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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
1
A sermon on Christ’s parable of leaven frames the Kingdom of Heaven as a small, enduring force that revitalizes the moral mass. It warns against seeking new methods, urging reliance on God’s spirit, and calls for spreading righteousness from youth. Mrs Cate visits relatives in the city.
The Recorps features Hansen Lave and Co with a half page notice announcing the Annual May Sale at the Regulators from Saturday May 3rd to Saturday May 17th. The advertisement promises a full list of bargains on most everything needed for the season at quality goods for lower prices than elsewhere.
F. H. Townsend has acquired Jas. E. Bruce’s shares and becomes sole proprietor of the Daisy Stock Food Company. The paper congratulates Daisy on the acquisition. Screened Rural Potatoes offered at 35 cents per bushel, phone 60n 25. 164 WM. Scholl.
A pretty home wedding was held Friday morning April 18 at the bride’s mother’s residence Mrs Rebecca Brown of this place. Cora I Brown became the wife of Zort Brown of Anita in a ceremony by Rev Sydney Arthur Congregational church. The couple planned a three course breakfast and will honeymoon in Omaha before settling on a Berea farm. The bride, a teacher, and the groom, a prosperous farmer, receive many good wishes.
Ollie Conley involved in court battle against R. C. Spencer of Audubon disrupted a public sale of the Cass county Advocate printing outfit in Atlantic. Spencer opposed Conley’s presence. no bids matched Spencer’s $2,000 offer, while an $800 bid proved inadequate amid transfer disputes and litigation.
Two youths paid ten cents for tea to fund a treat for the aged poor. After a feast of four cups of tea, six ham sandwiches, bread and butter, tea cakes, jam tarts, and buns, one young man urged his companion to support such charitable efforts, noting the good cause.
The RECORD editor spent a moment at John Heck's home last Monday and drank a pitcher of fresh butter milk, which vanished as if by magic. Gratitude is extended to Mother Heck for sharing a jar of the beverage logged home for a nighttime refreshment.
Miss Gladys Cooper leaves Anita Tuesday morning for Kansas City to visit relatives and friends and assume new duties requiring her full time. Her sister Miss Blanche Cooper will keep the millinery business in Anita ongoing.
An advertisement from Bangham Enix & Co lists pOUNds Chick Food at $2.55. The brief notice highlights the product and price in the catalog-style listing.
Elmer Wagner of Ruthven visits Anita relatives and shakes hands with Casey Vindicator readers. The piece notes public indifference to a clean-up request and raises whether state health board intervention will be needed to enforce compliance with the law.
The Record editor visited John Heck who is homebound with a fractured lower limb and ankle from a hay wagon overturn two weeks ago. Dr H E Campbell attends him as Mother Heck and Miss Anna provide care, and the editor notes John’s restless nature yet hopes for a rapid recovery and his return to work.
A Nebraska doctor, C. J. Wainwright of Giltner, is in Mission Texas staying with Gus and wife Hunter for several weeks. He reports improving health from the warmer climate and enjoying three meals daily. He notes fresh Texas produce and predicts new corn in ten days and cante lopes in two weeks, praising the region as productive.
On April 25 1913 at the M E parsonage in Atlantic Rev Elias Handy officiated the marriage of William Elery and Winifred Steinmetz. The couple reside at 807 Linn Street Atlantic with Elery employed at a local garage.
B F Talbott of New Plymouth Idaho son of Mr and Mrs A H Talbott will marry Miss Ruth Votaw of Chicago in the early days of the month. Votaw is a music teacher in Chicago and daughter of the late E H Votaw longtime pastor of the Congregational church in this city.
Miss Virginia Boatright has been in poor health for months and unable to attend school or leave the house. An operation is deemed the only relief, and the Record hopes she recovers quickly to full health.
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