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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
1
Graduation events set for Anita High School with 11 girls and 14 boys in the class. Commencement at Christian church May 14 with Rev. Clarence Bigelow. baccalaureate May 10 at ME church. Senior play Esmeralda to be staged May 7 and 8 at Unique Theatre.
Audubon May 6 elaborate preparations as local American Legion post to entertain ninth district members on May 12 for annual session. Program includes district executive meeting, welcome by Mayor Rasmuusen, reports, five minute talks, auxiliary presentations, a five inning baseball game, banquet with district leaders and auxiliary officials, and a memorial building dance. Also notes several private visits and a subscription paid by John G. C Kelley.
A 1923 survey by Iowa health commissioner Dr. Rodney P. Fagen shows more than half of divorces awarded in Iowa occurred to couples married six years or less. One in 25 decrees involved couples separated after one month or less, and about 7 percent of divorces were by those married two decades or more.
The Coffee department run by W F McLaughlin Co offers bulk coffee by the pound with fixed quality, not tin cans or fancy packaging. Prices drop from 8c to 5c per pound and buyers pay for selections.
SEE ESmeralda senior class play at Unique Theatre on May 7 and 8 at 8:00 p m Admission 35 cents Lewis 11 Mrs L B Underwood renewed Tribune subscription for another year Ralph Cockshoot of Atlantic business caller Frank Garside of Atlantic business caller Anita Club to meet this Wednesday evening with 6 30 o'clock dinner in the Masonic dining room
Des Moines May 6 The federal weather and crop reporting bureau notes unusually warm April boosting growth of grasses oats barley spring wheat and alfalfa across Iowa. Gardens and pastures show rapid progress while corn prospects remain uncertain. Warm days reached into the 90s with a 95 degree reading at Waterloo on the 22nd.
At a Gass County Farm Bureau meeting in Atlantic on Saturday the annual picnic was awarded to Anita after invitations from Atlantic and Anita. Last year’s event was in Griswold. A local committee has raised about 500 dollars to cover expenses with Chas Hearst, state farm bureau president, slated as the feature speaker.
The will of Adam Wollenhaupt dated March 8 1920 filed in Massena district court probate is amended by a March 2 codicil to remove a $1000 deduction for college expenses from son Walter Wollenhaupt and to share equally with other heirs. Executors Fred G. and George E. Wollenhaupt are named without bond.
Gertrude Watkins seeks a divorce from Dee Watkins on desertion grounds and asks for custody of a minor child. Watkins serves as president of the Wiota vicinity.
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