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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1933
Page
4
The January meeting featured a soprano quartet and announced 1933 standing committees. Board approved a dues change for January 1 1938 to October 1 1933, setting town members at 2.00 and country members at 1.00, with potential future increases. Members urged unity and monthly gatherings to support local business and community life.
The Riverside Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at Akron City Hall on Friday January 27 19383 at 2 pm for election of officers and other business. All lot owners are urged to attend. By secretary L J Cross.
Paul Wendt dies at home of pneumonia. Nelson Hatchery to give away Jamesway Cafeteria Feeder. Nels Westre visits from near Ireton. plans for hawarden Hawarden purchases Kay Vee store. Akron Hospital reports operations. Emma Ronning post appendectomy. Martha class to meet February 1. Baptist Ladies serve lunch. Local golfers enjoy winter rounds. fog and mild weather. A.S. Gillin celebrated eightieth birthday with Brunner family. Incubator starts Monday. Nelson Hatchery advertises birds. Cumming auction set February 8 near Adaville. sale list to appear next week.
A H S basketball teams split two wins and two losses with fourteen personal fouls in the game. Akron totaled ten fouls as the rough fast contest pleased spectators. Akron schedules a return at Hawarden on Tuesday February 7 and road games at Treton Friday this week before hosting Ireton Friday February 3.
A car load of bulk salt arrives around February 6 at 8.75 per ton off the car with sack lots at 50 cents. At the mill residents are urged to share news items with the Register- Tribune office by phone or in person.
The Montreal Family Herald describes church tokens used in Canada’s early Presbyterian worship. Tokens varied from crude tin pieces to finely crafted metal coins bearing church name and erection date. They served as admission to Communion and reflected solemn prep and fast days in Scottish church practice.
Scientists question the long held idea that albatrosses fly day and night without rest. Observations suggest birds rest on the sea at night and wake at dawn to pursue ships, feeding mainly on surface refuse. The wandering albatross, or Cape Sheep, is noted for a wingspan up to 14 feet.
Less than five decades after Hastings, Normandy housed a vast Anglo Angevin realm spanning from Scotland to the Pyrenees. Fortifications rose amid a security mindset as William built Caen’s chateau and Dieppe fortress, with Arques remains nearby, plus Gisons and Gaillard castles and the Mount Saint Michael abbey fort along the coast.
The Glacial age left lakes across Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin New York Maine Illinois and Indiana. Minnesota leads with about 10 000 lakes followed by Michigan about 5200 Wisconsin over 2500 New York similar Maine around 1600 and Florida containing over 80 000 small lakes formed by sinkholes in limestone in central regions.
Mademoiselle de Scudery argues conversation should mix ordinary and gallant topics, be free and varied by time, place, and company, and speak nobly of low matters and simply of high matters with courteous restraint.
A first grade teacher asks students to name a dangerous animal with horns. Before prompting a student, Bobby shouts that the answer is a truck, delivering a playful misdirection that delights the class.
A new method collects drinking water from the air in southern France. A large round pillar with thick cement casing directs air through pipes where day night temperature differences condense moisture into a reservoir.
The January 17 1988 council session chaired by Mayor Bohiken approved minutes and heard business leaders seek reduced light rates. Amendments to Ordinance No 42 reworked Section 18 covering Lighting Power and Heating Rates with new tiered kilowatt charges. Bills totaling 242.90 were approved for various street and plant expenses as the meeting adjourned.
Lost blue corduroy blazer offers reward for return. Names Basil Blum and Johan Schmidt noted with charges for recovery. Also advertised: 4 hogs January 21, two-row potato planter for sale or trade by Nels Westre of Ireton Iowa. For sale: White Leghorn cockerels from Harry Nelson strain with caps and contact A B Johnson phone 51F21.
A Merrill dispatch reports fifty farmers blocked a cattle test on the Fred Trometer farm eight miles west of town. They surrounded Dr. J. M. Lichty and warned him against testing, prompting a plan to telegraph Governor Clyde Herring to halt tests countywide until diseased cattle are kept from sale.
Des Moines secretary of agriculture Ray Murray declared a holiday on bovine tuberculosis testing. The order, effective immediately in Plymouth county after farmers hindered a test, will apply statewide February 1 with state veterinarians’ pay also discontinued. A bill in the Iowa legislature seeks to make tests optional, prompting the action.
A large crowd attended the Fourth and Fifth grades operetta In a Flower Garden directed by Miss Van Benthem, Miss Mentzer, and Miss Carr in the high school assembly. The one day garden tale featured vivid realism, lovely costumes, and colored lights making it a beautiful performance.
Thos J Redmond was summoned after an extended illness. Attending the funeral were Maurice Redmond and Misses Anna and Mary Redmond of LeMars, Mrs. James McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel McCarty, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Weir and Vetus McCarty of Sheldon. Many friends came from LeMars and surrounding towns and country.
We express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and after the death of our son and brother. Special thanks to Dr Brunner for his efforts and to the high school faculty Sophomore class football team and others for the floral offerings from Mr and Mrs Edward Burnight and Family.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union notes a date change from February 3 to March 3 for its meeting. Members are asked to remember the new date.
The Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association with USDA conducted a hybrid corn yield test across districts. Of 488 entries, 159 were open pollinated and hybrids dominated in the experimental division, with average yields ranging from under one to over ten bushels more than open-pollinated varieties. Final results will be announced at the Iowa Corn and Small Grain show at Iowa State College in Ames, February 6 to 11.
A reader testimonial describes thirty years of constipation ending after using Adlerika. The note praises a new person and urges sending greeting cards through the Register-Tribune office, highlighting printing services offered by the newspaper.
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