Cass county votes on 1.5 million bond issue
Voters in Cass County approve a 1.5 million dollar road and paving bonds, with 2,815 to 1,144 in favor. Results vary by precincts and townships, with strong support in Atlantic and Griswold and defeats in several rural areas. Plans include paving No. 32 and No. 71, using state funds for graded roads and future paving along highways 82 and local connectors. Nearby residents include university student Walker Iker returning home, and visitors from Fort Collins and Bartley.
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Cass
Eavier
Nita
Atlantic
Griswold
Union
Pleasant Lincoln
Franklin
Cass County
Madison
Ringgold
Hugh
Pottawattamie
Ir County
Atsouth
Griswold Road
Na West
Lewis
Fon
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Akay Ton
Orig, Ae Se
Eee Weende
Hington
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Rural boxes must be larger for rural routes
The Post Office Department orders all rural route mail boxes to be large enough for parcels, effective July 1. Approved boxes must have a good door, a signal flag, and the patron's name. homemade boxes are prohibited. An inspector noted local boxes and may require replacements to large size boxes.
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Post Office Department
Anita
Washington
Lewis Paves Streets in City Plan Hearing Set
The Lewis city council advances paving for twelve blocks including Main from Rock Island to Washington, Nebraska from Webster to Market, Webster from Main to Minnesota, and Market from Main to Nebraska with 44 feet wide paving and included curbs and intersections. A final hearing and action are scheduled for June 28.
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Main Street
Nebraska Street
Trail of 98 stars at Rialto with 50 well known actors
The Trail of 98 directed by Clarence Brown features fifty famed screen artists in a Klondike epic based on Robert W. Service. Ralph Forbes leads with Dolores Del Rio as the heroine. Harry Carey co-stars. Ed Lighter, once of Anita, now in Pasadena, is mentioned in a sidebar.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rialto Theatre
D. W.W. Griffith
Griffith Players
Clarence Brown
Robert W. Service
Klondike
Ralph Forbes
London
America
Dolores del Rio
Harry Carey
Wd. Lighter
Harriett
Pasadena
California
Anita
Logan Lodge No 190 Knights elect officers for year
At the last meeting Logan Lodge No 190 Knights of Pythias elected Harry Swartz Floyd Dement Manning Swanson D Forshay K of R S and M H G Highley M of W R Robinson M of E Alfred Dement Lester Heckman L G C EB Parker C G Co W Clardy Trustee Installation of the new officers will occur at the first meeting in July. Teed your Pigs and Hogs Sar gent's Pig Meal and Genuine Big 10 Hog Feed for best gains at Bartley's.
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Logan Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Harry Swartz
Floyd Dement
H. G. Highley
W. A
Sargent
Bartley's
Anita Bank Displays New Currency Sample
The Anita Bank displays the new United States currency and awaits reception before July 10. Denominations shown include 1, 2, 5, and 10 dollar notes, with other denominations also produced. The new bills are smaller than the old, measuring 2 11-16 by 6 5-16 inches versus 3 1-6 by 7 1-6. Miss Bernice Lewis, returning from Creston after high school, will stay in Anita to help at her father James B. Lewis’s store.
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United States
Anita Bank
Bernice Lewis
Creston
Anita
James B. Lewis
Ben Kirkham
Friday Bridge Club
Harry C. Faulkner
Frank B. Carter
Helen Myers
Officers Target Hogging Road By Truck Drivers
Offenders driving large trucks impede faster vehicles as police, in several towns, fine drivers who stay in the roadway. A new May first law limits truck loads to 25 percent of their designed capacity to protect pavement from wear and tear.
Vigilantes Form Cass County Armed Guard
The Cass County Bankers Association and Sheriff McKee organize a vigilance committee of trusted men. They will be armed with high powered rifles revolvers and sawed off shotguns and will train regularly. The group is for bank protection and can be called to protect life or property if needed.
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Cass County Bankers Association
Sheriff's Office
Cass County Vigilance Committee
Sherif McKee
Bankers Association
Cass County
New truck plates for overloading ready July 1
A new motor truck overloading rule becomes effective May 1 and requires permits for loads exceeding manufacturer ratings by more than 25 percent. Plates and fees will be ready by July 1, with fines from 25 to 100 dollars and possible license revocation on a third offense. Western officials plan load checks to enforce the measure, boosting road revenue for maintenance.
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W. A. Groneweg
Council Bluffs
Groneweg
Wiota Boy Nominee For Edison Scholarship Contest
Davy Soper of Wiota has been chosen to represent Cass County in the Thomas A. Edison technical school scholarship contest. Top finishers in area science exams advance to a state contest and then to New Jersey for the final. Edison will prizes include a radio phonograph combo for each finalist.
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Atlantic
Davy Soper
E. E. Soper
Wiota
Cass County
Thomas A. Edison Technical School
Elizabeth C. Morse
Soper
Richard Irving
Howard Hupp
Dwight Andrew
Cleon Orton
Griswold
Edwin Pardee
Maine
Atlantic High School
District of Columbia
Edison Laboratories
West Qurange
N. J
Mr. Edison
Massena Girl Killed by Train at Corning
Margaret Sullivan of Massena died instantly when struck by an eastbound mail train while crossing Corning tracks on a Saturday night en route to Chicago. Her sister narrowly escaped, and a funeral was held at Reno Catholic church. She leaves parents and nine siblings.
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Massena
Margaret Sullivan
James Sullivan
Here
Corning
Safetty
Reno Catholic Church
Sullivan
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Chicago
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Anite
Ack
Bartley
John C. Jenkins
Briardale
Gerber
A. R. Kohl
Knights OF
Pythias
T. Williams
Iowa
LOO
C. E. Harry
Fullerton Lumber CO
Masonic Temple
Barnholdt & Black
Harry E. Fickel
Bertha Bell Taylor
P. S. Appleman
Atlantic Justice of the Peaeca
Fickel
Harry Fickel
Garside
Cass District Court
Dr. C. V. Beaver
State Hospital
Clarinda
Beaver
Mary Beaver
E. S. Holton
Adair
R, C, Rasmusgen
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