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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
5
Various city notices include Dr L R Eller dentist over Galiher Building and local happenings. Readable items mention seed corn season guidance, callers and visitors to the RECORD office, weekend travels of Clyde Smith and T E Carey couple, Masse na baseball tournament dates, Congressman W R Green's return, Wm Malone buying a farm near Bridgewater, and a school meeting in City Park next Friday.
Mrs J J Overmier visited Stuart last week with G W Bountright and wife. Safe Koob has his farm buildings painted by C L Thom as. McEvoy and Johnson advertise first class window glass. Des Moines paper proclaims Charming Des Moines Girls in Barefoot Dance with bare feet shown.
O W Van Slyke and wife travel to Center Junction Iowa to visit relatives. A timing of a Colt Show on October 4 is hinted. Community items mention farm life and local shop Millard's on West Main Street offering repairs. A big school meeting is planned at Anita City Park on September 15 to promote better schooling. An anecdote about a farmer paying subscriptions in advance closes the snippet.
Curtis Benson returns from Nebraska. Isaac Brown of Berea featured as a REC ORD caller. Mrs S W Clark’s millinery opens Friday and Saturday. Claude Kitlinger pays editor with three dollars. Miss Mable Spence to open Vogue millinery next Friday and Saturday. Miss Ermine Brown declines teaching post in Neola. Farmers' Supply Company advertises today. Miss Cora Daughenbaugh cultivating driving skills in new car. W M Smith family from Kalona Iowa visit brother Albert B Smith. Elmer Keasey and Avery Stephenson guests of Mother Whited. Hazel Trimmer hosts blue bird shower by Mildred Fish and Daisy Crawford. Ed Newton active in Republican politics. Eva Clayton and daughter visit due to J A Gipple’s illness. Tom Franklin resigns Unity post for job with J J Doty. Porter White subscribes to old home paper before Nebraska trip. W H Stager touring Anita after stay with J Grant. Mrs Etta E Stone remains ill with patience tested. Fred Dahl visits Anita with H J Jaeger en route to Atlantic. Geo S Daughenbaugh buys auto. editor jokes about riding. Mrs Ed Wilson of Randolph en route to Anita. May Sorrensen visiting. Baby boom in Anita. Campbell’s new Baby Grand praised.
Notice from S. T. Perry asking all persons who borrowed tools to return them promptly. Also advertises sale of half interest in a patent. contact after 6 PM.
The regular Board of Supervisors session is noted alongside a parade of visitors and residents from Anita and nearby towns. Names include Harvie Wise, Marion Hi, A. A. Miser, and Mrs. Minnie Metcalf among others visiting, welcomings, or traveling to points like Indianapolis and Pond Creek. A ball game on Atlantic grounds saw Avoca beat Harlan 6 to 2 with a $400 bet on the line.
Advertisement notes a six horsepower Fuller and Johnson gasoline kerosene engine in nearly new condition sold by W. H. Wagner. Also mentions Dr. H E Campbell's illness and Mrs. Campbell administering medicine prescribed for others, implying the doctor may have had to take some.
Advertises Frank Knowlton offering to pay one cent per pound for old rags and rubber and bottles. Readers urged to phone 208 for pickup, with service noted as 38-tf.
In Atlantic a critique targets Ed Meredith the Democratic gubernatorial candidate over his 365 day roads plan and a bond issue. The piece notes locals puzzled by taxes and warns about traveling salesmen and graft schemes, urging farmers to seek clarity from Meredith.
Reports that the Cass county fair auto races concluded without fatalities or crippling injuries. Earl Townsend of Atlantic drove in the event as a participant. Also notes a found portion of a Mason ic button and local notices about railroad agents and residents in nearby towns.
There will be morning and evening services next Sunday. The Bible School meets at 10 o clock followed by a 11 o clock sermon on Watchman What of the Night. The Christian Endeavor Society gathers at 7 pm and the evening service at 8 pm features The Call to Strenuously Not a New Thing in Life.
J. M. Garside and son Edwin of Lincoln Township visited the RECORD office Saturday sharing tales of a winter trip to the west coast and greetings from old neighbors now in western states. They recalled stays with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aggen in Somis California where Aggen farms 180 acres near town and grows a lucrative lima bean crop. His storehouse held 3008 bushels of beans, prized in markets year round.
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