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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1909
Page
2
J J Aalfs advertises handling public sales and guaranteeing best results. Solicits business with reasonable terms and directs inquiries to Akron Savings Bank for dates via phone line 84.
Sale dates list multiple vendors near Akron and Chatsworth including Hyer Johnson in Ruble on January 29 and James Kelly in southeast Akron on February 24. Other sellers located 3 to 6 miles from Akron include Chas Willer 3 miles northeast, EB Youngquist 5 miles northeast, Mrs Nall 5 miles east of Chatsworth, Cal Waterbury in Akron, EB Taylor 3 miles east and 6 miles south, and P A Carlson 44g miles north of Akron.
The piece notes the birthday of martyred President William McKinley on February 20 as a future focal point. It discusses enduring appreciation for great leaders, interurban electric line talks from LeMars to Vermillion, and political remarks about Senator Cummins and Roosevelt-eraRepublican stances. It also covers postal rate clarifications to Germany, Cummins’ maiden Senate speech, Plymouth County legislative appointments, and a Spirit Lake proposal for county high schools teaching agriculture and academics with state funding.
Neighborhood News reports the Benna Vista county fair cost laborers 500 dollars that year. A mitten and glove factory opened at Hinton employing eleven. LeMara creamery handled almost a million pounds of cream last year. Fort Dodge faces counterfeit silver coins dated 1907. Frank Durgen of LeMars sold a bio patent automobile wheel to Sioux City for 50 000. Teacher certification exams in Union county will be held at Ells Point February 4 and 5. A Monona county farmer placed gate bills in rural mail boxes and settled with a post inspector for 10. Wm Norman of an Spencer egg and poultry house claims to be world champion chicken picker.
Sioux City Spirit Lake Interurban headquarters have shifted from Hartley to Sioux City, while LeMars high school's debate team suffered its first defeat last week at Fort Dodge, the state champion. John R. Barington of Spink married Miss Bila A. Anderson of Sioux Valley township at Lake Point on January 15.
Auction listings dated Friday January 29 and February 2 to February 9 detail property sales at the John Maloney farm in Plymouth County and other Westfield township sites near Akron. Entries list horses cattle hogs machinery and household goods with auctioneers Agnes & Agnes, J J Ralfs, and Geo Eyland, including free lunch and sale times.
In Plymouth County Iowa near Weat feld Akron and Portland township a sale lists 20 horses 61 cattle 1 sheep 25 hogs and extensive machinery and blacksmithing gear with a noon lunch and auctioneers Agnes & Agnes Geo C Byland clerk The next sale on February 16 at Paul Fischer’s farm section 1 Portland township 4 miles east and 4g mile south of Akron offers six horses many cattle machinery household goods with free lunch at noon sale at 1 pm Aynes & Agnes auctioneers Geo Q Dyland clerk
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