Akron Market Report corrected Thursday edition
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23 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
1
Wheat No 2 old wheat No 4 barley cero old shelled haya delivered cows butcher stock hides hens rooters spring chickens gulnans butter webaee hinges potatoes now
Local notices mix sales ads and visits across Akron and Sioux City. Items include ice cream cones, Belgian hares, hog feed, cream delivery, and the Calmar Wagon brand, plus farm news and social notes about visitors and church services.
Local residents and visitors are noted in Sioux City and surrounding towns. A. L. Yeaton and wife visited yesterday and today. G. P. Linke of Hawarden called on Mra. J B Murch. H. D. Mohr continues selling Deer ing Binders and Mowers and offers repairs. Frank Bolmer plans an eight room house northeast of town. A Wednesday dance at the opera house was postponed due to harvest. Mrs. Guernsey arrived from New York to visit relatives. Mrs. Anderson of Michigan visited her mother. Lena Warntjes joined relatives from Sioux City and traveled to Hull with them. Attorney Fred W. Sargent and Sioux City city engineer Red Smith attended the council meeting on sewer plans, expected to start in September. The Methodist Sunday school picnic drew about 125, with games and basket dinners at the Pollock home. a ball game between the "bloomer" girls and the boys ended 9 to 6 for the boys, amid other amusements.
A letter argues for a municipal lighting plant to boost progress. The writer laments the town’s lack of electric lighting, cites strong schools and churches, and calls the town a laughing stock to outsiders. The piece urges action to “have light,” suggesting practical or humorous solutions like lighting bugs in glass houses.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Skatt northeast of town on Saturday July 18, 1908. A son arrived to Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Holm west of town on Sunday July 19, 1908. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Anderson south of town on Wednesday July 22, 1908.
An open air concert by the Alcester band will be held at Erickson Bros store in Big Springs South Carolina on Saturday evening July 25. Everyone is invited to enjoy the music and partake of ice cream and other refreshments.
W E Meyers was an Akron business caller Tuesday. Carl Schwalsow and family were LeMars callers Monday. Miss Louise Majerus helps with duties at the Jauron home. Mike Gattney works for John Clark while Clark nurses a sore knee. A fine boy was born to Mr and Mrs Dan Maloney Jr Saturday July 13. Dr Brown of Akron attended a sick horse at Bank Outken's. Lena Steinfeldt left Sunday for an extended visit with her uncle in Grant township. Barn dances at Ben Borchers and Rudolph Erks farms drew large crowds. Chay Barinsky visited his uncle John Barinsky from Saturday to Sunday. sister Pauline returned home with him. Harvest is in full swing and haying nearly finished. Some grain cut, oats rusted and light weight.
Westfield records the death of Rev. E. H. Wobbut at 76 after long illness. The preacher, born May 22, 1832 in New York, served churches in Rochester Waukesha Mantua Huntingdon Vermillion Centerville Sunnyside and Akron. His career spanned Dakota settlement work and evangelistic efforts before moving to Westfield in 1907. He left three sons and a daughter and a large funeral attended by locals and Akron friends.
A message notes a funeral service following Amos 4 12 with Rev J L Ayralt of Akron Baptist Church leading the prayer and graveside rites. Interment occurred at Riverside Cemetery Akron. Also acknowledgment of thanks from the Horan y family and a church service schedule from the Christian Church with a union service at the Baptist church and B S activities. An arrest for Ostrom is listed regarding extrays of hogs in Woentfeld township.
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