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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1924
Page
5
Massachusetts for vice president Dawes and Illinois for governor Hammill appear on a Republican county ticket with W J Deering for county treasurer B H Skipton for county clerk W A McKee for sheriff O M Hobart for county attorney Earl S Holton for board of supervisors First District F W Weise and Frank Bontrager for constable.
Atlantic area notices include John Ruggles and Sherm Myers visiting from the Eye Man. Various local movements and events are recorded such as Mrs. Albert Evinger and Mrs. Worthing in Anita, a newborn in Lincoln township, milk price increase to ten cents, and work starting on bridge and culverts on Whiteway highway. Several residents, including local officials, telephone company staff, and farmers, are noted for activities and travels.
See Larson to see longer. G M DeCamp and wife spent Sunday at Redfield. Roy W Deeming and family visited relatives in Harlan. Special church meetings draw large crowds. Rongers Bros hold annual One Cent sale Thursday to Saturday. Mrs H J Suplee visits Anita with Suplee family. Dr Phil T Williams drove to Jefferson to bring home wife and daughter from visit with R R Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Holmes and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Schumaker of Orleans Nebraska hosted E. W. Holmes and wife and H. P. Ziegler and wife. Gertrude Haist of Marengo Iowa, formerly of Anita, visited the city. Joe Daugherty at Helena Montana Sanitarian shows slight improvement. Joseph Kaiser, longtime Anita resident, returns from Caron Canada to spend winter here.
Wm. C. Aldrich, long resident of Iowa City, returns to Cass county to recover and make his home in Atlantic after a double operation at Mayo Brothers hospital Rochester Minnesota.
An unusually large crowd gathered in Anita for the weekly neighborhood social. Joseph Miller and wife, staying with Mrs. Mary Smither and relatives, left for Los Angeles, California. A lost black and tan Airdale dog named Rex with a collar and license is missing with a reward offered. Nearby residents Hon Chas Russell and family and Mrs. Emily Townserd spent the summer at a cottage and have returned to Aberdeen, South Dakota.
George Henningsen of Atlantic was a business visitor in Anita on Friday. He toured local firms and met with executives to discuss potential partnerships.
A fragment urges against buying from a pushy cheap insurer. It contrasts pleasant spring bird sounds with a warning about a dubious agency that sells low prices but offers vague guarantees. The ad promises dependable insurance where price is not the sole feature and ends with a questionable slogan.
Wm Blakesley was elected President Thorle Robison Vice President and Ernest Wagerr Secretary at the annual meeting of the Athletic Association of Anita High School Howard Marshall of the Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company is in Marshaltown this week presiding over a company sales meeting and handling company matters Misses Ida Wahe Opal Bott and Emma Wahe visited Adair with Grandma Wahe and relatives Mesdames Stone Hyde Poreh Chinn and Williams attended the Local Service Star Chapter meeting in Atlantic where Mrs Mayer spoke
Mrs. J. M. Deeming and Mrs. Zate Biggs attended the Parent-Teachers meeting and luncheon at the Calumet Cafe in Atlantic. In the afternoon they listened to an address by Mrs. Rowe, national organizer and worker of the PTA.
Anita high school basketball squad looks to a strong season with two weeks of intensive road work to sharpen fitness and team readiness for upcoming interschool competition.
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