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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
2
The Register Tribune notes Ray A. Smith as publisher. Published every Thursday at Akron Town. Entry lists mail status and historical post office registration with September 26, 1901 as a reference date.
Relatives of the Cowell family held a Fourth of July farm party at the Cowell farm with extended kin from Sioux City and Westfield. Elmer Harding visited friends in Sioux City while Roy Cassen traveled to meet his wife returning from Indianapolis. Harold Cooper seeks Mayo Clinic evaluation in Rochester, Minnesota. A sunny Fourth featured many local picnics and neighborly acts as two sick men received farm support. Miss Julia Conway’s funeral drew river road residents to Sioux City. Lt. J. W. Conway, her brother, arrived from Camp Claiborne. Cattle were sold in Sioux City by Ray Sitzman. the Mathwig dog will be cared for during a western trip.
The Sioux City post reports on a Mapleton man’s Fourth of July trip hampered by a burned lip from the day before, the Hathaway picnic group from Verndale and other Plymouth county residents attending, with mention of nearby families and travel. It notes market activity with hog shipments up, cattle scarce, and corn and alfalfa progress after rain. The 1941 ten acre yield contest invites entries, promising a Master Corn Grower Medal for yields of 100 bushels per acre or more, sponsored by the LeMars Chamber and county Farm Bureau. A notice from Weed Commissioner L R Ogden urges farmers to cut weeds along highways and government ground to qualify for conservation shock funds.
The Board of Directors of Weatfield Consolidated School District will meet Friday July 25 1941 at 8 p m at the School House. Taxpayers may be heard for or against the proposed expenditures for the year July 1 1941 to June 30 1942 with a detailed receipts and disbursements statement available at the hearing. Tax per 1000 assessed value 18 dollars. Taxable valuation 1940 650389 dollars. Total funds 8904 71. Moneys and credits 1940 5925 dollars. Secretary balance July 1 1941 General Fund School House Fund.
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