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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
4
Public notice appears from Anita Cass County Iowa dated October 28 1925 under 1879 act with class mail designation and postal details for second class matter at the post office. Contact lines reference office and residence phones.
A Baltimore Sun column critiques preparedness and international policy, mocking the League of Nations and U.S. role in global affairs. It argues for defense readiness, questions primary laws and taxation, and reflects on China related tensions and domestic politics. The piece cites Col. Mitchel and Franks P. Litschert in discussing foreign policy and war risk.
Mrs. I N Taylor of Berea renewed a two-copy Record subscription for home and daughter Miss Faye Taylor. Faye will graduate from the Nurses' Training School in Oakland California at Christmas after three years of service there.
Mrs Maude Davies leaves Anita to return to Spokane Washington. She plans a stop in Denver Colorado and Green River Utah to visit her brother King Aldrich and brother in law S W Dufford and family.
J W White, long time proprietor of the local electric light system, sold his interests to the Cedar Rapids Light and Power Company. The same firm serves Anita and Viota, with power from Guthrie Center. The takeover occurs November 1 1925 and a high line to Wiota Iowa will be built tapping main lines there.
Melvin Thiele of Eureka township sold a 280 pound March pig to Dunlap & Co at a premium price. The boy raised three pigs for the Boys Pig Club and exhibited at the State Fair selling two 250 pound animals for 12.75 dollars per hundred. The local sale fetched 12.50 dollars per hundred.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill and their two children from Gregory South Dakota stay a week with Mrs. N A McCosh and relatives. They travel to Nebraska for the Legion convention in Omaha then to Roger to visit more McCosh family members.
Russell Ballentine and wife of Big Springs Nebraska visit relatives in Cases county with Frank Petit and wife from Greeley Colorado. They are former Anita residents staying with A S Ballentine Birch Ballentine and W M Petit.
The first real fall downpour of the belated season struck Friday evening in this locality. An electrical display accompanied the rain, prompting pedestrians to dodge the spectacle and briefly knocking out electric light service before restoration.
Promotion Day was observed last Sunday at the Congregational church with a large attendance. The graded work by the various classes, including the primary room, was splendid showing study and effort by teachers pupils and officers. The program was an enjoyable feature of the evening.
Wm. Pierson of the Townsend farm northwest of Anita is suffering from an infection after stepping on a rusty nail. The report notes the injury and resulting illness. A separate note invites readers to bring eggs and fresh butter to the Atlantic Corn Show next week.
A fire on a vacant lot between the Record Office and the Sears Zeigler building was stopped before it could reach the Sears Zeigler structure. No occupants were inside at the time. Nearby residents include Mrs. W. F. Crawford and three children who have flu. I N Taylor, Berea farmer, shows improvement after ill health. Death claims paid in September by Modern Woodmen of America total 1 718 853 50 to beneficiaries. Andrew Nelson purchased a five acre tract southeast Anita formerly owned by Godfrey Miller. transfer to occur once current tenant moves.
Cass County Iowa Board in regular session authorizes road certificates totaling 20000 to anticipate 1926 Primary Road Fund payments. Action includes bidding for an eight by eight concrete box culvert in Pymosa Township and appointing members to the Soldiers Relief Commission.
A historical certificate note from Cass County Iowa promising repayment with interest on a primary road fund loan. It describes a bearer certificate issued to pay for road improvement and anticipates allotment from the Primary Road Fund for a specified year.
Ellis Garroutte purchases an eighty-acre farm in Adams County near Carl at a price of 100 dollars per acre. He gains possession on March 1st.
The article notes an unusual late raspberry harvest led by S. W. Clark, with a bloom heavy patch and green fruit nearing ripening after frost damage. It also reports L. W. Daniels of Adair county selling his interests and planning to move his family to Boulder Colorado due to continued ill health.
Friday morning program at Anita High School by Seventh and Eighth Grades featured two piano solos by Lyle Hayter a reading titled Johnny gets ready for Aunt Martha by Virginia veeming and a violin solo by Opal Bontrager. Otto Johnson former Anita resident now in Adair County bought a ninety acre farm near Carl Adams County at eighty three dollars thirty eight cents per acre.
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