Your Flag and My Flag Community Notes
Elder Thomas plans a coat of paint at home. Doctors removed Miss Bernice Lewis's tonsils. A corn sheller markets over two dollars per bushel. Voorhees farm in Anita area yields strong crops. Roy Felt digs a new foundation in Stuart. Mrs. Nettie McIntyre returns from Canada. Voorhees and Barbara Richter enjoy a Chicago auto trip. Several families travel for a day at Dexter Springs. Mabel Macklin returns from Cody with Pauline Nelson for Osteopath care. Carey's pea crop nears $100 per acre. Tar Reason's Illinois corn reaches high yield. Rose Story and Roscoe Louden await orders in Omaha. Joe Dougherty sends Great Lakes naval camp photos. James Jordan comments on Eagle Point days. Ed Newton builds a hay and stock barn. Andrew Wiegand’s fake meerschaum explodes. Grace pig litters and large hog shipments noted.
Nation shaping needs, President Wilson contends
The article notes President Wilson's stance on shaping a nation for service, citing draft results from multiple Iowa towns. It lists men drawn under the conscription act from Anita Atlantic Griswold Cumberland and other communities, and records local civic notes, marriages, business moves, and social events.
Notice on rear lights enforcement for autos
City announces strict enforcement of rear lights requirement on streets and highways. Auto owners are urged to comply with the law. Homer Kirkham, Mayor.
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Homer Kirkham
A Leaf From An Old Ledger Reveals A Des Moines Doctor
A letter recalls a once prominent Des Moines doctor linked to a maternity home scandal and alleged exploitation. The writer questions the doctor’s current status as a church member and professional, while hinting at possible legal and moral entanglements.
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Anita
Des Moines
Who's to Blame for Newspaper Mail Delays
A call to fix careless handling of newspapers sent to service members in training camps and on battleships. The piece urges the post office department to investigate delays in delivering old home papers to Soldiers and sailors and urges publishers to keep sending papers gratis to the troops.
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Uncle Sam
Post Office Department
Distributing Family Bibles Reaches Anita Saturday
Fifteen to twenty mail sacks of the revised Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward Bibles arrived in Anita on Saturday. The post office force and rural carriers are distributing the editions where they will benefit the people most. The note contrasts stores using advertising as an investment with charity, and references pacification and American rules in a fragmented closing.
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Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Anita
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H. &. Campbell
R. A. Becker
Bernice Lewis
J. A. Irving
S. Ek. Wilson
J. C. Voorhees
Stuart Herald
Roy Felt
Nettie McIntyre
Julia Smith
Rockyford
Canada
Mother McIntyre
Barbara Richter
Chicago
Frank Norton
Della Winder
Wm. C. Richter
Clifford Metheny
Dexter Springs
Mabel Macklin
Cody
Wyoming
Nice
Pauline Nelson
Dr. Macklin
W. K. Carey
Keithsburg
Illinois
Phil McEvoy
Tar Reason
Phil
Rose Story
Roscoe Louden
Omaha
Joe Dougherty
U. S. Naval Training Camp
Great Lakes
Ilinois
United States
Navy
James Jordan
Warren Jordan
Benton Township
J. R. Galiher
Wolfer
J. C. Jenkins
Eagle Point
Oregon
Jim
Jordan
Warren
L. Newton
Andrew Wiegand
Andy
Germany
Rrecorp
John
Emery Grace
Grace
Emery
Wilson
Joyce Wesley McDermott
Clayde Sonon
Atlantic
Harry B
Swan Peter Christensen
Guy L Stone
Walter N
Hansen Horace B. Stormer
Cunningham
Stengel
Erva Carter
Aker
Joe J
Gaulke
Peter C Sorrensen
Walter R
Sarl
Edward T Goettsch
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Harley M
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Frank M Bailey
Harold R Malone
Edwin
Sexton
Lilienthal Lory J Lindberg Smith
Johnson Joe Brownilmer
Swanson
Bottom
Massena
Chester
Wyckott
R H Bernhardt
Véstail
Fickrell
Harry W Seele
Elmer E Lein
John C Buboltz
Walter T Root
Bernard Dougherty
Geo W Kuesel
Earl J Harris
Edward F Reichardt
Griswold
Edward F Scharf
Vernon Heyn
Joe C
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Sam C Pryor
Perry D
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Cumberland
Herman H Schmidt
Neils Johnson
Chas W
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Walter W
Peterman
Dick Wilkins
Vrom Lewis
Ralph H Parks Bernard W Keffer Abel M Fulton Orvel
Mauk
PROM
MARNE
Joseph Peters
Henry IF
Corey Gustav Haman
John P Nerons
Wiota
Arthur G Stanton
Bridgewater
Vigfus S Hansen
Sorah
Iowa
Chase Gahr
Steeleville
Missouri
Frank A Fuhr
Grant
Richard D Bell
Geo, Henkle
Aliceville
Kansas
Bills
John Pearce
Maggie McDermott
E. M. Crane
Greggerson
Mickie Forshay
Iowa City
Sterling
Gov. Harding
Gov
Harding
Lucky
Gink
Dakota
M. E. Parsonage
Guthrie Center
Velma Louden
Richard Louden
Frank Padilla
Adair
Rock Island Railway Company
W. G. Hohanshelt
Anita M. E
Creston
Walter
Newton Mercantile Co
L. L. Newton
Ed. L. Newton
D. C. Reed
Dr. C. E. Harry and Bear Bros
Charlie Wilson
Gutherie Center
J. C. Williams
Elkhorn
Charlie
Hazel Sweney McBroom
May Hanson Tower
Clinton
Wing
McEvoy & Johnson
Vicinity
L. R. Galiher Co
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L. A. Galiher Company
McKevoy & Johnson
Distributing Family Bibles
Kaiser
Bill
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