Farmers Brace for Harvest as Rents Rise and Hogs Move
Sixty years ago farmers face labor shortages with offers of up to $2 per day and board for harvest hands. The Black Hills horse shipment to be sold at public auction follows private sales of 30 head. A Chicago-bound stock train includes hogs and cattle. A binder accident injures a horse. a portable bathhouse draws patrons at riverfront. Junior Josie Weidentfeller suffers a scalp cut from a peanut roaster. Reno’s Oriental Shows plan two Akron performances priced 15 and 25 cents. George W. Koch pursues medical studies under Dr. Clark. Gypsy players visit briefly. Local farmers hustle to reap 1899 grain. Charley Tucker breaks his leg. he recovers. South Dakota shoppers cross the river. grade gaps wash out. Furniture orders head to Chicago. Westfield beats Akron 2–1 in baseball. Births noted: daughters to Spears and Waterbury families on July 16, 1909. County institute attendees listed. Harvesting accelerates in warm weather as grain ripens.
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Black Hills
Smith Bros
Chicago
Tim Sullivan
John Gear
Ross and
Brady
Herb Sargent
Josie Weidentfeller
Nicley
Reno
Akron
George W. Koch
R. D. Clark
George
Charley
Eli Tucker
South Dakota
F. J. Swanson
Klauer-Swanson Co
Westfield
Guy Ross
Louis Koch
Irving Goodwin
G. H.wooton
Blair
Bob White
Bert Smith
Earl Smith
Bizzy Barr
O. C. Moore
Millette
Mann
Westfield Battery
J. E. Spears
Harry Waterbury
County Teachers’ Institute
le Mars
Mollie Agnes
Maidie Johnson
Gertrude McGraw
Mae Montagne
Anna Kidd
Nellie Shaw
Eva Adams
Mae Gilmore
Akron Defeats Colored Giants In 12 Innings At Riversioux Park
Ak ron won a fast amateur game 3 to 2 over the Colored Giants in twelve innings at Riversioux Park with Cam Smith striking out 24, four hits allowed, and four walks. Weather stayed hot with 101 degrees and rain offered relief to save the corn crop as farmers rely on corn after a light wheat season.
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Akron
Westfield
Sioux
LeMars
Plymouth County
Brule Creek Lutheran Church
Spink
Riversioux Park
Colored Giants
Cam Smith
Geo. Mattison
L. J. Cross
Grain elevators bustle as harvest peaks in town
Thirty years ago farmers hauled large loads of grain to local elevators over two weeks. Last weekend the yards ran at capacity, shipping twenty carloads in three days. Rye barley and winter wheat yields are strong, oats fair. temperatures soared to a 97 degree high. Births report a daughter for Mr and Mrs Goodread and a son for Mr and Mrs Miller in late July 1929. Vermilion move for B L Troup after seven years as Akron schools superintendent. Local dealers Dirk Motor Co added four Ford cars from Des Moines trip.
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Wade Buick Co
Sioux City
and Airs
Flaniy Goodread
Abraham Miller
B. L. Troup
Vermillion
Troup
Akron Public Schools
University of South Dakota
Henry Dirks
L. C. Hitzeman
Lynn Hummel
Ralph Gale
Harry Johnson
Des Moines
Ford
Dirks Motor Co
Local man in service aboard USS Oriskany
Special to Register Tribune from Pacific Fleet Officer Kenneth B Blake airman USN son of Mrs Orin E Blake Akron Iowa is serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Oriskany undergoing carrier Oriskany undergoing cruise off southern California The Oriskany operating out of San Diego California recently completed a two year overhaul at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard Converting to an angled deck and the safer steam catapults replacing the hydraulic type the carrier now resembles the Navy s new super attack carriers
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Register Tribune
Pacific Fleet
FHTNC
Kenneth B. Blake
USN
Orin E. Blake
Akron
Iowa
Orinskany
Oriskany
California
San Diego
Calif
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Adaville Ev United Brethren Church Notice
There will be no regular worship services on Sunday August 9. L. L. Musser Pastor.
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Adaville EV
United Brethren Church
L. L. Musser
Administrator's Notice for Arthur Bellwood Estate
On July 15 1959 the District Court of Plymouth County Iowa appointed Spencer M Day as Administrator of the Estate of Arthur Bellwood deceased. All creditors must render and all claimants present claims to the Court for allowance by the statutory deadline. Pub July 23 30 Aug 1959.
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District Court
Plymouth County
Iowa
Arthur Bellwood
Spencer M. Day
Missionary Lyle Darnauer Visits Local Churches
Missionary Pastor Lyle Darnauer of the American Lutheran Church to India stayed as a house guest of Pastor and Mrs. Luther A. Meyer. He spoke and showed colored slides at Trinity on Wednesday evening, at St. Matthew's Chatsworth on Thursday afternoon, and at St. John's Preston Twp. on Tuesday evening.
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Lyle Darnauer
American Lutheran Church
India
Luther A. Meyer
Trinity
St. Matthew’s
Chatsworth
St. John’s
Preston Twp
Pastor Darnauer Missionary in India and Family Milestones
Pastor Darnauer a University of Iowa and Wartburg Seminary graduate, and his wife Ethel Olson, traveled to India in 1952. They raised five children while he led evangelistic parish work in Kalahasti under the South Andhra Lutheran Church, part of the American Lutheran mission with 13,000 baptized members and a team of 21 Indian pastors and 22 American missionaries. Also advertised: typewriter ribbons and carbon for sale at Register-Tribune office.
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Darnauer
University of Iowa
Wartburg Lutheran Seminary
Dubuque
Ethel Lorraine Olson
India
Kalahasti
South Andhra Lutheran Church
Taitheran Mission
Polio Case at Hawarden Involves Peters Family
The first polio case of the season to develop at Hawarden involved 5 year old David Peters, son of Mr and Mrs Delbert Peters. He was taken to a local clinic for treatment and observation.
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Hawarden
David
Delbert Peters
Polio Case In Sioux City Child Isolated In Hospital
A Sioux City hospital received a child for diagnosis and isolation after polio concerns. The child had completed the three required polio shots and a booster. Medical staff prepared tests and monitoring while authorities traced contacts. The incident underscores ongoing polio vigilance in the region.
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Sioux City
Akron Community School District Budget Hearing Notice
The Akron Community School District in Plymouth County Iowa will hold a budget hearing on August 17 1959 at 8 00 P M in the Akron Community School Building Alon Iowa Taxpayers may speak for or against the proposed expenditures for the year July 1 1959 to June 30 1960 A detailed receipts and disbursements statement will be available at the hearing Arden Te Johnson District Secretary Spectal Levy Fund 20 cave eee each Number of persons of school age Taxable valuation 1958 5730282 Moneys and Credits 1958 495667
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Akron Community
Plymouth County
Iowa
Alon
Arden TE. Johnson
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Ray A. and
Gerald F. Smith
Plymouth
Woodbury Counties
Union County
M. C
Gp Ee
Reis
Register-Tribune
Chas. Olson
Lewis Bly
Haynes
N. Oak
Sioux River
ARMER
Wm. Kapfer
Barwick Impr. Co
Tony Weidenfeller
Gordon Klemme
Ekmer Heeren
L. W. Patnaude
Elk Point
S.D
Fleetwood
Montana Landrace Cross
Red Jacket
Alton Cement Works
Alton
Matthew Deaton
Mi. W
Akron Produce Co
John M. Doherty
Central
Ray Weinblom
Wendal A
Nilson
Lester Dewey
Ralph Riediger
Corn
W. P. Lemmer
Belgrade
Minn
Arthur Kern
Barbara Ann Knight
Fred Andresen
John Deere
Russell Anderson
Wm. Schoen
Malcolm Brodie
Rtf
Jim Bennett
Frank Simeon
AC Loan and Finance Co
School of Journalism
Iowa City
Sargent St
Chester Campbell
Don McManaman
Bill Finch
Hawaii
Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu
Bishop St
Loe
Iowa Public Service
Spectal
Smwe
Uae
Jsth
Trip
First National Bank
Akron, Iowa
F.D.I. C
P.S
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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