Bullock Family Purchases Oransky Department Store
Announcement last Saturday disclosed A. D. Bullock and son Wayne acquire Oransky and Son department store at Atlantic. Bullocks form Bullock & Sons to manage stock and operations from Fifth and Chestnut, with building lease remaining under their control. Three generations will run the new firm in Anita and Atlantic, pledging continued service and stock expansion.
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Oransky and Son Department
Atlantic
A. D. Bullock
Wayne Bullock
Anita
Masonic Temple
Bullock & Sons
Oranskys
Oransky Store
Bullocks
Fifth and
Chestnut Streets
Fifth and Chesnut Streets
Bullock Store
Wallace
Max Bullock
Anita High School
The
State University
Cransy
Bullock
Nccess
Smither Will Filed for Probate in Atlantic District Court
The will of the late Mary Jane Smither of Anita was filed for probate in Atlantic Saturday. It leaves $500 to daughter Lillian M. Smither and divides the remainder among seven children Thomas W. Smither Esther Bear George O. Smither Chas W. Smither Eva Kiehl Lillian Smither Effie Blakesley. Executors are Thomas W. and George O. Smither without bond. The document is dated March 13, 1922 and witnesses are Howard T. Vernon and Harry C. Faulkner. The second item notes winter lyceum courses showed a deficit of $1 to $3 per guarantor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Smither
Anita
District Court
Atlantic
Lillian M. Smither
Thos. W. Smither
Esther Bear
George O. Smither
Chas. W. Smither
Eva Kiehl
Lillian Smither
Effie Blakesley
George O
Chas W. Smither
Howard T. Vernon
Harry C. Faulkner
Presenting the Newest in Styles for Easter and Spring Wear
A display highlights Easter and spring garments praised for excellent quality and very reasonable prices. Shoppers are urged to visit, with a promise you will return to buy.
Free dental clinics for children set in April across towns
Public health leaders teachers and volunteers announce free dental clinics in Atlantic Griswold Massena and Anita during the first two weeks of April. Clinics run April 6–10 in Atlantic April 13–14 in Griswold April 5 in Massena and April 16–17 in Anita with scheduling led by P T A officials Mrs Zell Cook and Mrs J M Deeming. Ed Johnson visited Atlantic friends Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Atlantic
Griswold
Massena
Anita
Parent Teachers Association
Zell Cook
J. M. Deeming
Reverend J. H. Young Dies at 91 in Ohio Otterbein Home
Reverend James H. Young, aged ninety one, died Thursday at the Otterbein Home in Lebanon Ohio after a pneumonia attack. Born February 20 1834 in Indiana he lived in Illinois California Iowa and finally Van Meter Anita area before entering the home. Survived by son Isaac Young of Pierre SD and daughters Nora Cloud of Boiler TX and Prue Lawson of Des Moines with a late wife buried beside his wife in Van Meter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
J. H. Young
Otterbein
Lebanon
Ohio
United Brethren Church Organization
Rev Young
van Meter
Iowa
James H. Young
Indiana
Illinois
Gusta Merrill
Frank Merrill
Young
California
United Brethren Church
Eureka Township
Adair County
Rev. Young
Isaac Young
Pierre
South Dakota
Nora Cloud
Boiler
Texas
Prue Lawson
Des Moines
W. H. Armstrong
Franklin Township
J. H. Hill
Boy survives after stringing wire near high tension line
An Iowa boy attempted to string a wire across a 33 000 volt transmission line. The line sparked and burned out 110 street lights. The boy reached for the end but the wire was too high, and he survived the dangerous contact.
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Perry
Iowa
Dangerous use of pennies in fuse block warned
The Keokuk Gate City reports two pennies placed in a fuse block instead of fuse wires caused a fire alarm. The pennies burned an electric iron and other wiring, risking a house fire. Firemen and electricians warn against using objects in fuse blocks and reiterate only fuse wires should be used.
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Keokuk Gate City
Entertainments and Luxuries for Veterans in Hospitals
About 500 patients in the government hospital at Knoxville receive demoralizing war horror relief. The facility has received over a million dollars to perfect the hospital, with charities from towns and beyond providing dainties and luxuries. Concerts and entertainments are donated by E. W. Marsh and family who have returned to Cass county and taken the A Forrester farm northwest of Anita.
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Government
Knoxville
West
E. W. Marsh
Benton Township
Minnesota
Cass County
A. Forrester
Anita
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Mary J. Smither
Lyceum
Dentists
Parent Teachers’ Associations
Red Cross Public Health Nurses
Ed Johnson
Atlantic Friends Sunday
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