Sam Morgan to play ball with Needaway at Corning fair
In Cumberland County news Sam Morgan plans to join Needaway for a Wednesday morning game during the fair at Corning. Nearby, James Sheeley and wife and Chas Clardy and wife from Anita visited over Sunday, with Farwell and family and others related. Local fruit waste concerns note apples pears and plums decaying before next season.
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Sam Morgan
Anita
Sam
Corning
Needaway
Cumberland Enterprise
James Sheeley
Chas. Clardy
Farwell
Lewis Standard
Local Rider Injured in City Collision
Jack Ruggles of Anita arrived in town on Saturday for business when a motor cycle incident occurred. He was thrown from his bike and sustained multiple dislocations to his vertebrae and injuries to his shins, with officials noting the crash as a reportable event.
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Jack’’ Ruggles
Anita
News-Telegraph
Sidewalk Advertising Labeled a Cheap Practice
Avoca Journal Herald notes that sidewalk ads are typically by men who doubt advertising pays and must pay for it. The piece calls such merchants tight wads and cheap individuals, presenting a sharp editorial stance on street signage.
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Avoca Journal! Herald
Kensington Me Friday With Mrs Roy Felt at Menlo
Mrs Roy Felt hosted a Kensington meeting at Menlo with a noon train arrival. The group rode a hay rack to the Felt country home, enjoyed a cool afternoon, sewed and inspected the farm, and partook of an elaborate two course luncheon before returning to Menlo for Guthrie Center service.
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Kensington
Roy Felt
Menlo
Mr. Felt
Felt
Guthrie Center
Stuart News
Robison couple from Lincoln visit city and Cass County fair
Mr and Mrs Robison of Lincoln township, among the area’s oldest residents, visited the city this morning to attend to business and visit friends. They recall Chas F Chase’s Anita paper and plan to return Wednesday for the Cass county fair with local companions.
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Robison
Lincoln Township
Chas F. Chase
Anita
Cass County
News-Telegraph
Green River valley peaches draw Kansas City bids
W Dufford ships ten boxes of Ei bert a peaches to Kansas City and Des Moines at $1.00 per box c.i.f. Gurnesey Murray touts them as best sized color and flavor. Orders arrived Sept 9 but could not be filled. late harvest in Green River valley Utah.
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W. Dufford
Kansas City
Gurnesey & Murray
Express
Green River Valley
Dufford
Des Moines
Iowa
Green River
Utah
No Excuse for Idle Youth Says Oakland Acorn
The Oakland Acorn urges young men to seek steady work, noting abundant opportunities and higher demand for reliable labor. It warns that hoping for top wages with short hours leads to later regret as they must start at the bottom or face lifelong hard labor.
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Oakland
Estes Park Drive Through Big Thompson Canyon Adventure
Hiram Moore recounts a Colorado outing with friends to Estes Park and Big Thompson Canyon. He describes rocky cliffs, the Big Thompson River, rustic log cottages, Longs Peak Inn, and encounters with beavers and convicts at a canyon road project. The note ends with praise for Estes Park and plans for another trip.
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Fort Collins
Big Thompson Canyon
Big Thompson River
Colorado
Estes’ Park
Long’s Peak Inn
Long’s Peak
Enos Miller
Estes Park Country
Saturday Evening Post
Hong Kong
China
Edinburg
Scotland
California
Pennsylvania
Toronto
Canada
Texas
Devil’s Guildc
Horse Shoe Falls
Horse Shoe Park
Tendent
Sherm
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Garden of the Gods
Royal Gorge
Anita
Tom
H. Lo. Moore
Stauffer sends postcard from Bayfield man in Colorado logging area
Fred Stauffer son of Mr and Mrs Bertrand Stauffer of this city sends a postcard to the editor showing a D and R G Ry strip and many ox teams used in logging near Pagosa Springs Colorado. He is in business at Bayfield and is doing well.
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F. J. Stauffer
Bertrand Stauffer
Timber, trout, and game allure from Javfield note
A September 6, 1915 letter from F. E. Sttavtr invites Herto Suerm to Javfield Colorado to see timber, fine trout, and various game including a wild bear, promising an outdoor firsthand view.
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Javfield
Colorado
Hetrto Suerm
Old Frank Inwsender Writes From Fort Collins 1915
Letter from W. F. Niswender in Fort Collins Colorado dated August 30 1915 to a friend Sherm. He reports health of Charlie in Pueblo hospital improvements, notes farm assets including 6212 acres 47 ton apple yield 225 plum trees 40 cherry trees 3 pear trees. recounts moves from Atlantic Norton KS to Fort Collins and possible Santa Cruz CA with funds.
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Fort Colllins
Colorado
Sherm
Charlie
Pueblo
Atlantic
Norton
Kansas
Fort Collins
Santa Cluz
California
Rolling Stone
W. F. Niswender
Dear Old-Time Friend From Anita Area Writes Home
Frank Merrill of Woopwarp Oklahoma writes to F Myfrs recalling Anita Berea Eureka Center friends like Ed Warner. He notes extreme heat and a light wheat crop with some corn and rains that help feed while stock, hogs, and cattle are sent to market. He invites a visit and asks publication if suitable.
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Sherm
F. Myfrs
Anita
Berea
Eureka Center
Ed Warner
Frank Merrill
Editor’s biting obituary satire shocks Kansas town
An editor declares reform in obituaries and recalls a well known citizen who died at 66 years 5 months and 13 days. He mocks the deceased as a mild pirate with a whiskey tongue and unpaid debts, noting an asbestos coffin and palm leaf fans at burial while lampooning the tombstone as owl habitat.
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Kansas
Jesus
Nebraska Farmers Sell Farms Amid Water Scarcity
Facing drought and water shortages, Nebraska farmers dispose of livestock, auction farmland, and migrate to other states as counties struggle to sustain irrigation and crop production.
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Nebraska
Statesmen Evade Jury Duty Over Car Theft Case
Agent H E Boatright Chas Donohoe Ira Bontrager and W Biggs were summoned to testify before the U S grand jury in Council Bluffs. The case involves Babe Cibert charged with breaking into a Rock Island freight car and stealing an automobile tire and other items belonging to a car consigned to the White Pole Garage.
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H. E. Boatright
Chas. Donohoe
Ira Bontrager
W. ©. Biggs
U.S
Grand Jury
Babe
Cibert
Rock Island
White Pole
Mrs G W Mallory Moves Household Goods to Wiota
Mrs G W Mallory moved her household goods from Dallas Center to Wiota and will reside with her sister Mrs J H Mallory for the time being.
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G. W. Mallory
Dallas Center
Wiota
J.H. Mallory
Lynn Robison Returns Home From Southern Chau Tauqua Season
Lynn Robison who spent summer filling Chau tauqua dates across the southern states returned to Anita this week. He will visit his father L C Robison for a few days before resuming at Drake University Des Moines. He enjoyed the season and is glad to be home briefly.
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Lynn Robison
Anita
L. C. Robison
Drake University
Des Moines
Harness stock sale and dairy manager changes in Anita
Nelse Johnson sold his harness stock to Lafe Simpson of Audubon for 3500 dollars and the Fxira real estate. Johnson will travel again for a Des Moines wholesale house. Frank Leffingwell becomes local manager of Alamito Sanitary Dairy, replacing J B Beveridge who moves to Omaha. Joe, beloved by Anita patrons, receives weekly news coverage from The Record for a year.
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Nelse Johnson
Lafe Simpson
Audubon
Fxira
Mr. Johnson
Des Moines
Frank Leffingwell
Extra
J. B. Beveridge
Alamito Sanitary Dairy
Alamito Sanitary Dairy Company
Omaha
Joe
Anita
Alamito
Carter Family Visits Omaha in Car Voyage
FP E Carter and wife with Frank Carter Jr and his wife spent several days in Omaha this week traveling by the Carter automobile describing a family trip through the city.
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E. Carter
Frank Carter, Jr
Omaha
Carter
Atlantic to host 1914 Des Moines M E Conference
Decision near conference close at Mount Ayr Monday forenoon sets Atlantic as host with 15 votes for Atlantic 60 for Red Oak and 2 for Missouri Valley. Atlantic will present its best entertainments aided by nearby towns for the Des Moines M E Conference in 1914.
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Des Moines
M. E
Atlantic
Mount Ayr
Red Oak
Missouri Valley
Record and Town West End One Year Offer
The Anita Record and He Town West provide a one year subscription for $1.50, the lowest rate yet offered. This bargain marks a historic low in pricing for the combined publications.
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West End
Dorothy Dinsmore Hosts Seventh Birthday Party
Lilith records Dorothy Dinsmore entertaining friends Monday afternoon from four to six. The event featured a peanut hunt that captured the girls attention. A fruit salad ice cream and cake lunch followed before guests departed. Among attendees were Master Josiah and Miss Ruth Elfreda French of Las Cruces New Mexico.
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Lilith
Dorothy Dinsmore
Amon
Master Josiah
Ruth Elfreda French
Las Cruses
New Mexico
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Anita Record
Congress
Sherm F. Myers
L’rice
Davenport
Hiram Moore
Arc- Ord
Wife
Fred Stauffer
Woopwarp, Oklahoma
J. M
E. E. Grace
Washington
Cc. P. Jewett
Anita, Iowa
J. A. Ellis
Colt
Millard’s
West Main Street
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