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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
3
Pedestrian holiday shopping pitch lists toys brushes mirrors boxes candy cigars and small gifts. Mentions Schafer Fountain Pans box candy and a wide range of gift items including jewelry watches cameras and cut glass. Encourages looking before buying and notes repair work and engraving services offered by EZ J Bunting.
Akron friends mourn the death of Mrs. W. J. Schuyler at her daughter Mrs. G. W. Thomas’s home in Akron on Wednesday morning December 8, 1920 after several weeks of illness following cancer surgery. Born in New York state in 1868, she moved to Akron Ia in 1879, later lived in Sioux City, and is survived by husband W. J. Schuyler and two daughters Mrs. G. W. Thomas of Sioux City and Mrs. T. J. Dineen of Valentine Nebr, plus a sister Mrs. John Collins of New York. Her remains will arrive in Akron the morrow forenoon for burial at Riverside cemetery conducted by Rev. Carl Hammer of the local M E church. Bereaved family receive the sympathy of many friends.
Harold Wetzeler formerly from Varina Iowa wed Miss Yetta Cheely at her parents home in Hornick Iowa on Tuesday November 30 1920. They now live with Mrs J Ergin. Also noting births of two sons to local couples and local notices including a gravel sale and several visits and local injuries and medical procedures.
Reports show improved work as most students return from numerous absences. Several pupils across grades are lauded for perfect attendance. Christmas programs and projects are underway. Teacher guidance offered to parents for underperforming subjects. grades include handwork, poster projects, and arithmetic progress.
Pupils Veérle Allen Violet Jacobs and Irena Bly suffer measles this week while Handwork class stays busy making Christmas boaters. Eighth Grade Cummins absent due to tooth extraction. Attendance over six weeks 84 percent, punctuality 99. High school selling tickets for Lecture course with ten tickets earning one. Wednesday dim room hindered study. Christmas program planned but date uncertain due to vacation.
Prices for most farm products fell but milk held steady in the North Central states, averaging 3.24 per hundredweight in November. Prairie Township Farm Bureau members discussed prospects for a local unit, while the International Livestock Expo drew thousands of animals and visitors, highlighting breeding, judging, and demonstrations from many states and foreign judges. South Dakota sent many attendees to the event, noting its broad educational impact for young farmers.
Wesley S Houghton of 1718 Twenty second Street Des Moines Iowa says Tanlac restored his health after ten years of stomach trouble poor appetite and gas. He gained fifteen pounds and reports relief from indigestion gas shortness of breath and back pain. Sold by March Thorson Akron Merrill Nigg and local druggists.
.Pure buckwheat flour advertised as Hon Est-to-Goodness Buckwheat Flour for cakes. Self rising pancake flour sold in Akron. Miller Milling Co direct from the mill or via grocers. Mrs M C Wooley appointed government weather observer at LeMars to replace the late L Trewery. Read the Want Ad column for finds.
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