Letter From R S Kiehl About California Life And Health
R S Kiehl, an longtime Monrovia businessman who once ran what is now Rexall drug store, writes Sherm about illness weather and changing times. He recalls Anita Iowa days, notes friend Dug Young’s flu, praises Records, and mentions moving back to the foothills near Long Beach before returning to Monrovia.
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R. S
Dick’’) Kiehl
Rexall Drug Store
Sherm
California
East
Middle West
Anita
Iowa
Dug
Long Beach
Kiehl
Shorty Campbell Opens Wall Street Cafe in New Quarters
Shorty Campbell has leased the former Herman Taylor room on Wall Street and will open a cafe this week offering first class service with regular meals short orders and lunches. The store features full lines of confectionery cigars and tobacco and has been remodeled to perfect sanitary condition inviting the public to visit.
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Shorty” Campbell
Wall Street
Herman Taylor
Mrs Nettie Schlotfeldt Leaves Anita for California
Mrs Nettie Rogers Schlotfeldt of Walnut Iowa has relocated with her husband and children to Los Angeles California to settle permanently. She is the daughter of late Thomas H Rogers early Iowa pioneer who lived near Anita and died years ago. Her mother resides with daughters Mrs Mueller in Walnut and Mrs Mae Diesing in Marshalltown Iowa.
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Nettie Rogers Schlotfeldt
Walnut
Anita
Los Angeles
California
Schlotfeldt
Thos. H. Rogers
Iowa
Audubon County
Rogers
Mueller
Mae Diesing
Marshalltown
Lost purse between Anita and Atlantic found
A lady's purse missing between Anita and Atlantic with money and a key was found. Return to the Record office or to C. F. Strutz in Atlantic.
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Anita
Atlantic
Record Office
C. F. Strutz
Flowers for Memorial Day Plant Sale at Anita Drug
A local ad announces a two day sale Friday and Saturday featuring potted plants and foliages. It notes this event is the last on sale before Memorial Day and lists Anita Drug Company as the source.
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Anita Drug Company
Shaffer and Christensen Receive Car Load of Chevrolets
Shaffer and Christensen received a car load of Chevrolet cars Monday. The delivery adds to their local auto stock and reflects brisk regional sales of the popular brand.
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Shaffer & Christensen
Pasture for Cattle Ready in Blue Grass Fields
Notices of local social visits and travel sequence list several residents: Wm Bangham, Mrs Walter Root, Mrs Edw Gardner visited Atlantic. Oren P Ames of Osceola Iowa stayed with his brother Azel S Ames. Andrew Peterson returned from Detroit and visited his brother Arthur Peterson near Anita. June Karns, Omaha stenographer, spent Sunday with parents C F Karns. Mrs Walter Hook and daughter Vera visited Atlantic where Vera reportedly struggled to keep her 85 year old mother away from a circus. brief cadence of small town movements and greetings.
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Andrew Peterson
Detroit
Michigan
Arthur Peterson
Anita
June Karns
Omaha
C. F. Karns
Ladies Aid Society to Hold All Day Meeting
The Congregational church Ladies Aid Society plans an all-day meeting on Thursday at the parsonage with a noon covered-dish dinner. Cumberland visitors Mr. and Mrs. George Scholl attended a WCTU meeting at Mrs. White’s home. The piece also notes a belated bullfrog song, a Greenfield visit by L B Trumbull and family for Mothers Day, and an auto trip by Albert A Miller and wife with son Frank. A local Anita Main Street advisory warns motorists to stay right and be cautious to avoid damages from reckless drivers.
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The
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Congregational Church
George Scholl
Cumberland
Albert A. Miller
Indiana
Mr. Miller
Frank
Vernon Harrison visits area then tours Guthrie Center friends
Vernon Harrison manager of the Redpath Chautauque and Lyceum Bureau visits his mother and sister in the city before heading to Guthrie Center to see his brother Dr J W Harrison and family. Miller’s Meats advertises picnic meats as season opens. Fred Stauffer improves in health after illness. Harley Howard dies from acute appendicitis. Almira Rickel travels to Lincoln Neb to visit grandson in hospital while daughter Amos Shipman undergoes minor surgery in Scottsbluff.
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Vernon Harrison
Anita Boy
Redpath Chautauque and Lyceum Bureau
Columbus
Ohio
D. B. Harrison
Mattie
Guthrie Center
J. W. Harrison
Amos Shipman
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Almira Rickel
Lost her coveted record by illness in school
Miss Odetta Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Parker, Missed days last week due to sickness, preventing her four year goal of perfect attendance. Wm. K. Carey of Afton visited Anita. Miller's Market promotes baby beef roasts and steaks at 21 cents. W. C. McCoy and wife visited relatives in Willsea. Main street traffic rules enforced. Mrs. A. B. Maxwell returned to Ames with her grandchildren Dora Jean and Howard Campbell after visiting Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Campbell.
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Odetta Parker
C. E. Parker
Anita Public Schools
Wm. K. Carey
Afton
Anita
A. B. Maxwell
H. E. Campbell
Ames
Dora Jean
Master Howard Campbell
Two Workmen Killed in Road Construction Accident
Andrew Lauritzen a 35 year old Hamlin blacksmith and father of seven and Leonard Garske 40 of Omaha foreman for George W. Condon Construction Company were instantly killed around nine o clock Tuesday night on primary road no 18 south of Extra as work on the grade finished.
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Andrew Lauritzen
Hamlin
Leonard Garske
Omaha
George W. Condon Construction Company
Extra
Miller's Market Sells Puritan Hams and Bacon
Robert Howard of Lenox Iowa visited Anita Sunday with his mother Elva Howard and family while Puritan Hams and bacon were advertised for sale at Miller's Market.
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Miller’s Market
Robert Howard
Lenox
Iowa
Anita
Elva Howard
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Audubon
Connecticut Mutual Life
Telephone
South Ivy Ave
Monrovia
Shorty
Larson
the Eye Man
Bangham
Walter Root
Edw. R. Gardner
Oren P. Ames
Osceola, Iowa
Azel S. Ames
Walter Hook
Vera
Mother Hook
L. B. Trumbull
Louise
Greenfield
Helen
Main Street
Miller
J. L. Carey
C. E. Parker and Family
Fred Stauffer
Harley Howard
Lincoln
Nebraska
Fisger
Fisher
Pontiac
Oakland
General Motors
Raben Auto Exchange
Atlantic, Iowa
Pontblac
W. C. McCoy
Willisea
TFWO
Smiley
Music Store
Wilson T. Scott
Grand Junction, Iowa
Jim Edwards
Jim
ACME
Bongers Bros
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