Anita City Council moves to condemn lot for water works
June 25 1918 Anita Iowa council in special session votes to condemn Lot 12 Block 2 Jenkins Addition after Homer Kirkham refused to sell. Sheriff W A McKee instructed to file condemnation to extend water works. Other notes report locals returning from trips and service enlistments.
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Anita
Iowa
E. Campbell
Homer Kirkham
Jenkins
Cass County
W. A. McKee
Dentist Dr L R Eller Office Over Galiher Building
Mrs W H Armstrong recovers from rheumatism attack. Claude Kitlinger and George Pratt buy new farm trucks. James B Lewis and wife visit from Onaha Monday. Wu A Bailey called at RECORD office Monday. W I Darrow family spend weeks with relatives in eastern Iowa.
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L. R. Eller
Galiher Building
Wu. A. Bailey
Record Office
W.I. Darrow
Iowa
Hogs Sold and Delivered by Local Farmers
George Pratt sold 40 head of 316 pound hogs to Wiota dealers last Wednesday. He and Claude Kitlinger delivered the hogs in under six hours, each using a farm truck. Tommy Stingle of Council Bluffs visited the city Sunday as guest of his sister Mrs W H Wagner Sr. Mrs Dr W E Fish and daughter Arline, after weeks in Denver with Mrs Mildred Hollam, returned home Tuesday evening.
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George Pratt
Wiota
Himself
Claude Kitlinger
Tommy Stingle
Council Bluffs
City
W. H. Wagner
W. E. Fish
Arline
Denver
Colorado
Mildred Hollam
Local Notes From Guthrie Center Area
Charles H. Graham reports Elmer Shafer mourns a horse lost to lock jaw. Funeral attended for a sister in Guthrie Center. Several residents, including Avery Stephenson and Rob Bain, travel to Chicago and Anita for family matters. Mooney farm fire destroys barn and hay, likely from spontaneous hay combustion. few crops spared. Oak Ridge youths support Red Cross dance at O C Gipple’s. O C H Club hosts large pall with many guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Shafer
Lock-Jaw
Elmer Sheafer
Guthrie Center
Avery Stephenson
Anita
Fred Vokt
Omaha
Earnest Tharp
Rob Bain
Chicago
G. B. Craham
Geo. Parkinson
Grandpa
Grandma Bain
Oak Ridge
Red Cross
O. C
Mooney
Letter from Lynn B Robison Chronicles WWI Era Training
Lynn B Robison writes from Hampton Roads Virginia dated July 27 1918 to his father Lew C Robison. He reports exam success earning a second class rating with a perfect grade and a raise in pay from 32.60 to 46.50 with possible congressionally funded increases. He recounts watching a dirigible overhead that buckled and crashed near a hangar causing a fatal explosion, noting the loss of a propulsive fleet including four Liberty planes and many Liberty motors. He mentions expectations to transfer to another station and requests continued reading of newspapers and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Roads
Record
Tribune
Congress
Chow
Lynn B. Robison
Sergeant Norris Hartshorn Writes From France Front
Mrs Lizzie Hartshorn receives a letter from her son Norris Hartshorn serving with the 61st Infantry in France. He describes trenches twenty yards apart, shelling, guard duty, daily routines, and plans to rest meanwhile asking about family at home and promising to send photos if he finds someone to take them.
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Lizzie Hartshorn
Norris
Charley
Aunt Grace
Grandpa Tam
States
Sol
George
Grandpa
Anita
Serg
Norris V. Hartshorn
61St Infantry
France
Walter Hughes found dead near Rock Island tracks in Wiota
Walter Hughes, identified as a former Atlantic resident later in Omaha, was found dead beside the Rock Island tracks in Wiota. Coroner Dr. M F Stults and a jury ruled death from an unknown cause, likely from a fall or failed attempt to board a moving train. Police noted 40 cents, a small bible, and room rent receipts in his pockets.
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Walter Hughes
Atlantic
Omaha
Rock Island
Wiota
M. F. Stults
F. W. Beebe
Chas. Sherret
Henry Wissler
Former Anita pastor visits in city with family
Rev. Chas. C. Smith, formerly pastor at Anita M E church, now at Oklahoma City and serving the MBE church, spent Sunday in town with his wife and children. He plans a 30 day Western Iowa car trip, noting war related material shortages delay a new church edifice.
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Chas. C. Smith
Anita
M. E
Wichita Falls
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Anita Record
Sherm. F. Myers
Cass’ County
Eveseveseces Eeveere
the City Council
Counc Chamber
Eg. Miller
A. J. Kuehn
Wisconsin
Geo. M. Whitney
I Record
J. 4H. Aldrich
Tra Beecher
S. R. Beecher
Scotland
South Dakota
Camp Fremont
California
Frank Watkins
Keithsburg
Illinois
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Great Cass CO. Fair
Atlantic, Iowa
City Feed
Sale Barn & Livery
W. Parker
W. H. Armstrong
James B. Lewis
the Alamito Sanitary Dairy CO
F. H. Bowen
David Alexander
Peter Scott
Charles H. Graham
Lump Coal
U. S. Fuel Administration
E. W. Holmes Co
Lew C. Robison
Sergt
Norris Hartshorn
Dad
Mother
Tata
Laundry Queen
Burt Ye Issles
R. L. Sheeler
Palmer School
Anita Bank Building
C. E. Harry
Millard’s
R. A. Becker
Citizens Bank
H. E. Campbell
Campbell Block
Wagners Restaurant
M. E. Church
Catls
G. M. Adair
R. Galiher
Ono Abe Ehooss Oates
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