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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
5
A post office in Anita was burglarized after a vault door was blown open and stamps valued in the hundreds were stolen. Tools from a local blacksmith shop were found at the scene, and only one witness heard a night disturbance. The break occurred after 1 AM during a community Legion dance at the K P hall.
By order of a district court execution from Cass County Iowa Roe Kohl as plaintiff holds a judgment against Howard T Joy for 452.30 plus costs. Sheriff will sell at 2:00 PM on June 29 1920 at the Burkhart building Main and Chestnut Anita Iowa including show cars carriages Norwalks Spragues tubes plugs leather and harness gear. Sale held at Atlantic Iowa with McKee and Willis officers.
Anita council proceedings list multiple accounts including wages and utilities, mentions gasoline and oil purchases, and notes adjournment after two business topics. Nearby items report Ford agent appointment for Anita and local visitors, with brief community updates and a regional culture lecture plan involving Council Bluffs groups.
Frank Cibek of Creston credits the Tribune for a new achievement as Spence and family visit the city. Mrs Spenice and Mrs L K Nichols joined Thursday evening with friends in town.
A large block of business buildings in Cumberland Is burned Friday night due to a water shortage from tank repairs. Total loss estimated at 160000 dollars as most structures on Main Street West are ruined. Only the First National and Cumberland Savings bank buildings survived.
County board members balk at the State Highway Commission plan to number all primary roads. Critics say the proposal lacks route specificity and omits the Short Line east from Griswold. The plan, already used in Wisconsin Illinois and Minnesota, would apply a single number along a road across state lines. The issue will be reconsidered by the Cass county board in July under county engineer supervision.
Mrs F J McCord visited Anita from Des Moines to see daughter Mrs Georgia Lewis and husband Raymond Chew of Omaha. Anita ball team lost 4 to 1 at Griswold. Congregational church trustees raised minister salary from 1600 to 2000 yearly. Fred Exline sold delivery business to Kenneth Dean. Wrestling star from Tama 58 Towa returns to contend world title after defeating Lewies in Des Moines. Peoils Oil Co secretary Jas G Whiting spends week in Illinois on company business. H G Armentrout family plans extended northern and western auto trip via Minnesota and the Dakotas. Memorial Day observed by local Odd Fellows with church address and cemetery decoration.
Notice warns against trespassing and bathing or fishing on the premises. Mentions WM STORY and W E Kelloway on business calls at Walnut, Roy Deeming moving to Des Moines for a printing office job, N Wagner visiting with his son, Clarence Stewart in town giving concerts, Chris Bohning and wife returning from Emergon Town for a funeral, and a death of William Buhler aged 47. Also reports coal shortages in southwestern Illinois and Midwest fuel concerns, with General Manager Jeffers noting only 20 percent capacity and railroads possibly confiscating coal to meet their own needs.
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