Anita Lady Passes Away In Illinois
Myrtle Billett Carter died at Rockford Illinois hospital on November 4 1928 after a long illness. She was 65 2 9 and survived by husband Frank E Carter son Frank B Carter and granddaughter Dixie Carter. Funeral services were held in Anita Iowa and led by Rev E O Douglass with interment at Evergreen cemetery.
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Myrtle Billett
Ohio
Rockford
Illinois
Carter
Frank E. Carter
Newton
Iowa
Anita
Dixie Carter
L. N. Billett
J. W. Billett
R. C. Billett
Ora Morton
Wallingford
Connecticut
Grant Township Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights
The Grant Township Farm Bureau met at the F. H. Osen home with unusually large attendance. An welcome was extended to Anita and visitors from outside townships. The program featured a play Cora's Callers, songs, recitations, a talk by Mrs. F. L. Smith, violin and vocal selections, and a male quartet. Officers were re-elected: President Harold McDermott, Women’s Project Leader and Vice President Mrs. Henry Kuehn, Secretary Ed Reimers, Reporter Odetta Parker. Luncheon followed.
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Grant Township Farm Bureau
F. H. Osen
Anita
Cora
Grant No. 4
Annabelle Wise
Ruth Parker
F. L. Smith
Aldus
Harold McDermott
Henry Kuehn
Ed. Reimers
Odetta Parker
Gratitude from Cass County Representative Elect Shannon
Reverend L B Shannon expresses sincere thanks to voters in Grant township and Cass County for electing him to the state legislature. He pledges to use his best efforts to merit constituent confidence and serve as Representative.
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Grant Township
Cass County
Quince Gift Sent From Ohio Delights Mrs Biggs
Mrs Peter Biggs received a small crate of quince from her daughter Mrs Lydia McKelvey of Ohio. The fruit is noted as a favorite and delicious flavor for preserving numerous varieties of fruits.
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Peter Biggs
Lydia McKelvey
Ohio
Celebrated Birthday of Anita Editor Sherman Myers
The piece honors Sherman F. Myers born November 4 1864 in Fairfield Iowa now editor and publisher of the Anita Record and former founder of the Anita Tribune and Times. It notes his longtime service to Anita his family and his reputation as a community journalist focused on truth and local history. Mrs Bessie Myers Lowell adds a brief verse tribute.
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Anita Times
Charles F. Chase
Mr. Chase
Claude Faust
Sherman F. Myers
Anita Record
Sherm
Anita
Anita Tribune
Walter Budd
Mr. Myers
News-Telegraph
Fairfield
Iowa
J. L
Eliza Koons Myers
Bessie Myers Lowell
Lowell
Sherman F. Lowell
Myers
Sherm Myers
Bobby Burns
World-Famous Pilot Breaks Neck in Wings Crash
Dick Grace piloted a Spad in a real crash scene for the film Wings at the Rialto. The stunt ended with Grace paralyzed on his right side due to a broken neck and dislocated vertebra after a risky nose-first impact. The sequence, praised for realism, accompanied the 10th Armistice anniversary program.
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Rialto Theatre
City Sun
Mon
Dick Grace
Grace
Clara Bow
Buddy Rogers
Richard Arlen
Gary Cooper
Anita
Former Anita Teacher Sights Canal Zone Life in 1928 Letter
Margaret E. Meyers writes from Cristobal Canal Zone describing tropical rains, palm trees, ships, and local wildlife. She praises Canal Zone health and cleanliness while sharing vivid impressions of fruit, birds, lizards, and iguanas, and thanks Anita Record editor Sherm F. Myers for the newspapers.
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Anita
Canal Zone
Sherm F. Myers
Anita Record
Iowa
Mr Myers
States
Margaret E. Meyers
Sherm Receives Long-Time Friend Tribute
A note of goodwill wishes Sherm a long life and continued usefulness, hoping he remains a steadfast friend to the end of the chapter.
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Sherm
Retired West Wis. Couple Heads Home After Cass County Visit
J Fred Engle and wife long time Wiota residents are returning to Clarkston Washington after a Cass county visit. In Burlington Iowa they watched Bruce Engle fly a self built plane successfully in mid air before landing. Fred preferred not to fly despite Bruce at the controls.
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J. Fred Engle
Wiota
Cass County
Clarkston
Washington
Burlington
Iowa
Bruce
Fred
Anita Holds Banner Precinct Identity in Cass County
In Grant township's Precinct No 1 Anita voted 468 for Hoover and 473 for Hammill at last Tuesday's election while Smith and Houses trailed with 136 and 110 votes respectively. Anita Literary Club met Thursday at Mrs W H Wagner's home with roll call on Famous Children in Fiction.
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Grant Township
Anita
Cass County
Atlantic
Hoover
Smith
John Hammill
Anita Literary Club
W. H. Wagner
Dinner and Supper Net $57 For Lodge Fund
The ladies of Juanita Rebekah Lodge served dinner and supper on election day at the Heckman building and raised 57.00 for the society.
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Heckman
Juanita Rebekah Lodge
Letter from former Anita teacher Miss Meyers from abroad
The letter from Margaret E. Meyers, a former Anita Public Schools teacher, will interest her many friends and former pupils. It describes the country, people, customs, and life, offering material of general and special interest from a distant land.
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Margaret E. Meyers
Anita Public
Anita voters absent this year cast party ballots
An unusually large number of Anita residents who were absent this year participated in voting by casting their party tickets at the recent election.
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Anita
Loyal Circle Pantry Sale At Heckman Building
The Loyal Circle Sunday School Class of the M E church will hold a pantry sale at the Heckman building on Saturday November 10 1928.
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Loyal Circle
M. E. Church
Heckman
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Anita Lady
F. E. Carter
Grant Farm Bureau
L. B. Shannon
E. P. Chase
Atlantic Daily News-Telegraph
No-Man’s Land
Bill
Cristobal
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