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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
3
Real estate listing offering 126 acres priced at 82 dollars per acre. Broker Clyde H. Bowen presents a straightforward land opportunity with emphasis on value and prompt consideration.
Harold Winder of a Des Moines bank spent Thanksgiving in the city at the home of his parents C. T. Winder and wife.
Local notes recount Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings across North Grant. Chatter about illness, travel, a planned move to Anita, radio lust and a misprint in Bongers Bros. ad. Also mentions Grandma Barber with pneumonia, and a few Sunday visits to Frank Barber and DeMent family homes.
Fragmentary OCR reads a local notice mentioning Mrs rd, desrine in les of Chas. i, Oren Burns and Fred Mrs. Baldwin, plus references to Brono Scholl and Elise Cr wit. Context and full details are unclear due to garbled text.
Minor James marketed hogs in Adair Saturday. Dwight Reeves and family moved to Berea. Lyle Robison of Omaha visiting with R. A. Caddock and wife. Leland Taylor and wife at W. A. Baier home Sunday. Floy Smith and wife Thanksgiving in Adair with her parents. Mrs. Will Cryer and son Robert weekend in Omaha. Clyde Smith and family Thanksgiving in Fontanelle with Mrs. Bloormfield. Isaac Brown Sr. called to Chicago by the den Mrs. Sadie Lane. Ben Swart in Berea Sunday. Jewel Smith and siblings at Gail attending Fontanelle school weekend with parents. Frank Harris returned from northern state work last summer.
Anita High School began its basketball season last Wednesday with a doubleheader split versus Wiota. Wiota girls won 11 to 2 and Wiota boys triumphed 28 to 1. A good crowd watched veterans return to the sidelines and the girls vow to redeem themselves this week in 7:30 P.M. games against Cumberland.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Cras Ragan involved in Atlantic Monday movi and a Dean family situation over property debt. Unclear details mention mortgage on property, need for refinancing, and a potential payment arrangement amid family concerns.
H. A. Shannon and his wife with their two children Morris and Genevieve left Friday for California to spend the winter. W. D. Pratt, a well known Anita man, has been confined to his home for a week with heart trouble and is resting easier now than a few days ago.
J Hughes Stone leaves the Whiteway 7 Highway project to join Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance as local rep. He plans a public sale of farming equipment in a few weeks and will relocate to West Main Street near the Bartley residence.
Pastor LaVerne Morris leads Bible School at 10:00 A M and worship at 11:00 A M with the sermon The Guiding Star. Evening service at 7:30 features My Brother's Keeper. Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 P M on How Can We Translate Christmas Into Service led by L Y Morris. Ladies aid plans an all day meeting at Mrs Chas Workman's home. A chicken dinner and bazaar drew a good crowd last Saturday.
Saturday at Miller's Market features veal steak and roasts. Charles Walker of Omaha spent Thanksgiving in the city with his mother Mrs Ed Wheeler and her husband.
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