Local Notes and Advertisements in Anita Area
Susie Shaffer visits Anita guests of Sherm Myers and Bessie Lowell. M C Hutchinson sells Bent on township farm to A C Goda nour and buys farm north of Musseni. Julius Unasen and wife visit Anita from Des Moines. FW Holmes lot work progresses. basement enclosed. Leonard Marsh, son of Geo W Marsh, runs electrical business in Long Beach California. Mrs M T Saunders hosts in Denver. May Duthie in good health in Colorado. Geo Smither and Homer Millhollin settle Yeomen claim in Cumberland. Yeomen insurance covers accident. payout $156.14. Hon Ed Newton of Anita visits Des Moines. praised for first term. Cass county well represented in legislature. C C Pugh's Des Moines letter notes farming representation and diligence in legislature. The creed: the word owes no man a living unless earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Smither
Anita
Homer Millhollin
Cumberland
Geo. Prysinger
Mr. Prysinger
Ed. L. Newton
Des Moines
Newton
Towa
Cass County
C. C. Pugh
Spies Estate Disposes Farms Across Counties
The will of Henry Spies of Cumberland filed on Wednesday devises farms in Union Messena Grove and Pocahontas counties plus cash among his sons and daughter Mary Holliday. Executors named as William and George Spies without bonds.
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Cass County
Pocahontas County
Henry Spies
Cumberland
Mr. Spies
Union Township
Mary Spies Holliday
George Spies
Messena Township
Mrs. Holliday
John Spies
Grove Township
Mrs. Molliday
Alfred Spies
Mary Spies
Holliday
William
George
John
Alfred
Peter
Iowa
Farmers To Consider Soft Corn In State Meeting
A meeting of farmers is set for November 30 in Omaha to discuss soft corn. Reports say much corn is soft and cribbed too soon, causing losses. Advisers from the University Agricultural Extension and state farmers groups urge thorough curing and feeding if cribbing occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Agricultural Extension Department
Annual Chicken Dinner and Bazaar at I C O F Hall
The Congregational Church Ladies Society hosts a Christmas fundraiser with a chicken dinner and bazaar at the I C O F Hall on Saturday December 1st. Proceeds support church activities and holiday gifts. Public invites members and neighbors to attend.
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I. C. O. F. Hall
Congregational Church Ladies’ Society
Chelsea Navy Hospital dispatches from 1917
Paul McEvoy writes from Chelsea Navy Hospital in Massachusetts on November 13, 1917. He notes soldiers leaving for the front, quiet conditions, and delays in mail from Anita Record. He mentions awaiting ORD and the impact of weather on visits from Mrs. Chet Winder and Ma Bonney in Greenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Anita
Tam
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Massachusetts
Harvard
Philadelphia
Chet Winder
Ma Bonney
Greenfield
Ziegler and Ziegler Lawyers Ad and Homecoming News
ZIEGLER & ZIEGLIER LAWYERS advertise collections and probate work across courts. The piece notes a Sunday fried chicken dinner at Ed Carlton's home. Edwin Burkhart, son of N. C. Burkhart, returns from a Navy enlistment for a two week furlough in Anita with family and friends. He sails on the battleship Michigan with fellow Anita servicemen Mutchy McIntyre and Arthur Lattig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziegler & Zieglier Lawyers
Chas.Clardy
Ed. Carlton
Edwin Burkhart
N. C. Burkhart
U.S. Navy
Anita
Dwin
U. S
Michigan
Mutchy’? McIntyre
Arthur Lattig
Cyrus J. Lattig
Payette
Idaho
Beef Roast at 20 Cents City Meat Market
News brief reports beef roast sale at City Meat Market for twenty cents per pound. Identifies Robert Cryer and Tim Knowlton discussing home-made wine. Fire department answered a blaze at Ed Bell residence Sunday morning. closet origin, extensive damage, loss of furniture and clothing, water damage, Bell family away, partially insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cryer
Ed. Bell
Bell
HE. W. Warner
Message From Carl Beebe En Route To France In 1917
Letter from Carl Beebe, Cass County volunteer, to his mother Mrs F W Beebe in Wiota, written November 2 1917. He describes leaving to New York for a voyage across the Atlantic, possibly to France, notes guard duties, mentions drafts and slacker rumors, and asks his mother to inform Sherm. He expresses eagerness to go with fellow volunteers and sends love.
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F. W. Beebe
Wiota
Carl
Cass County
U.S. Naval Yards
Philadelphia
Penn
France
New York
English Channel
Liverpool
St Paul
Sherm
Sailor's Letter From Brooklyn Navy Yards 1917
In November 1917 a sailor writes from the Brooklyn Navy Yards describing duties with the Armed Guard, gun crews, and life ashore in New York City. He mentions seeing Cecil Conley, Edgar Vernon, Herman Taylor, and Frank Wagner, along with liberty nights, theater visits, and a plan to cross the war zone. He notes weather, barracks near Brooklyn, and intent to send a photo, asking his mother to write back.
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Brooklyn
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yards
101 Guard
New York City
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
42Nd
Times
Cecil Conley
Atlantic
Atlantic Company
Long Island
Edgar Vernon
Herman Taylor
Liberty
Frank Wagner
Anita
Great Lakes
Armed Guard
Vty Park
the Bowery
Lower State Street
Chicago
Bowery
Carl
Soldier letter from Jefferson Barracks amid WWI mobilization
William V. Petty, 18th Company, Jefferson Barracks St Louis writes to Sherm Myers Anita Iowa describing the voyage toward Berlin and the arduous enlistment exam. He praises the YMCAs for soldiers, notes the mass medical checks, and recalls daily life with boxing and wrestling among Khaki-clad peers while awaiting deployment and duties.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Jefferson Barracks
Sherm. F. Myers
Anita
Iowa
Berlin
White Pole
William V. Petty
Highland Church Sunday Service Notice
Highland Church invites attendance at 2 30 PM Sunday for a service described as extra. Pastor H P Grinyer urges parishioners to be present and participate in the uplifting gathering.
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Highland Church
H. P. Grinyer
Christian Church Bible School and Services Schedule
The Christian Church invites all to Bible School at 10:00 A M and services at 11:00 A M 7:30 P M with Christian Endeavor at 6:30 P M each Sunday There is important congregational business on Sunday December 9th and every member is urged to attend.
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Bible School
Christian Endeavor
First M E Church Notes Service and events
The regular services Sunday include a morning sermon on the Fruit of the Thoughts. A Union Thanksgiving service is planned for 7 30 Wednesday evening. Ladies Aid Society meets at 2 00 PM to arrange the Christmas Bazaar on December 8.
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Union
Ladies Aid Society
Thanksgiving Service and Bazaar at Congregational Church
Church notes announce a Thanksgiving service at 7 30 p m led by Rev H W Hendricks to aid Armenian and Syrian Christians relying on American charity. Bazaar next Saturday at I C C hall with a chicken dinner at 11 30 am. Bible School at 10 am next Sunday and endeavor services at 2 30 and 7 30 pm. Preaching at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Building partitioning for Val Weigand and D H Donohoe. Found: Lady's breastpin. prove property at ORD office and pay fifty cents. Mrs Peter Scott Jr and Oscar Currier noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Hendricks
Bible School
Endeavor
Peter Scott, Jr
Cumberland
Oscar Currier
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress
Clark & Howlett
Susie Shaffer
Valley Junction
Sherm Myers
Bessie Lowell
M. C. Hutchinson
Benton Township
A. C. Godanour
Musseni
Julius Unansen
O. C
M. C. Hansen
Nelse Johnson
FW. Holmes
Leonard Marsh
Geo. W. Marsh
Long Beach
California
M T. Saunders
George Scholl
Tom
Fred Saunders
Denver
May Duthie
Colorado
Mother Saunders
Nitas
Nebe’s
Hankin Servic
THE
Anita Bank
Anytda Bank
John C. Voorhees
Harry C. Faulkner
Leon G. Voorhees
A. R. Robinson
G. M. Adair
W. W. Carey
O. W. Shaffer
J. Carter
A. B. Maxwell
Ames
Frank Dragoon
Maxwell
Mars
M. Mae Michael
Marcellus, Jr
H. &. Campbell
Paul’ McEvoy
Jonathan
W. H. Karns
Bill
Tim Knowlton
Carl Beebe
Be, Fickel
Roy Dalzell
William Pftty
Christian Church
M. E
Ewen A. Thomas
Congregational Church Notes
H. J. Wilkins
F. H. Sears
Val Weigand
D. H. Donohoe
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