News From the Front and Local Notes in Anita
Killed in action in France Merle D Hay from Glidden Iowa and Private Dewey D Kern of Collins Iowa reported among early war losses. Local items note visits, business changes, school terms, church meetings, a farmer’s death by suicide, social gatherings, theatre crowds, bank ads, Red Cross aid to Russia, corn husking prices, farm sales and real estate transfers in the Anita area.
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France
Merle D. Hay
Lowa
Glidden
Towa
Dewey D. Kern
Collins
Voorhees as Democratic Governor Candidate Eyes Anita Backing
Iowa news notes Senator Voorhees of Anita receiving broad favorable mention as a possible Democratic nominee for governor in 1918. The article highlights his two-session legislative record, banking career, and loyal Democratic stance, while the town weighs the honor of producing the state's chief executive.
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John
Anita
Senator Voorhees
Democratic Party
Iowa
Voorhees
Draft Wealth and Men Pay Bond Tax Proposal
Judge Walter Smith urges a constitutional direct tax on all real and personal property to fund Liberty Bonds. He argues exemptions up to 3000 dollars and credit for subscribed amounts would force wealthier citizens to underwrite war expenses, ending reliance on persuasive speeches.
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Congress
United States
Walter [. Smith
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Walter Smith
Judge Smith
Smith
The Unwritten Law at Unique Theatre November 8
The Unwritten Law offers Miss Michelena a grand onstage look with new costumes in the opening scenes at the Unique Theatre on November 8. The show replaces earlier outfits from Salvation Nell Wandering Mignon and Salomy Jane with refined attire for the wife of the prospective governor.
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Makell
F. G. Salisbury
Sioux City
Gertie Slater
Sherm. F. Myers
R. J. Yates
Bessie Jowell
Sherman
Wm. C. Richter
W. H. Wagner, Jr
Howard Wagner
Des Moines
Avery Wallace
Chas. L. Wilson
J. F. Gissibs
Clara Stager
M. BE. Church
Talley
Walter C. Turner
C. F. Patterson
Patterson
Walt Turner
West Main Street
the Stars
Order of Eastern Star
Clint Hoyt
Guthrie Center
Stuart Herald
G.S. Daughenbaugh
Cora
Nola
Goldie
W. B. Kelley
M. C. Hutchinson
Inez Armstrong
Vernon Mahan
Anita Bank
American Red Cross
Russia
Kansas
W. E. Clark
Ross Howlett
IT. E. Root
Missouri
Cass County
Lew H. Soper
Griswold
Joe Morgan
Andrew Nelson
J. F. Wells
Lghtning
Mrs. Wells
George Smither
Camp Dodge
Silas R. Leach
Anita Vicinty
Bloomington
California
Robert Lyman Cryer
Wm. Cryer
Bob
Cryer
Lyman White
Clair Sweney
George Boggess
Lincoln
Nebraska
Boggess
Dollie Fillenworth
Staples
Minnesota
B. J. McCord
W. D. Pratt
West Anita
Billy
Dan R. Robison
Edna Robison
U.S
Council Bluffs
Fort Morgan
Colorado
Bill Stos
Long Beach
Lew Anderson
Ma’am
Amy
Gov. Harding
Harding
Walter I. Smith
L. R. Galiher Co
America
Farmers’ Supply Comp
Y. Anita, Clardy c& Sheley, Proprietors
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