Mayor Proclaims City lockdown to curb influenza spread
Anita Iowa October 12 1018 mayor Homer Kirkham issues a proclamation ordering schools churches libraries theaters clubs and public venues closed until further notice and forbidding all public gatherings. stores including restaurants and barbershops closed evenings at nine. local health boards back the actions to prevent spanish influenza spread.
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Anita
Lowa
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Homer Kirkham
HOM
R Kirkham
Godfrey Miller
Passing of M. I. Jenkins in 1918
Obituary note from Anita recalling Milton J. Jenkins a Civil War veteran and longtime resident. He died October 4 1918 at the Hot Springs South Dakota Sanitarium after a long illness. funeral and burial occurred at Fort Collins Colorado. Survived by wife and three daughters Katherine Jenkins Mrs Elizabeth Stone and Mrs M I Jenkins.
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Hot Springs
South Dakota
Milton J. Jenkins
Anita
Jenkins
Fort Collins
Colorado
Milton Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins
Grand Army of
Boys In Blue
M. I. Jenkins
Katharine Jenkins
Portland
Oregon
Elizabeth Stone
Omaha
U S Grant of Moberly Visits Family Friends
U S Grant of Moberly Missouri spent a few days in the city last week visiting his mother Mrs B J Taylor and sister Mrs G W Fordyce. The writer recalls their boyhood days and notes Grants white hair while praising his still youthful spirit during the stop at the office.
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Wilhelm Hettinger
Canada
Andrew Schwabb
Wm. Hettinger
Iowa
Schwabb
Hettinger
U.S. Grant
Moberly
Missouri
B. J. Taylor
G. W. Fordyce
Grant
Wm. P. Galvin
Randolph
Nebraska
Anita and
F. W. Besbe
Mike Metz
Shoemaker
T. ©. Waters
Wiota
Guthrie County
Bill Williams
Bill
Management Changes At Local Elevator And Bank
Fred C. Chinn resigns as Farmers' Cooperative Elevator manager and becomes bookkeeper at Citizens Bank, starting last week. H. O. Stone continues as temporary elevator office manager until a board election names a successor. Wm. Gilpatrick is noted in a separate item about a record call.
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Farmers’ Cooperative Elevator Company
Fred C.' ‘Chinn
Citizens ‘Bank
Fred
Mable
H. O. Stone
Death of Julius B. West Former Anita Resident
Mrs. Walter Book receives word from the Soldiers' Home in Los Angeles of Julius B. West's death on October 14. Born December 20, 1842 in Otsego Michigan, he lived in Anita from 1870, married Ida Blakesley, had two sons Allen and Louis, served with Company E 17th Illinois Volunteers, later moved to California, and Funeral services were held the next day with interment at Mount Hope Cemetery. Surviving family includes Mother Hook, age near eighty, and the Rev Chas P West line with siblings and daughters noted.
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Walter Book
Los Angeles
California
Julius B. West
Mount Hope Cemetery
Otsego
Branch County
Michigan
Chas. P. West
Iowa
Anita
Ida Blakesley
C. M. Blakesley
Allen
Louis
Company E
17Th Tilmois Volunteers
Jule’ West
Mother Hook
Gyons
Todhinter and King Family News From the City
J W Todhinter reports Monday events in the city Mrs Eli King lost a valuable horse Monday J W Budd and family spent Sunday in the city Big Clark and wife of Casey appear in a pity last week
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Eli King
J. W. Budd
Big Glark
Casey E- Pity
Correction to J D McDermott Hog Sale Location
A correction states J D McDermott's Duroc Jersey hog sale on Friday October 18 will be held at his residence four miles southwest of Anita and four miles northeast of Wiota not northeast of Anita as previously advertised.
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J. D. McDermott
Duroc Jersey
Anita
Wiota
Grant Township Board Closes Schools Amid Spanish Flu Ban
Based on state health orders the Grant Township Board of Health in Cass County Iowa orders all schools closed until further notice and bans all public gatherings indoors or outdoors with immediate dispersal of crowds. Dated Anita October 14, 1918, signed by Trustees John Heck William Wahlert and G O Gipple and attested by Township Clerk H. E. Bowren. The notice accompanies local notices and community updates including wartime and social news from Anita.
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State Board of Health
Grant Township
Cass County
Iowa
Loewl Board of Health
Board of Trustees
Anita
John Heck
Wm. Wahlert
G. O. Gipple
Board of’ Trustees
Nelson Denounces Loyalty Claims in District Race
Julius A Nelson rebuts accusations of disloyalty amid a district political contest. He condemns the Non-Partisan League and affirms support for Taxpayers League policies while pledging to back legislation benefiting all district residents. Local notices mention ads, visits, illnesses, and community updates.
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Tom
Council of Defense
Tax Payers League
Reuke
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