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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
3
The First National Bank of Akron Iowa and the Junior movement offer $10 in cash premiums for the best single ear of corn from Plymouth county at the Annual Junior Contest in Ames Iowa January 2 to 14 1911. Prizes of 5 3 and 2 dollars awarded to first second and third place. Five or more ears required.
An eastern contemporary humorously riffs on the dawn of agriculture and suggests if he lived here he would know the early hours of dawn, around 3:30 a.m. in summer and 5 a.m. in winter, as a local truth.
An old German father tests his son with a whiskey bottle a Bible and a silver dollar. The boy chooses the Bible and the liquor, then pockets the collar and leaves. The parent declares the boy will be a politician. The ad promotes Mankato Commercial College offering a business education and free year book.
A. R. Whitney offers a sale one mile north of Akron on the Dakota side Friday December 9 listing 6 head of horses 2 dozen Leghorns 4 dozen game chickens 4 tons timothy hay farm machinery and household goods with 10 months credit lunch at noon auctioneers J J Aalfs KE H Youngstrom clerk Also another sale at Preston township section 32 seven miles east of Akron one mile west of Ruble Monday December 12 featuring 6 head horses 37 head cattle 86 hogs about 12 tons clover hay about 2600 bushels yellow corn list of farm machinery and other items with 10 months time lunch at noon.
A. L. Roetman will sell at public auction the Southeast Quarter of Section 27 in Westfield township located 6 miles east of Westfield and 5 miles from the township center. The notice specifies site for bidding and indicates the property details for interested bidders.
Two public auctions set for December 14 and 15 near Akron and Portland Township detail sales of 4 horses 14 cattle 380 Poland China hogs 118 sheep 18 geese 5 dozen chickens farm machinery household goods seed oats yellow dent corn 2000 bushels corn in crib and hay with free lunch at noon. Jas A Agnes auctioneer E H Youngstrom and Geo C Eyland serve as clerks. Mrs Nick Mangelson conducts sale northeast of Section 35 Portland Township.
Anton Hansen to sell at public auction located northeast quarter section 30 Westfield township four miles south of Akron and three miles east of Westfield on Friday December 16. Items include six head of horses nine head of cattle fifty five hogs Duroc Jerseys farm machinery hay potatoes and a house. Usual terms with one year’s time. Jas A Agnes Auctioneer Neil McFarlin Clerk.
J A Agnes auctioneer prints a roster of auction sales with bidders and dates across Akron and surrounding towns. Chas Shuck Arden Pollock J P Lund Peter Crane J D Weber A L Roetman Mrs Nick Mangelson Tom Skaff W R Downer are listed with sale locations and dates including December 14 15 20 and January 18.
J J Aalfs lists multiple upcoming sales with dates and locations across Akron Chatsworth Merrill Adaville Preston Township Big Springs Spink Ruble Millnerville and surrounding areas. The notice urges readers to watch for dates and other sales.
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