Families enjoy days of oat ing and fishing at Twin Lakes
Local notices describe the Long and Hansen families vacationing near Twin Lakes with boating and fishing. Other items mention John Nichols visiting his father Rev. G. E. Nichols in Murray Town, a missing donor name for the Red Cross fund, and various residents in Anita and Cass County. The Red Cross fund totals are noted, along with several social and local events and a minor accident involving a child near a bandstand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Long
M. C. Hansen
Twin Lakes
John Nichols
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Murray Town
Rev
G. E. Nichols
Cass County
Red Cross
ANITA
Atlantic
I Want Your Old Iron for Three-Week Buy
Advertises a three week iron buy offering payment per ton for country mixed iron delivered to Millhnilin's office. Provides contact as Phone 20 and references agent HH Knowlton. Local dealer promotes prompt delivery and payment terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millhnilin
Knowlton
Notice of Executor Sale in Cass County Iowa 1917
Executor of John F. Robison estate will sell at public auction at Lincoln township Cass county Iowa on August 1 1917 at 1 am. Items include household goods horses cows calves hogs pigs farm implements machinery corn automobile and other articles. Dated Anita Iowa July 7 1917. 8. D. Forshay executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Robison
Cass County
Iowa
Lincoln Township
Anita
D. Forshay
Training Camp Life at Fort Riley Described by Dr Daughenbaugh
Dr S Earl Daughenbaugh writes from Fort Riley Kansas in June 1917 about 30000 troops in training under a hot sun and cool nights. He notes a large fort, diverse troops from western states, limited meals and rising canteen prices, home-kitchen gifts of cats, and the listing of Harvey Turner chosen for a government saddle horse procurement post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Indiana
Anita
Drs
Farl Daughenbaugh
Town Ambulance Company
Fort Riley
Kansas
Harvey H., Turner
Jno
D. Peterson
Kellerton
Red Cross Notes Form Local Lincoln Center Auxiliary
Last Friday an Anita Red Cross auxiliary formed at Lincoln Center with twenty members. Officers are Mrs. Clara Robison President and Mrs. Edith Walker Secretary Treasur er. Members are urged to join in Tincoln township and participate in daily Red Cross tasks from muslin bandage work to knittin and gauze efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Red Cross
Lincoln Center
Clara Robison
Edith Walker
Tincoln Township
Red Cross
Hides and Family News From Anita Area
Advert mentions high prices for hides and furs at Todhunter's Dream Station. Local notices include residents visiting and returning, house painting by J. J. Cary, and a large family reunion in Anita with relatives from Casey Freemont Menlo Creston Ruthven and Brush Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todhunter
Dphand
Anita
W. H. Wagner Jr
Sol N. Wagner
James Cline
Casey
M. M. Robertson
Fremont
Nebraska
Lulu Kirkpatrick
Menlo
Elmer Wagner
Ruthven Iowa
Effie Cline
Maude Amarine
Brush
Colorado
Anita Boys Save and Plan for Home Nest Egg
Many of the Anita residents in service send home larger monthly sums and open local bank savings accounts. This habit secures a nest egg for when they return from sailing or marching home, with wishes that all boys from Anita and across the land will spend their savings at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Welcome Home A G Conley Visits Old Friends in Town
Old friends and neighbors welcomed A G Conley during a brief return to his hometown from Minneapolis where he lived with his daughter Hattie Cecil. He plans to visit his son Bert Conley in Council Bluffs before heading to Yuma Colorado for a family reunion hosted by his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Conley
Minneapolis
Hattie Cecil
Council Bluffs
Bert Conley
Union Pacific Railway Co
Bert
Conley
Bis
Thos. H. Cecil
J.B. Cecil
Speed King Burt Stone Returns From Des Moines Visit
Burt Stone known as the Speed King returns Thursday from a weeklong business trip in Des Moines and nearby areas. A pair of women narrowly avoided fainting when a water mishap in a snake pit caused alarm, mistaken for scorpions. Glen Campbell, an Anita native and Ames College alumnus now in Connecticut, moves to the federal Agricultural College food conservation department to demonstrate his fit in the new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Stone
Speed King
Des Moines
Glen Campbell
Anita Boy
R.H. Campbell
Ames College
Connecticut
Agricultural College
Food Conservation Department
Government
Grandfather Henry Houck Enjoys Ten Grandchildren Visit
George Shaffer, a State University of Iowa student, vacationed with his parents in Anita. Henry Houck and wife stayed a week with their son Charles F. Houck in Van Wert Iowa. Henry marveled at ten grandchildren, ages from seventeen to an infant, celebrating family joy and the sense of aging with youthful spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shaffer
State University At
Iowa City
Anita
O. W. Shaffer
Henry Houck
Chas. F. Houck
van Wert
Iowa
Henry
Grandpa Houk
Local residents visit friends. navy assignments noted
Ynie Vetter of Atlantic visits Anita and nearby areas. Wim R. Spence, his wife, and Grandma Spence plan a move to a new home in Dr. Campbell addition, North Anita. Edgar Vernon, soon to serve aboard the battleship Ohio after leaving Boston on the Michigan, receives a higher rating, pleasing his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim. R. Spence
Grandma Spence
Dr. Campbell
North Anita
Edgar Vernon
U.S. S
Michigan
Boston
Ohio
Mrs Bessie Weston Parkinson Visits Des Moines
Mrs. Bessie Weston Parkinson left Des Moines on Thursday and stayed overnight with her parents W. J. Weston and his wife before returning to Massena on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Weston Parkinson
Des Moines
W. J. Weston
Massena
Pasadena Star News profiles Elmer Haver at Allentown camp
Pasadena Star News carries an extended write up on the Pasadena Re Cross Boys in training at Allentown Pennsylvania. Elmer Haver is named among the group in the recent issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Haver
Pasadena
Cal
Star-News
Pasadena Re Cross
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Elmer
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Anita Record
Congress
Sherm. F. Myers
Wm. Sehaake
Lennox
South Dakota
P. A. Rieckel
Pottowattamie County
W. H. Wagner
Ijr
Albert Wilson
Chas
Citizens’ Savings Banknee Agency
Ank
Ella Butter Close
Geo. Lettingwell
Udiben
Letinewell
Max Javobser
Chas. Purvis
Antiathe
Grandmother
Mars
Bath
Dadernerts
Win
Hl. Winener
Dro
Julen Farwell
Tricorp
Nellie Nitheos
Lon Stand
Willian
Maes. Feawa
Spence
Ted
Ladies’ Home
Anita Bank
John C. Voorhees
Harry C. Faulkner
Leon G. Voorhees
A. R. Robinson
Dr. S. Earl Daughenbaugh
Fort Riley, Kansas
M. Trumbull
F.W. Knowlton
J. J. Cary
Wilson
John Grace
Wiota
J. W. Budd
Glen Curry
Thos. Curry
Creston
Lillian Friedberg
Waldo Lowell
St. Joe
Missouri
Dc. A. Thompson
Robi. L. Clarkson
City
H.G. Stuart
Mrs. Clarkson
Alberta
Jones
King of Motor Power
Ford
Bart Stone
Record Office
Goodyear
Kelley-Springfield
Michelin
White Pole
Peter Scott, Jr
Aeglder & Zibgle Lawyers
Sam Hansen
T. J. Gibbons
C. E. Harry
Millard’s
Omoe
Aed Z
C. V. Beaver
R. A. Becker
Citizens Bank
H. E. Campbell
Campbell Block
Wagners Restaurant
M. E. Church
G. M. Adair
L. A. Galiher
J. A. Irving
Shelf Hardware Builder’s Hardware Stores
L. R. Galiher Co
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