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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
1
Rumor of John Grace marrying a certain lady leads to a planned raffle by the friends to raise a prize for whoever wins. The idea hinges on a marriage decision and promises a humorous payout if it occurs.
The bee industry long carried on by B. L. Scarlett has moved to Clarinda and is now owned by J. L. Strong who bought the bees months ago. The season’s output to date totals 7,000 pounds of honey.
A. S. Culver and his son Vernon L. Culver acquire Jacob Kuhn's stake in Audubon Roller Mills. The business will operate as Culver & Son. The Culver and Kuhn families, longtime Anita residents, previously ran the mill business with Kuhn opening Anita's first flouring mill in early days alongside Dr V D Rood.
State dairy and food department inspectors sweep the state enforcing the law. Shake-ups, arrests, and fines are rising. In Keokuk and Fort Madison coal dealers grocers and candy store owners were fined for short weights, and one man faced punishment for a dirty ice box yes refrigator.
J H Trimmer suffered multiple injuries including at least two fractured ribs when a flying switch caused a caboose pile up in Brooklyn during a Chicago cattle trip. He was bruised by the falling crowd and later summoned to Des Moines for a cash damages sentiment.
On November 13 1913 Anita Lodge No 262 I C O Fholds an open Roll Call for Odd Fellows their wives and Rebekah members. The program features a drill addresses toasts letters from absentees and a banquet with roast lamb and roast pig. The session aims for a premier social event in latest style.
Robert Crozier born February 26 1820 in Ross County Ohio died at home in Marion County Iowa aged 84 years 8 months and days. He married Nancy Ward in 1845 and had eight children four sons survive him with grandchildren and great grandchildren. He moved from Ohio to Iowa 1850s with a California trip in 1852 and returned to Iowa in 1855 his home thereafter. Funeral at his home Tuesday and burial in Garrison Cemetery near Knoxville.
At the seventh district Osteopathic association convention in Des Moines last Thursday Dr J W Macklin of Stuart formerly of Anita delivered an address on The Osteopaths Attitude Toward Chiropractics.
Cumberland Enterprise signals a heated primary season next June as officials face nomination battles and the paper pledges to use its influence to guard against certain officials securing spots.
Lyman White left Tuesday for Woodward Oklahoma to stay several weeks with his brother Charles and other relatives. The trip marks his first time outside the state in about forty years except for Omaha visits. Locals from Anita and nearby areas welcome his return. His father William White accompanied him.
Walter Wheatley, who has spent the past year in Canada, has traded his Canadian land for the old E. E. Brockman farm southwest of Anita and plans to return to Cass county soon.
A biting frost swept the area with sharp cold that pierced to the bone. The piece notes a man still wearing mid summer wick wacket underwear as a humorous image of lingering heat.
The library outlines ticket validity one year for one dollar. New T Day Books cannot be renewed while 14 Day Books may renew once for the same period. A two cent per day overdue fine applies. Books cannot be loaned to patrons with unpaid fines. Pages must not be marked and damages incur fines. Holding a book requires five cents prepaid and five cents upon receipt.
T C Winder departed Tuesday for Kissimmee Florida to spend the winter months there and plans to return to Anita in early summer next year. Friends in Anita and nearby areas wish him good health during his stay.
A. G. Todhunter reports the Atlantic Produce Co. earned $527.47 more in October than a year earlier. He estimates that the full year 1913 will surpass 1912 by a substantial margin, signaling strong business growth in the city.
Robbers blew open the Cumberland post office safe with nitro glycerin between midnight Monday and 3 AM Tuesday. They took $2 to $3 in cash and about $50 in stamps, leaving a pick and tools. officials suspect a link to a Massena robbery and continue investigations with Sheriff Bosley and a postal inspector. A window entry and a stamps book found on the road a mile west suggest the robbers headed west.
The Record office invites readers to list the newspapers they want for the coming year and promises to provide a price to save money on their reading matter.
Cumberland Enterprise editor H B Muntendam and his wife visited Anita Satur day to spend time with his mother Mrs Ida Muntendam and grandparents B F Sisler and wife. The RECORD notes the Munten dams praised the local paper and its high standard set by Old Ed Richardson.
Lewis Taylor of the Creston area and his wife and three months old baby were in a car that veered into a ditch near C. H. Bartley’s home southwest of Anita after dodging a road dog. Taylor sustained a badly bruised limb. the wife and infant were unharmed. Repairs delayed their return home by a couple of days.
Mrs. S. W. Dufford arrives in Green River Utah after eight years away and plans an indefinite stay among relatives and old friends. Her brother Edwin is married with a home, while Sam Dufford enjoys prosperous fruit farming shipping to world markets. Long life and good luck to the Dufford family.
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