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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1924
Page
5
The usual Saturday afternoon combination sale at the Parker sedan was well attended. Mother Scanlon, wintering with her daughter in Des Moines, is reported to be greatly improved in health.
Mrs F O Worthing acts as companion to Mrs D B Harrison during Miss Mattie Harrison’s absence at her brother Harry P Harrison’s home in Chicago.
The notice states that Tom Smither, once from Anita and son of Mrs. Mary Smither, will wed a young woman in California, returning the announcement to his old hometown.
Women gathered at Mrs. D. W. Faulkner home on Thursday, enjoyed a basket dinner, and spent a pleasant and profitable afternoon in work activities.
Joseph Kaiser, who spent the winter in Anita, plans to return to Caron Canada around April 1 to look after his interests there and may stay until next fall or early winter.
Chas Bliese of the Massena vicinity visited the city for dental work and called at the Record office to leave his check paying for the home paper for 1924.
Dr. Hess stock tonic note appears in a short item. Bert Willison and family relocate from the northwest farm to a Rose Hill Avenue property on the Willison holdings.
A weather note describes March delivering varied conditions as snow falls in the region. The text highlights an unusual day or night lacking snow and emphasizes March's reputation for irregular weather patterns.
Mrs. W. H. Shultz recently brought home from the Atlantic hospital after a serious operation is able to be about the house with crutches.
Mrs. F Carter hosted the Friday Bridge Club with substitutes Mrs G M DeCamp Mrs H L Bell and Mrs M M Burkhart. Mrs M C Hansen won high score for the afternoon.
Samuel Petty and his wife visited their son Clarence Petty in a government sanitarium in Tucson last fall and now reside in California, planning to stay at least until late spring.
Davey Alexander, longtime subscriber from Scotland, was a welcome caller Saturday and left his check in payment for the home paper for the year 1924.
Anita Iowa March 3 1924 local items report various residents as Record callers notes on community events and town council meeting finances and bills with names such as Miss Lesetta Hereth Mrs J M Deeming and E S Holton among others plus a found autoplate notice and a light business item about municipal appointments and a joke about Bill Kelley preferring constable post to presidency
Mrs. Lee Crane has been seriously ill the past week. Miss Dagmer Jensen is spending the week with Mrs. Lee Crane. Wm. W. Petty spent Saturday night at the Roy Duff home. W. H. Heckman and wife are proud parents of a baby boy born March 8. Geo Williamson and Alvin Peter son were Sunday guests of Floyd Weatherby. Raymond Smith of Benton township spent the week with Frank Peterson and family.
Anita Drug Company serves as the headquarters for paint varnish alabastin and all housecleaning items. The brief note identifies the firm as a central supplier for household upkeep products.
It is unusual for farm owners to seek tenants but many things are out of the ordinary. The note mentions entertaining Denny Pearce and George Smither on a Saturday afternoon during a pleasant call, implying social activity tied to a farming context.
Howard Allanson spent weeks in extreme west Iowa in the interests of the Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company seeking business progress and regional engagement.
Mrs Lawrence Hofmeister entertained the L O C members at her home with a pleasant meeting and a delicious luncheon served during the gathering.
Mrs. F. J. Deeming traveled to Iowa City last week for examination and treatment and is set to undergo an operation in the hospital there on either Tuesday or Wednesday this week. Mrs. Frank Bontrager remains in Anita at home in serious condition with alarming, intermittent attacks.
The J. C. Penney Company, owning nearly five hundred stores nationwide, plans a general store in Atlantic and expects to open business about April first.
Mrs May Duthie of Denver Colorado travels to Corning to visit her sister Mrs Eldora Brink after being summoned by the illness and death of her father the late A M Saunders.
Mrs Earl Anderson has stayed with her sister Mrs Avery Stephenson the past week aiding in the care of their new baby boy.
For sale a new twenty gallon iron kettle never used contact the Record Office. Mrs. G. M. DeCamp hosted the Knot-a-Kare Club on Wednesday with Mrs. Fred M. Sheley as substitute and high score by Mrs. M. M. Burkhart. Juanita Rebekah Lodge met at the I O O F Hall Friday to practice the degree team under Captain Horace G. Stuart followed by luncheon.
If the month maintains its pace, March will have produced snow on every day so far, marking an ongoing wintery pattern. The report notes persistent snowfall throughout the period, highlighting an unusual stretch of snowy weather.
Mrs Nellie Eneix was called to Wiota this week to provide care and attention to Mrs John McMahon who is seriously ill.
Mrs Chas Campbell will entertain the Ladies Union Club on Thursday at one o clock. The afternoon will be devoted to work for the Christian Home in Council Bluffs.
Miss Bertha Rydl was honored at a miscellaneous pre-nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Joseph Rydl on Rose Hill Avenue. Mrs. Maggie Romey has been a guest of her daughter in Mason City for several weeks. Uncle Watson Trego, recently confined at home, hopes to visit Waterloo, Iowa, with his son if health permits.
Claus Wilson remains on the Wagner farm northeast of Anita through 1924. Cedar Rapids resident Mrs. Chas. W. Hook, a well known Anita figure, becomes grandma to Howard Haven Jewell born Sunday to Arthur Jewell and his wife in Iowa City.
The Service Star Legion finishes knitting bright blocks to assemble a large quilt like bed-robe. The handiwork aims to create a beautiful decorative piece.
An advertising inquiry promotes Rubber Novelties from Anita Drug Co as part of a local retailer’s sale. The snippet highlights a catalog addition and suggests consumer interest in novelty items.
Ira Rater with wife and daughter and Al bert Karns with wife and son join Misses Emma and Ida Wahe as visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs John Wahe southeast of Anita on Sunday.
A nine pound baby boy was born Friday March 7 to Mr and Mrs Avery Stephenson. Both mother and baby are doing fine. Congratulations to Grandpa and Grandma Davey Marsh in Areola Canada.
J. M. Giles and his wife, formerly of the Wiota vicinity, have recently become residents of Anita and are occupying the Kirkham residence located south of the school building.
Sparks from the chimney set fire to the roof of the M F Church around nine o clock Sunday morning, burning a small area. Firefighters or onlookers extinguished the flames before major damage, with losses fully covered by insurance.
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