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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
5
A fragmentary OCR line references a company name and a number. The readable portion hints at a corporate item or notice without clear context. No dates places or named individuals are discernible, leaving only a vague business reference to a company and the numeral four.
Special correspondence notes a busy Saturday in Westfield with busy shops and patrons. Several residents travel to Sioux City for visits and legal matters while church groups plan Sunday programs and Christmas activities. Local merchants advertise gifts and bargains.
Vance Wise called in the High school and Grammar rooms Tuesday. Gault and Prof. G M Smith of the University of Vermillion visited the High school Monday, with Prof O J Smith. Mrs W J Bennett and brother Cyrus Knapp visited High school Friday, also Lucile Mayveh on Monday. Mrs Round called in the Beyoud Primary Tuesday.
Notice proclaims very low prices on all goods to reduce stock before January when partner Mr. Irving Goodwin of Sioux City joins the business. Also offers flue heating slaves for sale at clear terms. Call for bargains from Ar Von Hagel at once.
Akron churches announce Christmas programs with cantatas and pageants. Methodist School presents Columbia's Christmas Givers with characters like Columbia and Washington and a Santa Claus. Bible school plans songs, recitations, solos, duets, and a closing address. Baptist church hosts an old-fashioned Christmas tree and youth exercises on Christmas Eve.
At the German Lutheran church an 7 o clock start features recitations and music by children, plus a Christmas tree and gift distribution. A sermon is planned Monday morning. St Joseph's parochial school will present a program Friday afternoon to let out-of-town children go home for Christmas. St Patrick's church has no services on Christmas Day at 7 and 11 15 am, while the public school will hold appropriate exercises Friday afternoon before a two week holiday vacation begins.
Akron merchants report brisk shipping before Christmas with heavy holiday stock and prices undercutting out of town stores. Local editorials note university visitors from Vermillion, teacher praise, and several residents traveling to nearby towns, while cases in district court include the Duncan Ross contest and a land trade verdict for $2200.
Hon E D Chassell, Plymouth publisher and former state representative, wed Miss Mary Calkins at St Paul on December 42 1906 and will live in LeMars and De Moizes. Vivian Slaughter and Arthur Suilth also married December 10 1906 in Sioux City, with congratulations from here. Johnny Ruble wed Miss Bus Nagney December 12 in Milroy Pennsylvania.
Rey Drisko announces a local wedding between a Millin resident and a Plymouth couple. The ceremony referenced kinship roots at Milroy High and gratitude to family elders. After a visit to Ohio and Illinois, the couple plans to settle in Mars after December 4, 1907. A new baby boy was welcomed at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Roof.
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