Decoration Day crowd and town changes in Anita area
Fifty G A R boys lined up in Anita on Decoration Day. Lincoln township grows with George P Fish building a new barn as Cumberland becomes an incorporated town with June 25 town officer election. Massena hotel closes for lack of patronage and a new South Anita school house spot is settled. July 4 celebration planning in Anita. A theft on Dave Jones’ quarters and brick making orders for Bert Hamlin in Extra. Masonic lodge meets in Davenport. Local moves include Boy Houston relocating Keeley institute to Dubuque or Davenport. Late census shows births in several households. Windy Jones’s shooting case dismissed by Justice Chizum. Chas Strutz visits Atlantic. Obtain surety bonds from E S Holton for bond signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
George P. Fish
Lincoln Township
Cumberland
Abe Biggs
Brown- McDermott
Massena
South Anita
Dave Jones
Bachelor Quarters
Dave
Bert Hamlin
Extra
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Davenport
I. N. Taylor
F. W. Beebe
Houston
Keeley
Cherokee
Dubuque
J. T. Ellis
James Cibert
George Currier
J. P. Hefler
M. L. Pete
Windy” Jones
Lewis
Chizum
Justice Chizum
Cass County
Obituary for Melissa Jane Thornburgh Saunders
Melissa Jane Thornburgh Saunders was born May 12 1837 near Xenia Ohio and died May 26 1928 at her daughter’s home in Denver Colorado at 86.14. She was the second of seven children and survived by one sister Dosha Shaul of Whittier California. Her husband Armstead M Saunders whom she married March 26 1855 preceded or later, nine children Eldora Brink Nannie Wilson Mary Duthie Dasha Scholl Thorp Thomas and Fred Saunders William and Jane died earlier, plus 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Born of Quaker parentage she held to Friends principles and later joined Central Presbyterian Church Denver remaining faithful until a paralysis stroke four years ago. She was devoted to family and will be cherished in memory. Her body rests in the Saunders plot Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Jane
Thomas
Nancy Moorman Thornburgh
Xenia
Green County
Ohio
Wm. Duthie
Denver
Colorado
Dosha Shaul
Whittier
California
Society of Friends
Central Presbyterian Church
Silent
Evergreen Cemetery
Card of Thanks and Community Social Agency Effort
Card of thanks from Eldora Brink and family expresses gratitude for neighbors, friends, funeral music and sympathy. Henry of Coon Rapids follows Rev Earl Hoon of First Methodist Sioux City who organized a Social Agency to mobilize 1300 members by calling lawyers doctors business men mechanics laboring men and detectives for practical relief work inside and outside church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Henry
Coon Rapids
Earl Hoon
First Methodist Church
Sioux City
Iowa gas savings urged by highway chief on paved roads
Fred R. White of the state highway commission said a study by Iowa State College found dirt roads yield 14 ton miles per gallon, gravel 21, paved 31. With 500,000 motorists and 4,000 ton miles yearly, primary paved roads could save about 14.8 million dollars annually, with further gains in depreciation and maintenance. Separate notes trace Lincoln land in Crawford and Tama counties, listing deeds and transfers from 1892 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. White
Towa State Highway Commission
Towa State College
The
Highway Commission
Iowa
White
J. B. McHose
Boone
Abraham Lincoln
Crawford County
Tama County
Carl F. Kuehnle
Denison
McHose
Robert T. Lincoln
England
Henry Edwards
C. L. Voss
Peter F. Jepson
Jeson
Charles Beery
Toledo
Lincoln
Tama
Howard
Adam Brecht
Mr. Brecht
Fifth School On Hog Diseases A Success
Over fifty farmers attended a two day vaccination school at Cumberland May 28 and 29. Dr. Craft led lectures and posting with praise for his subject mastery. Parasitic specimens and hog cholera were shown at the Denham and Weimer Veterinary Hospital. Sixteen farmers took exams for a permit while anti hog disease stance was emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Craft
Veterinary Hospital
Denham and Weimer
Farm Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. Christensen
White Pole Garage
Optometrist
Atlantic
W. T. Parker
Anita Pump CO
Stager
P. T. Williams
L. R. Galiher
W. H. Heckman
L. R. Johnson
Long's
I. H. Sheeler Chiropractor
Anita Bank
H. E. Campbell
Campbell
Wagger’s
M.E. Church
Cliff Metheny
C. E. Harry
Millard
G. M. Adair
Citizens State Bank
Calla
Anlta, Iowa
Kunz Grain Company
Nume Blask Coal
al Kids of
Orels
Chas. Strutz
E.S. Holton
American Surety Company of
New York
Eldora Brink
Nannie Wilson
Mary Duthie
Dosha Scholl
Thorp Saunders
Thos. Saunders
Fred Saunders
Bongers Bros
E. C. Dorsey
A. F. Choate
Anita, Iowa
J. W. Macklin Osteopath Office
Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
L. K. Bennett
Farm Bureau Board
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Sunnyside
Z. L. Wright
Franklin Township
H. L. Walker
Dean C. F. Curtiss
Agricultural College
Ames
Gene Cutler
Logan
Old Price
Holmes, Co
Leila Booth
Jerome Booth
Canada
J. H. Beck
Legion
Legion Boys
Ralph Miller
Howard Millhollin
Hubbell
Bear and Rasmussen
Carload
Fullerton Lumber CO
Mere Aire
Persay
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