Murder Case Shocks Anita Area Man Found Dead Near Oval
Fred W. Tismer, 55, a bachelor with a ranch near Oral, South Dakota, was found dead August 29 with 35 shotgun wounds. His Ford truck and rifle vanished, arousing murder suspicions. Gerald Bowker, arrested east of Buffalo Gap with the truck and weapons, faces murder charges as investigators pursue motive and ties to the Tismer family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Muresi W. Tismer
Anita
Augusta Simon
Oval
South Dakota
Record
Hot Springs Star
Hot Springs Herald
Hot Springs
Tismer
Fred W. Tismer
Oral
Moody
Joyce
Benson
E. W. Bilger
Oru T ‘O
Gerald Bowker
Cane Table Country
Buffalo Gap
Bowker
Agusta Simon
Town
William Simon
How Big Is a Farm In Iowa In 1926
The 1926 Iowa averages show farms at 161.5 acres, down .2 from 1925. Consolidation since 1922 has increased farm size overall, though 1926 shows wavering growth. Size varies by county with Polk at about 120 acres, larger farms in northwest Iowa and smaller in the southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Polk County
Northwest
Southwest
Former Anita Resident Mrs. Perry Dies in Oregon at 76
Funeral notice for Mrs. S. T. Perry, longtime Anita resident, who died at her Cottage Grove home after a brief illness. Survived by husband Finas PR. Perry of Sioux City Iowa and son Frank S. Perry of Cottage Grove Oregon. She held roles in Anita church and the Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
S. T. Perry
Cottage Grove
Oregon
Perry
Order of Eastern Star
Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Societies of
Finas PR. Perry
Sioux City
Iowa
Frank S. Perry
Wiota Woman Celebrates 91st Birthday At Family Dinner
Mrs. W. M. Lahman of Wiota marked her ninety first birthday on September 15 as niece Mrs. Nellie of Adair joined family at the Daughenbaugh home. The Ladies Aid Society gathered for refreshments while neighbors and relatives praised her long residence in Wiota. Her only surviving daughter is Mrs. Bertha Lahman Brooks of Salt Lake City, with several grandchildren and great grandchildren. The Lahman family history ties to a late husband active in local business and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Lahman
Wiota
Nellie
Adair
Geo. S. Daughenbaugh
Daughenbaugh
Ladies Aid Society
Mother Lahman
Bertha Lahman Brooks
Anita Literary Club Hosts Anita Public School Teachers
The Anita Literary Club met Thursday at Mrs. Ruth Kopp’s home with Anita public school teachers as guests. Roll call prompted brief talks on Vacation Pastimes in Books of Travel. Mrs. Charlotte Ziegler welcomed attendees, Mrs. Mary Reed became president, piano pieces by Mrs. Laura Campbell, readings by Mrs. Ziegler, luncheon served by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Literary Club
Ruth Kopp
Anita Public Schools
Charlotte Ziegler
Mary Reed
Laura Campbell
H. P. Ziegler
H. E. Campbell
Beulah Lantz
Gertrude Bartley
H. O. Knudson
Ella Biggs
Record editor thanked by Uncle Billy Suplee
Uncle Billy Suplee remembers the Record editor with a generous helping of grapes from his vineyard and the newspaper replies with thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Suplee
Murdered South Dakota farmer Fred Tismer praised as industrious
The obituary notes Fred Tismer, long a resident and successful farmer and stock raiser in South Dakota, as a young man of industry and good habits. It calls for the murderer to receive the extreme limit of the law and mentions efforts to take charge of his body and his interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Tismer
South Dakota
Jensen Family Reunion Draws Sixty Three Near Anita
On Wednesday September 14 a Jensen family reunion brought together 63 relatives at the home of Mr and Mrs Andrew Denison northwest of Anita. It was the first time in 24 years all brothers and sisters met, with a picnic, games, and group photos. Nearby relatives from Fairfax Minnesota also attended their first visit since leaving Iowa 24 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Denison
Anita
Jensen
John Jensen
Fairfax
Minnesota
Iowa
John P. Jensen
Knute Jensen
Sophus Jensen
George Denison
Nels C. Jensen
Elmer
Extra
Lawrence Jensen
Audubon
Martin Jensen
Brayton
Clarence Jensen
Kimballton
Roy C. Titus Ad
Guthrie Center
Chas. P. Jensen
Néls C. Jensen
Axel P. Jensen
Pete Nelson
Anita Public Schools Resume Afternoon Sessions
The Anita public schools report progress despite last week's heat with afternoon dismissals on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday as temperatures reached 95 degrees. With cooler weather expected the program aims to recover lost time and improve learning output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Public Schools
Visiting Here for Oren Burns Funeral
Mrs. H. T. Chapin of Grinnell attended the funeral services for Oren Burns, joining many out of town guests. The note recalls her long friendship with the Thomas Burns family and their early years in eastern Cass County and the Anita vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Chapin
Grinnell
Thomas Burns
Cass County
Anita
Oren Burns
Armstrong Family Returns From Missouri Visit
Wm. Armstrong and his two daughters and son-in-law have come back from Eldorado Springs Missouri where they were hosted by brother and uncle James Armstrong and family, longtime Anita area residents. Uncle Billy spent a short visit with A. J. Earl at Milo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Armstrong
Eldorado Springs
Missouri
James Armstrong
Anita
Billy
A. J. Earl
Milo
Anita High School Glee Clubs Name Tryout Winners
The Anita school Glee Clubs announce surviving Girls' Glee Club sopranos and altos from tryouts. Final Boys' Glee Club selections will be made soon. Practice shifts to fifth period, with physical training during the same period to improve attendance and classifying training groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita School
Iona Ragan
Madeline Metheny
Grace Dougherty
Dorothy Suplee
Geraldine Parker
Hester Hayter
Denise Dorsey
Boys’ Glee Club
Near Futuer
Glee Club
Cass County Odd Fellows Organize New County Association
The Consolidated Odd Fellows' Association is formed in Cass County after a meeting in Atlantic. Five of seven lodges attend. Anita Atlantic Griswold Massena and Wiota are charter members with Cumberland and Lewis to join. Officers named Harry Jordan president C W Pawley secretary and Guy Cocklin treasurer. Meetings rotate among towns four times yearly as a constitution and by laws are drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated
Odd Fellows’ Association
Cass County
Odd Fellows
Atlantic
Anita
Griswold
Massena
Wiota
Cumberland
Lewis
Harry Jordan
C. W. Pawley
Guy Cocklin
Notice to City Water Consumers in Anita
Scarcity of city water prompts mayor Marsh Millhollin to urge economical use until new supply arrives. Continued washing of automobiles and lawn sprinkling must stop at once or water will be turned off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Millhollin
Anita
Letter From Dol lie Carlson In Yuma Arizona 1927
From Yuma Arizona on September 17 1927 Dol lie Carlson writes to Sherm expressing pleasure at receiving a letter and requesting back issues of the Record to be sent to Phoenix care of the Jefferson hotel and later to Albuquerque New Mexico P O Box 7. She mentions Iowa Picnic attendees and hopes for another gathering, notes health of Hay Fever season and names friends in Anita California and Bessie Myers and Mrs Myers. A $2 subscription payment is enclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Phoenix
Arizona
Jefferson Hotel
P. O. Box
Albuquerque
New Mexico
California
Iowa
H. O Stone
Ollie Thornburg
Anita Willison
Harry Cate
Bessie
World near and nearers the ideal of unity in California
A Los Angeles Chinatown visit shows racial fusion in a single scene as a white man, a Chinese man, and a Black man share chopsticks and a meal, appearing content in a cosmopolitan setting. The writer notes this as evidence that the world is getting closer and should improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Chinatown
Los Angeles
Preachers Get New Assignments in Des Moines Church
The Des Moines Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church announced pastoral assignments for the new conference year across the Atlantic district. Merle A. Gable leads Council Bluffs with multiple charges listed, and numerous pastors are assigned to towns including Adair Anita Carson Denison Dow City Elliott Emerson Glenwood Griswold Harlan Hastings Logan Macedonia Magnolia Malvern Manning Missouri Valley Mount Hope Neola Oakland Pisgah Shelby Silver City Tennant Persia Walnut Wesley Henderson Wiota Buck Creek Woodbine plus shifts for Anita Cass county pastors. D. L. Hower and E. L. Spiller receive Cumberland and Massena postings respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Shenandoah
Iowa
Atlantic
Merle A. Gable
Council Bluffs
Adair
B. R. van Dyke
Anita
Douglass Atlantic
E. A. Moore
Casey
H. S. Mitchell
Carson
Fou
Broadway
S. H. Wilkison
Epworth
R. C. Buchanan
Trinity
Dunlap
A B. Adams
Elliott
Elias
Handy
Emerson
L. L. Smith
Glenwood
J. A. Freedline
Gray
Fred Warner
Griswold
J. S. Ellis
Hancock
Carl Brown
Harlan
Robi
W. Swick
Hastings
E. S. Jackson
Kirkman and Irwin
J. W. Holliday Lewis
E. J. Laird
Modale
J. A. Mitchell
Shelby
I. R. Mills
Silver City
O. R. Jones
Tennant and Persia
W. R. Radliff
Cass County
Elias Handy
F. W. Simpson
Asbury
B. W. McEldowney
North Indianola Circuit
C. S. Burnette
Stuart
E. B. Borst
North Branch
E. A. Thomas
Redfield
H. P. Gringer
Riverton
Robt. W. Swick
Tennant
Persia
C.L. Thomas
Tingley
Returned from east trip with family memories and historic sites
Mrs. Mary Wilson returned from a pleasant and interesting journey that began on the east coast and extended through the southern states into Canada. In Pennsylvania she joined a maternal reunion and revisited her mother’s childhood grounds. In Virginia she saw many historic places familiar from her father’s stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wilson
Canada
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ole Virginny
Paving Drive Continues Across Iowa Counties
Public highway work proceeds in many Iowa counties including Cass as crews await hot sun to smooth rough patches. The routine maintenance aims to improve road surfaces without delaying local mudding and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cass County
Wells Going Dry Prompt Anita Area Faces Water Shortage
Wells throughout the Anita area have failed to produce enough water in recent weeks. Residents are drilling new wells or deepening existing ones while recent rains have replenished supplies in some instances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Meritt Steele Returns to Anita Schools After Hospital Stay
Meritt Steele son of Mr and Mrs Wm Steele spent weeks in a Grand Island Nebraska hospital for appendicitis. He returned home last week with his mother and has resumed ninth grade duties in Anita schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meritt Steele
Wm. Steele
Grand Island
Nebraska
Anita
Edith Howard and Glen Anderson Wed in Nashua Iowa
Edith Howard daughter of Mrs Elva Howard Scott Cumberland and Glen Anderson of Oneida Illinois were married Sunday August 28 1927 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale Nashua Iowa. The ceremony was conducted by the pastor and witnessed by Mr and Mrs Robt Howard. The couple traveled to Anita and westward including Denver before returning toward Oneida Illinois to make their home on a farm. Relatives wish them a long happy prosperous life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Brown
the Vale
Nashua
Iowa
Edith Howard
Elva Howard Scott
Cumberland
Glen Anderson
Oneida
Illinois
Robt. Howard
Anita
Denver
Colorado
West
Mrs. Anderson
Grant Township Farm Bureau Meeting Announces New Agent
The Grant Township Farm Bureau will meet Wednesday evening September 28 at the Koob schoolhouse district No 3. County agentW O Duncan is expected to attend and members and the public are invited to inspect the new school building after lunch served by 4 H Club girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Township Farm Bureau
Koob
W. O. Duncan
Bank leader Le on Voorhees relocates to Oklahoma City
Leon G. Voorhees who recently took charge of the Tradesmen National Bank of Oklahoma City has moved his family to their new home. He remains president of the First National Bank in Ardmore and retains control of several other banks in the state along with ownership of the Anita Bank in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon G. Voorhees
National Bank
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Mr. Voorhees
First National Bank
Ardmore
Anita Bank
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Anita Man
H. S. Glee Clubs
Cass County Odd Fellows Organize
Clude
Vick
Musterole
Bongers Bros
Rexall
Dollie Carlson
Yuma
Walnut
Clement Rowe
Wesley and Henderson
Graude W. Cooper
Buck Creek
L. B. Shannon
D. L. Hower
E. L. Spiller
Howard — Anderson
Grant Farm Bureau
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