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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
8
A Franklin era letter from Arkansas recounts river legends and fishing exploits on Kings River. The writer describes ten pound channel catfish and reports legendary forty to fifty pound catches. He mentions locals delivering fish by hand from a spring and a powerboat mishap near swift water before ending with invitation to visit.
Frank B. Suplee reports a backward Idaho spring with two week delays in blooming and cool mornings. Despite late weather, irrigation season begins and the community remains busy and content as crops progress toward the new year end.
Ten Cass county boys will attend the 4-H Club short course at Ames June 17 to 19. Four winners of trips funded by the Cass County Bankers Association are Carl Arp Kenneth Kitelinger Clifford Burnside and Merrill Fox. Six other boys plan to attend. They will join judging contests and attend classes.
The News Telegraph recalls Ben Bosley a Cass county native who built newspapers in Anita Casey Chelsea and Newhall Iowa serving as postmaster and editor. He valued community ties sharp on politics and honest journalism while lamenting modern metropolitan press for selling news for profit.
Frank B. Suplee, son of Mr and Mrs Wm A Suplee and brother of Ralph Suplee and Mrs Chas Campbell, long time Idaho resident and former state legislator, is noted in local genealogy.
The Cass county Livestock Clubs hold their annual tour on June 27 with Frank Reed from the state Club department assisting. The exact route is pending and will be announced by the Farm Bureau office.
The notice lists fixed holiday dates and indicates additional events such as summer band concerts picnics log-rollings reunions Chautauquas Billy Angelo's Show and possibly a circus plus camp meetings to ensure ample recreation and wholesome entertainment for all.
The article advises cutting weeds at specific inseason windows to prevent seeding. Seed-only weeds like quack grass benefit from repeated cutting, while mixed-root weeds are starved by removing top growth. Emphasizes buying high quality seed and lists target weed species with dates: quack grass June 15 to July 1, wild mustard June 10 to 20, curled dock and sour dock June 1 to 20, buckhorn June 15 to July 1.
A narrator recalls moving to Arkansas from Iowa, noting easier living, mild winters, and a snowy Arkansas blizzard. He observes less profanity, distrust of loud newcomers, and curiosity about moonshine and Hoover’s crime probe, joking about water from Lake Taney Como.
Eighteen Cass county girls and leaders travel to Ames for the annual 4-H Club convention. Delegates include two girls from each of seven clubs and three Bankers' trips winners in Livestock Club work, with Mrs. R S Campbell on the County Club Committee. They depart Atlantic Monday and return Friday after a week on the Ames campus. Cass county participates in the state wide orchestra harmonica band chorus and pageant tonight.
The Cass county Cow Testing Association met at the Farm Bureau office in Atlantic on Saturday June 8 and reorganized for the coming year. Old officers were re elected with two new directors replacing Ed Pont and John Connor who left. Twenty four of twenty six members have signed for the year starting July 1. Carl Smith was re employed as tester through October 1 then plans to return to Ames to finish his studies.
Mrs. Mary Beaver of Red Oak arranged a contract for a new roof on the Beaver building on Main Street and additional improvements. Harvey H. Turner will execute the work.
Ed C. Lighter his wife and daughter of Pasadena spent a few days in Anita last week visiting relatives and old friends. Ed is a son of the late Mr and Mrs H C Lighter pioneers of Anita.
Romaine Tharnish a graduate of Anita Public Schools, completed a successful year in the consolidated schools at Bradgate Iowa. She visits her grandparents Mr and Mrs G W Marsh and Mrs Evdna Nichols and will return to teach in Bradgate for the coming year.
Joseph M. Garside of Lincoln township petitions Cass county district court to appoint a guardian for the property of Dr. C. V. Beaver of Anita who is a patient at the Clarinda state hospital. Beaver's former wife, now in Red Oak, has begun action to claim the Anita property and protect a note Dr. Beaver signed. Attorney E. S. Holton represents Garside in the action.
A Missouri family letter dated May 24 1929 from Anita Bunch in Nevada reports good health among locals. The note mentions a cold spring with no corn planted yet and much plowing remaining. It pays a subscription payment for the 614 home paper and praises Buster Saunders as a memorable booster in Missouri.
In La Grange Illinois W H Karns encloses a two dollar fund check for the year 1929 to cover the old home paper. He notes the intended arrival to Anita this summer is cancelled and extends best wishes to the old town and community from W H Karns.
Advert says rheumatic and sciatic pains stem from toxins in blood due to kidney issues. Sedatives offer no cure. Cytex Test is quick acting and drug free with a money back guarantee. Sold by Bongers Bros and Raymond Burke returns home from Des Moines Catholic College to Bongers drug store.
Garden Grove California letter from Old Joe Kirkham a former Anita boy and son of the late Sylvester Kirkham. He notes paying for the home paper 1929 and mentions killing red spiders brought by Frank Suplee from Idaho. He plans to visit Los Angeles to see Sen James E Bruce and sends best wishes to friends neighbors.
A brief headline notes Larson Atlantic as a notable figure linked to a dependable partner. The item hints at a favorable association without detailing context or outcomes.
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