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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
2
A clipped notice from Akron Iowa outlines subscription rates and publishing schedule. It lists 4 Year, 2.6 Months, 1.3 Months, and 600 published at a post office. The entry notes Tuesday and Thursday editions and class mail status as second class matter dated September 26, 1901.
Westfield write ups cover visits by Patricia Lorraine Tracy and residents near Elk Point. Michael and Mrs. Michael travel to Muncie to visit relatives. school bus purchase noted. Ladies Aid program features Hattie LaGrone solo. Local coaching search, Eureka occupant Spaulding fills vacancy. Community events include picnics, Guild meetings, hospital visits, and illness updates among families in Elk Point and Sioux City areas.
The Milnerville L. Ge club plans a trip to the Moville county fair next week. Dorothy Klein Dorothy Fymbo and Cecilia Solomon lead arrangements. Numerous local residents attended the Easton-Fry picnic at Dell Rapids SD, while others travel between Sioux City Vermillion and Akron for family visits and farm duties.
Union Creek News notes no church services on Sunday August 27 and lists Ladies Aid meeting August 38 at Luther Hall with Mrs Albin Carlson and Mrs Alfred Swanson as hostesses. A trip through the Ozark Mountains brings Albert Anderson and Grant Gassman and Clark to the Marvin Gassman home in Dennison Texas. Mrs Olof Ericson of Akron visits daughter Mrs Elmer Hultgren. Howard Powell and family and Joe Powell enjoy a trip through the Black Hills region.
Westfield Middlings correspondence reports visits by Mrs Albert Wendt of Le Mars and Mrs Herzberg of Merrill with Mr and Mrs L C Huebseh who spent several days with friends at Storden Minnesota. Also mentioned are Mrs Mary Albertson of Keystone Town and Joyce Neunaber accompanying.
A one day term held at LeMars with Judge R G Rodman approved several receivership cases and advanced probate work. A divorce petition by Mildred Dobbert alleges cruel treatment and seeks alimony custody and a temporary order. she already has temporary custody of the children Joan Dorothy 10 and Jane Blane 8. Elva L Youngstrom seeks a guardianship for Alta Ross citing mental incapacity and hospital care. Ruth F Wiltgen seeks contempt against Cyril A Wiltgen over unpaid support. three children James C Joan R and Patricia. John Niggeling of Remsen, barnball pitcher for Indianapolis in the American Association, joined Cincinnati Reds staff and won a 6 5 decision over Pittsburgh.
The notice invites readers to phone or bring news items to the Register Tribune office, encouraging community members to submit local happenings for publication. The message emphasizes citizen journalism and timely sharing of information within the newspaper's framework.
A probate notice from Plymouth County Iowa states that on August 15, 1980, an instrument purporting to be the will of Myria K Issenhuth was filed in the District Court. A final proof and hearing is fixed for September 7, 1939 at 10 o clock for heirs at law John Issenhuth and others concerned to appear.
An incubator donated on July 19, 1939, by Dr. C. V. Bowers of LeMars is now available to any county doctor. Baby Jimmie Schoenroeck, who weighed 3 pounds 13 ounces at birth, stayed ten days in Sacred Heart Hospital incubator, gained a pound, and went home to his parents Earl and Mrs. Schoenroeck. The county nurse demonstrated proper use, and Jimmie’s home care showed excellent progress.
The average corn yield in Town this year reached 47.5 bushels per acre as of August 1, the highest on record in the state. Plymouth County lagged with 41 to 42 bushels per acre due to grasshopper and hail damage. Some farmers have settled hail losses with insurers at 60 to 76 percent, with total losses in a few cases. Damage exists but is not widespread, affecting Plymouth County’s capacity to top state figures.
A terse item notes Publishing News' focus on local comings and goings. It references readership interest in newspaper society items and site-based updates, highlighting a market for community notices and business coverage.
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