Cass County License Number Changes for 1926
The Cass county serial automobile number will be 23 next year, replacing 21, as counties shift within the 10,000 car group. Web ster, Clinton, Guthrie and Audubon are among others moving up, to keep six digits on plates. Plates for 1926 are maroon with aluminum numbers, made by prison labor at Anamosa.
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Cass County
Motor Vehicle Department
Webster County
Clinton
Adair
Clayton
Crawford
Wayne
Guthrie County
Audubon County
Adair County
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Iowa
Anamota
Former Shelby County Attorney Opposes Parole Bid
Harlan Iowa August 12 Former Shelby County attorney W H Byers publicly protests a petition for parole of Mrs Ethel Lebeck who has served fifteen months of a twenty five year sentence for murder of George Bohnke The charge stemmed from a late night shooting at the Lebeck home following a dispute with Bohnke over a dance The case drew wide attention as the Lebecks formerly ran a reverse corner store at Prairie Rose Bohnke was said to be a sweetheart of Lebeck and the shooting followed a quarrel during which Lebeck shot at him and then attempted suicide.
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Harlan, Ta
W. H. Byers
Shelby County
Ethel Lebeck
Harlan
Lebecks
Prairie Rose
Bohnke
Lebeck
Mia
Tebeck
Anita Public Schools Open To September Start
At a board meeting of the Anita Independent School District the decision was made to open local schools for the coming year on Monday in September. One teaching position remains to be filled. About forty autos from Griswold carried boosters into town Monday to promote the soldiers reunion slated for next week. Ross Bell, a noted county resident, served as announcer for the boosters.
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Anita Independent School District
Griswold
Ross Bell
Hoosters
Mrs Clara Angell Dies in Atlantic at 57
Mrs Clara Amelia Angell long time Anita Cass county resident died at her Atlantic home on August 4 from paralysis at age 57. She was born December 17 1868 in Warren County Minnesota and moved to Des Moines then Anita before marrying James William Angell in 1880. Surviving children Archie Atlantic Fred Flint Floyd and Beulah Angell plus sister Mrs Laura Deeming. Funeral held at Atlantic home conducted by Rev M A Gable and remains interred at Evergreen cemetery.
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Clara Amelia Angell
Anita
Cass County
Atlantic
Archie W. Angell
Fred L. Angell
Flint
Michigan
Floyd RB
M. A. Gable
Atlantic M. E. Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Notice of Sale of Pledged Stock in Walnut Grove Hog Remedy
L. A. Andrew as Receiver of Citizens State Bank of Anita Iowa will auction at 10:00 A M on August 15 1925 at the bank offices in Anita Iowa the pledged stock of Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company consisting of 170 shares certificate 84 and 10 shares certificate 93 issued to R H Miller and Citizens State Bank The shares serve as collateral for notes signed by W E Kelloway and will be sold in blocks of five with right to buy additional blocks at the same price Sale is conducted under Chapter 624 of the 1924 Code by Ben Gibson Clovis Swan Martin attorneys
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W. E. Kelloway
Walnut Grove Hog Remedy Company
Anita
Down
L. A. Andrew
Citizens State Bank of
Iowa
R. H. Miller
Citizens State Bank
Billboards Eliminated Across the State
State and county boards of supervisors push a campaign to remove all highway signs within metes and bounds set for roads. The state highway commission joins in enforcing a plan to stop distracting businesses and product ads along highways. V Metheny attended the Chariton meeting as a Cass County delegate at the annual state rum carriers gathering.
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County Boards of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
V. Metheny
Chariton
Mr. Metheny
Cass County Association
Shenandoah Kiwanis Plan London Pilgrimage
Shenandoah Kiwanis Club plans a London England pilgrimage next year. The trip would cost about 200 dollars and take one month with ten days in England. They seek about two thousand participants and reference prior successful trips to Springfield tomb of Lincoln and Niagara Falls.
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Kiwanis Club
Shenandoah
Lincoln
Springfield
Niagara Falls
London
Eng
England
Clark and Cummins Invited to Speak at Reunion
Howard J. Clark Des Moines attorney has accepted an invitation to address the Cass county soldiers reunion on Wednesday Aug 19 on the reunion’s middle day. Clark is anticipated to oppose Senator A B Cummins in next year’s primaries. Cummins was also invited but had not replied. officials expect he will.
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Cummins
Wagner family welcomes Elmer Wagner and wife from Ruthven Iowa
TL and family hosted a visit this week by Elmer Wagner and his wife from Ruthven Iowa. Edwin Burkhart drove to Winterset for a few days with relatives and friends. Mia Burkhart and the children accompanied him to Winterset last Friday.
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Wagner
Elmer Wagner
Ruthven
Iowa
Edwin Burkhart
Winterset
Mia
Burkhart
Poultry Thieves Target Cass County With Reward Offer
Grwiswold Iowa August 12 five hundred dollars is the reward offered by the Cass County Poultry Protective association for information leading to the arrest and conviction of poultry thieves. The new group has nearly 400 members and aims to curb thefts cited across the county.
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Maine
Henry Arp
Atlantic
D. E. Mitford
L. G. Sorden
Cass County
Jones County
Iowa dairyman dollar buys more goods now
The Blue Valley Creamery Institute reports Iowa farmers get merchandise worth 1.12 dollars for a dollar earned from butter eggs and chickens. The combined buying power now matches a four year prewar level, with farm product prices up so a dollar buys more than previously.
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Iowa
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Towa
Institute
Towa well equipped with places of learning
Town has 9647 rural schools mostly one room with 1923 count at 9610 and 1924 attendance of about 205000. Rural schools account for about half of state’s total 449391. Of 9649 rural schools, 1134 meet standard rural school law with 19727 attendance. 888 consolidated districts and 655 graded schools not under consolidation. Carrie Reynolds back at Hansen's Store after month ill. Dell Wilson of Schuyler sought Barber Shop post. starts around Aug 24. Benton Boosters Sewing club met at Benton Center with ten members and two guests Orpha Witt and Coral Crisman.
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Benton Boosters Sewing Club
Banton Center School House
Orpha Witt
Coral Crisman
Lillian Metz
Geneva Jordan
Viola Linior
Gocanour
Former Anita Couple Celebrates Sixty Years of Marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Anderson of Ruthven Iowa mark their sixtieth wedding anniversary with about one hundred relatives and friends at their son F L Anderson's home in Ross Iowa. Married in Louisa county they farmed and moved to Nebraska then Cass and Audubon counties before settling in Ruthven. He is 81, drives, fishes and hunts. she turned seventy on July 25. They have eight children two living, twenty-three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Peter F. Anderson
Ruthven
Iowa
F. L. Anderson
Ross
Louisa County
Nebraska
Cass County
Au+ dubon county
Ruth+ vat
Mr. Anderson
GC. C. Gipple
Anita
H. A. Johnson
Malta
Montana
Chester Caldwell
Audubon
H. A. Delahoyde
Omaha
Audubon Council Hears Water Rates Need Raising
Audubon Iowa city faces water rent increases after municipal examiners report to the state auditor. The fund balance stood at 204 dollars on April 1 and rentals dropped from 9,786 in 1920 to 3,650.59 last year, prompting calls to raise rates to build an emergency fund.
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Audubon
Charles Pratt 18 Dead in Benton Township
Charles Pratt eight son of Mr and Mrs George Pratt Benton township died near noon Tuesday after a three to four week illness Sarcoma diagnosed as lining breakdown of small intestine. Funeral arrangements were in progress. Mrs W B Gase and son Richard return from Neola visit. J T Monnig and wife travel to Chicago and St Louis to visit relatives. N D Eby and wife moved from Atlantic to Anita and rented rooms at L B Trumbull home. Mrs Eby a sister of Mr Trumbull. Miss Maurine Turner underwent tonsil removal by Dr H E Campbell. Mrs D B Harrison hosted W P G club at West Main Street last Thursday.
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Charles Pratt
George Pratt
Benton Township
N. 1
Eby
Atlantic
Anita
L. B. Trumbull
Mr. Trumbull
Maurine Turner
Harvey Turner
H. E. Campbell
D. B. Harrison
W. P. G. Club
West Main Street
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Clara Angell
Ben . Gibson
Clovis, Swan & Martin
Bartlett
W. C. Lye
Soc
Graham Crackers
the Briardale Grocery
A. R. Kohl
Shenandoah Kiwanis Club
John Budd
Fred F. Joy
Isabelle Joy
Modate
Town
D. A. Imrie
Fred Joy
Mrs
Imrie
1CLARK
Reunion
Dairyman's
Carrie Reynolds
Hansen's Store
Dell Wilson
Schuyler
Benson
Ross Smith
W. B. Gase
Richard
J. T. Monnig
Chicago
Illinois
St. Louis
Missouri
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