Farm census shows sharp value drops in Cass Adair Audubon counties
The 1925 farm census outlines steep declines in farm and land values across Cass, Adair, and Audubon counties over five years. In Cass, farm values fell by about 45 million with land value halved, while Adair and Audubon show similar contractions. Tenant ownership rose in Cass and neighboring counties, with owners and managers shifting as tenancy increases.
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Cass County
Audurbon
Adair
Audubon County
Audubon
Cass
Adair County
Atlantic Merchants Plan Repeat of Holiday Windows
Atlantic merchants unveiled Christmas windows last year and will repeat the stunt this year. The Greater Atlantic Committee approved the plan at a recent meeting. Jack Peacock was named chairman of the organizing committee and will appoint its members.
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Atlantic
Greater Atlantic Committee
Jack Peacock
Box Social by Ku Klux Klan at Phillip's Hall Griswold
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan host a box social and program at Phillip's Hall in Griswold on Wednesday evening December 9 at 7:30. Ladies are asked to bring boxes and boxes are sold separately for junior intermediate and adult groups. The public is invited.
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Phillip’s Hall
Griswold
Hair Marcelling Offered In City By Mrs Benson
Mrs E V Benson advertises marceling services at her residence with phone contact 273 and asks clients to book one or two days ahead. The notice also mentions Joe Vais left his check at the office Saturday for another year’s Tribune subscription.
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E. V. Benson
Joe Vais
the Tribune
Robinsons Visit Ringsted Family in Iowa
A. R. Robinson spent Sunday with relatives and friends at Ringsted Iowa. He was accompanied home by Mrs. Robinson who had been visiting there for the past week with relatives.
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A. R. Robinson
Ringsted
Iowa
Mrs. Robinson
County News Briefs From Several Iowa Towns
Wiota neighbors report move of Wiota from Eagle Bend Minnesota. Ernest Johnson sold 80 acre farm near Massena to Harrison Means and will relocate to Loveland Colorado. Mike Metz recovering after wagon accident. C S Tompkins and wife to spend winter in Phoenix. Thanksgiving services held at Church of Christ in Griswold. Scarlet fever appears in Griswold with two Waggersby children ill. Chas R Hunt, Atlantic bank president, dies suddenly at 75. Mrs Frank Snyder dies after stroke. Gladys Beatrice Stover weds John Harold Reed on Thanksgiving. Griswold Griswold Elliott football game ends 10 to 7 for Elliott. Charles Ware burns thumb from splinter then turpentine dressing risks fire. Mrs C W Roberts in Wiota husked 80 acres with neighbors aid. Wiota Cemetery Association elects John Hamerick president Henry Wissler secretary F M Huff treasurer and trustees E. Judd and C Barnholdt
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Massena
Ernest Johnson
Harrison Means
Mr. Johnson
Loveland
Colorado
Wiota
Wheatley Died At 48 In Atlantic Home
Jesse Andrew Wheatley passed away Saturday morning at his parents home O. W. Wheatley and wife in Atlantic at age 48 years 10 months and 5 days. He lived previously with his parents north of Anita and is survived by several brothers and sisters including John P. and Walter H. in the Anita vicinity.
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Atlantic
Jesse Andrew Wheatley
O. W. Wheatley
Anita
John P
Walter H
WIOTA Couple Celebrates 12th Wedding Anniversary
Thanksgiving gathering of sixty relatives and friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Walter McMahon at their home. The evening featured games, cards, music, and refreshments. Tom Conner presented a silver teaspoon set to the couple as a gift, with wishes for many more happy years.
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Walter McMahon
Mrs. McMahon
Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Co. to hold 2 PM stockholders meeting
The Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Co. stockholders will meet at the company office this Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 to receive the audit report from the person who has been checking over the books.
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Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Co
Spry Families Hold Thanksgiving Reunion
A Spry family reunion on Thanksgiving at Ed F Lewis home brought together siblings including C L Spry of Des Moines and C A Spry of Wiota, with many relatives from Des Moines, Wiota, Alamosa, Anita, Atlantic, Casey, Ankeny, and nearby towns. One brother, M W Spry of Phoenix Nebraska, was absent. The gathering featured well filled baskets for a bountiful dinner, marking the first reunion in sixteen years since ten siblings were alive.
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Spry
Ed. F. Lewis
M. W. Spry
Pheenix
Nebraska
C. L. Spry
Des Moines
C. A. Spry
Wiota
Alice R. Everett
Alamosa
Colorado
Ida M. Colfish
Bertha Lewis
Blanche [Lewis
Anita
Sam Wood
Earl Lewis
Casey
Floyd Angell
Atlantic
Frank Rhoads
Lafe Lewis
Vina M. Spry
F. A. Watkins
Ankeny
Iowa
Carl Lewis
Atkinson
Corn Growers Plan Drive for More Members
Des Moines December news brief reports the National Corn Growers Association will hold its annual meeting December 8. Secretary William Carey notes a strong need for organization amid a record Iowa corn crop valued 27 million dollars less than last year’s. He cites farmers delaying sales, warehousing red tape, and country banks failing to guarantee warehouse certificates hindering credit from Omaha.
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Des Moines
National Corn Growers Association
William Carey
Towa
Carey
Iowa
Omaha
Lyle Ray and Wife Visit Relatives in Green Field
Lyle Ray and his wife drove to Green Field Saturday evening and spent Sunday visiting relatives and friends.
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Lyle Ray
Greenfield
Cumberland Lodge Cops All District Offic es in Cumberland Iowa
Cumberland Iowa December reports that Cumberland lodge now holds every district No 15 I O O F office aside from representative to the Rebekah assembly. Named officers include Burt Stone and Wm C Roberts with Ida M Read and Grace Morgan as district deputy grand marshals. Installations planned next January with Stone attending Ottumwa and Mason City meetings.
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Cumberland
Cass County
Rebekah
Burt Stone
Grand Lodge
Wm. C. Roberts
Ida M. Read
J. G. Durham
Grace Morgan
Stone
Ottumwa
Mason City
Roe Clothing Co to Stage Big Sale
The Roe Clothing Co of Anita advertises a Big Action Sale starting Friday at 9:00 am. Thousands of four page bills have been mailed to customers within a trading radius. The store offers marked down clothing, furnishings, and shoes with year end bargains.
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Roe Clothing Co
Clothiers
Anita
Hansen's Coat and Dress Sale Opens Friday Morning
Anita's popular ready to wear store Hansen's Store advertises a coat and dress sale starting Friday morning with reduced prices on all ladies coats and dresses. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Dean Armstrong on November 18.
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Hansen’s Store
Hansen’s
Anita
Tribune
Mrs
Dean Armstrong
Corn Shelling Service Offered In The Vicinity
A new corn sheller has been purchased and operators will travel within the area to perform shelling jobs. Contact phone 8 on16 or reach out to Orville Morgan or William Henry to arrange service.
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Orville Morgan
William Henry
Whose Little Girl Are You Helping to Win a Mama Doll
In a Rexall Dolls Contest, Bongs Bros promotes a Mama Doll prize, urging community participation and local involvement to support a favored contestant. The notice frames the contest as a public goodwill event tied to Rexall store promotions. Potential participants and supporters are invited to engage.
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Rexall
Tf Bongers Bros
Everett visit with relatives in city
T. J. Everett and his wife of Alamosa Colorado are visiting in the city with her sister Mrs H C Lewis and family and other relatives and friends.
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T. J. Everett
Alamosa, Colorado
W. W. Dunston
Cheyenne
Wyoming
C. T. McAfee
Thanksgiving visitors and upcoming dinner, bazaar noted
Roy L. Duff spoke on the Tribune ahead a couple of notches Friday morning. Harry Kaskey of Manson Iowa spent Thanksgiving in the city with his sister Mrs Chester A Long and family. The Methodist ladies aid plans their annual dinner and bazaar in Heckmans building on Main Street Saturday December 12.
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Roy L. Duff
the Tribune
Harry Kaskey
Manson
Iowa
City
Chester A. Long
Methodist Ladies Aid
Heckman
Main Street
Thanksgiving Visitors and Destruction Fire Near Ankeny
Miss Anita H East of Drake University Des Moines spent Thanksgiving with her parents C V East and wife. Thorle Robinson from Des Moines also returned to visit his parents C A Robison and wife. Frank Watkin returning home to his house near Ankeny after Thanksgiving found the home and all furniture burned in a fire.
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Anita H. East
Drake University
Des Moines
C. V. East
Thorle Robinson
C. A. Robison
Ankeny
Iowa
Anita
Frank Watkin
Iola trio visits Holton kin for Thanksgiving
Dr. C Simmons and wife and their son Dr. L W Simmons and wife all from Iola Kansas spent Thanksgiving in the city at the home of their niece and cousin Mrs E S Holton and husband.
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Dr. C. Simmons
L. W. Simmons
Iola
Kansas
E. 8. Holton
Big sale prep closes store Thursday for Friday start
Roe Clothing Co announces a big sale starting at 9:00 Friday morning. To prepare, the store will be closed all day Thursday. Local shoppers are advised to plan accordingly.
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L Roe Clothing CO
Mail Carriers Aid Pig Survey For Farm Estimates
Rural carriers help collect farm data to estimate yearly changes in hog production and crop acreages. Officials stress samples mirror all farms, aiding price stability and market distribution. Farmers urged to complete reports. examples show hog prices rising despite heavy marketings. Thanksgiving social notes and local visits complete the page.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ed. L. Newton
Anita Tribune
United States
Department of Agriculture
Tuberculosis Sunday Promotes Christmas Seal Sale Observance
Sunday December 6 designated Tuberculosis Sunday with ministers preaching on public health. Four minute speakers at services will announce the Christmas seal sale and its purposes. Local chairmen supply pastors and speakers with pamphlet The Service of the Seals, 25000 copies printed free by the Board of Control of State Institutions for distribution. Bureaus organize speakers for men’s clubs, schools, women’s clubs, movie houses and other venues to spread the seal sale nationwide.
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Board of Control
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BOX Social
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Eagle Bend
Minnesota
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Mike Metz
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Phoenix
Arizona
Griswold—Union
Church of Christ
Lars Waggersby
Chas. R. Hunt
The
Atlantic National Bank
Frank Snyder
Gladys Beatrice Stover
John Harold Reed
Elliott
Charles Ware
Ware
C. W. Roberts
W. C. Roberts
L. A. Engle
Mec Lauglin
Omar
the Briardale Grocery
Corn Growers
Cumberland Lodge
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Fullerton Lumber CO
V.c. McCcoy
K. P. Hall
Bernard Stone
Max Campbell
George Dorale
Ralph Miller
Maurice Turner
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