts in Anita during the summer months.
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Mick” Forshay
the State University
Iowa City
Anita
Mrs Wade Assists with New Grandson at Karns Home
Mrs John Wade helps care for a newborn grandson at the home of Mr and Mrs Albert Karns. The arrangement highlights family ties and shared duties as relatives gather to support the newborn family unit.
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John Wade
Albert Karns
Campaign to prevent crossing accidents nationwide
Railroads in the United States and Canada will run the Careful Crossing Campaign from June 1 to September 30, styled to reduce railroad highway grade crossing crashes. The 1922 context shows 12 975 632 registered vehicles and 9 101 deaths with 24 208 injuries in five years, underscoring the effort to ensure drivers cross cautiously and verify track clearance.
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United States
Canada
American Railway Association
Speedway on Anita Street Brings Memorial Day Joy Ride
On Memorial Day the section of Anita's Main Street near the I O O F building was opened for joy rides. Harry Stucker of Cook and Stucker removed a temporary fence to allow cars to race west to the town limits. When finished the street may need a traffic cop to curb speeding and time violations.
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Anita
Harry Stucker
Cook & Stucker
Corporation
Red Arrow Merchants Show Promises Film Event
The Red Arrow Merchants of Anita designate Wednesday June 13 as Show Day in Anita. A six reel feature Skin Deep will be shown twice in the afternoon and twice in the evening with admission priced at 25 dollars in Red Arrow Bands. children under twelve admitted free. Music by the High School Orchestra in the afternoon and the City Orchestra in the evening. Jim, Chet, Kohly, Hans and Leo ensure seating.
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Red Arrow
Anita
Jim
Chet
Kohly
Hans
Leo
Long-Time Atlantic Resident Bridget Mary Troy Dies
Bridget Mary Troy 69 wife of John Troy and mother of Mrs. M P Conway and Mrs. Rose Rhody died Saturday at her Atlantic home after residing in the county since 1873. She left six children. Funeral services were held Monday at 8 S Peter and Pauls Catholic Church in Atlantic.
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Bridget Mary Troy
John Troy
M. P. Conway
Rose Rhody
Atlantic
S. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church
Visiting Old Home Folks
Peter F. Anderson and his wife from Ruthven Iowa visit their daughters Mrs. C O Gipple and Mrs. C A Caldwell for the week. Uncle Peter is in good health for his years and with Uncle Sol Wagner goes fishing daily during the season.
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Peter F. Anderson
Ruthven
Iowa
C. O. Gipple
C. A. Caldwell
Peter
Sol Wagner
Mrs Wayne Bullock Returns From California Visit
Mrs Wayne Bullock spent several months in Long Beach California and returned home last week. She then visited Iowa City to spend a few days with her two sons Wallace and Max students at the State University before returning.
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California
Wayne Bullock
Long Beach
Iowa City
Wallace
Max
State University
MorganLeaves for Nebraska Visit with Nickie Richter
Jas Morgan departed Thursday afternoon driving to Nebraska to stay indefinitely visiting relatives and friends. He is accompanied by Nickie Richter who plans to explore the area and enjoy time there.
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Jas. Morgan
Nebraska
Nickie Richter
Pioneer Resident of Anita Dies at 86
Melissa Jane Saunders born May 12 1837 near Xenia Ohio. She married Armstead M. Saunders Mar 25 1855 and lived in Anita Iowa Lincoln township. Survived by seven of nine children, fourteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Funeral in Denver Colorado attended by relatives, interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Melissa Jane
Thomas
Nancy (Moorman) Thornburgh
Xenia
Green County
Ohio
Mary Duthie
Denver
Colorado
Dosha Shaul
Whittier
California
Dosha V. Scholl
Fred Saunders
Anita
Thorpe Saunders
Kansas Ciy
Jane Elizabeth
William Walter Saunders
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Melissa J. Saunders
The Saunders family extends gratitude to neighbors friends and the quartette for help and sympathy in paying tribute to our wife and mother Mrs Melissa J Saunders and for the floral emblems expressed in love. A M Saunders T T Saunders Fred Saunders Mrs Dosha Scholl Mrs Mary Duthie Mrs Eldora Brink Mrs Nannie Wilson
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Melissa J. Saunders
A. M. Saunders
T. T Saunders
Fred Saunders
Dosha Scholl
Mary Duthie
Eldora Brink
Nannie Wilson
Cornell Returns Home After Visit With Grandparents
John Wendell Cornell spent a month with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Holmes and returned Wednesday evening to his residence in Des Moines.
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John Wendell Cornell
E. W. Holmes
Des Moines
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Mrs. Blakesley
Sioux City
M. Dallas Reed
D. M. Boosters
Minnesota
Anita Passes
Melissa Jane Saunders
Mother Saunders
Thos. T. Saunders
Alva Jacobs
M. E. Church
A. A. Robertson
Congregational Church
Silent City
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