Small Town Notes From Anita and Nearby
A shoe and corset found under a tree west of Anita may be reclaimed by the owner. The piece about a dog that kept pace with a passenger train for 500 miles is recalled as a humorous tale. Local editor jokes about car trouble while locals discuss town life, banking ads, and a military medical exam rejection for Roy Miller. The notice from Anita’s banks promises weekly seasonable ads and early closing hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Jake Hill
Anita residents club social and travel notes
Miss Lena Rogge served as record caller this week. Many locals, including Frank B. Spence of Atlantic and Jno Elliott of Adel, spent days visiting in Anita area. Shipping, farming and retail glimpses cover melons, real estate, travel to Des Moines and Omaha, and plans for the coming school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Spence
Atlantic
Anita
Jno. Elliott
Adel
F. O. Naylor
Lena Pieper
Guy White
Menlo
Josephine Kelley
Mamie Pratt
Drake University
Miss Pratt
Stuart
Rock Island maps cantonments camp forts by state
The Rock Island Railway plans to publish a map showing cantonments camps and forts and the state each man hails from. A left handedness excuse for military exemption circulated as a mother sought relief for her son but the president confirmed orders for left handed guns. Families of McDonough Shaw and Newart visited Louis Pieper’s in Lacey before returning home. Des Moines resident Lulu MacMichaels visited Anita with sister Dr Campbell and spent time with mother Dr Maxwell in Ames.
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The
Rock Island Railway Company
Menlo Journal
Peter McDonough
Clinton Shaw
Chas. Newart
Louis Pieper
Lacey
Iowa
Lulu MacMichaels
Des Moines
Anita
H. E. Campbell
A. B. Maxwell
Ames
Campbell
Anita Chautauqua platform manager named
Robert Cryer and Professor Harry Andrews lead the Anita Chautauqua as platform manager. Mrs Andrews and the baby spend the week in Lewis Iowa. Choice Beef Roasts sell at twenty two cents per pound at City Meat Market for threshers.
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Robert Cryer
Harry Andrews
Consolidated Schools
Lewis
Iowa
Residence for Sale in Anita Iowa One Acre Property
For sale a one acre residence in Anita Iowa. Features include a fenced lot a five room house a 16 by 25 barn a hog house 10 by 16 a chicken house 10 by 16 a work under house and a well with abundant water Cement walk surrounds the property Price and details available from SHERM FPF MYERS Anita Iowa 35 11. Ernie Burke and Bob Wilson enjoyed an auto joy ride with a choice hog. Col A G Todhunter and family travel to South Dakota for a brief visit Abe Biggs and family return from three months in Ohio.
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Anita
Sherm Fpf
Myers
Iowa
Ernie Burke
Bob Wilson
Business trip delays return after liberal patronage
The speaker states plans to be out of town for two or three weeks and that the business will be in good hands during absence. They thank patrons for liberal support and request continued patronage, promising to resume work soon with usual service.
Certification of Brotherhood of All Railway Employees Insurance
The Iowa Department of Insurance certifies the Brotherhood of All Railway Employees local 2nded Chicago Illinois filed a sworn statement December 31 1916. It shows 27397 in force certificates or policies. The association complied with Chapters 7 and 8 Title IX and is authorized to do business in Iowa until April 1 1918. Des Moines April 1 1917. Emory H. English Commissioner of Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of All Railway Employees
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Des’ Moines
Apples for Canning at Anita Orchard One Fourth Mile North
Items from Anita and surrounding areas note apples for canning priced at $1.00 per bushel at the local orchard. Mentions recent visits between McDermott and Walker families in Bridgewater and Jamaica, and a sale of Hereford cattle from Ky. L. Karr to W. M. Waters via C. Q. Conklin of Red Oak.
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Whitneys
Orchard
Anita
Clarence McDermott
C. Q. Conklin
Red Oak
Iowa
W. M. Waters
Wiota
Ky. L. Karr
Liberty, Rumors, and Navy Life Aboard the Michigan 1917
From Mutchy McIntyre aboard the U S 8 Michigan dated August 12 1917 he writes of frequent liberty brief separations from civilization rumors of visits to friends Frank Wagner and Frank Rhoads and plans for gun crews on transports He notes pay for Herman Taylor and transfer news for Pete Vernon Burkey and Nelse Northup and mentions meeting Jake Foote at an amusement park letters censored and hat band etiquette on liberty reflecting wartime Navy life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S.8
Michigan
Sherm
Frank Wagner
Frank Rhoads
Crook
Rascal
Herman Taylor
Pete Vernon
Herman
Burkey
Nelse Northup
Lattig
Jake Foote
Liberty
Value of Iowa farms and shirt tail reform
A 150 acre Woodbury County Iowa farm near Sioux City sold at 400 per acre, with farming use and distant from town limiting value. Also noted are humorous readers on shirt tails shrinking due to material costs, alongside Weld County Colorado’s jab at Roman dress and fashion.
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Woodbury
Sioux City
James Wilson
Burlington Hawkeye
Sherm Myers
Anita
Weld County
Colo
Collision Near Town Shatters Windshield In Late Night Crash
A Massena man and a local resident collided with a cow while returning from an evening outing north of town. The crash occurred around eleven o'clock Tuesday night damaging the windshield and causing minor injuries to both parties. Local contact details included for follow up.
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Les Dorsey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anita Record
Cass County
Congress
Sherm. F. Myers
Billy’’Pratt
Billy
Byron Forshay
Carl Millard
Bill
Wahlert
Jill
Mary Smither
Joe Miller
Los Angeles
California
Lincoln Township
Roy “Miller
U. S. Army
Roy Miller
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Anita Bank
Anking
John G. Voorhees
Harry C. Faulkner
Cashier
Leon G. Voorhees
A. R. Robinson
Lena Rogge
Minnie Bear
Harlan
John C. Lightfoot
Claire Sweney
Hazel McBroom
Mabel Spence
Genevieve Finney
Omaha
Edna Pieper
Bruce White
Garrett M. DeCamp
W. E. Kellaway
Karl Rogers
Floyd R. Angell
Alamity Dairy Company
J. C. Voorhees
Barbara Richter
Jesse McDonough
Ross Howlett
Mongolia
Arkansas
Clark & Howlett
Arcorp
Vogue
J. J. Overmeyer
Tinois
Bessie Lowell
Sherman F
J. W. Shatler
Valley Junction
Carroll H. Roe
Lake Minnetonka
Minnesota
Nina
Viola Lees
Mrs
John Hall
S. A. Trimmer
Montana
A. C. Trimmer
Nellie Hinkson
Anita Record Real Estate Exchange
Homer EL. Boatright
Fabor
Homer
Tabor
Old Home
Carey
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
King of Motor Power
Ford
Bart Stone
Record Office
A. G. Todhunter
O. C. Todhunter
South Dakota
L. S. Reed
J. L. Rickel
Abe Biggs
Ida
Ohio
Insurance Department of Iowa
Emory H. English
U. 8
Walker
John McDermott
Bridgewater
T. J. Woods
Jamaica
Casey
W.D. Pratt
West Anita
B. D. Forshay
Uncle Richardson
Stuart News
Butch
Dennis
Standard Oil Company
Hoe
Audubon Republican
Mutchy” McIntyre
Trowa
L. C. Campbell
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