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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
2
The Register-Tribune lists Ray A. Smith as publisher. Subscription rates are Year two dollars, six months one dollar, eight months sixty cents. The paper is published every Thursday in Akron Iowa and entered as second class mail at Akron on September 26, 1901.
Special correspondence reports on Sioux City stock market flair with fat cattle, Warren Held winning junior steer class at Chicago International Livestock show, a satire experiment by a Morningside professor, and a deer weighed 142 pounds dressed. The piece also notes Thanksgiving gatherings, farm work on a new parsonage, local church events, livestock sales by Plymouth county residents, and obituaries including Dan Connolly of Westfield.
Local notes record visits and gatherings as families from Richland Whiting Lawton Spencer Stevens and Westfield joined Thanksgiving events. Visitors include the Bennetts and Foltzs with extended kin in Iowa and Nebraska. Shoppers from Sioux City and relatives in Spencer and Stevents arrived for holiday time with agents Lawrence Fetcher and family.
Town City residents attend a December 6 meeting featuring an appealing program on Local Soil Conservation with slides by C Bjorklund of Alcester. Public invitation extended.
Westfield for many years resident D F Connolly dies at home after long illness. Thanksgiving Week social and family visits across Sioux City LeMars and Omaha. Upcoming 4 H guest meeting December 8, boxing title bout in Sioux City and various local visits and events noted by Mrs Tracy and neighbors.
John Connolly a former Westfield mayor and long time Sioux City Tribune field representative died after months of illness at age 63. Born March 16 1878 near Elk Point he married Johanna Scanlan in 1903 and had five children Frank Ray Mrs Libby Harry and Dan Jr. Surviving family includes his wife his mother and two sisters. Funeral at St Catherine’s Catholic Church Westfield Fr Charles Ernst officiated with burial in Akron Catholic cemetery.
We thank neighbors and friends for sympathy and kindness after the death of husband and father D. F. Connolly. Gratitude for spiritual banquets offerings and pantry supplies from the Connolly and Libby families and others.
Funeral services were held at Preston township Lutheran church for Gert Luschen of Emerson Nebraska. Elder Meske departs for army service December 1 after farewell party. Local residents hosted visits and gatherings with families including Fenske Knecht Schultz and others. Thanksgiving guests joined in at the Meske and Milbrodt homes.
Sunday visitors joined Mrs Wim Heubrook for a birthday anniversary on December 1. Henry Cassen home hosted Henry Borchers family and JoAn. Preston township Ladies Aid met at John Hillrichs’ home. Wedding dance by Henry Meins in Cushing attracted locals. Mr Kruse and Henry Meyer visited H P Freri o hs home.
The note asks the host to confirm a guest's visit to the Register-Tribune and provide information about their presence, including a contact phone number 36.
The Remsen Bell Enterprise notes Plymouth county delinquent tax listings declined to 624 descriptions for sale, down from 981 last year, a 45 percent drop tied to improved finances. Fewer bidders appeared at the sale, with eight bidders present Monday, as many property owners prepaid before December 1 to avoid auction.
Properties were sold for 11,968.56 dollars with remaining properties to be offered on the first Monday in February. Last year the tax sale totaled over 28,000 dollars and 1,100 pieces of property were advertised for sale.
The Register-Tribune notes extensive school child involvement in conservation education. Wildlife appreciation, winter feeding, firearm safety, and related topics are widely taught. Understanding conservation fundamentals helps develop responsible citizens.
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