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Akron shop offers milk and cream delivery and a busy town fair
Local notes show Cobb's and Mead's Drug Store promoting groceries and sundries, including binding twine and toiletries. Laura Barber travels to Sioux City for summer work while Mrs. Fisher visits Breckinridge. Town events include roll call at M E church, a temperance lecture by McColl and wife, and a Catholic lawn fete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb's
Akron Creamery
Cobb’a
Misa Laura Barber
Sioux City
Hammock's
Mead’s
M.eh
W.W. Burrill
Fay
Ear Wagner
A.J. McColl
Des Moines
Crusaders
Akron
Alliance
McColl
Pollock