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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1927
Page
8
A lighthearted stop at the records office Saturday produced a friendly exchange, with a long, good-natured sal wm and a sense of relief that the moment was free of charge.
An effort is being made to form a Cass county I O O F organization with annual meetings rotating among towns where lodges are located. Atlantic Anita Cumberland Griswold Lewis Massena and Wiota are represented in the current discussion.
Wiring and hookups for the Forsythe fire station at the west end of Main Street were completed last week. The site fill in front of the station is finished and Harold Anderson will operate the new electric light powered facility once opened.
Preparatory to the 1927 28 opening custodian Geo M Aldrich has spent weeks painting varnishing and improving the building and grounds to welcome faculty and student body.
H R Brink and his wife with daughters depart from Cass county to Carson Iowa where he begins a second year as superintendent. His parents Milo and Mrs Brink were Anita pioneers. A steady stream of autos on Federal highway No 32 signals strong Cass county and southwestern Iowa turnout for the Iowa state Fair.
More than a thousand guests from engineering and public official ranks joined a Lake Michigan cruise for a Western Society of Engineers straw ballot. Calvin Coolidge led Republican votes at 246 with Hoover 160 and Dawes 76. Al Smith led Democrats with 80.
The harvest near the Record office is wasted as the summer ends due to a lack of julip. Prominent southern figures once enjoyed the drink, but this year’s crop goes unused.
Mrs. Mary Moore of Omaha and her daughter Mrs. Gus Coschka suffered severe injuries in an auto accident west of Anita a week ago. They express gratitude for care at Campbell hospital and for the many acts of kindness from unnamed helpers during their stay.
Joseph Klemish and family visited Record on Monday. D R Jones from Casey, a state officer overseeing Federal highway No 32 through Anita, also toured the city. Walter Guttenfelder and wife, guests of Mrs. Guttenfelder's parents Mr and Mrs Ira Ruggles, returned to Davenport.
A car skidded into a ditch along federal highway No 32 east of Viota Sunday morning with minor damage and no injuries. Harvey Carey, son of Mrs Louie Carey of Mitchell SD, spent last week in Anita visiting Carey relatives and friends.
Miss Madeline Reynolds of Walnut Grove Products in Atlantic has spent the past two weeks at her home in Anita with her mother Mrs. Carrie Reynolds.
Class ad listing solicits business on basis of highest fair price. Mentions 21-11 Harding Cream Co manager Andy Miller and Larson Atlantic Eye Man description. Also notes for sale Fordson tractor and plow in good condition.
Notice reports a red bull calf about 700 pounds missing from a feed yard west of Anita on Sunday August 14. A reward request to Burk B and Wilson is listed. Also indicates seed rye for sale and a trained stock collie for hire, with hay and straw baling services offered by W H McIntyre or old Cooper.
Corner lot 90 by 175 feet with a good house, furnace, water and electric lights. Excellent location two blocks from the business district. For details call the Record office or write Harry H. Cate 6181 Springvale Drive Los Angeles California.
The past week shows cool autumn blasts signaling the approach of winter. The piece urges readers to prepare by setting heating stoves, starting the furnace, and stocking coal and fuel for what may be a lengthy season.
Henry Carlson and wife Anita, once well known in the Anita area, have come back to Albuquerque New Mexico after a year in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Carlson is a traveling salesman for a ready to wear wholesale house covering several southwestern states. Chas Hall, former Anita resident and step-son of Luman W Stone, resides in LaSalle Colorado with Mr and Mrs Stone spending a few weeks there. Albert Smith and Willis Campbell and their wives from Atlantic visited Anita on Thursday to greet old friends and neighbors.
Ambitious young women without funds offered a business course with secretarial training at Boyles College in Omaha. A $150 tuition covers tuition and books, with optional three hour daily study that also includes board and room payments. Write to President H B Boyles at 1801 Harney Street Omaha Nebraska for details.
John and Eric Osen have returned from an auto trip to Colorado and other western states. The boys enjoyed a grand time despite paddling through deep water for many miles and facing unusually heavy rain over several weeks in the western country.
Clarence Lacey and wife of the Rialto Theatre were business visitors in Harlan Friday. Miss Mary Elizabeth Tagg of Omaha and Miss Margaret Kelloway of Des Moines have been guests of Miss Wenonah Forshay the past week.
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