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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
4
Across the state the custom of serving a free lunch at public sales is fading. A lunch wagon now offers meals and coffee for a set price, shifting the culture from generous banquets to paid sustenance. The change aims to curb waste while allowing attendees to buy what they can afford.
Secretary Daniels warns that immoral disease in the army and navy threatens national military efficiency, stressing the dangers to wartime discipline and readiness.
A notice urges customers to place gasoline orders now while roads are good. Call No 293 for STANDARD OIL COMPANY deliveries. The manager Frank Leffingwell, previously working with a McDermott stucco group in Oakland and Shelby, spent Sunday with his family in Anita.
Classified brief seeks a reliable housework helper for a two person family at King Apartments Atlantic Iowa. The ad notes daily chores and references Mrs N Washer. Also mentions two relatives serving in the U S forces with Kraneus Mc Dermott of Missouri Valley and R. Lane formerly from Indianola in banking.
Fine home-grown potatoes sell for seventy five cents per bushel in Oakland. J W Holmes Co received two car loads of soft coal Thursday easing coal famine. Cream, Poultry, Eggs and Tide prices strong. Baby born October 26 to Mr and Mrs Clarence Davis. Bowen orders RECORD for one year. Mrs E W Holmes visited Guthrie Center. Anita buyers haul hard coal from Wiota dealers. Wanted to rent a piano. Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys promised by W C Turner. Imma Lewis to live with Mrs H Ziegler during school year. Ray Saunders recovering from auto crank injuries in Omaha hospital. Briardale Oleo margarine sold as butter substitute.
Roy Vernon writes from Camp Dopce Iowa on October 26 1917 about pass days, local Bond drives, and shifts at camp. He mentions Audubon township Liberty Bonds, the 339th F A parade before Taft, and daily camp chores plus community notices and local moves involving Anita Adair and Cass County banks.
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