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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
5
The page blends notices and ads including Bee Supplies at The Farmers Coop with a call to prove property ownership and pay a small fee. It mentions Fry's Colfax Water and Le Googs Place offering fruit and Hammocks, and notes Lafe Morrison buying a farm prompting wedding rumors. I S Holton visited Council Bluffs and Omaha.
Alfred Voorhees reports eastern Oklahoma enjoys strong finances due to oil development. He notes past discouragement now faded, roads planned including 100 miles of paved highways, and broad support for the bond issue among landowners. Voorhees has extensive land holdings and remains active in Oklahoma politics as a New Jersey native.
Edwin Arnold East is the name given to the newborn son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin East, formerly of Anita, now residing in Boone. The brief item notes their move and the baby’s birth as reported in regional notices.
F Karns has improved his residence with cement walks steps and curbing. T A Bell holds the plumbing and heating contract for Chas Borth's new dwelling. In Atlantic The New Calumet offers good eats with first class service near Whitneys Bank.
Rev Thomas his wife and daughter Miss Nellie of Wiota visited Friday with Mrs Cecil Taylor their daughter and sister. They had just returned from Missouri and report crops backward and in bad condition due to continued rains.
Cary L. Harris, a prominent young farmer near Massaena, boasts two fine Cass county corn fields. The early planting stands head-high while the later planted field is waist-high and growing rapidly.
Miss Leichen Kuehn sister of Henry Fred and Lydia Kuehn has entered the Nurses Training School in Cleveland Ohio to qualify as a graduate nurse. She has been living with her sister Mrs H A Thomas at Fort Wayne Indiana and is a former Anita resident.
Leon G. Voorhees, back from a trip to Lake Okoboji, notes that in that Iowa region a heavy April snow and a twenty minute rainfall last week brought little moisture. Yet locals expect bumper corn and grain crops despite the drought pace.
Both Republican and Democrat conventions occur in Atlantic next Saturday with little business after primaries. Delegates to state conventions set by law, Republicans 17 and Democrats 9. Republican meeting at city hall. Democrat gathering at the C C F Building. Wm C Bryant of Griswold to chair the GOP event.
Mrs W C Rhoads visits Atlantic during the week. The Homeland cafe at meal times offers home cooking and fast meals. Mrs Geo H Stoffs and daughters visit Valley Junction relatives. Patterns of Kitchen Wall Paper offered at low prices by Anita Drug Co.
McMillan Hoopes of Duponts visited George Anstey Hereford farm in Massena to acquire fancy bred stock for their Wilmington, New Jersey operations. Hoopes bought twenty three yearling heifers, shipped yesterday. Anstey farm has sold 125 head and still holds 325. The article predicts renewed prosperity for cattle and hog breeders next year.
Fred and Bessie Parkinson of Massens visit Anita over Sunday at Mrs. Parkinsons parents home with relations including Clarence Weston of Triumph Minnesota. Rev H H King and family visit. King once pastored in Anita. The central business district block has been cleared and seeded for park use and the Kellastone bandstand is nearing completion with a planned dedication on Friday June 20.
On June 21 1822 at the Greenfield Iowa Presbyterian parsonage Ora Buckner of Massena vicinity and Jayne Brown of Anita were married by Rev Doo with friends present. Buckner farms on H D Allanson land and Brown worked at A D Bullock store for seven years. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Brown now in Lake Wilson Minnesota. A later note mentions a prank by a gay party who abducted the bride but returns are unclear amid a heavy rain that night.
A concise professional statement announcing a lawyer who handles practice in all courts with specialties in land titles and the settlement of estates.
Frank W. Hanton editor of the Geiswald American visited on Thursday. The Homeland Atlantic formerly The New Merchants Cafe invites patrons to enjoy meals and quick orders with service and satisfaction guaranteed. Forsyth & Just plumbing and heating owner W Forsyth traveled to Cedar Rapids by auto after aMonday business trip.
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