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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
3
After careful consideration the Methanist Dp Gaptist churches of Akron decide to omit church and Sunday services on Sunday December 16 due to prevailing anxiety from the general epidemic. The want ad column is referenced for further details.
In Akron many readers note Christmas goods at Hanford Produce Co and calls for poultry, while residents speak of visits by Mrs. Rielanond and Bertine relatives in Sioux City. Influenza plagues families as Lemeke recovers from operation, Newton dies, and water and power shortages disrupt daily life as authorities raid a wholesale booze operation at the Gorath farm.
Community appeals urge December 16 to 23 Red Cross drive with a goal of 100 percent membership. Junior Red Cross dues set at 25 cents. Local shops promote gift lines for Christmas. Notices of visits and travel outline mild weather, a late 1918 war baby born to Mrs Mills, and the death of Private Elbert F. Mills in France.
Portland Township Red Cross sets December 16 to 23 as renewal week with a committee at Township Hall afternoons to collect dues or through First National Bank Akron. Also an auction of household goods at Savery Hotel Akron December 21 at 2 p.m. includes beds, furniture, stove, washing machine, fruit, tools, carriages, and more. Bert Walters proprietor. H Morse auctioneer.
The German Lutheran Church notes preaching at 11:30 a.m. in Akron and 2:30 p.m. in Chatsworth with Pastor F. A. Meske. The piece discusses postwar financing, noting 2,000,000 American soldiers abroad and the need to fund peace as long as troops remain abroad. It cites War Department estimates of $423.27 per soldier per year and references future government loans to support peace efforts.
Mr and Mrs J Ft Dee and Family express gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during their daughter and sister Tuedas illness and for the beautiful offerings. Runting makes your watch run slight at Cobbs.
If your eyes bother you do not run any risk We guarantee to give you the best optical service at Winter Steen's Read the Want Ad Column.
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