Local Movements and Visits Reported Across Anita Area
Mrs Eva Kiehl Moon relocates from Rockwell City to Oakdale Iowa. John R Stuhr and wife enjoyed a Spirit Lake outing admiring water and fish. Noland Musick returns from Indianapolis for a brief visit with parents. A two year old son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Lett injured foot on glass, treated by Dr H E Campbell. W H Daubendiek of West Bend visits Anita to handle business with the Anita Telephone Co and see son C H Daubendick. Mrs Madeline McKee formerly Lena Willison visited Anita with niece Mercedes. Nellie Eneix made a Record call. R A Suplee and wife brought home their aunt Eva Suplee from Linden. Leland J Romig Charles C Lawrence Griswold and Rachel Elizabeth Williamson graduate from Iowa State College Ames. Frank Bontrager travels Cass County counties for official business. Roy Felt and wife depart San Diego California after weeks in Cass County by auto. Romaine Tharnish returns to Kellerton Iowa after stay with grandparents and relatives.
Peterson Hosts Record Caller Saturday
Mrs. J. D. Peterson hosted a Record caller event Saturday. L. B. Trumbull is recovering from a severe erysipelas attack in the anest areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Peterson
L. B. Trumbull
Flag Day Observed and Local Updates in Anita
Anita observes Flag Day with strong display of Old Glory. Dr and Mrs Williams hosted guests in Atlantic, while Chas Scholl adds fire-proof roofing. Congregational Church held Children's Day services. Beatrice Cream Separator marketed locally. Henry Hughes Stone, a Massena visitor, stops in. Potatoes begin harvest as Uncle Billy Suplee reports good yields. Local repairs proceed on Main Street storefronts including Val Wiegand and Peterson Barber Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Val Wiegand
Peterson Barber Shop
Vetter Family Visits Critically Injured Dorothy Chinn
Joe Vetter and family visited Rockwell City on Sunday to see Miss Dorothy Chinn who remains in critical condition two weeks after an auto accident. Doctors report her chances for recovery are very limited while she receives the best possible care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Vetter
Rockwell City
Dorothy Chinn
Local items note gardening, visits, and town improvements
Mrs Ira Ruggles ships home grown strawberries to the market. Mrs Bertrand Stauffer thanks the Record with a bouquet. Engineers Lew M. Martin and D R Jones visited Anita. Mrs Maude Dean and daughters stay with sister near Casey. Gena Brown visits Atlantic friends and attends a band concert. Electric poles moved and service improved. Vacant houses in Anita filling with permanent tenants. Atlantic chosen for 1928 Southwestern Iowa Golf Association tourney. Albert Evinger Clyde and Joe Smith visited Shenandoah. W F Edwards paints farm buildings. Fishing party from Adair heads north of Duluth for big catches.
Local Notes from Anita Iowa and Surrounds
Strong community update from Anita Iowa recounting social events losses births and visits. Mentioned were a postponed Farm Bureau meeting new lease for H C Bangham property an ice cream social at Highland church several visits by relatives including Finis B Perry and wife moving to Sioux City and a baby boy born in Philadelphia to Bayard Bangham and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finis B. Perry
Anita People
Omaha
Sioux City
Highland Church
Fly swatting and visits across Iowa towns
The piece notes it is timely to swat flies to reduce them. It lists R. R. Bell and wife of Jefferson visiting Dr. and Mrs. Phil T. Williams in Anita, George Gruess family visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kopp, Mildred Walker returning home from Casper Wyoming for summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O— R. R. Bell
Jefferson, Iowa
Phil T. Williams
Anita
Mildred Walker
Casper
Wyoming
Local Notes Reach Across States and Careers in Iowa
Des Moines hosts Miss LaVerne Bontrager for a four week pipe organ course. Frank Rhoads to leave for Illinois for a similar post. Ardmore family plans a Lake Okoboji summer. Merritt Steele ill with a relapse like years ago. Stanley Chinn visits Anita while employed in Cedar Rapids. Louise Ditma returns home before summer school and acceptance for 1927 28. Neighborhood Social Circle gathers at Mrs Sheley with refreshments. Dollie Saunders Carlson tours Southwest states with Henry Carlson. R M Hockersmiths plan Pine Bluff Wyoming visit. Rev Father M J OConnor active in Anita and Wiota parishes. James B Cecil graduates electrical engineering Iowa State College Ames with high honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Ditma
Council Bluffs
Louise
Cortes S Taylor Abroad As Cass County Sees Delayed Crops
Cortes S Taylor of Hugendem Canada spends weeks in Cass county. Unusually backward season slows crop planting across the region, delaying agricultural progress and work plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortes S. Taylor
Hugendem
Canada
Cass County
Swanson Sells Store Assets and Returns to Anita
M. L. Swanson who bought J. H. Schaake’s general merchandise stock at Maine has disposed of his possessions to Eat Beach of Atlantic and returned to Anita. He is undecided about his future business engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Swanson
J. H. Schaake
Maine
Eat Beach
Atlantic
Anita
L. C. C. Club Meeting At West Malin Street Home
Mrs. Ernie Burke hosted the L. C. C. Club on Wednesday afternoon at her West Malin street residence. Mrs. Homer Millhollin stood in as hostess. High score honors went to Mrs. Ito Hayter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Burke
L. C. C. Club
West Malin Street
Homer Millhollin
Ito] Hayter
Wife’s rage ends in fatal windshield injury during joy ride
A husband and wife riding together argued when the wife, in a fit of madness, drove her foot through a car windshield severing a main artery and dying before medical help could reach them.
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Jimmie Dugen
Pound
Ladies Union
Nellie Don
Eva Kiehl Moon
Anita Lady
Iowa
Oakdale
John R. Stuhr
Spirit Lake
Noland Musick
Cole Musick
Indianapolis
Indiana
Arthur Lett
H. E. Campbell
W. H. Daubendiek
West Bend
Anita Telephone Company
C. H. Daubendick
Madeline McKee
Muscatine
Lena
Len L. Willison
Ira Ruggles
Mercedes
Nellie Eneix
Fen R. A. Suplee
Linden
Eva Suplee
Leland J. Romig
Chas. C. Lawrence
Griswold
Rachel Elizabeth Williamson
Lewis
Iowa State College
Ames
Frank Bontrager
Lewis, Griswold
Cumberland
Massena
Roy Felt
San Diego
California
Romaine Tharnish
Geo. W. Marsh
Nicho’s
Kellerton
Larson
Mrs
Atlantic Friends
Chas. Scholl
O— Chrildren
Congregational Church
Lew C. Bangham
Des Moines
Beatrice
Bartley
Emo James
Hughes Stone
Billy Suplee
W. Langworthy
S. K. Wyckoff
Bertrand Stauffer
Lew M. Martin
D. R. Jones
Casey
Maude Dean
Gena Brown
Aeenomen
Southwestern Iowa Golf Association
Albert Evinger
Clyde and
Joe Smith
Shenandoah
Henry Field
Earl May
W. F. Edwards
Jimmy Byrd
J. A. Wagner
Norman
Chester Wagner
Jesse McElfresh
Harry Huff
Adair
Duluth
Minnesota
F. E. Travis
Morrell’s Pride
Yorkshire Farm
Morrell’s
Morrell
The
Congregational Ladies’ Aid Society
van Keuren
Virgil D. Foy
J. H. Hill
Extra
Solon Karns
I. W. Joy
Lincoln Township
W. L. Morgan
Austin
Orville Morgan
Azel S. Ames
Chas. F. Karns
Walnut
D. R. Donohoe
Mary Elizabeth
Margaret Osen
Lewis and Vicinity
P. C. Jensen
Lutheran Church
Lawrence Christensen
L. C. Campbell
Campbel
H. C. Bangham
Mr. Ryan
Clearmont
Missouri
Grant Township Farm Bureau
F. H. Osen
Bayard C. Bangham
Philadelphia
George Gruess
Adaline Gruess
John
Greenfield
Joe Kopp
Moneee
Miss LaVerne Bontrager
Frank Rhoads
Martin Christensen
Illinois
Leon G. Voorhees
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Lake Okoboji
O— Merritt Steele
Wm. Steele
Berea
Coupee Stanley Chinn
Anita Boy
Fred C. Chinn
Bradgate
Bell Telephone Company
Cedar Rapids
F. M. Sheley
Sheley
Harris
Dollie Saunders Carlson
Los Angeles
Arizona
Henry Carlson
R. M. Hockersm
Gale
Pine Bluff
M. J. O'Connor
Wiota
James Bernard Cecil
J. B. Cecil
Anita Vicinity
Ameg
Atlantic Auto
R. E. McFarland
Block East P
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Graham
Kirk’s
W. W. Jell
Campbell's
Zike’s
Anita, Towa
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