Despondent wife Harold McMartin commits suicide
Mrs. je McMartin 48 wife of Harold McMartin of Town Hl reportedly hanged herself, despondent over his alleged illness. Neighbors found her in bed upstairs after she returned from St Bev hospital. No inquest. Family says death was self inflicted. Son and daughter among those informed.
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Jenena
Je McMartin
Harold
McMartin
St. Bev
Council Bluffs
Kay Seneighbor
Wheat allotment figures shape county payments
The county's wheat production base for the federal adjustment program runs to 84,801 bushels, derived from federal crop data for 1929 through 1982. Individual payments depend on grower participation and the total allotment, with some receiving $50 monthly, others $45 or $40, as district school officials report. Scouts from Anita outing Crystal Lewis supervised by Scout Master Homer Bangham, with teachers chosen for Audubon districts.
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Agrica Adjustment
United States Crop Board
Anita
Crystal Lewis
Homer Bangham
Mayor of Hell at Rialto Next Weekend
The Rialto Theatre shows The Mayor of Hell starring James Cagney with a cast including Madge Evans and Frankie Darro. The film exposes harsh reform school conditions amid drama and romance. Also two Technicolor musicals Tea For Two and A Day in the Life of a Chorus Girl and a newsreel with Graham McNamee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watt
Hall
James Cagney
Rialto Theatre
Frankie Darro
Farina
George Offerman, Jr
Sidney Miller
Mickey Bennett
Raymond Burgage
Charles Cane
Madge Evans
Alien Jenkins
Dudley Digges
Graham McNamee
Photoplay Magazine
Isue
Hell
Rialto
Anita Merchants Plan to Act With the NIRA
Local merchants in Anita show broad support for the Nations Industrial Recovery Act with many signing NRA pledge cards distributed by the post office. A Wednesday merchants meeting aims to set uniform store hours and a county wide effort is planned to standardize hours across the area.
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Anita
NRA
Atlantic
Engagement of Former Anita Girl Announced
Mr and Mrs W E Kelloway announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Peggee Ann to J J Buck of Spokane Washington A luncheon was held Thursday at 1 pm in the Kelloway home in Des Moines A definite wedding date is not set but will be in October Out of town guests included Mrs E E Grace Mrs Jeannette Hemphill and several Bullock and Forshay relatives from nearby towns Des Moines guests listed include Mrs A W Welch Mrs W H Hughes and many others
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W. E. Kelloway
Peggee Ann
J. J. Buck
Spokane
Washington
Kelloway
Des Moines
E. E. Grace
Jeanette Hemphill
Harlan
J. Atkins
Howard Angles
Claris Hinshaw
J. L. Barber
Myrtle Hemphill
Arthur Olson
Claude Ray
Lyle Ashby
P. H. Kelloway
Florence Nugent
Blanche Fort Seeks Divorce From Husband Arley Fort
Mrs Blanche Fort living southeast of Anita has filed for divorce in Cass county district court alleging truel and inhuman treatment Jealous fits and addiction to intoxicating liquors are charged She seeks decree custody of her minor son Gail Vernon aged 2 and further equitable relief
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Blanche Fort
Anita
Arley Fort
Cass County District Court
Mutchy McIntyre Visits Anita with Ill Mother
B E McIntyre wife and daughter Jeannette arrive Sunday night to spend a few days with relatives and to visit Mrs Nettie McIntyre who is seriously ill Mutchy known in Anita as a linotype operator in Little Rock Arkansas has a long newspaper career and began his trade in the Tribune office He and his family stopped overnight with Mrs McIntyres parents in Grandview Arkansas while two oldest daughters stayed to visit grandparents as parents visit in Iowa
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B. E. McIntyre
Jeannette
Nettie McIntyre
Mutchy
Anita
Little Rock
Arkansas
Tribune
McIntyre
Homer E. Boatright
Grandview
Iowa
Hottest Day in Iowa Records Set in 1930
Des Moines meteologist Charles D Reed cites August 8 1930 as Iowa’s hottest day with 113 at Sac City and 106.3 statewide average while January 12 1918 marks the coldest in Cherokee Lynn and Marion counties. Irene Stubb of Harlan visits relatives A Rialto Theatre program promotes The Mayor of Hell and West Town Telephone Co official Carl Daubendiek spends weekend here working on exchanges in the northwest.
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Charles D. Reed
Des Moines
Iowa
Sac City
Cherokee County
Lynn County
Marion County
Carl H. Daubendiek
West Town Telephone Co
Mrs Chris Nelsen Dies After Heart Trouble Near Anita
Mrs Helen Young Nelsen 58, wife of Chris Nelsen, of a farm near Anita, died Friday at 3 45 am from heart complications after months of ill health. Born 1880 in Scotland, she lived in Pennsylvania before moving to Atlantic area. Survived by husband, three stepchildren, three sisters, two brothers. Funeral at Atlantic Baptist Church, Rev Bruner, sent to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania for burial.
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Helen Young’ Nelsen
Chris Nelsen
Anita
Nelsen
Scotland
United States
Pennsylvania
Iowa
James M. Young
Atlantic
Seaman Nelsen
Lawrence Nelsen
Anna Ward
Wiota
Baptist Church
J. E., Bruner
Conshohocken
Mrs. Cora Currier Dies at 60 in Anita After Illness
Mrs. Cora Demming Currier, 60, longtime Anita resident, died Monday at her Chestnut Street home from heart trouble. Born September 21, 1873 in Rockford Illinois, she married Oscar Currier in 1891. Survived by four children, fifteen grandchildren, three sisters and several in laws. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2:00 pm at Roland Peacock Baxter Funeral Home Atlantic with burial in Atlantic Cemetery.
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Cora Demming Currier
Anita
Chestnut Street
Currier
Rockford
Illinois
Oscar Currier
Atlantic
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
Former Anita Lady Dies at Her Atlantic Home
Nellie Mae Ecklin, 65, longtime Cass county resident since 1892 and mother of eight, died at her Atlantic home after a two year heart illness. Born May 29, 1868 near Oskaloosa, she married David Robinson in 1888, later married Charles Ecklin in 1904, and lived in Atlantic until her death. Surviving children, ten grandchildren, sister and brothers noted. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Friday at Roland, Peacock and Baxter in Atlantic. burial in Atlantic cemetery. Gold Diggers of 1933 at Rialto Theatre August 12 to 14.
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Nellie Mae Ecklin
Cass County
Atlantic
Oskaloosa
Edward
Margaret Bryan
David Robinson
Anita
HE. L. Grimstead
Blythedale
Missouri
Ralph Ecklin
Clifford Edwards
Cumberland
Carrie Nott
Fred
Albert Bryan
Roland, Peacock and Baxter
Atlantic Cemetery
New M. E. Church Dedication Services Planned
The new Methodist Episcopal church, rebuilt after last December’s fire, will be dedicated next Sunday at 10 30 in the morning with a full program including hymns, readings, anthems, scripture lessons, a sermon by Dr J Shenton, offertory, and a postlude. An Epworth League service follows at 7 p m with a sermon by Rev R R Moser at 8 p.m.
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New Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrg
Earl Blua
Methodist Hymanal
M. L. McPhail
Father Divine
Goldie McLaughlin
J. Shenton
Methodist Hymnal
Iowa Youth Featured as State Fair Opens in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa youth take center stage at the Iowa State Fair opening August 23 with a free Children’s Party on August 25 for all under 16. Highlights include an open-air circus with a baby elephant, daylight fireworks, auto races, rodeo, horse racing, and a 4 H livestock show among numerous contests and demonstrations. Free admission on Children’s Day for under 12 and half price for ages 12 to 16, plus extensive youth programs across 200 acres.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mine
Bend
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