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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
5
Figures from 1917 show receipts and disbursements totaling 5428.84 with major costs for materials and county chapter expenses. The Anita Lincoln township branches report active Red Cross efforts and urge greater local participation, naming officers elected at Lincoln Center and outlining future meeting plans.
Henry Ebert of Audubon and Bessie Hollenbeck of Audubon filed for a marriage license. Burt Stone and Josephine Kelley, both of Audubon, also sought license approval. The brief notice records local couples entering marriage filings.
John J Rapp is named head of the Cass County Fourth of July celebration by Chairman Conway of the Cass County Council of Defense. The move follows state and national defense guidance urging county councils to direct Independence Day events to support war activities. A single union celebration for the county is proposed with details to be arranged by Rapp and assistants.
Three hundred bushels of hoarded wheat were found Friday on two Cass township farms. Officers Lang Berry and State Agent McKee retrieved 360 bushels, with 200 in one granary and 160 in another. Farmers plan to deliver the wheat to market this week citing seedholding. County food administrators are canvassing for hoarded wheat as orders demand marketing. Des Moines visitors Harris and Roe noted nearby movements.
W. H. Faulkner of Des Moines was in Anita on business last week. Mrs. Della Taylor of Atlantic visited with Mia and family. Miss Hallie Walker of Maine spent time with grandparents W. D. Pratt and wife. Lost on Main Street last Tuesday evening a hand bag with money. Several residents. Mrs. Marie Carson and Lenore Carson visited Lewiston East. Ben Wilson sick with small pox, quarantined. Mrs. Claire Aldrich and sister visited Cownell Bluffs. Mrs. Harvey Cibert and son moved to Ft. Dodge for four months. Senator John C. Voorhees visited Omaha. Roby Wilson returned from Council Bluffs deaf and dumb school. For sale Short Horn Bulls north of Anita. Arbuckle coffee and Armour’s coffee on sale. L. W. Hixson and wife relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Chairman Conway investigates twenty acres of corn left unshucked in Edna township. A plate glass window at Roe & Kohl replaced. George’s cholera powder advertised. Earl Caddock and “Strangler” Lewis may wrestle world title June 2 at Des Moines Coliseum. Anita plans delegation. Ralph Forshay paid out over $4,000 for lightning losses. Mrs. Harriett Denbo and daughter visit Anita. J. Frank Booth to marry Augusta Pennar. ceremony in Baltimore. Lightning struck tree near McDermott residence. Fred McDermott stunned. State fair to receive four cars of federal exhibits. Mrs. W. R. Larimer left for Blackwell and Piedmont. Bill and Albert to manage. James B. Lewis to organize Anita merchants for war stamps. Grass emphasized as essential. advertising mower lines and sharpening services.
R A Caddock and wife of Massena visited the city Monday morning and will go to Camp Dodge to see his brother Earl C Caddock. They intend to move to Upton Wyoming later this week where his mother has resided for several years.
University of Illinois laboratory reports that a year of storage reduces Towa coal’s heating efficiency by only 3 percent, a loss as small as western bituminous coal and indicating it stores well for Illinois use.
G Augustus Pegan of Anita is president of a zinc mining venture now organized. Ross Howlett of Anita is vice president and Otto Wiegand of Quapaw is general manager. The Ardmoreite calls them prominent Anita real estate dealers and leading hog raisers. Also, Lincoln township roads suffered heavy rain with culverts and bridges washed out including a sixty foot bridge on Turkey creek near Wit a and a fifty foot bridge between sections twenty one and twenty eight.
Director General McAdoo issues an order to curb ambulance chasing lawyers who solicit railroad wreck damages. Government aims to discourage litigation and ensure injured parties receive government compensation without paying attorneys one third to one half of judgments. McAdoo will review evidence after verdicts to determine payments.
Cass county will add about 500 men to class 1 to raise its share to at least 28 percent of all draft classes. Provost Marshal General orders require expanding class 1 staffing. Next week the Cass county board meets with the advisory board and government appeal agent T. C. Whitmore to review questionnaires for advancing men to class 1.
Notice to all concerned to appear at the Atlantic Courthouse Cass County Iowa on the birthday of June 1918 at 9:00 AM to probate a document claimed as the last will and testament of Andrew Liter deceased. Clerk A A Emigh subscribes and seals the notice. Also mentions Sunshine varnish sale and Willard Homer working on the Broadfoot farm summer plans.
Cass County reports total small grain yield of 7,122,188 bushels from 178,521 acres for 1917, compiled by County Auditor C. E. Kringel from assessor crop reports. The dataset includes acres and production for corn, oats, winter and spring wheat, barley, rye, hay, potatoes, seeds, orchards, tractors, silos, silage, livestock totals, wool, poultry, and eggs.
Federal licensing agent A. A. Emigh outlines that all fireworks dealers must hold licenses and require purchasers to have licenses for packages costing more than ten cents. A new rating exempts small quantities and explosive ingredients from licensing and record keeping.
Vincent L. Curry of Massena, about 24, married, was declared of unsound mind by the commissioners of insanity and committed to the hospital for the insane at Clarinda. Sheriff W A McJee transported him that Saturday afternoon. His father is John Curry and his condition is described as periodical wandering tendencies.
The Cass county veterans association set August 15 and 16 for their Griswold reunion. A strong program is planned and the event aims to draw attendees from surrounding areas. The Anita Concert Band opened the season with an open air concert led by Professor Carl D. Carson, drawing a large crowd from nearby towns and farms.
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