County Assessment 1925 Falls Behind 1924 Across Districts
The 1925 county assessments, as returned by assessors, show overall lower values than 1924, with land values in multiple townships adjusted up or down. Grants 3% lower, Benton 28% up, Brighton 2% down, Grove 4% down, Lincoln 3% down, Massena 3% down, Union 2% down, Bear Grove 5% up, and other towns varied. Stock and livestock values also shifted, including Edna colts up 6%, Pimoga horses up 20%, Noble cattle up 50%, Massena heifers down 26%, and many other changes across townships. The county average land assessment rose from 78.97 in 1924 to 759.98 this year, with a table of 1924 vs 1925 figures accompanying.
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County Board of Supervisors
Grant Township
Benton
Brighton
Grove
Lincoln
Massena
Union
Bear Grove
Cass
Pleasant
Noble
Edna
Atlantic
Anita
Cumberland
Lewis
Edna Township
Pymoga
Washington
Sheep Grove
Victoria
Yand
Law Requires Trade Names Filed with County Recorder
Anita businesses using names other than owners true surnames must file verified statements with the county recorder by July 1. Changes in ownership require new filings. penalties include fines from 20 to 100 dollars or up to 30 days in jail per offense. Blank forms to be available soon at the recorder’s office.
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Anita
Perso
Copartnership
Poor Lester Pond jailed for worthless check
Lester Pond serves a ten day sentence in Adair county jail for issuing a worthless $2.50 check. He was tried in JP Geo. Raper's court in Greenfield last Thursday. Since confinement, four more bad checks attributed to him have surfaced. He has a wife and five children.
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Lester Pond
Adair County
Court of Justice of the Peace Geo
Raper
Greenfield
Fontanelle Observer
Hundred Dollar Investment Grow Big In Long Run Tale
A historical note explains that 100 dollars invested in 7 percent semiannual bonds, reinvested for 289 years, would exceed 97 million, but inheritance taxes and oversight complicate actual gains. The piece also mentions visits by Mrs. D A Imrie and family to relatives in the area.
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Louwene Preston
Audubon
Peter Stuyvesant
Manhattan
D. C. Bell
Nest Ege
Driving Warned By Short Pastures And Wandering Cattle
Farmers face feed shortages as pastures run thin forcing stock to graze roadside. Auto drivers must proceed with caution to prevent accidents. A crash near Bridgewater injured Adolph Brevo with a broken back and left John Tompkin with a broken collar bone. both were taken to Cres ton hospital. a third rider escaped unharmed.
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Adolph Brevo
Bridgewater
John Tompkin
Creston
Anita Literary Club Elects Officers for Coming Year
The Anita Literary Club met at the local library and elected Mrs. Margaret Trumbull as President, Mrs. Sadie Wagner as Vice President, Mrs. Dosha V. Scholl as Secretary, and Mrs. Zola Bangham as Treasurer. No regular meetings until September due to warm weather, but the library will stay open Saturdays during summer.
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Anita Literary Club
Margaret Trumbull
Sadie Wagner
Dosha V. Scholl
Zola Bangham
Atlantic visits include Newtons and bridge club hosts
H. E. Newton his wife and baby of Atlantic visited in the city over Saturday night and Sunday with relatives and friends. Mrs. Nelse Johnson hosted the Knot-a-Kare Bridge Club at Rose Hill Avenue last Wednesday afternoon with high score by Mrs. Walter F. Budd. Substitutes included Mrs. Forshay Long Hansen Walker Forshay. Mrs. H. P. Ziegler hosted a luncheon last Tuesday with guest Cora Healy Kapa of Denver and cousin Mrs. Wagner. Kaps left that evening, accompanied to Atlantic by the Wagners.
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D. A. Imrie
Harold Imrie
Medals
Iowa
Nic Richter
H. E. Newton
Atlantic
Nelse Johnson
Rose Hill Avenue
Walter F. Budd
B. D. Forshay
C. A. Long
M.C. Hansen
A. 8. Walker
D. R. Forshay
H. P. Ziegler
Cora, Healy’ Kapa
Denver
Colorado
Wm. Wagner
Fred M. Sheley
Ed. Carlton
Sheley
East Main Street
Margreata Henderson Weds Hughes Stone in Wiota Ceremony
Miss Margreata Henderson and Hughes Stone were married at the Wiota home of her parents. Rev. G. H. Bamford officiated at high noon on Friday. The bride wore apricot crepe de chine with cream lace and pink rose bouquets. Guests numbered twenty four. The couple will reside in Anita where Stone works on the White Pole road.
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John Henderson
Wiota
Margreata
Hughes Stone
Anita
G. H. Bamford
Mr. Stone
Margaret Stone
White Pole
the Tribune
Threshing Outfit for Sale at Anita Auction
The Farmers' Threshing Machine Company will sell at public auction at 1 00 o clock P M on Friday June 26 at the residence of L C McAfer 3 miles southwest of Anita. The complete threshing outfit will be sold to the highest bidder cash terms. Frank Barber and John W Budd are the auctioneer and seller respectively. Other items note a Rexall Frigidaire ice cream cabinet installed in Rangers Bros Drug Store and visits by Des Moines relatives and Lake Okoboji summer plans.
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Farmers
L. C. McAfer
Anita
Frank Barber
Rangers Bros
Rexall Drug Store
W T U Program Next Sunday at Methodist Church
The W C T U of this city hosts a program next Sunday evening at 8 o clock in the Methodist church. It includes orchestra, community singing, devotions, talks by Rev J W Ferner and Rev B W McEidowney, readings by Mrs H P Ziegler and Welden Hannen, papers by Mrs C W Garlock and Mrs CB Trumbull, duets, piano and violin solos by local performers, and Benediction.
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Methodist Church
America
Jennie Overmier
J. W. Ferner
Norman Hofmeister
Reading
H. P. Ziegler
W. G. T. U. Quartette
Welden Hannen
Miss Florence Rickel
W. C. T. U. Benediction
Anita Pitcher Hurls No Hit Game Sunday
Dan Moore of Anita pitched a no hit game Sunday against Marne remi eres as Anita won 11 to 4. Moore contributed five safe hits while Rose Moore belted the lone home run. Marne ahead early 4–0, Anita surged with three runs in the second, three in the third, four in the fourth, and a seventh inning homer. Batteries were Maine Brindley and Perryman for Marne and Anita Dan Moore and Hull.
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Dan Moore
Anita Twirler
Anita
Marne Remieres
Moore
Rose Moore
Marne
Brindley
G. Newlin
Maine
Perryman
Hull
Half the Griswold American readers do not pay for it
The Griswold American reports a study finding about half of readers pay for the paper while the other half borrow it from neighbors. The editor notes they prefer every reader to subscribe and cover the cost, while acknowledging it might be acceptable for neighbors to lend the paper.
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Griswold American
Frank
Hanton
Griswold
Hansen’s big sale advertised in Tribune ad
A large advertisement in today’s Tribune promotes Hansen’s Store with half price offers across the entire ready wear line including coats and silk dresses. Also mentions sales on ribbed union suits at 30 cents and various local people visiting Audubon and Des Moines. A Chevrolet coupe owned by Dana F Brown burst into flames south of Adair after a ditching. no injuries reported.
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Tribune
Hansen's Store
Dana F. Brownea
Adair
Brownlee
Fred Wasenbaugh
Walnut Grove Co Hold Convention In Walnut Grove
The Walnut Grove Co annual convention gathered officers and about forty salesmen from Iowa and nearby states. W. B. Tage and H. A. Marshall led sessions praising growth, with a Friday banquet by the Pythian Sisters and Saturday factory tours.
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Walnut Grove Co
Walnut Grove
W. E. Kellaway
J. Be Ttoward
Ray Neal
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
W. B.tage
Omaha
Tagg Bros. & Moorehead
South Omaha
H. A. Marshall
Pythian Sisters
K. P. Hall
H. W. Johnson
H. P. Ziegler
Anita
Hal S. Ray
Chicago
Kock Island Railway Co
W. E. Kelloway
Ed. L. Newton
Chas
A. Docherty
W. B. Tagg
B. P. Chase
Atlantic
B. D. Porshay
Charley Steinmetz Dead Pioneer Resident of Anita
Carl Charles Steinmetz a pioneer resident of Anita and Lincoln township died at his home five miles south of Anita from complications of advanced age. Born in Luxembourg on September 22 1844 he was 80 years 8 months and 29 days old. Survived by his wife and three daughters Nettie and Amber of Anita and Mia Grace Hooper of Scottsbluff Neb. Funeral Wednesday at 2:00 pm at his late residence conducted by Rev B W McEldowney. Interment Evergreen cemetery.
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Carl Charles Steinmetz
Anita
Lincoln Township
Luxenbourg
Nettie
Amber
Mia
Grace Hooper
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
B. W. McEldowney
Evergreen Cemetery
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Board of Supervisors
Lester
SUZ
Graham Win Cae
Briardale
Briardale Grocery
A. R. Kohl
Stone
Henderson
John W. Budd
C. W. Hockenberry
S. E. Adair
Margaret
Des Moines
G. M., Adair
Lake Okoboji
Hutchinson’s
Bongers. Bros
T. U
Hansen's
J. H. Beck
Martlnn
Jessie Dean
Daisy Grant
Glendale
California
Myra
Fred Knowlton
Evana
Rose Tierney
Council Bluffs
M. Tierney
Chas. Steinmetz
Ball Park
Robert L. Leach
Massena State Bank
J. E. Snover
Lillian Buckroyd
Victoria Love
Mildred Walker
Casper
Wyoming
U.S. Walker
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