Anita Record notices and war era updates
Three months in arrears on the Anita Record subscription threaten removal from the list by September 30 1918 under government order. Ben Bowen returns home on furlough from Camp Pike. Anita Council of Defense meets with community interest. Carl Beebe back from Genoa Italy. fifth overseas trip. Nurses training enrollment at state university Iowa City reaches 170. Roland Major of Enid Okla visiting. future army call. Wayne Macklin wounded in France. enlisted from Canada. grandson of Henry Houck. Lawrence Galiher showcases Round Oak stoves a Galloway engine and spreaders. Dr F O Woodard in service at Camp Humphreys Virginia visits Anita. previous practice in Massena. Ralph McDermott enlists from Denver. stationed in France with coast artillery. G M DeCamp aims for aviation service but delayed by county board. awaiting orders. Sgt Rose W Story moves from Camp Cody to Camp Dix. overseas trip delayed due to influenza quarantine. Mutchy McIntyre and Edwin Burkhart rush to Philadelphia for ship Michigan. Edwin Stone recovered from gas exposure, returns to Fort Des Moines for schooling.
Local notices and community happenings in Clinton county
Chas D Barber and daughter Miss Lulu visit relatives at Charlie's old Clinton county home. Home talent show raises $80 for Literary Club. Belgian and Flemish hares for sale. Moving pictures at Unique Theatre attract patrons. F L Smith family return from Iowa City with bumper corn reports. Miss Lizzie Quinn honored at a surprise party in Adair. German posters torn in Berlin as old-war drafts spark unrest. Local building work proceeds quietly in Galiher store room. Editorial humor and rough talk echo wartime patriotism in small towns. Ira E Bowen of Anita found hanging. wife assists him down after fall. J W Butler’s son Robert injures auto near Ed Newton's residence in a high impact crash.
Local News Snippets From A Round Of Weekend Visits
Leon Vorhees traveled to Oklahoma on business last week while Mrs Robi Scott praised the RECORD editor during a Friday call Abe Biggs attended a Republican central committee meeting in Atlantic Saturday. A crimp in the tomato crop threatens winter ketchup and chili sauce and candy prices have nearly doubled along with sorghum taffy causing higher costs for snacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon, Vorhees
Oklahoma
Abe Biggs
Republican Central Committee
Atlantic
Cash Only Policy Sets in at Eliott Businesses
Eliott merchants adopt a cash only system effective October 1. Clara Young, aunt of Mrs. Tom Robison of Casey, died last week from injuries after being run over by a car. Julius A. Nelson of Atlantic, Republican candidate for state senator from Cass Shelby, visited en route to the Massena district fair. Bill Steele stirred the editor by claiming a prominent citizen was before the defense council for harboring a German vessel in his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Young
Tom. Robison
Casey
Julius A. Nelson
Atlantic
Cass-Shelby
Massena
Bill Steele
Defense Council
Local notes from Cass county and Camp Pike news
In Camp Pike Arkansas on September 20 1918 Guy Hosfield writes from the hospital with mumps and a swollen face but states he is alive and hopes to be discharged soon. Messages describe civic notices and farm sales including Wm Bohning Elmer Smith Christina Saxton and others. discussions of leases sales and local business, plus Roy Millhollin's safe arrival in London with the aviation corps purchasing department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Pike
Ark
Sherm
Anita
Wm. Bohning
Elmer Smith
Christina Saxton
Camp Dodge
M. EB. Millhollin
Roy Millhcollin
London
England
Purchasing Department
The
Aviation Corps
Tynoy Child Scalding Incident Reported
The little child of Mr and Mrs H Tyn oy severely scalded by a broken jar is awaiting care. Nic Geo Daughenbaugh and wife spent a couple of weeks in Chicago and vicinity and expect to remain another week unless a gun man upsets his stomach by drinking lake water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. S. Daughenbaugh
Chicago
Ownership Statement for Anita Record 1918
Sherm F Myers owner and publisher of Anita Record Anita Iowa. confirms ownership management and policy details as required by the 1912 act. Declares no bondholders holding 1 percent or more. sworn Sept 27, 1918 before W B Spence notary in Cass County Iowa.
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Congress
Towa
Joy County
Cass
Sherm
F. Myers
Anita Ricorn
Wits
Anita
Myers
Lowa
Sherm F
Sumer
W. BR. Spence
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Ben Bowen
Audubon Township
Camp Pikera
Anita Council of Defense
Carl Beebe
F. W. Beebe
Wiote
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Genoa
Italy
Nurses’ Training School
State University
Iowa City
Roland Major
Enid
Chas. W. Major
Mr.Major
Wayne Macklin
Dexter
France
Canada
Henry Houck
Ed. L.newton
Lauwrence Galiher
F. O. Woodard
Engineers’ Corps
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Virginia
H. O. ‘Stone
Dr. Woodard
Des Moines
C. W. McDermott
Viota
Ralph
Denver
Colorado
California
Coast Artillery Service
G.M DeCamp
Omaha
Uncle Sam
Rose W. Story
Camp Cody
New Mexico
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Mutchy" McIntyre
Edwin Burkhart
Philadelphia
Michigan
Edwin Stone
United States
Fort Des ‘Moines
Government
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Chas. D. Barber
Miss Lulu
Charlie
Clinton County
Children's Union
C. Ross Wiley
Bill Spence
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F. L. Smith
Mr. Smith
Dart
Lizzie Quinn
William Malone
Adair
Peter Metz
George Renshaw
Ellis
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Lawrence
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Galiher
Chamber of Reason
Ira. E. Bowen
Ira
Robert Butler
J. W. Butler
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Balizgaighis
Robi. Scott
Eliott
Guy Hosfield
Guy Rosfield
Minnie Snyder
Hurley, South Dakota
C.T. McAfee
Menlo
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J. M. Sheley
Cass County
Bruce White
Wilbur Jemmings
Re. M. Crane
Bertha Renshaw
Emma Metz
Wiota
Wm. Malone
George Wild
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W. Clark
W. E. Clark
Clay Lewis
Brockway
Anita Bank
J. C. Lightfoot
Nathanielel Johnson
Miller
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Wm. I. Johnson
Johnson
Audubon
T. H. Benson
Edna Robison
Sioux City
Miss Gertrude
Sam P. James
Weldon
J. M. Shay
Franklin Township
Lester Scholl
Howard
Victoria Township
P. A. Rickel
Gregory
Samuel Petty
L. R. Galiher
H. B. Graham
Nebraska
F. H. Sears
Victoria Hotel
Lulu Gotsche
Manning
B. D. Forshay
G. M. Adair
Eben A. Thomas
Jefferson
Frances Titus
Samuel
Tekama
Mary Wilson
W. T. Biggs
Ba. Young
Port Townsend
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J. H. Hill
Oscar Lindblom
Minnnesota
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C. W. Crandall
M. E. Church
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J. F. Davis
W. E. Shugg
S. W. Swick
E. Goodrich
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W. Frank Niswender
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Wiewender
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