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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
5
Racket notes heavy sweaters are vanishing as shoppers rush to buy. C. H. Spurling and family from Casey visited the city Saturday and stayed with Mother Naylor.
Racket notes a wool batt comforter valued at 2.95 dollars. Mrs. C. M. Blakesley of Gowrie visited the city last Friday and enjoyed dinner with her daughter Mrs. A. M. Worthing. Ira E. Bowen serves as juror at the October term of the U. S. court in Council Bluffs. J. P. Rundles of Indianola, a longtime Anita resident, spent the week with Wm. Gilpatrick and relatives.
Mrs C P Blue of Des Moines renews subscription to the old home paper. Carl Anderson, soon to enter military service, ordered the RECORD sent for one year. Joshua Porch visited the RECORD office last week. Reminder that we buy sweet cream and sour cream. Address details show LOMIs 42-21 L. B. TRUMBULL.
The Anita public schools reported Miss Warner unable to teach due to illness last week. Nelse Jensen sold high quality home-grown squash with ready buyers while Mrs. H. P. Ziegler filled a school vacancy caused by a teacher's illness.
The record notes question to Mr. Nelson about a January meeting in Des Moines where the Taxpayers' League considered merging with the Non-Partisan League. The inquiry seeks how such a consolidation idea originated and who attended.
Dr. L R Eller, dentist in Over Galiher Building, notes a coming 1 cent sale at Rexa store. Peter Biggs featured as a RECORD caller. Weston among locals who secured hard coal for winter. Mrs S F Cooper ill in Sidney, Nebraska. slowly improving. C H Robinson and family of Massena and Jas Robinson and family of Yale visited near Glendon. Miss Marie Gundrum of Casey held a successful musical in Casey with W H Dinsmore and wife attending. Dorothy performed in two violin ensembles, raising funds for the Junior Red Cross.
The seller relocates the Anita Produce Company office to L. B. Srumbull's office just north of the Citizen's Savings Bank. J. will continue to pay the highest market price for hides and furs at the new location.
Mrs Augusta Simon called Saturday. Miss Lucy Gulcher was a caller last week. T Garside was a RECORD visitor last week. Bert Willison visited the snake den. Walter Hunter works on a farm near Extra. L H Farrell among welcome callers at RECORD office. Miss Carrie Anders spent Sunday in the city with Miss Ethel Booth. Bert Wheatley and family of Walnut visited relatives in Anita area. A list of RECORD callers includes Oscar Lindblom Willis Gipple Harley Wise Peter Johnson Chas Schaake Chas Dorsey J W Jordan and Henry Shannon. Harold G Calkins formerly of Anita was in the city on farm business south of Anita and reports Mrs Calkins well. Wm Stolls and wife visited Atlantic and spent time with Ernie Vetter W H Bosley and Wm Campbell families. Friends regret the continued illness of Mr Hictts.
Chester Crandall subscribes to the RECORD. Miss Lucy Dorsey has been ill with flocenza for a week. Mrs. J. W Martin resigned as teacher at the Anita school due to an attack of flocenza.
Mrs. Chas. D. Robinson made the RECORD on pleasant call last week. Mrs. Fred B. Dennis of Audubon spent Sunday in Anita with friends. Miss Agnes Tierney and Edna Carey, Anita's popular school maams, were RECORD callers Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Bangham of Orland California announce the birth of a son Henry Clayton Bangham born Tuesday October 1 1918 in Orland. He is named in honor of his grandfather of this city. Mrs. Jennie Martin has been ill since returning from Omaha. Win Duff and John A Cooper visited last week with Duff paying for a year’s home paper subscription for his son George Duff serving in France.
A note recalls John Row renewing his old paper for daughter Rosa Striebeck of Peoria Illinois and planning Ricorp for a year. Mrs Alfred Bailey visited the Rec ORD editor. The weather is warm for winter but the store advertises mackinaws heavy underwear flannel shirts and mittens as warm goods.
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