Corn Growers Stand By Pledge in Iowa Drive
Webster City Iowa Oct 31 J J Ryan Fort Dodge district committeeman says Iowa corn growers in the Towa Corn Growers Association will keep their pledges. He reports 700 new members signed across Fort Dodge Webster City Clarion Hampton and Eldora with 20 organizers overall. Proceeds to cover a small state treasury deficit and fund county organization nationwide including Nebraska Indiana Minnesota and South Dakota as steps to stabilize future corn prices.
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Webster City
Towa
Towa Corn Growers Association
J. J. Ryan
Fort Dodge
C. H. Richeson
Ryan
Clarion
Hampton
Eldora
United States
Iowa
Nebaska
Tinois
Minnesota
South Dakota
Indiana
Nebraska
Ingis
Fowa
Anita Literary Club Hosts November Meeting
The Anita Literary Club met at Mrs. Georg Scholl’s home with strong attendance and a program led by Mrs. Lawrence Hofmeister. Members responded to roll call with current events and heard readings on Garret Willinghby and compressed air, with prizes awarded to Mrs. H E Campbell. The next gathering is planned with Mrs. H C Bangham on November 19.
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Anita Literary Club
Georg ‘Scholl
Lawrence Hofmeister
Garrett Willinghby
8. E. Goodrich
E. S. Holton
H. E. Campbell
S. E. Goodrich
H.C. Bangham
Thorsday
Grant Township Farm Bureau
Frank H. Osen
Farm Bureau
Gravel needed for Audubon roads questions farmer finds
Audubon Iowa October 21 reports a shortage of gray gravel for primary roads Nos 7 and 18 in Audubon county. Farmers discovering gravel on their land could profit by selling it for road paving next year. Ed Wheeler assists with the work at Burkhart's Grocery.
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Audubon, Ia
Audubon County
Ed. Wheeler
Burkhart's Grocery
Guthrie County May Get New State Park Site
The Guthrie County area could host a state park after recommendations by Lou Pammel chair of the Town board of conservation following a trip to the locality. About 200 acres are seen as a starter with potential expansion to 600 800 acres if funds permit. The land lies along the Middle Coon river in Highland Dodge Seeley and Victory townships and is valued for scientific study of rocks soil and flora. Communities would help finance the purchase while the state would prepare the land and provide a custodian. This site is one of several proposed in southwestern Iowa as preservation of natural resources is emphasized.
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Guthrie County
Lou Pamtmet
Middle Coon River
Highland
Dodge Seeley
Victory
Pammelisi
Puimet
Pammel
Panmel
Board of Conservation
Iowa
Anita considers bond refinancing with 5 percent offer
Anita mayor Homer Kirkham and the town council weigh refinancing paying bonds with an east firm proposing a 5 percent rate saving about 1000 dollars yearly for property owners. Other items note a visitor, births in Iowa, and local notices including public sale dates and court matters in Cass county.
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Homer Kirkham
Anita
Herndon man loses 300 to blackmailers
A Herndon man paid 300 to a suspected con artist posing as a state or federal officer. The fraudster, using aliases Franklin Burl Reynolds Baker and others, claimed peace bonds issued by Sheriff C C Kennedy and Deputy Tracy Congdon and lured a youth into country trips to buy cattle. The suspect fled after a staged arrest and wore a blue worsted suit.
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Guthrie Center
Nerndon
C. C. Kennedy
Tracy Congdon
Casey
Franklin
Herndon
Burl Reynolds Baker
Baker
Red Cross Roll Call Set to Break Iowa Records
The ninth annual Red Cross roll call in Iowa aims to enroll 100000 members starting Armistice Day and running through Thanksgiving. One hundred thirty two chapters and many towns will participate with dollar and higher memberships. local funds stay local except 50 cents to national relief. Regional meetings over three weeks will align plans with state and national leaders including Wm. M. Baxter Jr., Judge Hubert Utterback and D. W. Morehouse.
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Des Moines
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Iowa
Wm. M. Baxter, Jr
St. Louis
Hubert Utterback
Cair
Towa Council of Red
D. W. Morehouse
Drake University
Towa
Boys Pledge to be Nice on Halloween in Adair
On October 21 Adair Iowa Boy Scouts signed a pledge to prevent property destruction on Halloween. The statement commits the scouts to avoid damaging or molesting any property during the Halloween period and upholds loyalty to the organization.
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Hallowe'en
Adair
Boy Scouts of
Adal
Organization of America
Boy Scouts
Griswold Plans Ice Pond At Knoparbor Lake
Griswold to build an ice skating pond this winter with a crew excavating Knoparbor Lake in the north part of town. The lake spans about an acre and will be harvested for skating once ice forms. Claude Putnam has leased the Knoparthor resort for the season and will assume management when a contract with Leon Talbott ends. Albert James of Osceola, Iowa, visited his brother Minor James and family on Saturday.
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Griswold
Knoparbor Lake
Claude Putnam
Knopathor
Leon Talbott
Albert James
Osceola
Iowa
Minor James
Young Anita Folks Married Last Week
At noon last Wednesday Mas Mildred Marguerite Lamrn daughter of Perry E. Cumborn of Garden City Kansas and George Fréderick Shaffer son of O. W. Shaffer of this city were united in marriage at the bride’s uncle and aunt’s home in Atlantic. The bride, raised in this county, attended Atlantic High School and Capitol City Commercial College in Des Moines before working in Des Moines and settling in Anita five years ago. The groom, a Casey native, graduated from Casey High School in 1914 and Iowa City State University in 1922, now in business with his father and owning a filling station. Only immediate relatives attended. the couple left for Garden City to honeymoon and will live on Rose Hill Avenue after December 1.
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Mildred
Marguerite Lam
Perry E. Cumborn
Garden City
Kansas
George Fréderick Shaffer
O. W. Shaffer
Meg. J. I. Pine
Atlantic
Leonard A. Spooner
Atlantic Congrégational Church
Iowa City
State University
Anita
O. W. Shaffer & Son
West Main Street
Subscription Bargain Offers Iowa Readers Des Moines Capital Bundle
An Iowa offer pairs the Des Moines Capital with the Anita Tribune for one year at four dollars, a savings over separate prices. The notice mentions local subscription details, a legal notice about a pony, and obituaries for Mrs. Chas. D. McDermott with services in Pt Collins. Also notes travel of Miss Vera B Hook to Ottumwa for Rebekah lodge.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tribune
Vera B. Hook
Ottumwa
Town
Rebekah
A. 8. Walker
Greeley
Colorado
Chas. D. McDermott
Mnoss
Pt. Collins
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W. 5. Kenyon
Bert Campbell
Tohn Blake
Paul P. Edwards
M. Blakesley
Walnut
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Charley
the Unique
John W. Budd
John Edwin
Gretchen
C. W. Hockenberry
Lincoln Township
Kappa Alpha Tau” Society
Genevieve Shannon
Norma Musick
Helen Trumbull
Lucille Lamborn
Kenneth K. Leitch
G. W. Fordyce
Town Methodist Hospital
Mr. Leitch
Perry
Bullard Optical Co
Frank Brennan
Grimes
McLaughlin’s
A. R. Kohl
Pete Metz
Wiuta
Mabel White
L. D. White
Dorothy Dinamore
W. H. Dinamore
State Department of Health
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the Tribune
Flavia C. Hook
M. C. Hansen
C. C. Nansen
Julia Wagner
Anita and
Grant Township
Cook & Stucker
Stipp
Cass County
Vv. Co
George F. Shaffer
Dred Laminen
T. C. Whitmore
Arantie
Fred Naylor
Bongers Bros
Johnson
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