Dear Sherm Letter From C A Russell Recounts Family News
In a personal letter from Aberdeen South Dakota dated March 6 1929 C A Russell writes to Sherm about paying for a newspaper subscription and family updates. He mentions his mother in good health Emily now married living in Danbury Connecticut Stella Fish and her family well and a cold winter. He describes a trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas and notes enjoying Anita Records and letters from former residents. He recalls Chas Townsend and his son in law Old Charlie Russell and Stella Murphy later Stella Fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Mother Townsend
Emily
Danbury
Connecticut
Stella Fish
Towa
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Charlie’ Russell
Chas. E. Townsend
Anita
E. W. Holmes
Stella Murphy
George H. Fish
W. E. Fish
Aberdeen
Old Home Town Letter From Anita Iowa Bids News of Boom
A former Anita resident writes from Marshalltown Iowa about winter sickness in the family and improving health. He notes streets and roads like rivers from heavy snow, a spring trade underway, factory growth and new hotel as the town booms. He mentions Mrs Diesing aka Mae Rogers and kin in Harlan and Los Angeles, still reading the Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Lincoln Avenue
Los Angeles
California
Worth More Than The Cost Old Home Paper Enclosed Fund
Enclosed check for 2.00 pays for the old home paper to January 1, 1930. Letters from old-timers in the Rec ord weekly are valued, as time flies. Baker signs as Cs. 8S. Baker meaningfully recalling twenty years away from the best state, county and town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Old Home
Baker
Baker Kin in California Wintering Visitors
Charlie Baker, son of Hon. Marsh N. Baker a Cass county legislator and Lincoln township pioneer, is spending winter with his daughter Mrs. Emma Murray at 108 Roswell Avenue Long Beach California after long residence in Nampa Idaho and near the H. G. Armentrout farm site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie” Baker
Marsh N. Baker
Lincoln Township
H. G. Armentrout
Cass County
Marsh Baker
Nampa
Idaho
Roswell Avenue
Long Beach
California
Emma Murray
Moving to Red Oak Iowa request change of address
Mrs Emma Moore requests updating the Record address to 510 Grimes Street Red Oak Iowa as she plans to move by truck. She postponed a sale planned for March 4 due to poor attendance and bad roads, noting recent snow and winds may improve conditions.
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Sherm
Red Oak
Iowa
Emma Moore
Grimes Street
Turner Family Ties Highlight Anita History and Local Business
In a letter from Anita a former resident Walter C. Turner is noted as a successful Minnesota farmer and stock-raiser. He is the son of pioneer Darius Turner and brother to E. R. Turner of Anita, with his wife a daughter of Peter Smith north of town. The note also mentions a subscription payment through July 1 1930 and unusual cold weather easing.
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Walter C. Turner
Anita Boys
Minnesota
Darius Turner
R. Turner
Anita
Walter Turner
Peter Smith
A Call From Old Friends
While in the city last week the Record editor met Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L. Nichols of Omaha who attended funeral services for P. R. Nichols, Curtis Nichols’ father. Mrs. Cora Stoodt also visited the Record office Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis L. Nichols
Omaha
P. R. Nichols
Curtis Nichols
Cora
Good Roads Import
Henry Nollen president of Equitable Life Insurance of Iowa declares good roads legislation as Iowa’s top legislative need. He says the state must achieve road equality with neighboring states through a decisive program. Mrs. Leo Bongers and her children visited Des Moines on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Nollen
The
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Iowa
Leo Bongers
Des Moines
Good Horse Sale Draws High Prices At Wilson Barn
A sale of twenty five work horses at the Wilson barn in LA attracted strong bidding. Ned O. Fish of Nebraska owned the lot and commanded prices higher and more satisfactory than at the prior sale with auctioneer Frank Barber and clerk C E Parker in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Barn
Ned O. Fish
Nebraska
Frank Barber
C. E. Parker
Mother in critical condition in Kansas City
Mrs Stella Musick left Sunday for Kansas City Missouri where her mother Mrs O Hara who has been living with relatives there is seriously ill The latest reports say Mrs O Hara is in critical condition with little hope of recovery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Musick
Kansas City
Missouri
O’hara
Mother O’hara
Former Anita Man James Taylor Dies in Iowa
James Taylor, 52, longtime Anita resident and former Northwestern railway engineer on the Boone to Council Bluffs line, died after a brief illness in Boone Iowa. He was the husband of Mamie Wilson Taylor, who died in 1894, and is survived by his son Clifton Taylor and his wife from a second marriage.
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S. K. Wilson
Boone
Iowa
James Taylor
Anita
Mamie Wilson Taylor
Clifton Taylor
Taylor
Northwestern Company
Council Bluffs
Passing of Nal Nichols in Adair County Iowa
Phrenaldo Rufus Nichols born in Pennsylvania on September 21 1850 died March 7 1929 at his Eureka township home in Adair county Iowa at age 78 5 14. He moved from Redfield to Adair county in 1883 and lived on the Horace Denton farm for 46 years. A devoted husband father and fraternal member he was mourned by relatives and a large community audience at his Anita M E church funeral with interment at Evergreen cemetery.
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Phrenaldo Rufus Nichols
Pennsylvania
Eureka Township
Adair County
Iowa
Dulles County
Redfield
Rosella Roben
Curtis L. Nichols
Omaha
Ray W. Nichols
Ernest P. Nichols
Ruth Scholl
Long Island
Kansas
Louise Irvine
Iowa City
Kate Caldwell
Loveland
Colorado
Newton Nichols
Rolfield
Nichols
Horace Denton
Masonic and
Odd Fellows Fraternities
Anita Auxiliary Meeting Highlights Batttle Creek Unit 210
Unita Unit No 210 American Legion Auxiliary met at Mrs P T Williams home with reports from Des Moines President-Secretary Conference. Iowa endorsed Mary Virginia Macrea for next National President. Poppy program emphasized and May 23–30 call. Iowa contributed 2500 to national rehabilitation fund aiding 550000 claims. Easter greetings planned to Fidac partners. March 15 marks tenth anniversary of American Legion. National leaders attended. New citizens to receive US Constitution copies. Next meeting April 12 at Mrs W S Reed’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Department
National Rehabilitation Fund
Washington, D. C
Iowa
American Legion
Legion
Auxiliary
Paul McNutt
Boyce Ficklin
James Barton
Gwendolyn McDowell
Auriliery
Ella Biggs
Hoover
Coolidge
Card of Thanks from Nichols Family
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness, sympathy, and floral gifts during illness and death of our husband and father. Special thanks to those who cleared the snow blocked road. Rose Nichols and Family.
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Rose Nichols
Public Farm and Bird Documents from Agriculture Dept
Courtesy of Congressman Earl W. Vincent the Record office presents Farm Business analysis, Co-Operative Marketing, Corn uses as Food, Common Birds useful to farmers, Food of birds in forest farm and garden, and Breeds of Dogs from the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl W. Vincent
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Still Enjoying California Dear Sherm Letter
A letter requests forwarding the Record to 2757 Jackson Street Wilmar California until further notice. The writer plans a southern trip then a retrace toward Iowa, with a return to Wilmar after traveling.
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Sherm
Jackson Street
Wilmar
California
Iowa
Old Timer Visits Anita Area After Thirty Years
Anita resident Wayland Wright, once a Lincoln township figure over thirty years ago, spends a week in Anita and nearby with old friends. He notes many changes in the community yet finds battle-scarred remnants from earlier days and reflects that not all the good die young.
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Wayland Wright
Lincoln Township
Rising Sun
Iowa
Anita
Wright
Thaken Closes Anita Stock for Move to Atlantic
E. C. Thaken, a shoe dealer in Anita for the past year, announces a closing out sale of his entire stock as he prepares to relocate to Atlantic. He has leased quarters there for an exclusive shoe repairing business, fully equipped with modern machinery.
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E. C. Thaken
Anita
Atlantic
Thaken
Easter Cantata Rehearsals Under Anita Public Schools
Under M. T. Bur ham direction rehearsals are held for the Easter Cantata to be sung Sunday evening March 31 at the Anita M. E. church as a union service with talent from nearby churches.
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M. T. Burham
Anita Public Schools
Anita M. E
Bloomfield Organizes Early 4th of July Celebration
Bloomfield plans a large Fourth of July celebration after business leaders met to finalize arrangements. Joe Stalcup, once a notable Anita businessman now a Bloomfield resident, is credited as a booster behind the effort.
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Bloomfield
Iowa
Joe Stalcup
Anita
Daily Los Angeles Copies Highlight Local Interest
Copies of Daily Los Angeles newspapers received from "Joe" Miller, a former well known resident, are of special interest to the Record editor and reflect local community matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
The
Record
Joe” Miller
Women's Home Missionary Society Meeting Noted
The Women's Home Missionary Society of the M. E. church will meet at 2:00 PM on Thursday, March 14, at the home of Mrs. Albert Miller. Members are urged to attend.
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Women’s Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Albert Miller
Passes Away in Washington Veteran Farmer John Carson
John Carson longtime Anita area farmer died at his Yakima home after major surgery at age eighty three. Civil War veteran and Masonic member survived by two sons Merle and Ray Carson of Yakima. He was son in law of the late Geo Wilson and brother in law of S K Wilson. Mrs Carson died ten years ago.
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John Carson
Anita
Yakima
Washington
Geo. M. Wilson
S. K. Wilson
Will Entertain Union Club Hostess Plans Meeting
On Wednesday of next week Mrs H C Dasher will host the bi monthly Ladies Union Club meeting. A covered dish dinner starts at one o'clock. Due to road conditions the gathering moves to Mrs Amelia King's home on West Main Street Anita.
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H. C. Dasher
Ladies’ Union Club
Amelia King
West Main Street
Anita
Curry family returns to Canada after estate settlement
John H. Curry and his wife, who visited Iowa to attend the final settlement of the late A. C. Godanour estate, have returned to their northern home. They note harsher winters in Iowa, joking that northern temperatures reach fifty to sixty below zero while locals endure it.
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John H. Curry
Canada
A. C. Godanour
Visit From Grandparents Draws Family Joy
Mr and Mrs A D Smith of Lewis spent several days last week with their sons in law and daughters Messrs and Mesdames Glen Porch and Hilton Cowley. The visit centered on their grandchildren Pattie Peggy Norman Porch and Richard Cowley who eagerly anticipated the grandparents arrival.
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A. D. Smith
Lewis
Messrs
Mesdames Glen Porch
Hilton Cowley
Pattie
Peggy
Norman Porch
Richard Cowley
Grandpa
Oldresident Illness Sparks Anita Care Update
Chris Bohning longtime Anita resident and retired farmer has been confined at home under Dr. H. E. Campbell care after a severe prostatic attack. He underwent a surgical operation and is making slow but satisfactory recovery.
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Chris Bohning
Anita
H. E. Campbell
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Adam
Aberdeen, South Dak
C. A. Russell
South Ninth Street
Marshalltown
W. C. Diesing
Armour, South Dakota
Box
Beatrice
Garvin
Minnesot
Bangers Bros
Tre Roxell
Bessie Myers Lowell
Evergreen Cemetery
Anita Lodge No. 262
Ity
Fidac
Marea
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