Local social notes and health updates from the county
Martin Christenson and wife prepare to template locating in California. Amos W. Shipman has been ill under doctor care this past week. Allen Clark and wife of Earlham visited Walter Hook and family Saturday. Fred B. Parkinson and wife and Mrs GC Parkinson of Massena were hosted for dinner by W J Weston. W K Carey returned from Canada after overseeing 300 acres of grain. L J Lizer moves to Silver City Iowa with family. Mrs Frank Bell and Mrs Cora Stoodt of Wiota visited Friday. A L Turner and wife William Wahler and wife visited Atlantic on Tuesday. Woman's Home Missionary Society met Thursday at E E Ayde's home. Joe E Morgan recovering from three months illness with pneumonia.
Anita and Surrounding Notes and Local Notices
Geo. 8. Daughenbaugh and wife of Wiota spent Saturday in Anita. Sheriff McKee nabbed Cass county auto thieves at Sioux City. Guthrie Center Times editor H. W. Stoy and Mrs. Stoy visited son in-island daughter C. G. Wycoff and wife. Miss Cora Daughenbaugh of Wiota and Miss Edith Daughenbaugh of Exeter New Hampshire called at the Record office Saturday. I AM NOT GOING AWAY rebutting rumor of leaving Anita. P T WILLIAM S. Gordon reports Stone back from Payette Idaho with extensive real estate interests. notes similar but milder conditions than Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKee
Cass County
Sioux City
H. W. Stoy
Guthrie Center Times
Cora Daughenbaugh
Wiota
Edith Daughenbaugh
Exeter
New Hamshire
Gordon
Stone
Payette
Idaho
Iowa
Passing of Aged Lady Henrietta Smith in Anita
Mrs. Henrietta Garman Smith died at her daughter Mrs. Fred M. Sheley’s home in Anita on May 12 1922 after four weeks’ illness. Born August 11 1835 in Morris County New Jersey she married Geo W Smith in 1854 and lived in Princeton Illinois before moving to Poweshiek county Iowa. She leaves ten children nineteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Montezuma and Anita with Rev. A A Robertson officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Smith
Fred M. Sheley
Anita
Montezuma
Iowa
Mary
Jay
Hayfield
Minnesota
Harry
Cedan Rapids
Away Henrietta Garman
Morris County
New Jersey
Samuel Garman
Princeton
Illinois
Geo. W. Smith
Morris Town
Poweshiek County
Clarence
Ohio
P. T. Smith
A. W. Smith
T. W. Smith
H. S. Smith
Ben S. Smith
Geo. T. Smith
Keswick
Harry Smith
Cedar Rapids
Jay D. Smith
F. M. Sheley
Rev
A. A. Robertson
Congregational Church
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Peggy
Card of Thanks for Henrietta Smith
Our grateful thanks are expressed to friends and neighbors for kind acts during the illness and death of our beloved mother and grandmother, the late Mrs. Henrietta Smith, and for expressions of love and sympathy in our bereavement, Children and Families of Henrietta Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Smith
Fresh Cow for Sale in Payette Idaho
Classified note offers a fresh cow for sale with contact via the Record office in Payette Idaho. A personal letter from a reader reflects on keeping in touch with old friends and describes economic conditions affecting farmers, with good fruit prices noted last year.
The Trial of a Lawyer from Jesus' Standpoint Lecture
A renowned Chautauqua lecturer and attorney famed for his talk The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint is quoted as teasing a rival title The Trial of a Lawyer from Jesus' Standpoint in a witty aside. The remark appears in Everybodys Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Everybody's Magazine
Notice to Bidders Cass County Iowa May 22 1922
The Cass county Board of Supervisors invites bids at the County Auditor's office in Atlantic for 3 barrels linseed oil and 1 barrel white lead material to meet Iowa State Highway Commission specifications. Bids due 1 30 p m Monday May 22 1922. The board may reject any or all bids. Co E Kringel County Auditor. Atlantic Iowa May 10 1922.
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Board of Supervisors
Cass County
Iowa
Atlantic
Iowa State Highway Commission
Co. E. Kringel
Corrugated pipe bids sought for Cass County project
Atlantic Iowa bids due May 22 1922 for corrugated and concrete sees pipe per Iowa Highway Commission standards. Bid security 5 percent to E Kringel County Auditor. may be paid with current bridge warrants. Project includes 1500 ft 24 in corrugated pipe 1000 30 36 42 and 500 36 concrete sections F.O.B. Cass County stations.
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E. Kringel
F.O. B
Cass County
School Notes Highlights and Picnic Plans At City Park
Those who have neither absent nor tardy during the school year are listed by grade including Beth Harry and Richard Kieh in 1st and 2nd grades respectively. Fifth and seventh graders, with Miss Booth and Miss Carey, enjoyed a City Park picnic with games, flower picking, and a large picnic supper. Miss Brown, Miss Marten, and other teachers planned picnics. first four grades visited the Unique Theatre to see the Senior Class play free of charge. Friday morning featured a music program with Dorothy Dinsmore, Opal Bontrager, Freda Scholl, and Gladys Karns performing piano, violin, and vocal solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Booth
Miss Carey
Brown
Marten
Anderson
Jones
Newton
Woodcock
Dorothy Dinsmore
Opal Bontrager
Freda Scholl
Gladys Karns
Commas Prompt Comedic Schoolroom Incident
An English school inspection turns into a comic punctuation lesson when the mayor interrupts and is mocked by the inspector. A pupil writes on the board the mock quote, prompting comma placement after Cheesington and inspector to silence the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheesington
Inspector
Calkins Letters On Delayed Home Paper Payment
Harold Calkins writes from Bondurant to Jens Bondurant and friend Sherman that he incloses a fund draft to settle payment for the old home paper dated through January 1, 1923. He signs H. G. Calkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Old Home
Dear Old Sherm Sends Annual Check for Anita Record
Charlie Russell of Aberdeen South Dakota writes to Charlie Sherman sending a two dollar yearly check for the Anita Record. He says the family is well Mother Townsend is mentioned Emily attends Iowa City University and is succeeding in her studies Margaret Virginia in second grade aims to teach her father noting his neglected early education. He closes with regards to family and friends.
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Aberdeen
South Dakota
Sherm
Anita
C. A. Russell
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COLE
Jiel Wwelers
Martin Christenson
California
Amos W. Shipman
Allen Clark
Earlham
Walter Hook
Fred B. Parkinson
GC. B. Parkinson
Massena
W. J. Weston
W. K. Carey
Canada
L. J. Lizer
Silver City
Frank Bell
Cora Stoodt
City
A. L. Turner
Wm. Wahlert
Woman's Home Missionary Society
E. E. Ayde
Joe E. Morgan
Pratt & Naylor
Choice City Property
Daughenbaugh
Anita Drug CO
P. T. William S
Farmers’ Coop
Charlie Baker
Armour, South Dakota
Baker
George Lattig
G. W. Lattig
Neff Clothing CO
Iad
Homer Boatright
Omaha Neh
Tabor
Omaha
Miller
Foundry
Camden Ave
W.N . Anderson
Beth Harry
Richard Kieh
Katheryne Deane Sed
Marion Oberholtz
Wendell Scott
Madeline
Ith
Wenonah Forshay
Evelyn Scott
Marjorie White
Kenneth Be
Charles Lees
Byron Turner
Evelyn Dean
Richard Lowden
Roscoe Dunhan
Irma Cieatrick
Anita Highley
Kenneth Pierce Thorle Robison
Kenneth Woods
Elmer McFarland
William Heckman
Merie Turner
Dorothy Chinn
Donna Voorhees
Anita East
Ruth Pearson Beryle Robinson
Lois Turner Lillie Birk
Helen Myers
Blanche Turner
Caroline Cecil William McCosh
Emmet Wilson
Lowe Brothers Company
J. F. Price
Moulton
Lincoln State Fair
G. W. Parker
W. J. Robinson
Chas. W. Snedie
Anita, Iowa
Harold Calkins
H. G. Calkins
Charlie Russell
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