Akron's Busy Holiday News and Notes
Local shoppers read heavy ads for reduced syrup and orange prices at Silverberg's while many residents visit relatives in Sioux City and Hawarden. Christmas travel, gifts, and town Christmas trade are noted, with social calls, school events, and a Phi Beta Kappa honor for Miss Neomi J Klauer of Akron highlighted alongside numerous town notices and advertisements.
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Dirk Byrup
Silverberg
Silverberg’s
Mystic
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Akron Electric . Co
Akrog Lumber Co
Fred. Green
Sioux ‘City
Lena Post
A. S. Gillin
Sioux
W. J. Brunner
Migs
Olga Thompson
Sabula
Towa
Lake City
Baby
Oldhans
A ‘Oetkin
Hawarden
Adolph’ Metz
Dorothy
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Harry’ Dalgliesh
Andy ‘Chatsworth
Aid
Theo
Montagne
L. Clayton’s
Glenn Hammer
Royal Baking Powder Co
Homie
Harry
M Chas, Switt
Sioux City
Christi
M. Switt
Register-Tribune
Bred W. Sargent
Chisago
Vermillion
S.D
Sargent
Akron
Silverberg 'S
Root
Elaina
Public School Notes On Spelling Method And Reading Study
The series of grade teachers meetings led by Superintendent Day focused on silent reading principles, arithmetic drills, and a new Horn Ashbaugh spelling method. Teachers outlined a weekly cycle of presenting, pronouncing, writing, and testing 4000 key words drawn from 850000 running words, with daily reviews and selective exemptions for fully mastered words.
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Speer
R B Ogden Akron esteemed citizen dies at 78
Raymond Bartley Ogden died December 21 1921 in Akron at age 78 after a paralytic stroke. Born August 5 1848 at Fredericktown Ohio he moved west in 1870 with his parents. He married Arta Gardner in 1875 and leaves wife four sons Leon R Ray B and Mrs A L Seamands and eight grandchildren. Funeral held at home with Rev Carl Hammer and burial in Riverside cemetery. Relatives from Omaha and Sioux Falls attended.
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R. B. Ogden
Akron
Raymond Bartley Ogden
Fredericktown
Ohio
Plymouth County
Adavilla
LeMara
Arta Gardner
William Gardner
Adaville
New York State
Chllon N.J
Omaha
Nebr
Leon R
Ray B
A. L. Seamands
Ogden
Carl Hammer
Akron. M. B. Church
Riverside Cemetery
Clifton
N. Ogden
Neville
L. B. Ogden
Sioux Falls
Card of Thanks from the Ogden Family
We express sincere appreciation for the acts of kindness and sympathy shown by neighbors and friends during our husband and father's illness and after his death. Thank you for the beautiful floral offerings from Mrs. R. B. Ogden and family.
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R. B. Ogden
Akron Basketball Beats Centerville 40 to 24 in Debut Game
Akron High team led 22 to 10 at halftime and widened the gap in the second half. Aalfs scored 11 of Akron’s points, with March, Buswell, and Paulson contributing. Centerville managed 11 baskets and two free throws. The game was clean with few fouls and Marlon Evans officiated. Sophomores topped Freshmen 3 to 2 in inter-class play. Next gym matchup eyes Rock Valley High versus Akron High on January 7.
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Centerville
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Akron
Paulson
Austin
Aalfs
Alron
March
Buswell
T. Cummins
Marlon Evans
Morningside College
Christian Church Notes Focus on Inventories Sermon
Church notices state inventories will be the Sunday morning sermon topic. Sunday evening will address Low Thistles and Society. Union meetings start Sunday evening January 8 at the Baptist church, Co. Allerson, Pastor.
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Baptist Church
Iowa Corn Show At State College With Record Cups
One hundred twenty silver loving cups of various sizes will be offered to Iowa corn growers winning prizes at the Iowa Corn Show to be held at Iowa State College during Farmers Week from January 30 to February 4. Sixty nine county cups are offered for best corn from those counties, plus a new Plummer memorial cup valued at 300 dollars for the championship thirty ears of corn exhibited. The show includes nine USDA exhibits, plus products from corn and corn cobs, the chemical and engineering departments exhibits, and military samples. The event moves to the new armory, the largest corn show of its kind in America, with entries coming in fast despite last summer’s bad weather.
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Towa
Towa State College
Asa Plumer
Adelphi
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Chemical, Engineering Department
Iowa State College
Military Department
Newe Armory
America
Iowa Association of Southern California Seeks Hawkeyes in Southland
The Iowa Association of Southern California invites Hawkeyes of all ages to visit its new quarters at the Continental National Bank in Los Angeles. Captain Frank H. Nichols, longtime treasurer and current bank president, welcomes locals and asks them to May contact Secretary C. H. Parsons for information about events including the Iowa Admission Day Dinner and the February Picnic.
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Iowa Association of Southern California
California
Iowa
Continental National Bank
Corned Main
Ninth Streets
Los Angeles
Frank H. Nichols
Towan
Hawkeyes
Canada
C. H. Parsons
Weather Bureau to Warn Stockmen of Winter Storms
Washington dispatch reports the Weather Bureau will extend its service to aid stockmen against cold waves heavy snows and blizzards. Wireless forecasts will be rapidly distributed within hours to communities and telephone subscribers in the west, aiming to save farmers and ranchers hundreds of thousands of dollars by reducing livestock losses.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Weather ‘Bureau
West
Cornstalks as Dairy Feed Advice for Winter
Dairy expert H. Fy Searles from Iowa State College Extension urges cows milking need more than dry cornstalks. He recommends home grown roughage and grain in the ration, warns against excessive prepared feeds, advises a warm barn and abundant clean water, and notes heating water saves feed during cold weather.
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H. Fy Searles
Iowa
State
College
Horses Return on Iowa Farms Revealed by County Reports
County agents in Iowa report horses are returning on state farms due to cheap feed and fuel costs. About ten percent of farmers are increasing horse herds to market grain surpluses. The 1920 census counted over 1.1 million horses four years old or older and 113,236 colts under that age. a 1921 USDA survey found horses cheaper to operate than tractors, with 1,400 to 1,600 pound horses most common and mules selling best between 1,000 and 1,300 pounds.
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Iowa
H. H. Kildee
Blake College
Towa
United States Department of Agriculture
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Spenger
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J. G. Snyder
Ida Legate
Mildred Legate
Akron Electric Co
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Akron Opera House
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Akron Orchestra
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Phi Beta Kappa
State University of Iowa
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B. P. Klauer
State University of Iown
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State University
Daily
Iowan
University of Iowa
Iowa Alpha
Lonzo Jones
Lamont
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Corning
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Hampton
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Iowa City
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