Akron area news highlights from late January 1940
The Akron Register-Tribune reports Orlan Husted’s visit to his grandfather Thomas Warren and Arch Lilly’s flu recovery with Bardwell Lilly covering routes. Busy Bee Club meetings feature card games and birthday celebrations. Westfield High basketball results include wins at Jefferson and losses at home to Akron, with operetta tryouts underway. Thief, car thefts, and a purse theft at a Sioux City school are noted alongside family and church notices, births, travels, and social events.
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Orlan Husted
Thos. Warren
Orlan
U. S. Cavalry
Arkansas
Arch
Lilly
Bardwell Lilly
Busy Bee Club
Chris Jensen
Jensen
George Hummel
Westfield High
Jefferson
Ed. Beaubien
Lawrence
Tulsa
Oklo
A. W. Hummel
Westfield
Akron
Westfield High School
Carol Lilly
Sioux City
Tony Beckleman
Hawarden
Shearer
Victor Brundeen
South Dakota
Carl Tower
Menlo Park
Calif
H. B. Lilly
St. Catharine’s Guild
Mary Margaret Michael
Lauters
Patty Lauters
Levi Kapfer
Philip Beaubien, Jr
Darlene Thornton
Soux City
NYA
Amanda Hummel
John Johnson
Tuttle
Swatara
Minn
Joe Hummel
Charles Hummel
Thos. Hummel
Dollie Stewart
Dike Spaulding
Lylah Sanders
Florence Knapp
Death of Volney B Boyd in Oregon at almost 76
Volney B. Boyd died January 16 1940 at his Salem area home after a long life. He married Lucy Gibson in Westfield on January 13 1889, celebrating fifty years of marriage. He leaves four sons Cecil Roy Robin and Lester and a daughter Mrs Christy Moffatt plus a brother in Canada. The family had visited Westfield recently and are remembered by older residents.
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Volney B. Boyd
Lester Boyd
Christy Moffatt
Salem
Oregon
Boyd
Lucy Gibson
Westfield
Cecil
Ore
Roy
Ryderwood
Wash
Robin
T'wodot, Mont
Lester
Canada
Union Creek News Special Correspondence
Morning services Sunday January 28 at 11 o clock with Sunday school at 10. The Ladies Aid meets February 1 at Luther Hall hosted by Mrs Albert Anderson. Mr and Mrs Milton Ericson and sons visited Jay Sykes Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Howard Powell and family visited Albert Anderson Friday evening. Temperatures reached their...
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Ladies’ Aid
Luther Hall
Albert Anderson
Milton Ericson and
Jay Sykes
Howard Powell
Big Springs mourns pioneer mother Mrs Gus Johnson
The Big Springs community mourns the death of Mrs Gus Johnson from a heart attack early Saturday at her daughter's home. She is survived by two sons, Conrad and Ralph, and many relatives and friends. Services and burial were held Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Dahlquist officiating.
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Milford Anderson
Wm. Olson
Winquist
Arnold Telseth
Albert Anderson
Lois Anderson
Big Springs
Gus. Johnson
David Johnson
Conrad
Ralph
Dahlquist
E. A. Hultgren
Milton Ericson and Sons
Marvnd Oie
Wm. Ericson
Chris Lucht
John Frisk
Alvin
E. Westin
Walfred Forslund
Lawrence Ericson
George Adamson
Baby grown up Sell his carriage bed or highchair ad
A Register Tribune want ad advertises the sale of a baby’s old furnishings as an adult clears out a nursery. Items include a carriage bed and highchair offered to interested buyers through the classified section.
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Register- Tribune
Adia Tablets Money Back Guarantee Ad for Stomach Relief
Adia Tablets offer quick relief from an acid stomach pain between meals indigestion and heartburn due to excess acidity. If not satisfied a money back refund is promised. Cobb and Greenleaf druggists provide the product.
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Cobb & Greenleaf
Ninth district primaries loom with multiple hopefuls
The LeMars Sentinel notes potential GOP battles among Forsling Swanson and Hoeven with others possible and a Democratic clash shaping around Harrington Alesch and Gillette. Rumors of federal appointments may alter nominations, while a separate local case reports William Cowan of Storm Lake jailed or fined for obtaining money by false pretense. Across the state 300000 tests drive progress reporting for 6,000 students in grades 3 through 8 at 300 Iowa schools.
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Forsling
Hoeven
Harrington
Gus Alesch
Gillette
O. J. Ditto
Sibley
Des Moines
Gus
William Cowan
Storm Lake
Justice Rens’ Court
Orange City
Cowan
University of Iowa
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Ray A. Smith
Iowa
Union Creek News
Congress
Ireton
Plymouth County
LeMars
Frank Seholer
Spencer
HE Wants
Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Colorado
Farmers Grain CO
THE
Akron Jeweler
Lyle Baldwin
Inter-State
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Peater
PTE
Detroit
DODGE
State
Xea
Ealer Rice
Dodge Engineering
South Dakota Public Service Company
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