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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
7
Residents and visitors populate Anita as families report trips to Clarinda Avoca and Des Moines. Local trades note a large Onda cigar sale while township trustees search for a road superintendent. Beaton Center school burns with coal loss. school to be rebuilt at earliest date and Miss Rauberts teaches while new facilities rise.
Mrs Elizabeth McElfresh, wife of Jesse McElfresh Sr, died at her home near the city Tuesday morning aged 78 years 7 months and 14 days. Funeral services are set for 2 30 this afternoon at the M E H church. Obituary notice will appear next week.
The Trione force printed sale bills all day Monday and Tuesday with six sets sold. Purchasers include J B Walker on January 23, Tom Wilbourne January ith, Frank Silhan Estate January 20, J D Peterson January, EB Morgan February 4, D L Dorsey February 5. See full list on last page. Tulsa News prints ten times as many sale bills as any other paper in the region.
City notes feature visits by Senator Jas E Bruce and Mrs F A Mast of Mansena, social calls by J W Hutton and wife from Atlantic, and Mrs Rd Wilson of Randolph visiting Anita. Local commerce includes a Great Sacrifice Sale at Hansen Sage Nieman Co from Jan 25 to Feb 15. Mrs Kingery attends funeral in Rogers Ark for Aug Eshelman.
At Grove Camp No 1537 M Woof A officers discussed paying for a job and building a home. Many favored the plan but postponed decision to the next regular meeting on Saturday evening February 1st. Members urged full attendance for open discussion and possible financing.
Wicken Monument Works in Atlantic advertised hogs and a Great Sacrifice Sale starting Saturday. Notices report J J Richardson moving from Pulaski to Cumberland, Mrs C S Baker visiting Stockham, Seth Fert estate sale in Cass County, and death of Miss O H Trene of Garrison North Dakota remembered in Atlantic Telegraph.
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