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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
7
A flurry of visitors and residents move through Vermilion and nearby towns. Families from Vermilion, Vermillion South Dakota, and Iowa arrive, travel, and plan stays with relatives while land investment talks, new furniture arrivals, and social events fill the week.
Union Creek South Dakota reports a contrast between July 1901 and 1902 with heavy heat and scarce crops. The community enjoyed Akron celebrations on the 4th, hosted visitors from Sioux City, and welcomed Rev Valin and his bride to the parsonage. Local notices include juror drawings, church activities, storm damage to Nathaniel church, real estate talk about A D Smith, and stock waterer trials. Alfred Fry sold three fat cows for around $80 at Sioux City.
Special correspondence notes Millnerville to gain a new store and a boom in the near future. Citizens urged to speak for town lots opposite the store. Visits include Joe Banks and family near Akron. Grace Mackey from Charter Oak visiting relatives. Bethel chapel sermon by Mr Search due to Rav McKay illness. Swan from Sioux City visiting Marsh family. Fireworks described as superb with continuous lightning and thunder beyond midnight.
Miss Dell Westphal injures foot stepping on a nail while in the yard. Jay Kennedy Jr. returns from St Joseph hospital Sioux City after appendectomy. Mrs Moran returns from Akron after fourth visit with relatives. Mr and Mrs Balloon visit sister Mrs J L Farnham. travel home Monday. J M Sayles and family tour old home area and visit friends. he now practices law at Primghar. D K Bennett and daughter Mabel visit Sioux City midweek. Mrs Frank Bolmer leaves for Hot Springs S D for health. Mrs A Batcheller and daughters Hawarden visitors between trains. Farmers haul twine and prepare for harvest. Fred Larkins comes from Sioux City for harvest. Emmett Neal moves into Henry Dick residence to become Chatsworth resident.
Special correspondence notes heavy rain and little sun as communities celebrated the Fourth with three bands in Alcester and Big Springs. August Peterson bought a farm near Alcester for sixty dollars per acre. Charley and wife Charley Carlson welcomed twin girls near Garland last Monday morning. Soutlie Union Creek reports new potatoes recently harvested.
A Lansing Iowa Journal item notes a cure for summer complaint in children using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It emphasizes timely use and states the product as a home staple, not an advertisement, listing F Cobb Druggiat as a local supplier.
Northern Wisconsin farm land in Douglass county offered at 36 to 810 per acre. Land suits all grains and vegetables with good corn yields. Markets in Dalat and another major city cited. land may rise to 60 to 875 per acre soon. Interested buyers urged to consult James E. Travrt Akron Iowa for viewing trips.
The C M and St P railroad announces fare cuts for multiple events and destinations. Includes Ringling Bros Circus Sioux City with July 12 sale and return. Yankton outing July 18-19. Tacoma Washington Young Peoples Christian Union July 23-27. Spokane and Knot- Snai areas. St Paul Minneapolis Duluth routes. Series A from Akron June 1-16 and Sep 1-10 at 9 round trip. Series B June 16-30 and Jul 1-4 and Jul 16-31 and Aug 16-31 at 12 for round trip from Akron. return by Oct 31. contact local agent for details.
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