Local items and legal notice from Anita period
A collection of brief local notes records subscriptions, visits, and travels among residents including A. H. Winder Nettie Steinmetz and Miss Humility Crawford. A civil suit is filed by J. G. Kinney against Platts and McCarthy for $315 claiming contract owed for insurance services in Griswold and preliminary breaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Kinney
Clerk of the District Court
Platts and
McCarthy
Griswold
Kinney
Freeport
Lynch & Byers of
Adair
Two tramps brought before justice of the peace
A Justice of the peace questions two ragged vagrants. When asked where they live the first answers nowhere and the second says he rooms above him. The odd exchange highlights the men’s living arrangement.
May Weidemann Seeks Absolute Divorce in Iowa Case
May C. Weidemann files for absolute divorce from William Weidemann alleging a pattern of abuse and threats after their 1905 Atlantic marriage. She seeks custody of two minor children, division of household effects, and costs. The filing notes the January term and mentions related local notices and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May C. Weidemann
District Court
C. A. Meredith
William Weidemann
Atlantic
Weidemann
Sacred concert fills Lewis Church crowd
The Church of Christ in Lewis packed its church for a Sunday evening sacred concert under Mrs. A. E. Taylor with many turned away. The Congregational church annual meeting reported prosperity, improvements, growing Sunday School, and twenty one additions. Rev. B. F. Myers received a unanimous six year call. The column notes local visits, birthdays, deaths, and community notices across nearby towns, including several residents traveling to Des Moines and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
A. E. Taylor
Congregational Church
B. F. Myers
Wm. Cartwright
Kearney
Neb
Philip Davis
Charley Cartwright
Davis
del Davis
Iranistan
White Pole Association of
Lewis
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Geo. H. Bubb
Irene Solomon
New York
the Lion and the Mouse
Tia
Cat2
A. Sears
Fontanelle
Fred H. Iears
A. H. Winder
the Tribune
E.G. Alanson
C. T. Berry
Armour
South Dakota
John PD
Peter Fon
Miss Humility Crawford
Walnut
G. E. Mueller
C.L. Marsh
Bridgewater
James A. McCosh
Roy Millhollin
Dubuque
N Plotts
McCarty
Sjed
Hen Wells
Winogeeuake
Ollie Seaman
Baby
S. W. Metheny
J. F. Becker
Atlantic Sunday
R. A. Becker
Eva Schwenneher
Daisy Chapman
Fred Tismer
Hot Springs
Anita Sunday
Augusta Simon
J. H. Thornburg
Afton
Towa
George Scholl
Hans Hansen
Brayton
John C. Johnsen
Weyburn
Canada
Anita
Dakotas
Ernest White
Greenfield
Bunienene
Tues
Glen Victoria
John Deere
Barber & Clark
L. Newton Clerk
May Weidemann
A. G. Todhunter
Omaha
Ernest Wade
J. B. Smith
Clyde Smith
Hayes Kelley
Atlante
Lulu Faga
Walter Hook
Rebecca Lodge
Charles B. Johnson
Lincoln Township
Jo. Heme
Bert Wieeins
Stuart
Margaret Guthrie
Philip Casey
Massena Neiphierte
Massena
Katharine Waters
Joe Waters
B.A. Goodspeed
Grand Hotel Company of
Council Tlusts
C. Burke
John Roush
Jennie
Des Moines
Galva
Wheeler’s Grove
Macedonia
Andrew Jackson
Benj Wagner
O. W. van Slyke
Hans Hanser
John A. Malloy
Mrs. J. Snyder
Hazel Clark
J. Robson
Casey
Henry Robson
Charles Hettinger
Marshalltown
William Steele
Louis
Tillie Smith
C A. Long
Manson
PF. R. Leflingwell
Yard
Jank White
Charles Kagan
Glen Elder
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Arkansas
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