Anita Town Council in Regular Session 1919 Actions
The Anita Town Council met January 6 1919 with most members present except J L Carey and Dr H E Campbell. Treas Millhollin reported balances in several funds and list of bills ordered paid including poll tax, street lights, insurance, and salaries. Council adjourned with no further business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
J. L. Carey
H.E. Campbell
Light Fund
Board of Health Fund
Godfrey Miller
Rural Telephone Company
Sherm
F. Myers
DAM Ters Encasmnede Sbeedavatore
John Kirkham
Jabory
Iowa Electric Co
Pratt & Naylor
ES Walter
White Pole Garage
Bert Wissler
Homer Kirkham
Renning
Exhne
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Lown
Miss Chloris Pray and local residents feature in city notes
Miss Chloris Pray works in Dr. R A Gecker's office. Mrs John A Pilmer of Atlantic spent Tuesday in town with relatives and friends. FOR RENT A forty acre improved farm three miles north of Anita three. Anita ice plant rumors circulate as a near future possibility for the season. N O Morgan has suffered hard luck losing hogs calves and a colt. Dorothy Dinsmore resumes violin study with Marie Gundrum and rode to Casey Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Pilmer
Atlantic
Anita
S. W. Clark
Dorothy Dinsmore
Marie Gundrum
Casey
N. O. Morgan
Annual Meeting of Anita Congregational Church
The Anita Congregational Church held its annual meeting on January 7 with 160 attendees. Officers elected for the year include Gordon E. Stone treasurer and J D Peterson deacon. Miss Leila Kewley as organist and Mrs J B Parker as organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. BE. Fish
Gordon E. Stone
J.D. Peterson
G. W. Fordyce
Aldula Stone
I. B. Trumbull
Ithe Stone
J. B. Parker
Leila Kewley
Frank H. Osen
Edna Robinson
Keith Chinn
Louie Carey
Lillian Fordyce
Oak Park
Illinois
Congregational Church
Attica
Zate Biggs
Eckley Correspondence Highlights Small Town Ties
From Ed Anderson in Eckley Colorado a note to a friend recalls reading the REcorp with the Boss on the job and reflects satisfaction with life back in the old home town. The enclosing draft is offered in payment for the publication. The letter ends with good wishes and a sign off from Ed Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED. Anderson
LATTIGS Idaho subscription note to Sherm
A yearly subscription note from George W. Lattig of Payette Idaho to friend Sherm. Includes good wishes for health and prosperity and regards to local townspeople. Signature appears as GEO W LATTIC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Lattic
Comfort kits from Anita Iowa aid Great Lakes crew
Eugene Allanison writes from Great Lakes Hospital Corps amid influenza quarantine. He thanks Anita Red Cross for comfort kits and notes the mail and pencils were drawn from the kits. He mentions liberty days and hopes to return, while Riccorp caller J F Wells also appears in the brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Corps
Great Lakes
Red Cross Society
Anita
Iowa
Eugene P. Allanson
Life Insurance Saves Homes in Bank Loans
A Kansas City case shows two men borrowing for homes and securing loans with life insurance. Wilson obtained 4000 dollars at First National after offer to use life policy, while Brown mortgaged a 4500 dollar loan at People's National. Both later died of typhoid, leaving widows to face mortgage outcomes. one bank foreclosed, the other avoided work by using insurance. The example underscores life insurance as a prudent investment for borrowers and banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey Miller
Socialistic Party
Switzerland
Germany
United States
Kansas City Star
J Wilson
J. Brown
Wilson
Brown
First National
Nelson
People's National
Letter from Monarch resident sends payment and updates
Wm. J. Floyd of Monarch Wyoming encloses a $2.00 check for the RECORD and asks it be sent to Mrs. Joe Emick. He notes the recipient's long sickness and hard fight, mentions a failed trip to Iowa, and that he may not make it due to constant jumping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Joe Emick
Monarch
Wyoming
Old Sel Heath Sends Greeting From Laurelwood
From Laurelwood Portland Oregon the writer notes receipt of a payment for the Record and mourns the passing of many old friends in Anita and vicinity. She reports a severe flu season with high nightly death counts, but says the disease is checked and life is quiet. She mentions salt as prevention, past health battles, and a son in Seattle post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Clarence
Seattle
Notice of Business Location Change for Hides and Furs
Announcement of moving the Anita Produce Company office to L. B. Trumbull's office first building north of the Citizens Savings Bank. The business will continue to pay the highest market price for hides and furs in season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Produce Company
L. B. Trumbull
Citizen’s Savings Bank
Local Farm Sale and Shooters News Brief
Theoordway buys the 160 acre Christiansen farm at 180 dollars per acre. Ross Howlett arranged the deal. J. D. Young served as caller Monday. Geo BE Slaughter, once a notable Atlantic Anita businessman, visited the city. now in Omaha in real estate, with brother Herb in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. BE. Slaughter
Atlantic
Anita
Mr. Slaughter
Omaha
Herb
California
Public Sale Notice for Duroc Jersey Hogs at Cass County Fair
Jas D McDermott schedules a sale of pure bred Duroc Jersey hogs at the sale pavilion on the Cass county Fair grounds in Atlantic on Saturday February 1. Sam P Jewett, formerly of Anita area, has sold his farm near Keithsburg Illinois and will move back to Anita to reside on his farm by Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. D. McDermott
Cass County Fair Grounds
Atlantic
Sam P. Jewett
Anita
Keithsburg
Illinois
Evergreen Cemetery
Farm sale near Anita changes hands at 160 per acre
Clair Sweney reported a Sunday joy ride near Atlantic as the 124 acre farm northwest of Anita, once owned by T W Grim, was sold last week by Grover Darling to Andrew Crown of Menlo for 160 dollars per acre. Ross Howlett handled the deal. C H McDermott and family have battled Spanish influenza with care from J D Young and wife as grandparents aid recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
T. W. Grim
Grover Darling
Andrew Crown
Menlo
Ross Howlett
C. H. McDermott
Douglas
J. D. Young
Grandpa
Grandma
Simon Nelson Sells Perfection Oil Heaters at Auction
Simon Nelson acted as a Recorp caller Monday for Perfection Oil Heaters. The stove, touted as the stove that doesn't smoke, was priced at 83.75 and 6.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Nelson
Birthday Party Honors Miss Cathrann Thomas
A group of girls gathered at the parsonage last Saturday to celebrate Cathrann Thomas fourteenth birthday. Each girl brought her first baby picture and they spent the afternoon trying to identify them, followed by a tasty luncheon that concluded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathrann Thomas
Christmas dinner gathers Burg and Fairholm kin at Joy home
Henry Burg was a caller last week about unpaid accounts totaling two hundred forty nine. Harry Fairholm and family from Bridgewater visited A J Joy in this city for a Christmas dinner delayed by work, as they still enjoyed time together at Art Joy's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Burg
Harry Fairholm
Bridgewater
A J. Joy
Art Joy
Congregational Church Schedule and Wool Batts Sale
Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30. A Kensington will be held at Mrs W E Kelloway's home on Thursday afternoon. Choir rehearsal at Miss Ethel Stone's Friday at 7 30. Services next Sunday as usual. W M Boaz pastor. Wool Batts 72x90 inches reduced to 2 39 at The Racket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
W. E., Kelloway
Ethel Stone
W. M. Boaz
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Cass County
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Sherm. F. Myers
Record
Canada
the City Council
Council Chamber
Treasuer Millhollin
L. R. Eller
Galiher Building
Anita Congregational Church
ED Anderson
Eckley, Colorado
Sierm
George Lattig
Payette
Idaho
Eugene Allanson
J. F. Wells
Riccorp
John M. Olrison
J. W. Denny
EH. O. Stone
Lincoln Township
W. B. Emerson
Tom G. Turner
Geo. M. Whitney
Record Office
M. C. Hutchison
H. H Cate
Council Bluffs
K. P. Lodge
G. W. B. Fletcher
Lewis Standard
Chase Willey
Wm. J. Floyd
Laurelwood
Portland Oregon
Shere
Lee Pratt & Naylor
Tornado Insurance
Theo. Ordway
Chris Christiansen
Merle Denne
Lenox
ER. S. Wolfer
Clair Sweney
the Alamito Sanitary Dairy .Co
F. H. Bowen
Fordson Tractor
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