Local notices and social updates from Anita era
The column lists community notes including Dr. L R Eller dentist office location, lake trips by Forshay Long Spence Roe families, Miss Charlotte Cornell visiting Holmes grandparents, Luxford new Anita real estate subscriber, Mrs Spence visiting Atlantic, a lot for sale on Main Street to settle an estate, Gladys Forester visiting Red Oak, and George Deane of Atlantic pausing at the RECORD office while repairing his farm nearby.
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Anita
Main Street
George Deane
Atlantic
Community Notes From Oak Ridge Orient
Local notices chronicle daily life in Oak Ridge. Hog marketing, new car purchases, farm help, family visits, youth gatherings at Dexfield Springs, wheat harvest aid, and social events at the O C H club with a weenie roast. An accident report notes Mrs. Henry Franz sustaining a facial cut when a washing machine engine crank slipped.
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Dexfield Springs
Ross Walker
G. B. Graham
O. C. H. Club
W. F. Kirkham
George Parkinson
Wm. Paul
Camp Pike
Henry Franz
Lena Franz
Adair
Merle Wilson and Wartime Letters From Camp Dix
Local church notes outline Sunday services at the Methodist church with special music and a patriotic program. A wartime letter from Merle Wilson, a Camp Dix soldier, describes training, worries about mail, Liberty bonds, insurance, and a longing to serve, ending with family updates and a note on local births and parish news.
Christian Church Sunday Services Canceled
The Christian church will not hold regular morning and evening sermons this Sunday due to the pastor's vacation. Sunday school remains at 10 o'clock. The pastor Chas. N. Odell urges attendance at other services during the vacancy.
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Christian Church
Chas. N. Odell
Mrs Boutrager Visits Nebraska Family
Mrs. Frank Boutrager returned from a nine weeks visit with her son Roy Scott and family in Nebraska and was a welcome caller at the REC ORD office Saturday.
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Frank Boutrager
Roy Scott
Nebraska
Record Office
United Evangelical Church Services this Sunday
The United Evangelical Church announces morning and evening sermons by the pastor, Sunday school at 10 a.m., Christian Endeavor at 1 45 p.m. on the topic All for Christ Our Ambitions. The Woman's Missionary Society meets August 6 at 2 30 p.m. The mid week prayer service is at 8 30 p.m. A. L. Saxton returns home after hospitalization for appendicitis.
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Christian Endeavor
Woman's Missionary Society
Mary Becker
Charles Pickford
Local Residents Report Hogs Cattle and Cabbage Notes
John M Grace returns from Nebraska and plans rest at home to tend a large hog herd. Osbert Mallory provided the editor with two heads of home grown cabbage last week praised as good eating. Ernie Barnholdt spent the past month on the farm performing his tasks satisfactorily. Chas H Graham son of G B Graham near Anita passed army service exam before the Audubon county board with perfect credit.
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Harold Cooper
John Daume
Harry Graham
George
Thelma Walker
Frank Graham
Adair
O. C. H. Club
Evana Cooper
Wm. Paul
Arch Bain
John M. Grace
Nebraska
Osbert Mallory
Chas. H. Graham
G. B. Graham
Anita
Audubon County Board
Corporal Donohoe Writes From France June 1918
Soldier Charles E Donohoe reports from France in June 1918 praising the weather and health. He mentions possibly meeting Bartley brothers and a neighbor from his hometown, and hopes friends and family receive his Washington photos. He notes good chow, limited letter writing due to censorship, and his aim to visit historic sites while serving in the Replacement Battalion, EF France.
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France
Bartley Brothers
Washington
Congregational Church Ladies’ Ald Society Meeting
The Ladies' Ald Society of the Congregational Church will meet on Thursday. Members are urged to come and stay all day to help with the work. Sunday school and Bible study begin at 10 o'clock a.m., and attendees are asked to participate in class attendance.
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Ladies’ Ald Society
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Anita Record
Cass County
Iowa
Congress
Sherm. F. Myers
Free
L. R. Eller
Galiher Building
D. R. Forshay
C. A. Long
Charlotte Cornell
Des Moines
Grandpa
Grandma Holmes
Wm. R. Spence
G. A. Roe
Lakes
Frank W. Luxford
Frank Spence
City
Miss Mabel Spence
Grandma Spence
Holton
Gladys Forester
Red Oak
Lump Coal
U. S. Fuel Administration
Anita, Iowa
Oak Ridge
Charles H. Graham
Fred Vokt
Chevrolet
Merle Wilson
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Lulu Barber
Soldier Boys
Eben A. Thomas
Guy
Lena
Papa
Dodge
Anna May Boatright
Tabor
Iscer
Wall Street
Merle Co
G. B
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Axsita
G. H. Bamford
Hubert
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Bamford
Cumberland, Town
Eliza McCosh
McCosh
Citizens’ Savings Bank
A. W. Mayer
B. F. McCosh
A. D. Dean
Charles Scholl
United Evangelical Church
A. L. Saxton
Atlantic Hospital
City Feed
Sale Barn & Livery
Geo. W. Parker
Ernie Barnholdt
the Alamito Sanitary Dairy CO
Bowen
Corp. C. E. Donohoe
Charles
C. E. Donohoe
E.F
O. Box
Congregational Church
RED Mill Cafe Atlantic
C. E. Harry
Millard’s
R. A. Becker
Citizens Bank
H. E. Campbell
Campbell Block
Wagners Restaurant
M. E. Church
G. M. Adair
Spi
Moore O
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