Catholic Celebration Promises Pageant and Ball Game at Akron
Famous criminal attorney Geo W Egan of Logan Iowa will deliver the address at a big Catholic picnic and celebration in Akron on Thursday August 15 in commemoration of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Admission is free The Elk Point band Hawarden Symphony Orchestra will provide music A 1:30 pm program on Reed street features tug of war potato race sack race wheelbarrow race and running events Akron and Elk Point ball teams will play afterward Admission to the game is 25 cents The evening features a dance at the new opera house with music by the Hawarden Symphony orchestra
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Akron
Holdiday
Geo. W. Egan
Logan
Iowa
Egan
South Dakota
Kaufmann
Sioux Falls
Tom Dennison
Omaha
Bia
New
Opera House
Elk Point
Reed Street
Hawarden Symphony Orchestra
Risky Favor, Sheriff Seizes Note After 20 Years
A man near Akron learned it is risky to sign a friend’s note. About twenty years ago he endorsed a $500 loan for a friend. The signer forgot, but the sheriff later delivered a judgment for the old debt with accumulated interest, ballooning the amount to nearly $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Shylock
Holiness Sermons and Local Fare Dispute Highlight Rural Notice
The notice reports a transport fare dispute with a Milwaukee system lowering fares from Akron to Sioux City and Sioux Falls, plus a 2-cent Iowa rate for travel within Iowa. It also mentions a local businessman opposing the rate and planning action. Separately, church events announce a three sermon series on Bible Holiness starting Sunday morning, Sabbath School, Epworth League devotional led by Miss Edith Boothia, and union services with Rev. Robinson preaching.
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Great
Milwaukee
Akron
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Iowa
South Dakota
T. D. Olin
Meyer. Buggy Co
A. Waterbury
Searls
Mr. Olin
Epworth League
Edith Boothia
Rev. Robinson
C. EH. Plumer
Public School Addition Advances With Plan Change
Contract work by Nylen’s brick layers makes progress on the public school addition starting Tuesday morning. Any deviations from specs were approved by the school board. Directors vote to reconfigure two upper rooms into a single larger room.
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Nylen
Birth Announcements From Akron Families in 1907
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Frank E Lee of Akron on Saturday morning August 3 1907. A daughter followed for Mr and Mrs Fred W Burnett of Akron on Tuesday evening in August 1907. Also advertised is a tonic for horse conditioning named Gold Coin Horse Panic claiming to improve coats and value quickly, sold by M M Talbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Lee
Akron
Fred, W. Burnett
M. M. Talbott
Westfield Items Chronicle Local Notes and Departures
Miss Florence Wilkeson supervised berry-pickers at Dickerson's nursery and returned home Tuesday. School grounds are being prepared for the first Monday in September. Misses Mable and Ethel Eberly returned Friday from LeMara and Nebraska. J P McEwen resigned as buyer for McCaull Webster Elevator Co. after three years. Merrill Meiga visits. Rev and Mrs E T Briggs return from vacation. Mrs Pellroy cared for her mother near Elk Point until her death on Friday July 26. D L Scanlon greeted old friends. Mrs Frank Milly nies and Miss Gertrude Donnelly visit Mills home. G B Crumline returns from California. Geo Heustes leaves for South Dakota. Ehlers visits from Sioux City. W B Martin hosts son Frank. Mrs Will Main and daughter Mica Cora visit Elk Point. Berry season ends as Wm Digkeraan delivers last red raspberries. Ed Petty and daughter go to Laurel Nebraska. Mrs Ling helps at home in Akron during absence.
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Florence Wilkeson
Dickerson’s
Mable
Ethel [Eberly
LeMara
Nebraska
J.P. McEwen
McCaull- Webster Elevator Co
D. L. Scanlon
Frank Milly’ Nies
Gertrude Donnelly
Elk Point
Mills
G. B. Crumline
California
Will Main
Mica Cora
G. B. Main
Wm. Digkeraan
Petty
Roger Silas
Laurel
Ling
Akron
Harvest Prospects Rise After Early Cold Snap
A recent warm spell followed a cold wave that nearly touched frost lines causing nervousness among crop growers. By Tuesday noon, temperatures reached 94 in the shade and spring grain harvests accelerated. Oats suffer from moisture rots while wheat and barley meet average yields. winter wheat fares well away from the floodplain, with 20 to 82 bushels per acre. Overall, farmer confidence rebounds as the home stretch approaches.
Buys New Launch on the Big Sioux River
Robt. Ross adds a Mallin make launch to his fleet. The eighteen foot steel hull craft with a 3 horsepower gas engine can reach eight miles per hour and seats ten passengers. Mrs Anna A McDougall, pioneer resident of Plymouth County, dies at eighty five. She was known as Grandma McDougall.
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Robt. Ross
Big Sioux River
Anna A. McDougall
Plymouth County
Struble
Grandma" McDougall
Lost watch and goods advertised in Akron notice
Lost items include Gady's watch with Swedish works found on the street in Akron. Reward for return to this office. Also advertisements for Gold Coin Cattle Tonic and Gold Coin Germ Killer by M. M. Talbott. Second hand binder for sale by N. 3. Hanzis. Coat near Riverside cemetery. Liberal reward for recovery.
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Gady
Akron
Osborne
Hanzis
Lestermail
Chicago Commission
M. F. Kuronn
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