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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1939
Page
4
Special correspondence records New Year visits in local homes, school reopens, and upcoming high school basketball games. Reports include funeral attendance, nurse duties in Minnesota, minor injuries, and residents returning from Sioux City trips. Also noted are bus operations, student travels to Indianapolis and Chicago, local club meetings, and births.
Relatives and friends gathered at the Henry Siebens home east of town for a farewell party last week. Guests included numerous local families and Sioux City visitors. The evening featured card games and dancing, with service at midnight and best wishes for the Siebens as they move to Wisconsin. Music by Mrs. W Faulkner and Fred and Otto Meins provided entertainment.
A long letter from J J Lowman of Long Beach California praises Hannah Flitzeman known as Tannah, former Akron Iowa resident, for running a beloved cafe. The writer extols her kindness humor and charm, describes the cafe interior including a fountain and lilies, and notes patrons admire her live and let live attitude.
Sioux City Journal reports a busy market with Akron consignors. Charles Willer offered 69 hogs averaging 253 pounds at 6.95 per hundred, H P Willer 25 light hogs averaging 216 pounds at 47.20 per hundred, Ku H Willer led cattle at 10.00 for 58 head averaging 1,052 pounds, Elmer Hultgren 24 handyweight steers at 10.10 per hundred averaging 1,151 pounds, and John Borehers 19 yearlings at 0.25 for 1,070 pounds.
A promotional note urges readers to adopt the habit of studying local Akron merchant ads in the Register-Tribune to save money by spending at home. It promotes Want Ads as a quick route to results for shoppers and advertisers alike.
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