Sheriff Sale Notice in Cass County Iowa 1923
Public auction to sell the property of Guy McDermott and Hazel L McDermott in Cass County Iowa on March 19 1923 at 10 am at the Atlantic Iowa courthouse. Describes Lot 2 NW 14 of SE 14 and SW 14 SE 14 in Section 36 Township 77 north Range 36 West and NE 14 Section 1 Township 76 north Range 35 West totaling 107.26 acres. Sheriff W A McKee notes costs and date February 16 1923.
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Atlantic
Lews
District Court
Henry Michaelis
Guy
McDermott
Hazel L. McDermott
Guy McDermott
Township 77
Township 76
Miss Lairde Kirkham Serves as Substitute Teacher
Miss Lairde Kirkham fills in for the eighth grade at Anita schools when the regular teacher is called away on account of illness.
National forests yield big revenue from timber sales
Receipts from the sale of national forest timber last year totaled 2,307,000, the largest in a single year. The Lakesen National Forest reserve in California led with nearly a billion feet sold to a cooperative fruit growers' association ensuring ongoing lumber for their boxes and needs.
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Federal Treasury
Lassen National Forest
California
Western
M Udain
Turpentine
Anita Iowa City Council Minutes 1921 Proceedings
The Anita Iowa town council met in the town hall with Mayor Campbell and Councilmen Burke Campbell Holton and Slater present. Bills were approved and a poll tax rebate for W F Hendricks for 1921 was recommended to the county supervisors. The W C T U petition to raise Anita's moral standards was tabled until the next meeting.
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Anita
Iowa
Campbell
Burke
Holton
Slater
Sheley
H. R. Redburn
Tim Knowlton
Qdrayage
Sous Einesi Keyeaks
Chas. Campbell
Globe Machinery Co
Anita Implement Co
Ed. L. Newton
W. T. Biggs
Fullerton Lumber Co
W. T. Slater
George Biggs
E. S. Holton
John Aldrich
Iowa Electric Co
W. F. Hendricks
Benton Township
Grant Township
County Board of Supervisors
Money Wins Out In Klondike Claim Saga
An old Klondike prospector, offered 100000 dollars for his claim, resists. Operators lure him to a Marion street office and display 10000 in shiny twenty dollar pieces. The miner, unfamiliar with money, signs away his deed, unaware of the ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Veness
Klondike
Seattle
Marion Street
Alaska
Invest With Confidence From The Citizens' State Bank
The notice urges consulting bank officers about investments in stocks and bonds. It emphasizes the bank's expertise to determine safety and profitability and identifies the Citizens' State Bank in Anita, Iowa as the source for guidance.
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Citizens’ State Bank
War Department employs far fewer civilian workers in DC
Report shows civilian staff in the District of Columbia fell from 2 9 1 0 0 to 4 6 0 9 by March 3 1921 to December 31 1922 total civilian War Department personnel dropped from 90 106 to 47 387 national cost savings exceed 51 000 900 annually Air and Chemical Welfare services with 4 007 employees must be excluded in prewar comparison leaving overall strength below prewar levels.
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War Department
District of Columbia
Washington
Air
Chemical Welfare
Bnumter
First exclusive mail train speeds postal delivery in 1875
The article recalls the inaugural exclusive mail train began September 18 1875 leaving New York and reaching Chicago a day later in twenty six hours. It notes rapid mail transport to Chicago and onward dispatch, the 1899 NY San Francisco mail service, and fast Chicago Omaha routes under ten hours aided by mail bags caught without stopping the train.
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New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Omaha
Detroit News
Blueberry Rapture Describes New England Berries
Nomad in Boston Transcript extols two blueberry varieties as the world’s finest berry bushes. It praises white pinkish blossoms, large round plump fruit with a soft bloom, and a rich woodsy flavor likened to wild rose and clover.
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New England
Boston Transcript
Alma Mater Inscription at Stationers Sparks Bemusement
In a college freshman's visit to a Milwaukee stationer he writes on paper in bold flourishes Alma Mater Alma Mater many times. The clerk, with a simper, suggests the young man let the young woman try it herself and notes plans to change if needed.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Swallows Migrate From England to South Africa
A Berkshire man in 1921 marked a swallow and released it. The bird was later captured five months later in Jansenville, South Africa. Other marked swallows released in England turned up in Natal Orange Free State Cape Province and Transvaal, confirming long distance migration.
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England
South Africa
Berkshire
Jansenville
Natal
Orange Free State
Cape Province
Her Revised Grammar Exchange
A teacher explains verb tenses to students using examples and punning dialogue. Grace answers that "My father has money" would be a tense in the present, prompting a playful remark about pretense.
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Grace
New Wallpaper Patterns At Anita Drug Company
Ben Swartz works on property in Southeast Anita owned by Leon G Voorhees, after Bob Sweet and family vacated. The house was repapered and wallpapered as part of repairs.
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Anita Drug Company
Ben Swartz
Anita
Leon G. Voorhees
Bob Sweet and Family
Steel Fence Posts and Farm Supply Prices
Farmers Supply Co advertises steel fence posts with pricing. Dr. C L Campbell of Atlantic attends a Chicago medical conference. Mrs James McVay returned Saturday from Des Moines and is ill under doctor care.
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C. L. Campbell
Atlantic
Chicago
James McVay
Des Moines
Primers' Supply Co Groom Offer At Googs Place
Fragmentary ad notes an offer for an “extra-good Groom” at Googs Place and mentions Teolston, a lawyer, with references to practice in all courts and land matters. The readable portion presents a rough product promotion and legal services.
Make Your Hens Lay More and Bread Recipe Ad
An old pamphlet promotes a feed panacea for hens to increase laying and mentions Grandmother's Bread, a breed claimed to influence baking. It lists sale at a location Googs Place and references legal services and estate settlements.
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Anita Drug Company
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Anita Bank
H.T. Vernon
Harry C. Faulkner
A. R. Robinson
Assisant
Sheriff Sale
Owa
Cass County
W. A. McKee
Sheriff’s Office
Frank Norton
H. R. Brink
Lewis
City
T. T. Saunders
F. J. Deeming
Ed. L. Newton Farm
C. A. Thompson
City Council
Council Chamber
Portland Oregonian
R. L. Robinson
Swallows
Rexall Drug Store
Jos
Farmers’ Supply CO
Forshay
Goog's
Ies
Teolston
Alg Lok
Attorney AT Law
C. E. Malone
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