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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1922
Page
4
Jesse N. Jones declares his bid for the Republican nomination for county treasurer subject to party voters at the June primary. He states his candidacy and submits the declaration for official consideration.
Charles W Buff announces his candidacy for re nomination as Representative from Cass County in the Iowa General Assembly. He states the primary decision rests with Republican voters on June 5 1922.
Godfrey Miller announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Cass County Board of Supervisors from the First District comprising Grant Benton Franklin and Lincoln Townships. He states his motives are not selfish and promises to accept defeat gracefully if voters choose otherwise. He will campaign only by this announcement.
Jile William Brown of Elliot Iowa states he employed L C Campbell of Anita Iowa to bore a well on his farm 41 2 miles southwest of Grant Iowa. The well bored feet deep passed 41 2 feet of sand and gravel with 20 feet of reservoir yielding 26 feet of water and passed the test per contract.
Mrs Chas W McDermott of Wiota and her sister Mrs Bradley of Oklahoma City visit daughter Mrs Clarence Jewett. The Cass County Rural Mail Carriers Association elected S V Metheny as president A T Smith as vice president and A F Perkins as secretary treasurer at their Atlantic meeting. They toured Calumet Cafe and saw C A Hinman address the assembly. The group will meet in Anita on Labor Day for a big picnic and dinner after a theatre party at the opera house.
District school meeting scheduled for Monday with community updates on local farms and residents. Various farming activities and moves are reported including cattle feeding purchases, corn shelling, calf buying, and family relocations, plus a nursing training program advertisement from the Mid West Hospital in Chicago.
Chas. D. McDermott spent three weeks in the city and vicinity on business and visiting relatives and friends and returned Saturday to his home in Greeley Colorado.
W. R. Weaver is appointed postmaster at Lewis following a recommendation from Congressman Wm. R. Green. Simon Nelson, formerly of Anita, now stays at a brothel near Atlantic after a week in Anita. FE Webber and family have vacated the J. D. Peterson farm north of town and moved to a farm near Guthrie Center.
Mrs Henry Bissell Sr marked her 68th birthday with a surprise gathering at her daughter’s home. The party hosted by her children included Mr and Mrs Henry Bissell Jr Mr and Mrs Alva Bissell Mr and Mrs John Pierson and Mr and Mrs Harold Mills. Ice cream cake and a bouquet presented by Mrs Alva Bissell completed the celebration.
Social notes report A A Hayter hosting a Record caller Friday. Miss Fannye Gifford and her uncle D B E DeLong visited C H McDermott’s home Saturday night while en route to Denver. Foreign Missionary Society of the M F Church met at Mrs C W Crandall’s home Tuesday afternoon with a luncheon. Eddie Carlton shipped cattle to Omaha and returned with feed. Birth notices list three newborn boys to Clarence F E Moore Henry Kitts and Arthur Barnhboldt families.
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