Anita Iowa Gasoline Station Ordinance Adopted
Ordinance No 50 regulates the erection and operation of gasoline filling stations in Anita Iowa requiring council approval by resolution and underground tanks with above ground parts at sidewalk edge painted red. Penalty ranges from 10 to 100 dollars plus costs. The ordinance repeals conflicting rules and takes effect after publication. Also reports annual meeting notes for the Council Bluffs Association of Congregational Ministers with remarks by Dr Cady and local delegates. Services follow standard time. time adjustments prompt discussion on best service hour.
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Anita
Iowa
Anita Record
Anita Iowa
Council Bluffs Association of Congregational Ministers
Congregational Church
Oakland
Doctor Cady
A M. A
Cady
V. Jenkins
Jenkins
Calkins
H. J. Wilkins
Epworth League
Notice to Property Owners in Anita Iowa Streets
Town Council require all property owners in Anita to immediately remove rubbish and debris from streets and alleys adjacent to their property. Take notice and govern yourself accordingly.
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Anita
Iowa
Names Called in Coming Quota for Cass County Draft
The list enumerates Cass County men selected for the next draft quota to report to Camp Dodge within the five day period starting April 26. Names include Ernest A. Stone Grant township Wm C Roberts Union Martin R Jensen Atlantic John Cardio Atlantic August Peterson Benton Clarence W Keiser Atlantic James D Waters Edna Harold R Malone Grove John Schwartz Pymosa Anders K Overgaard Benton Arthur R Pigg Massena Paul C Otto Atlantic Chas C Ballard Pymosa Ira C Stender Union Jess Eblen Union C W Sutherland Grove Tim R Knowlton Grant Richard F Stoodt Atlantic Carl E Pollock Union H W McConnell Grant James P McCourt Atlantic James C Whiteaker Pleasant Otis A Kirkpatrick Grant Albert W Bernhardt Victoria Fritz W Hansen Pymosa Albert W Pittman Brighton Les C Baughman Pleasant Soren Nelson Pleasant Robert H Ronk Washington. If you have a critter die phone 299 for removal and free service. The Anita Produce Company offers the highest price for hides and furs delivered at its office.
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Cass County
Camp Dodge
Ernest A. Stone
Grant Township
Wm. C. Roberts
Union
Martin R. Jensen
Atlantic
John Cardio
August Peterson
Benton
Clarence W. Keiser
James D. Waters
Edna
Harold R. Malone
Grove
John Schwartz
Pymosa
Anders K. Overgaard
Arthur R. Pigg
Massena
Paul C. Otto
Chas. C. Ballard
Ira C. Stender
Jess Eblen
C. W. Sutherland
Tim R. Knowlton
Grant
Richard F. Stoodt
Carl E. Pollock
H. W. McConnell
James P. McCourt
James C. Whiteaker
Pleasant
Otis
Farmers urged to support War Savings and Thrift Stamps
A wartime plea urges farmers to back War Savings and Thrift Stamps to free labor for farming. The piece argues rationing nonessential spending will boost food production and aid harvests, while noting local naval band visitors and community reception in Anita with cheers for hometown sailors.
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Atlantic
Red Cross Sale Postponed To April 27 Lincoln Center
The Red Cross sale advertised to be held April 20 at Lincoln Center is postponed to April 27 due to auctioneer Jones being unavailable. The American Red Cross rooster, Jack Pershing, will be offered again, having sold 8 852 times for a total of 18 872 80 dollars. Auctioneer Jones will be present with Ed L Newton as clerk.
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Red Cross
Lincoln Center
Jones
American Red Cross
Jack Pershing
Ed. L. Newton
Obituary of Charles B Johnson Cass County Pioneer
Charles B Johnson a Civil War veteran and early Cass county settler died at Hot Springs South Dakota after a year long illness. He lived in Atlantic Des Moines worked on a farm near Anita and served in the Union Army starting in 1863. He is survived by a wife and three children Frank N Johnson of Atlantic Mrs C W Bruce of Chicago and Mrs George Vierling of Des Moines. Funeral at Atlantic Methodist Church with Rev Frederick W Simpson and Sam Rice Post G A R. burial in Atlantic Cemetery.
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Charles B. Johnson
Cass County
Hot Springs
Mr. Johnson
Atlantic
Des Moines
Loisa County
Johnson
Anita
Frank N.johnson
C. W. Bruce
Chicago
George Vierling
Methodist
Frederick W. Simpson
Sam Rice Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Atlantic Cemetery
Two Kinds of Patriotism Urges Farm to Sell and Invest
A wartime call urges farmers to cultivate all land and also convert surplus grain and savings into Liberty bonds. It frames farming as essential civic duty and stresses government purchase of crops and a 4 percent interest on bonds, with tax exemptions.
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France
Liberty
Message From Cambridge Soldier in April 1918
From Billy Biggs Cambridge Maryland April 9 1918 Sherm hopes you are feeling better the writer says he is seeing some country and that things are fine but notes weariness and distance from home in a brief wartime dispatch.
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Cambridge
Mags
Sherm
Myers
Fanny
Washington, D. C
Dr. Halley
Ft. Collins
George
Harry
Mary Haver
War era talk and a Chief’s grim remark marked the visit
Chief Little Bear of Standing Rock questioned the purpose of the war after a speech by F K Stuart of Minneapolis on the third Liberty Loan. Stuart replied Germans. the chief noted three Germans in the reservation and implied a harsher stance.
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Little Bear
Standing Rock
F. K. Stuart
Liberty Loan
Minneapolis
Third Liberty Loan
Stuart
Aberdeen News
C. D. Aldrich
Flag devotion and local notes from Griswold area
D. J. Bode writes from Griswold Iowa urging support for the flag and American cause as 100 million Americans back the effort. Local items report visits in Anita Atlantic Casey and Omaha, a resale date for Rexall Store, births, hospital stays, and various Atlantic callers and residents.
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Citizens Savings Bank
B. D. Forshay
M. Blakesley
W. R. Spence
D.R. Forshay
John W. Nichols
Ernest Stone
Assiateet Cashiers
Lee K. Nichols
Insurance Department
Audubon Township Creamery Co
F. O. Worthing
Alamo
GALE
Godfrey Miller
Congregational Church Notes
Tin
Methodist Church
Eben A. Thomas
Anita Produce Company
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Navy
Earl Caddock
RED Cross Sale
Earhart
North Branch
Naylor
Bessie Parkinson
C. B. Parkinson
C. B
RED Mill Cafe
C. W. Ramseyer
Sixth
Wilson
Wm. Aldrich
The
Motor Sales Co
Dodge
Billy Biggs
Samuel
Meredith Nicholson
E.r.gardner
United States Department of Agriculture
Evergreen Cemetery
Ladies’ Cemetery Associations
Walter Hook
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
D. J. Bode
Griswold
Clyde McNeal
Casey
Irene Scott
Wissler
Rexall
Earl Holton
L. R. Eller
C. H. Sparling
Glenn Wells
Omaha
H. C. Faulkner
Hugo Weise
George Schwenecker
George Aldrich
Chas
Chaffee
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