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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1930
Page
4
Community notices list services and sales including a Shetland pony for sale, Akron ads for a houseworker, polled Hereford and Shorthorn bulls, lawn mowing on Saturdays, a two story modern house for sale, and help wanted for a strong boy on a farm or town job. Local inquiries directed to Register-Tribune office or specific contacts.
Commercial Club schedules annual Watermelon Day to decide available funds for committees. After adjournment a Dutch lunch was served. L L Burrill Frank J Montagne and Axel Johnson served the cats. Dr and Mrs Kerr plan a long western auto trip through Black Hills Big Horn Mountains Yellowstone Sequoia Grand Canyon and more with mountain lion hunting and moving picture work, returning before school starts.
Special Correspondence reports August Erickson selling a large hog consignment at the Sioux City market. Mr and Mrs George Robertson of LeMars visited relatives. Fourth of July celebrations were held at several venues. Ladies Aid meets Mrs Sam Phillips Thursday afternoon. No U B Church services Sunday morning. all invited to the U B church in South Dakota. Weather was hot and dry, quickening small grain ripening, farmers rush corn layby, pastures and potatoes in need of moisture.
A brief Thursday morning thunderstorm knocked Akron Creamery Co. employee Reimer Boe unconscious when a bolt entered the building and traced a steam pipe near him. He recovered with medical aid at his uncle Otto Larsen's home. The Fourth of July passed quietly in Akron with celebrations at Hawkard and the Ross Grove Sunday school picnic. The week has seen record heat ranging from 98 to 108 degrees, affecting people and animals but sparing the harvest outlook for grains. local businesses advertise services and supplies.
Local notes report car service stations and hauling in Akron. It lists Avery Small and Vanderbeek as service contacts, a Salt unloading drive, and a Gamble Stores ad offering a 50 ft garden hose deal. Several residents travel to Lake Okoboji and Minot for tours, golf, or visits, with accompanying family movements and a 25th wedding anniversary celebration. The piece notes Mrs. A W Edgington’s Spokane death and survivors.
Sioux City visitors, out-of-town guests, and summer plans fill the Plymouth area items. Notables include Wm. H. Neary and Henry Peterson visiting, Fred Claesson and family at Lake Okoboji, and trips to Westhoff and Akron. The Akron Hospital reports several procedures, and new church dedication plans emerge for the Plymouth Presbyterian church in Johnson Township.
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