Local Notes and Social Snaps Across Adair County
Glen Holmes visits from Guthrie Center with song. Mrs. Adam Haist assists in the millinery shop. W. E. Clark advertises bulls for sale. Des Moines visitor Harold Hoyt met rug dealers in town. W. Holmes tours Hartford to see son Clifford. C. W. McDermott from Wiota attends business and visits. Easter guests include Mr. and Mrs. Deets of Atlantic. Postmasters resign to dodge civil service exams. Letter from C. C. M. Felt notes a boy born in Long Beach. Funeral attendance for Beebe baby includes Wiota and Atlantic residents. Republicans praised for Civil War era gains and reforms by New York World Democratic line.
Van Slyke Patriarch Dies at 97 in Anita Iowa
Obituary notes Christopher C. Van Slyke born February 26 1816 in Courtland County New York died March 23 1913 at daughter Mrs Chas P Blue in Anita Cass County Iowa aged 97 24. He married Polly Barto in 1837 and Eliza Lampham in 1895. Survived by four living children O W Van Slyke Mrs Chas P Blue Horace Van Slyke and C A Van Slyke. two sisters Libbie Neimeyer and Meheuble Painton. eighteen grandchildren forty nine great grandchildren and sixteen great great grandchildren. He helped build the Erie Canal and lived in Illinois Iowa Kansas Wisconsin before Cass County. He was a Republican voter in twenty presidential elections and a long time member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died peacefully with family present.
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Courtland County
New York
Chas. P. Blue
Anita
Cass County
Iowa
Polly Barto
Eliza Lampham
Shell
Wyoming
Grandpa van Slyke
O. W. van Slyke
Horace van Slyke
Westphalia
Kansas
C. A. van Slyke
Wichita
Kan
Libbie Neimeyer
Meheuble Painton
Lindsey
Wisconsin
van Slyke
Ilinois
Erie Canal
Jackson County
Jones County
Methodist Episcopal Church
A Grandstand Play on Prohibition Legislation
The article condemns Webb's liquor shipping ban as unconstitutional, a grandstand political maneuver backed by self righteous senators. It argues Congress should enact all laws and states relinquish any lawmaking power, dismissing pro prohibition efforts as political theater.
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Webb
Taft
The
Times
Congress
Iowa
Supreme Court
Castan
School additions and community visits noted in district report
Four new fifth grade pupils enrolled as Lynn Robinson attends Drake University. Hallie Godanour drops work after moving to the country. The Willison children in second and third grades remain ill. Miss McCaffree, ex Anita High School teacher, visited local schools. Miss Marguerite Starr visits city while guests of Miss Lena Pieper. Ed Carey’s mare Old Kit dies at 28 and is buried with respect for years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McCaffree
Anita High School
Ed Carey
Books on Travel in Anita Library list
A compilation of travel books available at the Anita Library per Mrs. W. K. Carey. Titles include Impressions of Italy Bourget Highways and Byways in South Wales Bradley Mexico City Percival Paris of To Day Whiteing Turkish Tyranny Northrop Negro in the South Weatherford Days Near Rome Hare Japan Hearn English Holiday with Car and Camera Hissey Fair Hills of Ireland Gwyn Greater Russia Gerrare Moexocco Forrest Among the Danes Butlin Porto Rico of To Day Robinson White Umbrella in Mexico Smith Switzerland of the Swiss Webb British Tours Through an Opera Glass Taylor Gateway to the Sahara Furlong Marta in Holland McDonald The Land We Live in Price Our National Parks Muir The United States Winslow It is the constant and persistent advertiser who gets results.
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Anita
W. K. Carey
Italy
Bourget
South Wales
Bradley
Mexico City
Percival
Paris
Fair Hills
Ireland
Gwyn
Russia
Gerrare
Moexocco
Forrest
Muir
The
United States
Winslow
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Glen Holmes
Guthrie Center
Adam Haist, Jr
S. W. Clark
W. Holmes
Kansas City, Mo
City
Gladys Cooper
C. W. McDermott
Wiota
Hereford
W. BE. Clark
Harold Hoyt
EF. S. Hoyt
Des Moines
Wade
McDermott
Town
Adair
Hartford
Clifford
Wm. Deets
Atlantic
O. D. Aldrich and
Deets
Miss Stanley
Audubon
Register-Leader
R&corp
M. Felt
A. L. Felt
Long Beach
California
Felts
Albert
Beebe
Messrs
F. W. Beebe
W. R. Johnson
Wm. Edwards
J. L. Taylor
Ellen Fritz
Jesse Jordan
Dillon
San Wood
Thomas
R. H. Bell
Sherm
Carl Beebe
May George
Leona Shoemaker
Hazel Nordmann
Jesse Taylor
Mary Quist
W. B. Fritz
Dexter
Frank Spence
Ruth Turner
Spain
Cuba
Philippines
Porto Rico
Panama Canal
New York World Dem
Nelse Johnson
D. C. Bell & CO
D. C. Bell
Christopher C. van Slyke
Otto Wiewand
Omaha
Faye Jenkins
Wilmanelle Holmes
Council Bluffs
Clark & Goerken
Mrs
K. W. Holmes
Johnson
Bell
B. D. Forshay
M. Blakesley
W. RK. Spence
D. KR. Forshay
J. D. Young
Insurance Dept
Citizens Savings Bank
State of
United States Postal Funds
Lynn Robinson
Drake University
Hallie Godanour
Willison
Marguerite Starr
Menlo
Lena Pieper
Record
Books ON Travel
Bridge of Notre Dame
Conan
Ry Ryut
Sherlock Holmes
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