Corn damage worsens in Iowa as chinch bugs destroy crops
July 8 1939 reports chinch bugs seriously damage corn across south and southwest Iowa. Harvey Anderson and wife visit Eureka Pennsylvania relatives while Gail Forte visits Champagne Illinois. Carl H. Miller travels to Little Rock for unspecified reasons.
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Iowa
Harvey Anderson
Eureka
Penn
Cliff Metheny
Carl Moore
Gail Forte
Champagne
Arley Forte
Carl H. Miller
Little Rock
Traveling relatives and local meetings mark week
Orving Walker and Robert Osen left for Wrightstown New Jersey after a three week visit with relatives. Mrs Fred School hosted the Helping Hand club at her southeast Anita home last Thursday. Gus Hunter and wife left for Mission Texas after visiting relatives in Anita and Atlantic. Lewis M Martin of Council Bluffs, former Anita district engineer, has been reappointed by the Governor.
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Orving Walker
Robert Osen
Wrightstown
N. J
Frank Osen
Margaret
Helping Hand Club
Gus ‘Hunter
Mission
Texas
Anita
Atlantic
Lewis M. Martin
Council Bluffs
State Highway Commission
Local Notes From Anita and Surrounding Areas
Reported injuries as William Daubendiek suffered a leg laceration after falling from a telephone pole near the R H Lantz home in Anita while employed by West Iowa Telephone Co. Other items note road work between Highway 2 and Pammel Park, a card party at Voorhees Lodge with prizes awarded, Berea Kittenball’s 15 to 14 win over Canby, and Miss Mattie Butler earning a Better Homes and Gardens Recipe Endorsement for Delicious Cake.
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William Daubendiek
West Iowa Telephone Co
R. H. Lantz
Anita
Mattie Butler
Better Homes and Gardens
Miss Butler
Dependability and Taste Mark 25th Year Progress
A 1924 report notes Iowa license plates next year will keep black letters on Bray Background and retain current size. W T Parker sold and installed a Dempster self oiling windmill on A A Miller farm. Mrs PF R Leffingwell and cand pon of Mason City stay with her mother Mrs J J McCord in Solon. Karns resigns from Jos B Lewis store to join the local post office. County repairs finish after heavy rains. thirty one small bridges washed out are fixed and twelve box culverts will be built soon. Mothers Club met with Mrs Homer Mulhollen. Mrs Chas Faulkner improving and hopes to be active soon.
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Owa
Bray
Ww. T. Parker
Dempster
A. A. Miller
Solon A. Karns
Jos. B. Lewis
Thas
Homer Mulhollen
Chas. E. Faulkner
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Jewett Grain and Coal
Viota
THE
Anita Tribune
Lucille Jebsen
E. R. Jebsen
Postoffice
Anita, Towa
Ealing
Shaffer & Burns
John Deere
Mr. Miller
Co. E. Parker
R. A. Wilson
Winterset
Pammel Park
Voorhees Lodge
Albert Karna
Ben Godanour
Charles Karns
Berea
Canby Ten
PF. R. Leffingwell
Candpon
Mason City
City
J. J. McCord
Gipple
Peggy Dove
Chevrolet
Valve-In-Mead
Tron Mene
Fisher
Corti-Sape
Misher Mistiel Body Const"“‘Ction
O. W. Shaffer
Pluk
United States
Atlantic, Iowa
Anids
David E. Bullock
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