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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
5
The Congregational ladies held a Saturday chicken dinner and bazaar with strong community turnout. Many local residents and visitors were noted in Thanksgiving gatherings, with numerous dinners and visits across Anita and surrounding towns.
Classified items list a set of new single harness for sale at Hotel Victoria, a big church dinner and bazaar at M Church, name changes for a local bank, arrivals home from Oakland, visits in Atlantic, and a private from Fort Sill visiting Anita. It notes a December 11th Poverty Ball, a jail indictment for Henry Zimmerman, and local WWI coverage plus warnings about canned fruit and unsafe feeding.
Thanksgiving visitors from Camp Dodge include Joyce McDermott Merle Wilson Royce Vernon Clayde Karns and Claude Cibert as they face transfer to Camp Cody Deeming New Mexico while Peter Scott Jr and Carroll H Roe may stay at Camp Dodge for the winter.
A man seen carrying barrels of feathers says he will gift them to the next man accused of beating his wife. He warns that the culprit will be exposed if key ink from a print shop is missing, implying a planned disclosure.
The battleship George Washington sails toward France and carries Edgar Vernon son of Mr and Mrs R D Vernon among the crew. Local readers hail the voyage as Kaiser Bill warned the ship would not cross the Atlantic and hope it reaches port safely. Wm B Hull of Wapello Iowa visited Massena for the death of his uncle Capt C W Huff.
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