Cystex 48 Hour Test Ad and Anita Church Visit
An advertisement touts Cystex promising relief from backache kidney pain and urinary symptoms with a 48 hour trial and money back offer priced at 60 cents. Separately Morris Rose a Des Moines Theological School student will preach at both morning and evening Congregational church services in Anita urging attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale
Rongers Bros
Morris Rose
Des Moines Theological School
Congregational Church
Anita
Harvesting Corn for Pulp Plants Creates Free Wages for Farmers
The Cornstalks Paper operation owns harvesting machinery and hires crews, often local farmers, to cut and shock corn. Farmers earn wages for cutting while the company gains the stalks, saving $3 to $5 per acre and supplying cheaper raw material. Weedy stalks lower pulp quality and soil fertility debates surround stalk removal and fertilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Anita schools host nurse talk on health house project
Cass county Public Health nurse Mrs. Ann Gerrard visited Anita schools for two days, inspecting grades and guiding a health education talk. Pupils plan a fairy health house built through daily health chores, with milestones like milk-shingle symbolism for each row. Gerrard met parents to bolster county health work and may speak at a future Parent Teachers Association meeting. Meanwhile cornstalk pulp industry advances with Cornstalks Products Company planning new plants and relying on corn supply, water, and hard roads for transport. Corn production remains primary for farmers, with modest near-term gains per acre from stalks.
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Ann Gerrard
Cass County
Anita
Gerrard
Anita Parent Teachers’ Association
Cornstalks Products Company
Middle West
Danville
Local Resident Bert Willison Injured in Fall
Former Anita resident Bert Willison now on a farm near Earlham was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery after a fall caused serious injuries. Latest reports indicate he is progressing well.
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Bert Willison
Anita
Earlham
Town
Aloug
For Sale Sweet Clover Seed From Home-Grown Crop
Home-grown Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover Seed hulled and cleaned offered at four dollars per bushel. Contact Lewis Kauffman. The note mentions potential surplus water next summer for lawns and ice to cool soft drinks.
M. E. Church Plans Easter Cantata at High School
Rev E C Douglass invites all to Sunday School morning worship and evening service with special music. Cantata planning meeting Thursday 7 30 PM at the MEF church led by Mrs M T Burham, aiming for annual Christmas moving services. Clair Aldrich noted as record caller. Adelia Sullivan sends paper payment to March 1 1930 from Massena.
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M. T. Burham
MEF
Adelia Sullivan
Cass County
Anita
Massena
March
Great Grand Baby Born on Inauguration Day
A baby girl was born Monday March 4 to Mr and Mrs Ben Kirkham. The mother is Madeline Reynolds daughter of Mrs Carrie Reynolds. Mrs D W Faulkner is the great grandmother of the newborn.
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Ben Kirkham
Madeline Reynolds
Carrie Reynolds
D. W. Faulkner
Honest confession on livelihood in bootlegging era
A credited reply in a period piece notes a man’s blunt answer when asked his plan for a living, stating he would go to bootlegging. The remark reflects candid attitudes toward illicit trade during the time.
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E. C. Thnken
Iowa
Hedges
Howard
Earl S. Holton
Harold P. Ziegler
H. E. Campbell
Campbell Building
Masonic Temple
C. E. Harry
G. M. Adair
Citizens’ State Bank
Estat
Dr. Earl C
Montgomery
Eve
Ear
Atlantic
Love
Fulton Bios
P. T. Williams
J.H. Stone
C. H. Johnson
Kodak Films
Kodaks
Mail
F. M. Alexander
Atlantic, Iowa
John Pearce
M. E. Church Notes
E. C. Douglass
Clair Aldrich
Just
Mirror of Fashion
Economy Shoe CO
Uitting Business
H.C. Thnken
Electra
ESSER
America
Nthis
Essex
George Smither
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