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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1925
Page
8
Dr J W Harrison of Guthrie Center spent Saturday in Anita visiting his sister Mrs B Mig Mattie and making brief calls on many old friends of the past years gone by It mentions H McDermott returning to her age and place but details are fragmentary and unclear.
Local trends show hires at Anita Telephone Company while residents travel and visit. Ed Blakesley returns from Danbury to oversee banking matters as Anna Johnson and Florence Rickél join switchboard staff. Visits span Des Moines Stuart and California, with numerous families and relatives noted in Anita and Lincoln township communities.
The Court of Honor of the Boy Scouts held a meeting last night awarding seven boys the second class badge: Elmer Anderson, John Hinman, Robert Janss, Charles Rudolph, Troy Rhody, John Wood, and Edward Williams. Leon Hill and Merle Winsler qualified for merit badges in firemanship, first aid, life saving, personal health, public health, scholarship, and swimming. These are the first merit badges earned by any scouts in Atlantic. Only first class Scouts and commissioned leaders were eligible to work for these badges.
A fragmented OCR page mixes a long list of vertical clues and stray words with local professional listings. It references dental terms, plants, furniture, and common nouns, then transitions to ads for funeral directors, physicians, lawyers, and beauty services in Clovis and nearby streets.
County records show expenditures listed for pensions and services including Elsie Prall Ida Reynolds Jessie Rowley Martha Rae and others. The board adjourned to February 6 1925 with H G Armentrout as chairman and Jennie M Ward as county auditor.
Fragment shows sale dates and names: March 5 Kennedy Bros auctioneers. March 6 Clarence Franklin. March 17 M H Cruise. with Fred Reppert as agent and Jess M Thomson as auctioneer. Reads as a distressed OCR from a classifieds section.
Massena notes report visitors to local residents and farm moves. Curry of Council Bluffs visited son Joseph. Cartier moved to Frank Burg place to work next season. Eigenheer visiting parents before a Minnesota trip. Closing sale by Martin Johnson Feb 2 near Corning. Reynolds family rented Slocum Timberman farm near town. Mrs G L Hufstader visiting family in town. Henry Greenwaldt hosted reception for son Leroy and wife Mary Stages from Orient. Funeral for Lydia Purdy attended by John Taylor and daughters Leta Johnson and Bertha. J H Pace held stock sale and will continue dairy work. G Garside and family moved into Mary Olson home. WCTU met at Aden Hosselt home. Charles Liston bought cattle from George Anstey as Anstey plans Ft Worth exhibit. D Johnson ill. daughter Mrs. rth in town. I.C.Q.P. and Rebekah lodges to host get together March 4.
In Iowa City this March a tense matchup looms as a top conference team seeks to reclaim first place. The piece hints at revenge themes and a pivotal game tonight featuring Madger and the Wilken Monument Works as a visiting advertiser in the local sports scene.
A druggist friend proclaims Joint-Ease the best remedy for sore aching joints whether rheumatic or not. The ad says a tube costs 60 cents, rubs on and dissolves under the skin in seconds, promising rapid relief as joint misery recedes.
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