This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Anita remembers a century of local life from 1959 to 1890
A retrospective column compiles notices from Dec 18 1959 through Dec 4 1890, detailing a fatal car train crash near Woodburn that claimed Mrs Velma Eilis and injuries to her husband Albert, along with engagements, anniversaries, obituaries, school histories, and community events across Anita, Cass County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Eilis
Weldon
Anita and
Massena
Woodburn
Eilis
Velma Maas
Albert
Eflis
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Julianna Winther
Glenn Petersen
Adair
Louisa Linderman
Creston
Anitan
Pas
Austin Harris
Massena Christian Church
Tee
Raymond McAfee
Tommie Christensen
Father Devlin
Don Pollock
Lou Laartz
Andy Jessen
Cass County Game Conservation Club
Lewis
Anita
William Bangham
Homer Bangham
Washington, D.C
Anita High School
Kcinda Dressler
Cass County
Elsie Berry
Atlantic
Arthur Jensen
Anta
Jensens
C. V. East
Omaha
Addie Martin
C. H. Johnson
N. W. Way
Benton Township
J. F. Brokaw
D. Farshay
R. G. Rasmussen
Innes
Galther
Whitmore
Lawrence
Sherman Henderson
J. S. Henderson
Nellie Hackwell
Thomas Hackwell
Audubon County
L. H. Wood
Anita Telephone Co
W. P. Galvin
Dr. Plunkett