Man Killed by Train at Anita Crossing
Benedict Tilton 80, longtime Anita resident, died Saturday evening after being struck by a Rock Island freight while crossing near the southeast part of Anita. The accident happened as an eastbound passenger train neared the crossing. Tilton, who left his home to walk toward Chestnut, did not hear the approaching trains and was hit as the switch was not yet moved. He died shortly after being taken to local aiding parties. Survived by wife Emma Errett Tilton and six grandchildren, with services held at the Masonic church in Walnut.
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Jon
Anita Ast
Rock Island
Treet
Unite
Eastaenger
Tilton
Anderson
Anita
Mr. Tilton
Tilthe
Chestnut Feenga
Eorge Allanson
Mson
Lincoln Township
Allanson
Stone
Bertha Ben
Ither
Ellsworth
Lafe Parker
Benedict Tilton
Preston Tilton
McKeesport
Dnita
Annieen
Marietta
Ohio
Relasix
Ndchildren
Mr Amour
Palmyra
Nebraska
George Tilton
Excepting
Montana
Missouri
Iowa
Mariah Lodge
Walnut
Nerson
Canal Church
G. M. Adair
Redburn
Valley
Juart, MC
Hutchinson
Arth
Frank Lowden
Lanta * Falconer
Shoot the Works at Rialto a riot of song and slapstick
Jack Oakie and Ben Bernie headline a rapid tempo Paramount comedy shown at the Rialto. Oakie plays a goofy promoter of freak shows with romance and mishaps, while Bernie leads his musical lads in a cafe scene. Roscoe Karns, Alison Skipworth, and William Frawley add comic and romantic touches as Wesley Ruggles directs.
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Jack Oakie
Missouri
Ben Bernie
Paramount
Rialto Theatre
Oakie
Ainger
Roscoe Karns
Alison Skipworth
William Frawley
Wesley Ruggles
Ben Hecht
Gene Fowler
Popeye
Cab Calloway
Contracts For Cass Road Work to Be Let Sept. 12
Two Cass county highway projects will be bid September 12 at Ames by the state highway commission. Bids are invited for 6.064 miles of gravel or crushed stone on the Marne to Atlantic primary road, and for grading and bridges on 6.727 miles of primary road No. 48 from Griswold north to the No. 6 junction. The notices detail volumes of excavation, culverts, sidewalks, and bridges. No bid for resurfacing Chesting to Laurel in Atlantic is listed.
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Cass County
Amas
State Highway Commission
Marne
Atlantic
Highway Commission
Ames
Maine
Griswold
Weat
Stree Nut
Laurel
Legion Post Receives Verdict Against Walter B Inhofe
A jury in Justice P. Appleman’s Atlantic court awarded Anita American Legion post 53.60 in a civil action against Walter B. Inhofe a local garage owner and beer garden operator. Costs of about 35 were taxed against Inhofe. The suit arose from a dispute over beer sales and profit splits at the recent Legion Homecoming in Anita.
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Court of Justice
P. Appleman
Atlantic
Anita American Legion Post
Walter B. Inhofe
Mr. Inhofe
Legion
Anita
The
Legion Post
Inhofe
C. G. Hayter
J. C. Jenkins
Court of Justice Appleman
Mark Nichols
James Bryner
John Hoffman, Jr
Fred Auerbach
H. B. Ziegler
Legion Boys
Els. Holton
Young's Team Crowned Anita Kittenball League Champions
The Anita Kittenball League season ends with Mikkelsen defeating Smith and Young riding a season-long lead to undisputed glory. Young beat Scott 7th inning comeback to seal the championship as the league standings list Young 6 0, Mikkelsen 4 5, Smith 4 4, Clardy 3 8, Scott 1 4. The Anita band directed by Prof. Earl Blue provided music for the Cass County fair, while Noblitt and wife visited St Joseph, Missouri, with sister Mrs Ed Thiessen.
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Mikkelsen
Smith
Anita
Young
Scott
Young Ten
Wyuung Ee Ee
Mikkelaen
Clardy
Wot
Anita Band
Earl Blue
Cass County Fair
Noblitt
St. Joseph
Missouri
Ed. Thiessen
Baseball Tournament Postponed To Sunday Due To Wet Grounds
Anita baseball tournament delayed from Monday to Sunday because of wet fields. Sunday games featured Anita Independents vs Coast-to-Coast of Atlantic with Coast-to-Coast winning 18 to 12, and Lewis Independents defeating Guthrie-Casey Cardinals 9 to 8 before darkness ended play. Receipts reached $39.29 as crowds gathered for a full day of action.
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Anita
Anita Independents
Atlantic
Lewis Independents
Guthrie-Casey Cardinals
Lewis
Secret Marriage Report From Anita Area April
Friends in Anita learned last April of the secret marriage of Miss Mary Alyce Parsons and Mr. Drexel Chadwick. The couple, now living at Preston, Iowa, will return to Anita to establish a home. The bride, alumna of Anita High School, resides with the Hettinger family. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Chadwick, works for the state highway commission. Also noted, Miss Dorothy Wiese and brother Gail visited the world’s fair in Chicago with Aunt Holding Wiese and Lloyd Klever.
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Anita
Mary Alyce Parsons
Drexel Chadwick
Chas. Hettinger
Anita High School
I. J. Chadwick
Preston
Iowa
Chadwick
State Highway Commission
the Tribune
Dorothy Wiese
Gail Wiese
Chicago
Miss Holding Wiese
Town City
Lloyd Klever
Exire
Corn-Hog Payments Arrive for Lincoln Township Farmers
James McGovern, treasurer of the Denag county corn-hog allotment committee, announced that 114 benefit payments totaling 22804.80 arrived and were distributed. First payments for all townships in the county have been paid, with total county payments at about 861,729.35 except delayed contracts. Union Magsen Pleasant and Noble townships received 736 checks totaling about 120,000. Future payments will bring Cass county farmers near 1,000,000 by next spring. Delayed contracts remain unsettled. Initial payments are 2 per hog and 0.16 per bushel corn. later payments will be 1 per hog and 0.16 per bushel corn. Committee costs are expected at 2-3 percent of total payments.
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James McGovern
Denag County
Lincoln Township
Union
Magsens
Pleasant
Noble
Cass County
Country Schools Open in Cass County for 1924 25 Term
Rural schools in Cass County began the 1924 25 term Monday with Miss Georgia Byrne announcing the start. Teachers received program outlines and supplies, with list of rural instructors across Grant Benton Franklin Lincoln townships including Mary Storbeck Hazel Van Aer nam Enid Whitney Gertrude Elieck Mildred Mertes Geral dine Parker Norah Harris Julia Harter Wilma Sievers Leta Brown Hilda Melenbscher Edna Nichols Laura Oler Gladys Nichols Leona Tibben Ellen Lary Edith King Edna Holladay Louise Lumen Norman Odem Lillian Metheny Velma Maas Olin C Bissell Goldie McLaughlin Meda Schmidt.
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Cass County
Georgia Byrne
Grant Township
Mary Storbeck
Anita
Hazel van Aernam
Enid Whitney
Mary E. Osen
Gertrude Elieck
Mildred Mertes
Geraldine Parker
Benton Township
Norah Harris
Julia Harter
Wiota
Wilma Sievers
Atlantic
Leta Brown
Hilda Melenbscher
Edna Nichols
Franklin Township
Laura Oler
Gladys Nichols
Leona Tibben
Ellen L. Lary
Lincoln Township
Edith King
Anite
Edna Holladay
Louise Lumen
Norman Odem
Lillian Metheny
Velma Maas
Olin C. Bissell
Massena
Goldie McLaughlin
Meda Schmidt
Massong
State Department Declares Anita Water Pure
The state department of health reports the new Anita well provides pure water with only harmless bacteria present in mains samples. Prank E. Carter and Glen A. Roe visit Chicago to view the Century of Progress. Frank A. Black and family leave Anita for Indianola Iowa to make their future home and Mazaret attends Simpson College.
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State Department of Health
Anita
E. Carter
Glen A. Roe
Chicago
Century of Progress
Frank A. Black
Margaret
Indianola
Iowa
Mazaret
Simpson College
Fall court filings in Cass County district court cases
Multiple civil suits filed in Atlantic for the September term. Union Central Life Insurance seeks 12615.39 and farm foreclosures on farms near Anita. W A Wright sues W W Lister for 1897.69. Metropolitan Life sues for 21457.34 on a farm near Wiota. John Anstey files attachment over 200 rental dollars near Massena. Whitney Loan & Trust files two attachments totaling 3312.92 against Ava E Gardner Edwin R Gardner and Max E Gardner for 3100 note and 420 acre farm attachments. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance sues Parker for 4226. Fred S Johnson seeks 1125 against Tra R Orvis for rental balance on a 24 acre Adair county farm. Massena Crain Co sued for 604.38 over corn sale. Counterfeit silver certificates warning circulated by Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce in neighboring states.
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Atlantic
Cass County District Court
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Christ Nelson
Anita
N. P. Esbeck
Harold Nelson
Extra Township
Audubon County
W. A. Wright
W. W. Lister
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York City
Herman J. Eilis
Wiota
John Anstey
Massena
Standlord
Floyd M. Cole
Anstey
Whitney Loan & Trust Company Bank of Atlantic
Ava FE. Gardner
Edwin R. Gardner
Max E. Gardner
Ava Gardner
Ava E. Gardner
Max E
Ava E
Edwin H. Gardner
The
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance , Company of New Jersey
Byron F. Parker
Fred S. Johnson
Tra R. Orvis
Adair County
Mr. Johnson
Massena Crain Company
Mr. Orvis
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Briardale
A. R. Koel
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Idaho
U.S
NAVY
Hale
Campbell’s
Young’s
Anita Kittenball League
State Department
South Dakota
Council Bluffs
Federal Reserve
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