Anita council in special session acts on clerks and taxes
The Anita Iowa council met October 29 1917 in special session at Town Hall with Mayor A Kirkham and three councilmen present. They read and approved A. M. Worthing bills and granted five percent for poll tax collection. They accepted the city clerk resignation and elected Godfrey Miller to fill the vacancy.
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Town Hall
A. M
A. Kirkham
Chas Scholl
N. W. Way
R.C. Pratt
H.E. Campbell
W. Holmes
A.M. Worthing
Chas. Schall
Godfrey Miller
Scholl
Way
Pratt
First M. E. Church Notes
Eben A. Thomas reports regular Sunday services as usual. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets with Mrs. Perry Tuesday afternoon, and the Woman's Home Missionary Society meets at the Parsonage Thursday afternoon. The First Quarterly Conference session Friday at 2 30 PM will be important. all officials expected.
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Eben A. Thomas
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Household Hints The Result Of War
Poem laments wartime food shortages urging wheat-less and meat-less meals. Advises using milk wisely, eat poultry and fish, substitute fats, reduce sugar, bathe, and conserve staples. Ends with a combative note wishing Kaiser Bill and his gang were in Hell.
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Kaiser Bill
Hell
Gasoline and Oleomargarine Ads from Local Papers
Advertisement snippets urge ordering gasoline from Standard Oil and briardale oleomargarine as a butter substitute. Notices mention Avery Wallace riding to Omaha, and City Meat Market offers choice roast beef at twenty cents per pound. The items reflect typical early 20th century small-town classifieds.
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Robert Cryer
Nondescript Fur Nace Installation and Margerine Sale Notice
E. S. Wolfer begins a fur nace for Amos W. Shipman while Briardale Olemargarine is offered under pure fond law. A single pound is tried and sold, with details limited by the damaged text.
Order Gasoline and Oil Now
The notice from Standard Oil Company directed by manager Fred B. Dennis urges customers to order gasoline and oil in advance to ensure supply if weather later prevents delivery.
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Standard Oil Company
Fred B. Dennis
Atlantic men visit Anita this Thursday
Albert Smith and Jacob Schwin of Atlantic were in Anita on Thursday. The note urges timely auto repair before cold weather arrives and mentions counting weeks to Christmas. A casual ad fragment references Briardale Oleomar parine as comparable to butter.
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Albert Smith
Jacob Schwin
Atlantic
Anita
Land and sale notices from Councei Bluffs
Ira Exline ordered the Arcorp to be sent to Councei Bluffs for one year. Avery Wallace bought from Homer Kirkham a ten acre tract adjoining the Wallace place on the south for 2000 dollars. The note mentions margarine as a substitute for butter from Briardale Cleo. For Suleby, 44 tf ROE KOHL.
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Ira Exline
Councei Bluffs
Avery Wallace
Homer Kirkham
Wallace Place
ROE & Kohl
Advising Farmers to Stock Gasoline and Kerosene
The resident manager of Standard Oil Co urges farmers to lay in a supply of Gasoline and Kerosene while weather and road conditions are favorable. Orders placed now will be filled promptly and delivered easily. See the manager or phone No 293 for attention.
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Fred
B. Dennis
Standard Oil Co
Ladies Aid Society elects church officers for year
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church elected officers for the ensuing conference year. Mrs. I. E. W. Holmes was named President, Mrs. F. O. Worthing Vice President, Mrs. J. A. Irving Second Vice President, Mrs. Sherman F. Myers Secretary, Mrs. Evica Hyde Treasurer.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
M. E. Church
IE. W. Holmes
F.O. Worthing
J. A. Irving
Sherm F. Myers
Evica Hyde
Treas
Notice of Dissolution of Val Weigand & Son
Notice states the partnership of Val Weigand and Otto Weigand under Val Weigand & Son is dissolved by mutual consent. Otto Weigand retires. Val Weigand will continue the business. All debts to the firm are to be paid to Val Weigand, with accounts against the firm to be settled by Val Weigand. Dated Anita Iowa October 18 1917.
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Val Weigand
Otto Weigand
Val Weigand & Son
Anita
Iowa
John Burkhart in Service Letter from McAllen Texas 1917
A wartime letter from John Burkhart in McAllen Texas dated October 28 1917 requests sending the record to him care of the quartermaster. He notes two months in the army and a preference to fight Germans locally rather than abroad, sending best regards to friends.
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Sherm
McAllen
Texas
John Burkhart
Letter From J S Vernon U S S George Washington 1917
In a wartime letter from New York City dated October 25 1917 J S Vernon writes to his parents about receiving several letters from Zota Zeta and Clara Stager and about the U S S George Washington Postmaster being jailed for forgery and robbing mail with twenty letters opened. He asks for a tracer for a missing package and notes his anticipation of the trial.
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New York City
New York
Zota
Zeta
Clara Stager
Tade
George Washington
United States
Dear Friend Sherm from Ora Moreland in Grant City
A World War I era letter from Ora Moreland in Grant City Missouri dated October 31 1917 to Sherman. He mentions farm prices corn $1.25 a bushel hay $20 to $30 a ton and sugar rationing $1.00 valued per person. He reports a new baby Anita Marjorie and says he will serve when drafted.
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Grant City
Missouri
Sherm
Anita
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Blake
Spider
Iowa
Anita Marjorie
Congregational Church Notes Urge Aid For Bazaar
Pastor J W Wilkins notes Ladies' Aid holds an all day session Thursday to prepare for the annual Bazaar on Saturday December 1. Congregation urged to attend as much work remains. Next Sunday services expected with the pastor speaking at morning and evening worship.
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Ladies’ Aid
Church of Christ announces services and church event
Minister James Teeters invites members and friends to regular services next Sunday. Ladies' Aid meets all day Thursday with Mrs. Rickle. On Saturday November 24 the church Ladies serve a public dinner and bazaar in the new basement. All are welcome.
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Ladies’ Aid
Rickle
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Anita Record
Cass County
Congress
Sherm. F. Myers
City Council Proceedings
Council Chamber
Anita, Towa
Adam Haist, Jr
Sioux City
Anita Produce Company
Stuart Herald
Geo. Weaver
Cumberland
Geo
Chicago
Cumberland Enterprise
Anita Bank
Cheanta Bane
John C, Voorhees
Harry C, Faulkner
Leon G. Voorhees
A.R. Robinson
Omaha
EOR Sale
Garrett M. DeCamp
C. H. Bowen
Bears’ Garage
F. Myers
J. R. Mailander
Wiota
G. C. Petite
Paul T. Brown
Berea
C. H. Wilde
Audubon
M. L. Noel
Massena
Frank Oaks
Canby
Harrison
Herbert & Pete
Bridgewater
John W. Porter
Greenfield
Stoll Drug Co
Fontanelle
Harry Miller
Brayton
G. W. Hartman & Sons
Stewart
W. A. Merean
Adair
F. M. Valentine
Casey
John K. VandeBrake
Extra
W. G. Strayer
Perry
al Lenocker
Oakland
L. R. Green
Sarah
Emil M. Feldhahn
Walnut
Miller Drug Co
Waukee
T. O. Nelson
Earlham
C. D. Funk
E. S. Wolfer
Amos W. Shipman
Crystal Ice Co., Chas. Atwood, Prop
G. M
Keifer
Jonathan
Grimes’, Golden
Jones
Duroc Jersey Boars & Gilts
Adair, Livery Barn
Redeemer
O. S. Larson
Logan
Tweed & Son
LeGrande
Colonel Sensation
Grant Hackett
Manning
Napoleon
Victor
Missouri Mode
Sonnets Model
Inventor
Crimson Wonder
Colonel Emilies
Red Cross
A. J. Menefee
J. E. Stickelman
C. S. Creighton
E. Freese
Pete
J. S. Vernon
U. S
Orr Moreland
Congregational Church Notes
I. J. Wilkins
Church OF Christ
James Teeters
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