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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
5
A public notice offers free removal of dead animals by calling 299. The Anita Produce Company advertises paying top prices for hides and furs delivered to its office.
F H Knowlton reports shipments of hogs and cattle. Nick Richter and son send one car hogs and one car cattle to South Omaha. Miller and Cooper supply one car hogs to South Omaha. Howard and McDermott one car hogs to South Omaha. Merle Deene one car hogs to South Omaha. David Alexander two cars cattle to South Omaha. Hans and Hanson two cars cattle. R C Pratt four cars hogs to Valley Junction. P M Nicholson one car hogs. Dennis Pearce one car hogs to South Omaha. Chris Brown three cars cattle. Pratt and Naylor two hogs to Valley Junction.
A March 16, 1918 patriotic show in the Forshay residence garage featured neighborhood children under Miss Wenonah Forshay and others. Admission was one cent, raising 1.69 dollars for Des Moines Capital’s Happy Tribe. Also noted is a personnel update: Miss Gertrude Robinson moves to Todd Becker Drug Co. in Sioux City. Washington dispatch reports farm labor exemption from the second draft until fall harvest, via Senator Hoke Smith who cites a forthcoming general order.
Cecil Morgan Conley born Anita Iowa September 24 1898 died March 9 1918 somewhere in France He joined the M E church in 1915 enlisted in the Red Oak National Guards July 1 1917 and landed in France December 9 1917 He was a Atlantic High School class of 1918 student football player and loved by family and friends He died a soldier and is mourned by his parents Mr and Mrs O O Conley siblings Donald Genevieve and Meredith and many relatives
The U S Department of Agriculture warns against seed corn price spikes and pledges action to curb speculation while ensuring fair returns for seed producers. It notes regional shortages from 1917 conditions and outlines steps to protect seed supplies for 1918 corn production.
For sale a quantity of good nineteen sixteen seed corn for sale with tests well. O D Aldrich notes Mayo Bros. visit for daughter Marie Richards health. Miss Lydia Kuehn operated on for tonsils by Dr H B Campbell. Charlie Berry visits Cen terville memories with the editor. Also contains farm and town notes and Miller Millards hardware ad.
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