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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
1
Shadows of Moulin Rouge in four parts to screened at the Opera house Saturday night. The electric light service suffered a blow out Tuesday evening leaving Anita business houses and residences in darkness. Harry Fickel was cut by a wire clothes line recently, leaving a gash on his lower lip.
Bertrand Stauffer receives official Washington notice of a pension raise and will draw 25.00 dollars monthly starting February 1914. The graduation sermon will be at First M. E. Church at 8:00 PM by Rev. G. E. Nichols. The East window of City Bakers is enclosed to serve as a display case
Miss Vera 8 Hook will display a line of hand-painted china all next week at the L A Galiher building with sales during the exhibition. F B Perry and wife have moved to a tent on their lawn as a temporary home until their new bungalow is finished.
Walter Hook Scholl visits family while pursuing chiropractic studies at Pal mar School in Davenport. Anna N. O Leary, re elected to Menlo schools, resigns but gains salary raise. Memorial sermon at Congregational church by Rev H J Wilkins. Meade Post 5 G A R to attend. Dr G H Parden at Des Moines for chiropractic convention. Bill Karns honored for water wagon runs. W A McKee campaigns for Sheriff from Massena. Ladies Cemetery Association plans Memorial Day flowers with Evergreen Cemetery trustees.
A pleasant Sunday gathering at Guy Smith and wife north of Anita welcomed Mrs. Augusta Simon's children Marked by a fine dinner for Henry Simon and wife M S Wheatley Francis Kohl John Wheatley and wives Misses Bertha Matilda Minnie Simon and Fred Willie and Mother Simon Sixteen grandchildren also attended.
A group including Charlie Scholl enjoyed a calm trip to Adair on Monday in Charlie's reliable car. Farmers along the route were actively planting corn and harrows, with small grains looking promising for a good crop. The White Pole road remains smooth to the county line but turns rough past the border into Adair, lacking former maintenance under Roy Stacey’s supervision.
Mrs W G McFarland and her sister Miss Johnson of California leave New York by the evening train for Sweden. They plan to stay about four months visiting their old home and surroundings in Sweden and nearby areas.
The Ladies' Association appeals for payment of long overdue annual dues on Evergreen Cemetery lots. Even small individual amounts add up to clear claims and fund permanent improvements. Secretary Mrs Walter Hook will receive payments at Clyde H Bowen Drug Store on Memorial Day to issue receipts.
A queer looking but harmless banana rat was captured Monday inside a banana bunch removed from a crate and hung up at the F. O. Worthing fruit store. The animal resembles a rat with a short head and long tail.
Chas. D. Worthing of the Rock Island Co freight department at Atlantic has received a promotion with a salary increase and will transfer to Waterloo as city claim adjuster. The move marks a significant step up in responsibility, and his friends in the old home are pleased to see him advancing.
The Democrats of Grant township nominate a full ticket including Trustees A H Steinmetz Peter Smith and G KE McDermott Justices of the Peace S W Clark and Oren Burns Constables H J Carey and W F Clark Assessor Ernest Burke Clerk Harvey McDermott and re elected County Central Committee member George Wild.
The Rebekah Lodge extends heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. Resolved that the resolutions be spread on the Lodge minutes and sent to the family and to the Anita Record for publication, signed by Mary Reed Maggie Bontrager and Emma Wilson.
Homer Boatright reports on a parrot once deemed wicked that was finally converted. In a moment of lapse the bird again strayed, influenced by longtime surroundings, illustrating a fall from grace and the cautionary arc.
The Granttown Democratic delegates to the county convention are Calkins J A Irving Levi Huff J C Voorhees H H Cate J L Carey Geo Wild C W Clardy S Mallory A D Dean.
Albert Miller found a family of young squirrels in an upstairs room after a nest formed in an unused chimney. The young squirrels breached the room through torn chimney paper and now inhabit a new home in a large tree near the Miller residence, feeding three times daily.
Advertisement lists osteopathic exam and treatment and a chiropractic adjustment offered by D. L. Evans. The note includes a casual caveat about the service.
Indebted members of the Ladies' Cemetery Association are urged to settle dues at Bowen Drug Store on Memorial Day. Secretary Mrs W Hook says she will be there with the books to collect.
T C Winder arrived in Anita Saturday evening from Kissimmee Florida where he has spent intense winter months. Uncle Tom is looking well and has enjoyed good health and is happy to return home to meet relatives and old neighbors and friends.
A group of young women presented a lesson on war with Mexico as a public reading. The participants included Miss Pauline Heck Hazel Sticke Ida May Leah Forrester Gertrude Brockman and Oma Ruggles with an interested listener in attendance.
Fred Dittman recounts Carl Carson loading the car with a lively group of joy riders and driving west. Lacking open fields he loops onto Chestnut street Atlantic near the courthouse, makes a turn around the block, and returns home safely without incident.
The event starts at 10:00 A.M. with a march from the Masonic Temple to the opera house at 10:45. Anita Concert Band plays, Rev. P. A. Rickel offers prayer, Mrs. W. C. Biggs delivers a declamation, Miss Ida Biggs reads Gettysburg, and T. C. Whitmore of Atlantic gives the principal address. After lunch at 2:00 P.M. the group decorates graves at Evergreen Cemetery with a 12-gun salute.
The new M. FE. Church at Menlo to be dedicated Sunday May 24 with a 10:00 a.m. dedication sermon by Rev. T. C. Lift. A 2:30 p.m. Veterans Memorial service will be addressed by Gov Geo. W. Clarke. Evening platform meeting and formal dedication follow. Rev. M. Stahl invites all. Ladies Aid to provide free hot coffee with lunches. A lecture on Mormonism by Dr lif Monday evening with 25 cent admission. On May 31 the Jefferson Center Church will be dedicated with Rev. EF. W. McDade preaching at 10:00 a.m. Services after noon and in the evening.
Mary Jane Martin King born March 4 1840 near Greenfield Indiana died May 1914 at the home of her son Dr Frank R King in Walshville Illinois after a brief illness aged 74 years 1 month 13 days She married Samuel S King January 1 1857 in Cass County Iowa They had five living children Eli King F R King Lucy A Griep J A King and B King One daughter Ella Rogers died in 1901 Funeral services were held in Walshville and she was buried beside her husband in Enid Oklahoma Seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren survive The obit notes other relatives and describes her as a devoted wife mother and friend It also mentions B C Calkins purchasing a threshing outfit for the season.
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