Eureka Eighth Grade Commencement Honors Class Colors
The Eureka township school held its Eighth Grade Commencement at Center Church with a large audience. Colors Buff and Blue and the motto Elevator not Running take the Stairs featured. Graduates listed include Rex E Underwood Lewis James Noland Stockham William Lusk Claude R Sivadge Audry Baier Melvin Thiele Preston Perry Leora Moore. The program included music by orchestra and vocal solos plus a play Bound or Free praised for the occasion. Diplomas were presented by Mrs Mina Whittum with Miss Ermine M Brown supervising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Township
Center Church
Rex E. Underwood
Lewis James
Noland Stockham
William Lusk
Claude R. Sivadge
Audry Baier
Melvin Thiele
Preston Perry
Leora Moore
Music
America
Pageant of the Red Cross
the Little Queen
Audrey Baier
Weavers of Tales
Wm. Lusk
Nolan Stockham
Clyde Smith
Catherine T. Bryce
Sir White
Going Nolan Stockham
Lusk
Lewis James Music Oe Orchestra
Harriet Brown
Mina Whittum
Grant Township Farm Bureau Plans June Meeting Program
The Grant township Farm Bureau will meet at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Osen two miles northwest of Anita on Wednesday evening June 25 at 8 15 pm. The program features community singing music solos readings and quartette numbers with the aim to form a Girl's Sewing Club. Members and non members are invited and attendees should bring cake sandwiches cups and spoons for their family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Township Farm Bureau
Frank Osen
Anita
L. C. Sorden
McEldowney Brothers
Bessie M. Ward
Reading
Earl S. Holton
Anita High School
Godanour
Bell
Kirkham
Stone
C. W. Garlock
Mascot
Cecil Budd
Claude Smither
Sherman Lowell
Roger Chinn
H. E. Campbell
Men’s
Osen
Bartley
Peterson
Farm Bureau
Shortage of High Grade Wool Shapes Market Outlook
The report notes a world short age of better grade wools and a 550000 bale Australian export deficit through April. Boston receipts for the year total 126450000 pounds, vs 255045000 last year, with dealer stocks around 220000000 pounds. Foreign markets are firm, domestic wool below foreign parity, and prices expected to rise as limited supply persists. Cass County Wool Growers Association plans to pool wool again this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Boston
Cass County Wool Growers Association
Doctor J W Harrison in critical Hodgkins disease
Dr J W Harrison head of Harrison hospital is described as in critical condition with Hodgkins disease diagnosed by Omaha and state university specialists. He recently returned from St Joseph's hospital in Omaha for X ray and radium treatment after several operations with limited success. Cultures were sent to Harvard and Johns Hopkins for expert opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Harrison
Harrison Hospital
Omaha
State University
Hodgkins
Harrison
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Harvard
John Hopkins
Guthrie Center
Guthrian
Guthrian Voices Outrage Over Special Delivery Stamp
The Guthrian calls the Special Delivery postage stamp a graft and humbug. It urges the Postmaster-General to halt the graft or enforce the service to deliver letters quickly as paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrian
United States
Des Moines
Deeming Parents Report Trip West With Few Auto Problems
A letter from Roy Deeming to his parents Mr and Mrs F J Deeming says they left Anita last week by car for the western country. They reached Burns Wyoming with little trouble, aided by good roads and favorable weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Deeming
F. J. Deeming
Burns
Wyoming
Anita
Destructive June Storm Delays Local Business and Power
An early Tuesday morning June freshet brought heavy rain and wind, knocking out electric light service for several hours and hindering multiple local businesses. The storm disrupted commerce and stalled daily operations across the area.
Anita Girl Weds New York Man in Chicago Ceremony
Miss Mayme Pratt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Pratt of Anita, marries George L. Renner of New York City in Chicago on June 12. She is a Drake University and University of Chicago alumna and taught in several towns. he teaches at Columbia University and will reside in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Pratt
Miss Mayme
George L. Renner
New York City
S. L. Renner
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Chicago
Miss Pratt
Anita High School
Drake University
Des Moines
University At
Anita
Stuart
Renner
Columbia University
Mrs. Renner
Whiteway 7 Highway Project Attracts Survey Work
Surveyors are working on the Whiteway 7 highway from Anita to Wiota under Cass county Board of Supervisors orders. Graders begin active operation in early July. Officials say the improvements will make seven miles of public highway among the best in the state, with grades high enough to prevent future high water and rain-ruled washouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Wiota
Cass County Board of Supervisors
Woman's Home Missionary Society Elects Officers
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church elected officers for the next year at a Thursday meeting hosted by Mrs. H. Kirkham. New officers include President F A Black and Vice Presidents E W Holmes Jennie Overmier, with secretaries C H Bartley Abe Biggs and J M Deeming. refreshments followed. The next gathering will be a Church Birthday Dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
H. Kirkham
Emma Rowland Celebrates 91st Birthday in Adair
Mrs. Emma Rowland marked her ninety first birthday with a Saturday visit at her daughter Mrs. Frank Patton’s home in Adair. Relatives and friends joined the event to offer greetings and best wishes as she recalled years since moving to Adair in 1869 after earlier homes in Anita and Wiota. She is mother to Mrs. Wm. H. Wagner of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Rowland
Frank Patton
Adair
Mother Rowland
Anita
Wiota
Wm. H. Wagner
Band Concert Delights Local Audience In Anita
Tuesday evening's Band Concert pleased a large crowd with a largely new program and a peppy spirit. Musicians delivered polished performances, signaling Anita's summer concerts will likely be successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Radio Becomes Household Necessity for Service and Amusement
The article states radio has moved past experiments and now serves as a high class public service and entertainment. If nearby stations fail to meet desires, listeners quickly switch to distant ones for news and market reports, reflecting rapid growth in homes nationwide.
Final approval to road work plans approved by board
The Board of Supervisors in session granted final approval of Whiteway 7 highway improvements from Anita to Wiota and a mile and a half north of Lewis. Flood damage showed the need for the work and satisfaction with the planned improvements was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Anita
Wiota
Lewis
Nervousness Neuritis Rheumatism Care Offered in Atlantic
Miss M. Boyle announces available services for nervousness neuritis and rheumatism in Atlantic Iowa with rooms for men and women. facilities include electrical vapor baths high frequency electricity Swedish treatments and mineral water. visitors urged to call and see her in the Opera House Block. 26-21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Boyle
Atlantic
Iowa
Opera House
Annual 4th of July Picnic by Cass County Farm Bureau
The Cass County Farm Bureau plans its annual Fourth of July picnic at Griswold featuring a basket dinner music speaking a ball game between Atlantic and Lewis sports boxing and free moving pictures. The event is expected to be the biggest picnic yet and invites all to enjoy the Fourth with the Farm Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County Farm Bureau
Griswold
Atlantic
Lewis
Farm Bureau
Helping Hands Club Receives Quilt At Lincoln Township Meet
Mrs Cecil Taylor hosted the Helping Hands club at her Lincoln Township home with sewing and club business. President Effie King presented a club quilt bearing members names to Mary M Egan, who thanked the group. A luncheon followed. next meeting set for June 26 at Mrs Floyd Gissibl's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Taylor
Lincoln Township
Effie King
Mary M. Egan
Mesdames
W. H. Egan
L. A. Chaney
Floyd Gissibl
E. E. Soper
F. A. Daughenbaugh
Jens Miller
G. C. King
J. P. Rupperle
R. N. Way
C. C. Pletcher
J. T. Brown
W. C. McCrory
A. N. Crow
Bernard Bopp
Bruce Wilbourne
Clyde Pollock
Fred Scholl
Chas. Borth
W. G. McFarland
B. L. Chapman
Frank Kopp
Mary Aupperle
Mary Egan
Mesdames E. C. Dorsey
Roy Taylor
Jesse Taylor
Earl Lantz
Edna
Helen McCrory
Mildred King
Louise Pletcher
Dora Rupperle
Mae Karns
Madeline Taylor
Well Known Young People Wed In Atlan tic Parsonage
At the M. E. parsonage in Atlantic on Saturday June 14 1924 India Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs Abraham Lincoln Harris of Berea and Claude E Spry son of Dell Spry of Wiota were married by Rev A M Gable. The couple will honeymoon in Omaha then tour northern and eastern Iowa before returning to Wiota where they will reside. The bride a graduate of Anita high school and Cedar Falls Teachers Normal has taught in Cass and Adair counties. The groom a graduate of Anita high school is a rural carrier from Wiota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Parsonage
Atlantic
India Harris
Abraham Lincoln Harris
Berea
Claude E. Spry
Dell Spry
Wiota
A. M. Gable
Van
Russia Harris
Ruth Taylor
Omaha
Iowa
Anita High School
Cedar Falls
Cass
Adair
W. C. T. U. Monthly Meeting Program
The regular W. C. T. U. meeting featured violin by Jane Scholl with Freda Scholl at piano reading by Mrs C M Vohs and vocal duets by Bertha Kirkham Lois Turner with Birdie Kirkham at piano. Dorothy Dinsmore gave a vocal solo and Birdie Kirkham played piano. Reading by Mrs George Denne and piano by Birdie Kirkham. Refreshments followed. The next meeting will be at Mrs Lucy Johnson’s home with committee members Mrs Kirkham and Mrs Dittman on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Scholl
Freda Scholl
Reading
C. M. Vohs
Bertha Kirkham
Lois Turner
Birdie Kirkham
Charlotte Ziegler
Dorothy Dinsmore
George Denne
Lucy Johnson
Kirkham
Dittman
Pearl Wagner Regaining Health After Mayo Clinic Visit
Mrs. Pearl Wagner of Salisbury, formerly Anita, who traveled to San Pedro after a serious illness and Mayo Clinic operation in Rochester, Minnesota, is slowly regaining her health and hopes to return home to Hanley, Canada. She has been staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Wagner, in San Pedro since leaving the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Wagner Salisbury
Anita Lady
San Pedro
California
Mayo Bros.’s
Rochester
Minnesota
Hanley
Canada
Wm. H. Wagner
Flooding Ravages Bridges in Cass County Damaging Roads
Seventeen bridges and culverts in Cass county were washed out by recent high water. Damage to roads and bridges is expected to total many thousands of dollars and this issue demands action by the Board of Supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
Board of Supervisors
Farm Bureau hosts poverty sociable in Cass County
Cass County Farm Bureau members held a "hard times" poverty sociable as a playful fund raiser. attendees wore old clothes to emphasize thrift and some fines were promised for dressing well, per the Iowa Farm Bureau Messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
Iowa Farm Bureau Messenger
Danbury Bank Names Ed M Blakesley to Lead
Ed M Blakesley has been placed in charge of the bank at Danbury Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. M. Blakesley
Danbury
Iowa
Mrs Pearl Hutton Shrader Guest of Cass County Sisters
Mrs Pearl Hutton Shrader former Cass county resident and well known figure visits this week with her sisters Mrs B D Forshay and Mrs G M Adair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Hutton Shrader
Cass County
B. D. Forshay
G. M. Adair
Anita plans 1924 Home Coming amid reform of 4th of July events
Anita rejects the usual July celebrations and Chautauqua citing repeated votes against it. Griswold hosts the Old Boys and Young Boys as a regular feature, but Anita aims to hold a second annual Home Coming in early October 1924 with plans to offer attendees real value for their time and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Griswold
Missing Man Returns After Vanishing Near Anita
John Gunderson, a farmer near Anita, left his milking cow and disappeared Saturday evening. Authorities searched via bloodhounds from Corning, tracing him to Adair before losing the trail. A letter suggested he planned to travel away, but he later appeared at his sister in law’s home between Anita and Wiota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gunderson
Anita
W. A. McKee
Atlantic
Corning
Gunderson
Adair
Rock Island
L. H. Possehl
Wiota
Iowa set for 70th anniversary State Fair jubilee
State officials plan a Des Moines celebration August 20 to 29 marking the 70th anniversary of the Iowa State Fair. The event will be a grand jubilee with an elevated educational and amusement program, honoring early attendees and preserving history. Livestock and agricultural divisions are described as the largest in state fair history with premiums totaling about 138000 dollars, 17000 more than 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fairfield
Iowa
Bad Roads for the Tourists Hit Anita Area
An influx of tourists faces poor roads after heavy rains near flood stage. The piece notes lax maintenance and contrasts the rough surface with past strict cussing in Anita’s Main Street. Mrs. R. C. Pratt hosts the W. P. G. club for dinner. Louise Ditman, Newton music director, vacationing with relatives in Anita.
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Anita
Inferior Goods Are Cheaper The Anita Record
Argument asserts the Anita Record costs one dollar for all six months despite cheaper competition. It proclaims the paper earns its value, not a fifty cent price, and emphasizes quality and regular subscription worth.
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Anita Record
The
Record
Rock Island Railroad Aims for One Hundred Percent American
The Rock Island lines launch an Americanization plan for foreign born employees. Two hours weekly of reading writing and U S Constitution study will run about 28 weeks at division points with local boards of education. Diplomas may lead to citizenship after five years residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Rock Island Railroad
United States
Chicago
Morgan A Hogge
Boards of Education
U. S. Naturalization Board
Rock Island
Department of Personnel and Public Relations
Anita Lady Touring West With Plans For Future
Miss Mildred Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Walker, leaves Anita for Casper Wyoming to visit a friend and summer in Yellowstone National Park. She may accept a teaching post in one of two western cities in the coming weeks, after earning recognition in several top schools since graduating from Anita High and the State University at Iowa City. Anita notes the success of local youths who strive to overcome obstacles toward their goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Walker
A. S. Walker
Casper
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
West
Miss Walker
Anita High
State University
Iowa City
Anita
Guests at Thompson Home Spend Week in Anita
Mrs. Juanita Lowell of Des Moines visits Anita with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas A Thompson. She brings her two daughters Mary Jane and Janet, making the Thompson home joyful with visits from their grand-babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Lowell
Des Moines
Anita
Chas. A. Thompson
Mary Jane
Janet
Grandpa
Grandma Thompson
Doctor Called To Aid Injured Man From Ax Cut
Dr. H. E. Campbell was summoned to assist J. H. Trimmer who sustained a severe cut on his foot while chopping wood with an axe. The injury occurred at an unidentified location and treatment was provided.
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H. E. Campbell
J. H. Trimmer
Miss Merle Walker Honored Guest in Fairfield Visit
During a Fairfield Iowa visit Miss Merle Walker was the honored guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs L R Eller former Anita residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Iowa
Merle Walker
L. R. Eller
Anita
John Hall of Valley Junction Visits Relatives
John Hall of Valley Junction, once a resident of the Anita vicinity for at least a century, spends the week among relatives and friends.
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John Hall
Valley Junction
Anita
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E. W. Holmes
Jennie Overmier
Retary
C. H. Bartley
Abe Biggs
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J. M. Deeming
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