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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
3
Mrs da Muntendam and Mrs. Jennie Robinson visited the Record office on Tuesday while Chas L Wilson shows continuing health improvement. 8 S E Carey remains about the same as last week. Men’s canvas plow shoe brown and light in price two dollars eight cents.
Gratitude expressed by C. H. Bartley and family to neighbors and friends for kindness, regard, friendship and sympathy shown at the memorial service honoring their beloved son and brother, Oscar H. Bartley.
Jas Morgan opens a pool hall and many residents travel to Atlantic Stuart Anita Des Moines and Red Oak for visits events and performances. The class play at the M EB Church and Yankee Robinson show in Anita draw large crowds while a birth and a stroke affect local families.
Miss Bessie May Henry hosted a Porch Breakfast for the Sweet Girl Graduates of 19 on May 17 at 7 15 in the Sherm F Myers home in northeast Anita. The event featured a floral porch setting, a fruit and jelly menu, and a request for grads to note their future plans. Photographs were taken by Florence Hunter for display. The group included Miss Henry and the class members Minnie Bear Grace Broadfoot Trene Butler Averil Dorsey Mary Egan India Harris Pauline Heck Gwendolyn Luxford Josephine Miller Nellie Scott and others. A note mentions Holmes Lumber Yard doors and Pythian Sisters history chapters to be prepared.
The Anita Iowa council met May 5 with Mayor Kirkham and four councilmen present. Bills totaling paid include Tribune Publishing Roy Atwood and several local suppliers. petty cash entries list service, fuel, and materials. Treasurer Millhollin reported fund balances totalling 8423 82 across funds.
Memorial services are planned at the Christian Church on May 25 with a union service and special music. A sermon will be delivered by the pastor, and soldiers both young and old are invited to attend. The evening service will be union at the M. E. Church with Rev Boaz delivering the sermon.
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