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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
6
Local notes cover county business trips visits in Sioux City and Hawarden. Residents travel to Sioux City Omaha and Florida for examinations, medical, or family reasons. Community events include Red Cross meetings, a necktie social and a benefit supper with a Christmas season focus.
The shop boasts lower cash prices vs time sales with growing trade since adopting cash system. It argues most customers pay cash and supports government cost-cutting requests. Remaining stock includes Palmer cloaks up to 30 dollars, now 21.50 and 16.50, plus children's and women's garments heavily discounted.
Warm Shoes and Footwear offers good reliable warm footwear at low prices. The ad emphasizes durability and value for winter wear.
Lamoureux attends a Jefferson horse sale. Aug Merrill spends Thanksgiving with his sister in Austin Minnesota. Mrs Strong and Mrs Ross visit Sioux City. Mr and Mrs Swanson move into a new residence. L O C F meets at Masonic Hall. J J Ralfs starts excavating a new east Reed street home. Mrs Ella Emery returns to Fresno after visiting W A Elliott. Alexander from Plankinton visits L Robsley family. Ladies Aid of Immanuel Lutheran to meet December 13. Thanksgiving day gatherings noted. war era thrift praised. A Adams returns from Chicago to Nicaragua organization work. previously in Portland Oregon banking. Readers urged to settle subscriptions as price rise to $2 yearly from Jan 1 1918. advance payments kept at $1.50. Signed Ray A. Smith, Publisher.
Sunday Bible School at 10 a m and sermon at 11 a m followed by Y P L S C E R at 6 15 a m. Men and Boys Day on December 30 with singing, ushering and a men’s orchestra. Women and Girls to beat the record later. All welcome with classes for all ages led by L M Dorre en Pastor.
No services Sunday due to pastor absence. Sunday school at 10 30 a m. Ladies Aid Bazaar at church parlors with a chicken pie supper Friday evening starting 5 30 p m price 25 cents. Next Ladies Aid meeting at church parlors Thursday afternoon December 13 hosted by Mrs Peter Johnson. Junior League novel entertaining Friday evening December 14 at the home of Mr and Mrs Peter Floy.
Professor Ruth A Wardall of the home economics department urges immediate action on a wheatless day weekly to curb consumption. She argues restraint now avoids greater shortages later.
Professor Wardall asserts Iowa must use as much corn as possible to conserve wheat for Allies. University home economics officials note corn could replace wheat in many meals, as corn's abundance and supply chains support broader domestic use.
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