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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
7
W. E. Clark sells steers to Chas Largey last week. Val Wigand Shoe Store advertises Overshoes and High-Topped shoes. Ray Nichols advertised land for sale near Anita. J A Irving and Wilken Monument Works promoted hardware and monuments. Dairy manager F R Leffingwell solicits milk. pays twelve cents more per pound fat. Various local notices on travel, health, and school vacations.
Buy early for coal at Holmes Lumber Yard and see a broad woven wire fence selection at reasonable prices. Mention of Prof. R Rudolph Boozer from Wiota schools visiting the city along with Grace Steinmetz Hooper and her daughter from Fort Collins Colorado visiting Anita and nearby. Also a job ad seeking sellers for Dr Ball's sanitary remedies with Frank Mains of Menlo Iowa as contact.
Mrs. C. A. Ferguson died after twelve days illness from peritonitis in Council Bluffs. Her funeral was held at First M. E. Church in Anita, conducted by Rev. Chas. C. Smith, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. She was born Jennie Pearl Wilburn January 13, 1889, married September 25, 1910, and left husband two daughters, and her the family mourns. She was a member of Evangelical church.
The Ferguson and Wilburn families express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy after their loss. They also thank those who sent flowers.
Mrs Jno Schaake Jr orders the Record to her sister in Carrol Iowa. Dr W R Koob of Brayton treated in Atlantic hospital for a foot wound from a rusty nail. Miss Jennie Ward tours rural schools and Anita. Blizzard hits early delaying season and shivering crowds. Ernest Rath buys a corn sheller kit. Public sale of Crystal Lake Place lots in Anita set for November 6 1913.
Guy McDermott of Des Moines spent Sunday with his parents G E McDermott and wife J P Jones travels to Batesville Arkansas to visit his sister Mrs S W Wallace Grace Blood has taken rooms and will live at Mr and Mrs Hamilton Campbell Jas Morgan wife and daughter of Wiota visited friends in Anita Saturday E P Crandall and wife of Villisea were guests last week of E W Crandall and wife Weather favorable to finish Anita's new school brick work this week
I M Askren of Casey was guest of W H Dinsmore and family Friday. F W Herbert and wife of Atlantic spent Sunday with B D Forshay and Dr G M Adair. Roscoe Gaylord of the Atlantic News Telegraph spent Sunday in Anita with B L Scarlett and family.
Mrs. Clarence Hedges spent a few days in Lewis last week with her parents. Miss Hester McCue of Grant was the guest last week of her sisters Mrs. A. C. Trimmer and Mrs. Bert McPherson. P. R. Nichols and wife returned last week from Thornton Wyoming, where they spent a few weeks with their son Curtis Nichols and family.
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