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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1923
Page
9
A compilation of social and business notices from Ames to Atlantic. Visitors include Cc A Long in Ames, Mrs Nellie Eneix in Record, Miss Olga Bell with relatives in Anita, Fred M Sheley and wife at lantis c visitors, and G D Ward in Des Moines installing a furnace. Also mentions Arnold Dressler returning to school, Chas Scholl on business in Atlantic, and Paul Denham of Griswold spending weekend in Anita.
The November term of Cass County District Court convened in Atlantic Tuesday morning with Judge J B Dewell presiding. Judge Dewell was recently appointed by acting Governor John Hammill to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Cullison's death.
Mrs Nellie Eneix has taken rooms at Mrs Carrie Reynolds for the winter. N L Larson and wife of Creston, formerly Anita residents, visited Friday. Ed L Newton attended bankruptcy work in Council Bluffs this week as trustee. Supervisor D J Bode of Griswold district was in Anita Saturday on county business. Mrs Phil T Williams and daughter Patricia visited Atlantic with her parents. Weather forecast hints at fair week. Oscar L Nay of Des Moines, Mergenthaler Linotype, was in town Monday. Mrs Stevie Nelson stayed by her mother Mrs Antone Peterson who is seriously ill. Dakota Maid Flour is as good as the best and cheaper. sold at 40c per bag. The Farmers Coop. Friends note the improved condition of Mrs Benj Wagner after illness.
Mixed local items including sales offers from Hansen Electric Co and Wall Street Cafe leadership, social visits by residents like Jared Blattner and Frank West, bridge club hostess Mrs. Leon G Voorhees, purse found at Rasmussen's Cafe, and travel notes about Doc Williams and Patrick Mitchell. Also brief mentions of Ada Reynolds advertising child care and Hobart Newton visiting Ames and Nevada.
C G Wycoff and his wife stayed with the R P Manning family in Clarinda this week. They were joined by E L Bookout his wife and daughter from Guthrie Center, traveling together in a car.
John Metheny of Menlo was in the city Friday J P Metz and wife of Wiota visited Anita Tuesday at the home of their sister Mrs Bertha Renshaw
James Morgan and Mrs G M DeCamp A R Robinson and wife among interested attendants at the Midnight Follies held Monday night at the Atlantic Opera House. Miss Kathryn Galiher hosted the Two-Sixty Club at the Reed home. high score winner Miss Mildred Lamborn and consolation Miss Lydia Kuehn. The Lincoln Highway across Green County will be paved early in 1924. Mrs Antone Peterson shows slight improvement after illness. Nickie Richter at Atlantic hospital for weeks makes rapid progress after major operation. Orchardists urged to invest in proper care to ensure markets seek fruit rather than hunters.
Judge Fred H Sears, ill the past weeks at his daughter Mrs Walter H Paulk ner’s home in Des Moines, is reported to be gradually improving in general health under treatment by a specialist with the best care and nursing.
Wm. N. Miller and his family once of Anita now reside near Millbank Canada and report an unusually good crop this year the best since moving to Canada, highlighting the favorable farming season for the household and neighbors.
Two workmen discuss a superstition that a rooster crowing signals death. The skeptical man asks about deaths. Jim reveals a death occurred and confesses he killed the rooster to end the omen. The alert shifts from superstition to a grim outcome on their street.
The article notes Anita will decide soon whether to hold a Community Christmas Tie this year, a determination described as imminent and pending.
The passage notes beliefs about eastern Cass County as a historic leading region for potato production, stressing that some insist it was among the nation’s greatest potato producing areas. It presents competing views without assigning a definitive stance.
Mrs. James explains her husband runs a bucket shop misnamed as a pail factory, prompting amusement at the sewing circle. The misheard term sparks a town joke about a nonexistent facility.
An unusual turnout of residents from Anita and nearby areas gathers in Atlantic this week as guests of the district court grand jury proceedings. The event drew local curiosity and focused on grand jury matters.
Mrs. L. R. Spicer and her daughter Miss Zelma of Rose Nebraska visit son Ora Spicer and daughter Elsie, and the Chase Peachey family in the Berea vicinity during a short stay.
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