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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
4
The mayor urges residents to keep children at home to prevent spread of Spanish influenza amid rising fatalities. A strict curfew ordinance will be enforced from the date, with guidance to parents and local authorities to protect public health. Anita Iowa October 1918 Homer Kirkham mayor.
On West Main Street the Oct 3 gathering at Mayor Kirkham and wife welcomed neighbors for a social evening. About 10:30 lunch followed, and Mrs. Frank Bontrager presented a durable rocking chair as a token of good wishes for many more years of wedded bliss.
Grandma Sherk ill with lagrip. Many Atlantic visits and trips by locals including S N Reed, T M George, Sam Weed, M L Reed, and families. Camp Dodge veterans, new minister Rev Phelps, and community events highlighted. Liberty loan progress, basketball win for Wiota, and social notes including Gladys Keasey party and Dr Heaston’s death.
Twenty five years ago last Saturday at Melrose Iowa Reverend and Mrs H J Wilkins were married. Friends from Union Grundy Center Witten and Melrose gathered at the Wilkins home in Baxter and presented a silver token. A fine dinner was served in the basement of the Congregational church with twenty six plates. the New Era wishes them well and hopes for a golden anniversary. Richard Louden and wife visited the RECORD office last week. Mr and Mrs J Weston and daughter Bessie Parkinson toured to the G A R encampment in Portland Oregon and visited in Idaho with son Clarence Weston. Fred F Tanner aged 27 died Saturday afternoon after pneumonia from influenza. he leaves a wife and four ill children. The body was buried in Noble township cemetery Sunday afternoon.
The United Evangelical Church suspended revival services at the close of last week amid the epidemic and public gathering bans. Attendance remained strong, and planners hope to resume once quarantine measures ease and public meetings are allowed.
Audubon township residents report church attendance and collections, visits with relatives, and local projects. Swinehart broom factory runs at full capacity as families socialize and aid Belgian relief. Spanish flu cases noted in area.
Due to quarantine the Men’s Night is postponed and will occur at the first opportunity. Rally Day Sunday school will be after the influenza passes. Regular services resume once quarantine ends. Anita post office closes at 6:30 p.m. daily per Washington order. Michael Tierney and wife returned from Des Moines visiting daughters Kathryn Zita Monica. nurses in Mercy Hospital training and second year academic studies.
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