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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1903
Page
4
Harvest is in shock with winter wheat stacked early in the week. Rain spoiled a Lutheran picnic, and farmers report good labor on winter wheat despite a tough season. Community notes cover visits, market activity, and local baseball play between Breezy Hill, Merrill, Stony Point, and area towns, with weather and dockside chatter shaping weekly events.
Barley is in shock and cuts, Ward's crew will harvest a second alfalfa crop and hope for three. Limited contribution this week due to attendance at a nearby circus town. Lester Wakeman visited town Sunday before leaving for New York City. Mr and Mrs J C Bonney of the west side visited Hawarden Tuesday. H A Smith Wig Chas Geo Valiek and Dok Bennett toured sights near Vla te 82 Sun.
Local notes report rain affected attendance at a Lutheran church gathering while A W Johnson and family, Rey Nelson, Mrs Joe Johnson and daughter visited relatives. Carpenters Johnson and Emil Johnson of Big Springs are building a barn for H Rossbach. Rural Route No 5 carrier missed work, leaving mail undelivered and locals feeling isolated. Miss Ida Johnson visited Rossbach and A W Johnson. Hilder Johnson helps with housework. Mrs August Anderson left for Worthing SD to see daughters. David Anderson is sick. Union Creek and Chatsworth scribes warned of local activity on fate driven paths.
Breezy Hill Notes reports special correspondence from LeMars where C. BP Woodard and Mrs. H. Kissell were visiting the latter’s home, sharing small town greetings and local social snippets.
Do you suffer back ache? Get Kidney-Bite a remedy for kidney troubles. The March Bros Druggists offer this cure for sale at 265 cents. Also listed: for sale a house and lot by L Burnigist.
A nurse recalls a fever patient who refused oranges, noting poverty and appetite in a tenement setting. A Bonn university professor traces 834 descendants of a notorious drunkard woman, finding 142 beggars, 64 on charity, 76 convicts including seven murderers, and an estimated toll of about 1.25 million dollars in German almshouses and courts over seventy five years.
The report notes duplicate receipt books for sale at Elk Point guests visiting Mrs Wade and the ladies of the Christian church plan another supper. A Chamber of Commerce meeting in Kelioux City discusses seed corn and a corn judging contest with a ten ear entry. Street grading and drainage work near town continues, with discussions over flooding and proposed outfall to the river. Public events include concerts at Okoboji Lake, a baseball game at Akron, and an excursion train with round trip fare details. Cholera infantum treatment guidance from Chamberlain’s remedy is advised for infants.
The excerpt argues that true friendship blends truth and tenderness, with sincerity as a core, and tenderness as a companion factor. It notes there is no superiority between the two, and that achieving deep closeness equals reaching fortune. The quote ends with a humorous aside about status and respect from subordinates.
A fragmentary item names Cold Feet and the Cannibal King with odd line breaks and phrases about a meal served with ale. Mentions a Boston missionary and a royal cook named Mint, lodging a surreal, puzzle-like flavor to the reading.
The verse compares life to a board with tacks, explaining that pressing down hard yields more resistance. It ends with the warning to remember life is full of tacks and to heed the moral.
A son named Asa was born to Mr and Mrs Stanley Lally of Westfield township on Saturday July 18 1903. The notice also lists a son born to Mr and Mrs Iva J Eberly of Westfield township on the same day.
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