Anita area notes include teachers and Elks initiation
Ross Howlett visits. R C Pratt homebound. Miss Anderson of Maine named sixth grade teacher in Anita public schools. Elks initiation draws 125 candidates in Atlantic. Wm Cool recovering from stroke in Cumberland. local fishing party to Twin Lakes. Gertrude Richter and Bessie Dougherty, Anita High School graduates, secure stenographer positions in Des Moines ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Richter
Wm. Richter
Bessie Dougherty
J. W. Dougherty
Des Moines
Anita High School
Des Moines College
Old-Timer Heard From Ties Gowrie and Anita Line
Local note recalls Gowrie resident C H Woodward and wife visiting Anita relatives J D Young and wife. It mentions Frank M Buckles, once partner of Dr W D Rood in Anita, now in What Cheer Iowa. Buckles, over eighty, still active in business, and cites history of the Whitney Hotel built by Frank H Whitney and Buckles as first landlord, portraying early Anita society as plain, hardy folk with strong decency.
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C. H. Woodward
Gowrie
J.D. Young
Mr. Woodward
Frank M. Buckles
Anita
W. D.rood
Anita Produce Co
Rood
F. M. Buckles
Whitney Hotel
Patience urged as streets stay rough by townspeople
A letter criticizes ongoing street conditions and sewer ditch issues, urging patience while officials work to settle dirt and improve safety. It notes the public misunderstands the impact of ditches on the highway and calls for continued effort to restore proper streets.
Probate notice for James McVay will in Atlantic Iowa
To whom it may concern you are notified to appear at the Cass County Court House Atlantic Iowa on July 2 1921 at 9 oclock A M to attend the probate of a will claimed to be last will and testament of James Mc Vay deceased Cass County Iowa You must show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate This notice is dated June 24 1921 signed A A Emigh Clerk of the District Court Deputy B I Emigh 271
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Court House
Atlantic
Cass County
Iowa
James McVay
Coffey & Irwin Hardware at Anita Not Moving or Closing
Coffey and Irwin announce the Anita hardware store stock will not be moved or closed. They report completion of backordered items from the receivership period and invite customers to compare their revised prices on hardware stoves and cutlery before shopping elsewhere.
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Coffey & Irwin
Anita
Rhoads-Hutton Nuptials Tie Cedar Rapids Amid Local Hope
On June 7, 1921 at the M E Church parsonage in Cedar Rapids Iowa Miss Leone Rhoads daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm C Rhoads and Mr George S Hutton son of Gary Button Cedar Rapids were joined in marriage The bride trained at the Nurses Training school and has served actively while the groom holds a position with the Quaker Oats Co The couple are wished long years of happiness and prosperity by their many friends.
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M.E. Church
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Leone Rhoads
Wm.c. Rhoads
George S. Hutton
Gary Button
Nurses’ Training School
Quaker Oats Co
Death of Mrs. Fred Meaike in Gray Iowa
Mrs Ann Denny Meaike born October 28 1882 Crawford county near Manning Iowa died June 15 1921 in her thirty ninth year with eighth child. Survived by husband Fred Meaike seven children Alice Lynn Dora Marvin Gladys Willard Martha aged 15 13 11 8 6 4 2. Surviving siblings Joseph Anita Towa Bert Rochester Minnesota Mrs Belle Younker Shenandoah Iowa. Funeral Saturday 2 pm at Gray Methodist Church Rev Cook. burial Cameron Center Audubon Republican.
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Ann Denny Meaike
Crawford County
Manning
Iowa
Fred Meaike
Alice
Lynn
Dora
Marvin
Gladys
Willard
Martha
Joseph
Anita
Towa
Bert
Rochester
Minnesota
Belle Younker
Shenandoah
United Brethren Church
Gray
Methodist Church
Cook
Cameron Center
Audubon Republican
Visits the Old Home Fokou
Roy E Saunders and family spent days in the city with W M Petit and wife returning to Nevada Missouri. They toured Iowa visiting Ruthven Mason City Marshalltown Grinnell and other points. Roy notes Missouri grain in shock wheat quality good and prices promising higher than Iowa. He praises Missouri living and the GOP landslide, while joking about Iowa Democrats and local residents from Anita and Cass counties.
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Roy E.saunders
W. M. Petit
Nevada
Missouri
Iowa
E. Wagner
Mother Petit
Ruthven
Mason City
Marshalltown
Grinnell
Roy
Augustus Jonathan Earl
Anita
Cass County
Residents and travelers bustle through Atlantic area notes
Dr. W E Fish reports improvements on his residence. Cc P Blue and wife return from California and depart Des Moines for Canada for the summer. A J Neimeyer, once in Anita lumber trade, visits Atlantic with relatives. Bill Kelley seeks an attractive market for 500 bushels of first quality popcorn. Q O McGeorge, from Guilford Missouri, now at Everest Kansas, has the Record. Geo H Petty and wife of Atlantic visit Ray Asay farm near Van Meter, busy as ever, with Father working as wheels turn.
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Bill” Kelley
Geo. H Petty
Atlantic
Ray Asay
van Meter
George
Iowa
Father
Ansco Kodak line promoted in local store ads
Local shop touts a full stock of Ansco Kodaks and Kodak supplies for the season. Miss Lillie Anderson of Maine visits Benton township. she is a county teacher elected to Kimballtown schools. Hazel Anderson vacations with family. John Row and wife departs for Peoria Illinois with relatives in South Bend Indiana. W A Limbaugh joins trip lasting about two months.
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Ansco
Lillie Anderson
Maine
Frank Roberts
Benton Township
Miss Anderson
Kimballtown
John Row
Peoria
Illinois
Laura, Buerkin
Rosa. Striebeck
Mr. Row
South Bend
Indiana
Row
W. A. Limbaugh
Blue Grass Pasture Near Anita for Cattle
Advertises blue grass pasture four and a half miles east of Anita for about sixty head of cattle with contact info. A motor accident near Massena left Mrs. Art Saunders with injuries after her car swerved and rolled, trapping her uncle beneath it. both were bruised and shaken. Source notes the Bridgewater Times reporting the incident.
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Anita
Art Saunders
Massena
Truck Hauling Advertises Auto Freight Service
The notice offers auto truck hauling at reasonable rates with contact details. It mentions a business named STORY ICE CO and a separate editorial note from Fontanelle Observer on farm prices, arguing prices lag others and reflation affected producers differently.
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C. T. Smith & Son
Anita, Iowa
Congress
Sherm. F. Myers
The
Record
Canada
Ross Howlett
R. C. Pratt
Anita Public Schools
Miss Andersen
GooGe
Tom
Fred Saunders
Corning
Milo Brink
Anita and Vicinity
the Elks
Order
Wm. Cool
Cumberland
Oren Burns
George Smither
Lake Bear
Pete Smith
Twin Lakes
Quart
Jon
Joe
A. A. Emigh
B. I. Emigh
R. L. Robinson
Rhoads—Hutton
OLD Home Folku
Anita Produce Company
W. E. Fish
Cc. P. Blue and
California
A.J. Neimeyer
Mr. Neimeyer
QO. D. McGeorge
Guilford
Everest
Kansas
Swift & CO
Cole Musick
Anita Drug CO
Hazel Anderson
W. O
Laura Anderson
Pratt & Naylor
Choice City Property
Wm. Duff
Story Ice CO
Fontanelle Observer
Michelin H
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