Anita Guests This Week At Gittins Home
Anita residents hosted guests at the Harlan Gittins home northwest of Anita including Mrs. Mildred Roy and children from Oakland and Mrs. Herbert Hill with her nephew Allen Mash from Conyenworth Kee. The women Mrs. Emma C. Shaw also attended.
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Anita
Harlan Gittins
Mra
Mildred Roy
Oakland
Herbert Hill
Allen Mash
Conyenworth
Kee
Emma C. Shaw
Local Social Roundup From Anita Des Moines Oakland Visits
Numerous residents and visitors are noted in a community snippet. George O. Smither and relatives spent Sunday in Polk City with plans for a Nevada visit. Claude Smith and children visited Des Moines with sister Harold Thorp’s family. School officials Littell and family returned from Sumner and Clear Lake. Stella Hawk returned from Randolph Nebraska. Phil Trocktenburg of Madoff Market watched Omaha on a business trip. Clyde Pollock and Frank Kopp joined the Fredericksons near Griswold after a move from Anita area last spring. Your Scrap Will Make Bombe.
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Oakland
George O. Smither
Anita
Stanley Curtis
California
Polk City
Smither
Nevada
Claude Smith
Des Moines
Harold Thorp
D. R. Littell
Sumner
Clear Lake
Stella Hawk
Randolph, Neb
Phil Trocktenburg
Omaha
Clyde Pollock
Frank Kopp
Edwin Frederickson
Griswold
Fredericksons
Elliott News Briefs List Local Academic and Family Visits
Elliott residents report visitors from Norfolk Battle Creek Eldorado Springs and Omaha. People include Howard Moore's family Kelsay Penry Ploghoft Williams Hartman Jervis Baldwin Jarboe Waggoner Cannon and others visiting relatives teaching in Elliott School and traveling between Nebraska Missouri and Illinois.
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Elliott
Howard Moore
Norfolk
Neb
Don Stine
Battle Creek
Mich
J. 8. Hartman
E. C. McCarthy
The
Elliott Graphic
E. W. Timmons
Eldorado
Francis Jervis
Omaha
F. A. Baldwin
Detachable Collar History Emerges From Troy Origins
The first detachable collar appeared in Troy around 1635 when a blacksmith’s wife found constant sewing of worn collars wasteful. Before, collars and cuffs were sewn to shirts. the detachable collar later surged in Troy, and in 1839 Rev Ebenezer Brown opened the city’s first collar factory after leaving the ministry.
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Troy
Ebenezer Brown
Atlantic Municipal Plant Improvements Need Major Upgrades
A historic report urges a new boiler, fireproof turbine-room roof, heavy hoisting for repairs, and an upgraded three-phase system to meet peak demand. It also calls for filtration to remove iron and manganese, higher water rates, and expanded storage and office space to shield operations and privacy. The study notes long-running free electric and water services and proposes using revenues to fund upgrades and eventual rate reductions.
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van Ackeren
Board of Trustees
Phé
Service Men Return Home and Share War News
Jeasie Petty visited Red Oak with Mrs. Jennie Pogue and was joined by grandson Pfe Warren Petty on 80 day sick leave from Palm Springs hospital. He left Germany March 4 and landed New York May 30. Ross Hatfield in the Philippines is promoted to staff sergeant. Lt Norman Morgan released from German camp arrives on 60 day leave with parents. he recalls prisoners’ hunger lists and limited appetite after starvation.
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Slliott
Jeasie Petty
Jennie Pogue
Red Oak
Rome
Pfe
Warren Petty
Palm Springs
Cal
Germany
New York
Anita
Ross Hatfield
Philippines
Norman Morgan
N. O. Morgan
Morgan
Griswold Resident Griswold Charles Littler Dies After Illness
Griswold resident Charles Littler 67 died Tuesday night at University Hospital in Iowa City after heart attack. Funeral at 2 p m Friday Wagier Funeral Home with Rev. W H Elges of Griswold Presbyterian Church. Burial in Griswold Cemetery. Born November 26 1877 in Atleasic to Esra and Emma Littler, survived by sister Edith Wolsey Atlantic and brother W Edwin Littler Adair.
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Mr. Littler
Atleasic
Esra
Emma Littler
Griswold
Edith Woolsey
Atlantic
W. Edwin Littler
Adair
Tornado injures many and damages crops in Bureau La Salle areas
A tornado swept central Bureau county last night injuring about 40 people and causing extensive crop and property damage. The storm also hit adjacent La Salle County with heavy rain and gale winds. The twister traveled about 12 miles, northwest of Princeton, damaging homes, farms, and buildings in Bureau county and causing widespread losses estimated over a million dollars. Notable damage hit Pleasant Valley and Joseph B. Kimmel's Davenport farm where only two rooms remained.
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Princeton
Hil
Bureau County
la Salle Ee
Pleasant Valley
Joseph 8. Kimmel
Davenport
Destructive Naval Tactics Described in Historical Note
A historical passage explains a method of destroying ships by placing a gunpowder charge against the hull below the waterline and detonating it. The technique aimed to breach hulls and sink vessels without direct boarding.
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Unable to extract a coherent news item from the fragment. The readable text references saving a life and children, but lacks clear event, names, places, or organizations to form a factual, sourced summary.
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Dave
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State Committee
Red Cross
Army of Occupation
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Cumberland, Jowa
Elliott News Briefs
Fred Jarboe
Inez
Edwin Jarboe
Lincoln
Edna Waggoner
William Lee
Paul Sterner
Roy Donaon
West
Basil Penry
Lilburn Kelsay
Emery Penry
Etta Cannon
St. Louis
Kenneth Cannon
Atlantic Municipal
News-Telegraph
Atlantic Newselegraph
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