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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
5
A storm Tuesday night hit Pine Grove church once known as Whitneyville and it burned to the ground. John Robson reported a Chicago livestock trip yielding $300 more on a shipment than expected at the local market.
The notice from L B Trumbull announces he has taken charge of the local Fairmont Creamery Co station and offers to pay the highest market price for poultry eggs and hides. The item lists social visits and local happenings with floods and travel disruptions around Atlantic and surrounding towns.
Hazel Dell School led by Mrs. Phoebe Tharnish dominates the Anita park spelling contest in Grant township with first and two second places. Winners include Lyman Wahlert Ruth Wahlert Ralph Howlett Neva Turner Ida Wahe Caroline Cecil Florence Wade Ivabel Lewis. Other local notes cover visits, sales, and community events across Anita and Atlantic areas.
Rev H J Wilkins learned of his youngest brother Frederick Wilkins death in London England. Frederick had been editor of the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore before returning home due to ill health. He influenced Indian Princes to donate 100 aeroplanes to Britain and urged food conservation for India and the empire. His wife is sister to Richard Burn Chief Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces.
Art Angell and wife of Extra visited relatives the past week. Mrs A D Dean and three children spent the week with Atlantic friends. Tom A Churchill of Trenton Missouri, now living elsewhere, visited local friends. Mrs Alice Lester and sister Mrs Neal Denham left for McIntire Iowa to visit relatives. J Landanger and family from Carroll South Dakota, visiting near Berea, returned home after a visit with Mrs Walter Palmer’s family. she is Earl Caddock’s cousin. They once lived near Berea.
If you cannot wear a silk shirt, try our soft shirts. Rev. Elias Handy of Atlantic helped form a Red Cross chapter in the city Friday night. Mrs. I. F. Bontrager and children visited Wiota with her parents, John H. Mallory and wife. Mrs. Ed. Franklin and son returned to Muscatine after visiting A. C. Dodge and family. A large trial bottle of Sand Prescription skin tonic is advertised for 35c in the drug store.
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