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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1926
Page
5
The piece outlines sumptuous holiday dining with a family focus. It presents a complete supper menu including Cream of Tomato Soup, Croûtons, Fruit Salad with Whipped Cream, Cheese Crackers, assorted cakes, nuts and a pumpkin pie. It also provides detailed recipes for a cauliflower dish and a tomato soup with evaporated milk.
The piece argues health value lies in balanced diet and vitamins. It explains milk as a near perfect food and contrasts evaporated milk with condensed milk, noting evaporated milk is sterilized, contains no sugar, and keeps longer.
Mrs. Leo Bongers and two children have been at the past week. Mrs. Lillian Reynolds of Griswold is visiting her daughter Mrs. Solon Karns this week.
7000 bushels of dry well matured corn cobs to be shelled shortly and sold ready for market within two weeks. Cobs are perfectly dry and in good condition. Interested buyers please call 189 Anita Iowa to arrange contact with Frank Bontrager.
A compilation of brief items from Atlantic and Anita includes visits by John C. Stewart Jr and others, road routes, family travels, and social events. Highlights mention the Cass County Corn Show dates October 9 to 14 and local weather with recent rain. The Anita Produce Company shipped two carloads of live poultry to Philadelphia amid staffing details.
Anxiety runs high for Cass and Adair county residents formerly living in Miami Florida after the city suffered a catastrophic storm that devastated the area. Authorities fear for several local families believed to be directly affected by the disaster.
The writer argues that utilizing all wild fruit nationwide would supply hundreds of families with a fine desert variety for years, especially next year when wild fruit may be scarce.
Carlton D. Beh of the Beh company files suit in Polk County against the city of Anita for 11000 damages claiming assessments on property along Main Cherry Walnut Chestnut Locust Mars avenues funded street improvements but taxes collected were misapplied toward bond payments. He alleges multiple bond series issued in 1923 for paving and curb work with par values of 1000 or 100 dollars and seeks 6 percent interest, costs and attorney fees. Attorneys listed as Stipp Perry Bannister Startzinger.
Mrs. Sisler is guest of honor at a dinner party hosted at her home by her children and grandchildren with a few invited friends. She nears her eighty six birthday and remains keenly alert, enjoying many gatherings in her honor.
A large Walnut delegation and members from Atlantic and Adair attended Obedience Lodge No. 380 in the city Tuesday evening. The event featured the conferring of degrees on several candidates followed by refreshments for visiting guests.
Bids will be received at the office of the County Auditor in Atlantic Cass County Iowa until 1 30 P M Monday October 4 1926 for sixteen hundred feet of guard rail fence Jennie M Ward County Auditor
Joe L. Stalcup of Des Moines visits Anita. Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Mikkelsen plan to move to Worthing. Emma Wade and Roy Foss stay with relatives in Galatia Kansas. W. E. Clark and wife spend week in Anita. Harold Donohoe and wife return from Chicago. Don Thomas works at a Des Moines print shop. Randall McDermott visits relatives in Anita. W. K. Carey and wife spend week in Anita area. Hot dry weather delays corn in condition for frost. Chas Karns injures foot in fall from a building. A A Hayter and family return from western trip. Iowa pride noted despite drawbacks.
The Women's Home Missionary Society of the M. E. church held its annual meeting and banquet with husbands attending a 6:30 dinner in the church parlors. Mrs. F. A. Black spoke on the society’s growth, reports from secretary and treasurer highlighted strong local work, a dialogue on new recruits illustrated how kind words attract members, and two new members joined as dues were paid.
A week later a local notice clarifies the Kelley estate distribution revealing that A. E. Kelley of Davenport Iowa receives $1000 and Oliver and Florence Kelley of Cumberland Iowa receive jointly $1000, correcting prior omissions of three heirs.
George Tostevin and daughter Mrs. Sidney Allen of Eugene Oregon spend a few weeks with relatives and friends in Cass County. They were guests of B D Forshay and Dr G M Adair in Anita during the past week. Mr Tostevin moved to Oregon years ago and at seventy six continues an extensive cross country journey visiting relatives and friends nationwide.
M. C. Hansen proprietor of The Regulator signs a one year contract to serve as traveling salesman for Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company. He will be in charge of Mrs. Hansen and son Olaf with assistance from O. C. Hansen and Mrs. Carrie Reynolds as his team.
J E Brookner and his wife have returned home after spending several months in Helena Kansas.
Bowen, the village milkman, completes seven years of uninterrupted service, having never missed a day. The milestone underscores his dedication and reliability in daily milk delivery to residents.
Agricultural guidance warns of early frost risk and corn ear worm damage delaying seed supply. Advises picking seed corn early from healthy, well filled ears on living stalks, storing dry and cool, and avoiding dried or diseased ears to maintain seed quality for next planting season.
District Superintendent Dr. Crisman delegated Rev. M. A. Gable of Atlantic to preside over the fourth quarterly meeting of An ita M. E. church and to receive and accept annual department reports.
Mrs J W Hutton completed an extensive western journey visiting daughter Mrs Pearl Schrader in Seattle and continuing to Vancouver and the Canadian Rockies. She traveled with daughter Mrs Lulu Gotsche of Iowa City.
Mrs. Frank Tibben and her son are spending the week with relatives in Audubon, while Miss Mattie Harrison is slowly recovering from an illness of several weeks.
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