Akron News Tells of Construction, Weather and Local Events
Contractors Strobelin Tone complete Akron Commercial club grandstand 20 by 32 feet seating about 200 at the baseball park. Bridge work spans 80 feet across the draw on the Big Sioux river. Mill plant runs on steam power due to low water. Births announced, scouts tour Le Mars, and local baseball and golf results noted along with harvest weather and floodlight reports.
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Strobelin & Tone
Akron
Baseball Park
Dan Arioso
Iowa
Big Sioux Bridge
Big Sioux
Wm. Muir
Bert Hoffman
A. D. Lane
Akron Boy Scouts
LeMars
Inds
Carl Papritz
Chester Robertson
Chester Cilley
Steve Burke
Chas
Swift
Papritz
Robertson
Joe Gilmore
Frank Marlow
Ronald Robertson
Tom Burnight
Harold Strong
Carl Barr
Burke, Marlow
Cilley
Strong
W. Smith
Hawarden
Akron M. EB
Bible Conference Opens at Okoboji on Sunday
The twenty seventh annual Bible Conference at the Methodist Camp near Spirit Lake opens Sunday July 27 with national leaders from New York Baltimore Cincinnati Oklahoma City and California. Bishop Seleeman of Oklahoma City is main speaker for morning and evening services with Dr D W Kurtz as afternoon speaker and Bible teacher all week.
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West Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Boston
San Francisco
New York
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Oklahoma City
California
Morningside College
Seleeman
D. W. Kurtz
Kurtz
Bishop Shaw
J. D. Bragg
Women’s Department of Christian Service
John Versteeg
Iowa
Tabernacle
Notice to Farmers on Cooperation and Weed Control
Farmers are urged to cooperate by cutting weeds along highways and intersections and to cultivate or plow government ground or risk losing conservation checks. Weed Commissioner L R Ogden warns that officials may visit and asks communities to inform the Register-Tribune of their presence. Phone 36. Patronize home merchants.
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L. R. Ogden
Register - Tribune
New Summer Circus Shows to Feature Sioux City
The Lioux City Summer Circus runs July 27 to August 2 at Grand View park bandshell with two new shows billed as bigger and better. Belles of Liberty opens the musical extravaganza each evening with new costumes lighting and acts. Extra seats will be added for the bandshell bowl and admission to both the Belles of Liberty and the circus performances at the ball park will be by ticket only for visitors from Sioux City and surrounding area.
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City
Lioux City
Barnes-Carruthers, Inc
van Raton
George Paradise
Sioux
Grand View Park
Ball Park
Sioux City
Circus Adds Carnival Dances to Downtown Shows in 1941
Patrons may obtain tickets by clipping the newspaper ad coupon and mailing it with a stamped return envelope to 10,000 Sioux Cityans, Inc. The 1941 circus introduces carnvinal dances each evening in the downtown streets alongside two shows.
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Seeman
Sioux Cityans, Inc
Plymouth County Defense Board names new chairman
R. L. Weidauer was named by Secretary Claude R. Wickard as chairman of the Plymouth County Defense Board established to align farm production with Agricultural Adjustment Administration plans. The board includes representatives from AAA and other USDA agencies, with local members listed as Garl R. Marone, A. M. Forsberg, Paul McNutt, and BR. L. Weidauer. Chairman Loveland leads Iowa’s defense board.
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R. L. Weidauer
Plymouth County
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Plymouth
AAA
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Credit Administration
Surplus Marketing Administration
Agricultural Marketing Service
Forest Service
Rural Electrification Administration
Federal State Co-operative Extension Service
Pymouth
Garl R. Marone
Local store offers July prize contest for Akron youths
Arkin's Food Market in Akron hosts a July prize competition for boys and girls. Grand prize is a five-tube super hot radio valued at 16.95 shaped as a large league baseball. Second prize is a leather full-size fielder's glove. Third prize is a regulation baseball bat. Prizes are on display and awarded based on youth efforts. Visit the store for full details and watch next week’s paper for more information.
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Akron
Vievility
Arkin
Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps Explained
A government guidance piece explains cashing rules for Defense Savings Bonds after 60 days at full face value plus interest. It notes that many owners reinvest through payroll deductions, banks, or post offices, with stamps ranging 10 cents to 5 dollars and albums for mounting.
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Defense
America
United States
Washington, D. C
Rural mail carriers now defense stamp agents
Thirty two thousand rural mail carriers are now acting as agents in defense stamp distribution and sale, expanding the reach of the program through local post offices and rural routes to ensure broader access to defense stamps during wartime.
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Defense Savings
Treasury Department
Postofice Department
Postoffice Offiials
Akron Agriculture Day Picnic Invite on Lawn
Local residents are urged to host visiting families for a picnic dinner on Agriculture Day in Akron on August 14. Interested hosts should call Mrs. E. Shoulbery on Saturday, July 26. The list of hosts will be published next week.
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Akron
E. Shoulbery
Newspaper Advertising Boosts Reach at Low Cost
Advertising advice touts newspaper ads as the most efficient way to reach a broad audience, highlighting home delivery and cost effectiveness as key advantages for building a business.
Blackout excess advertising effort do it the easy way
Ada readers are urged to use Register-Tribune Want ads for quick, reliable results. The notice promotes a simple approach to placing ads during advertising blackout periods, highlighting ease and efficiency for local buyers and sellers.
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Register-Tribune
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Norway Center
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Bible Conference
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LeMars Abstract and Title Co
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W. LE Mars
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Rossow Funeral Home
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Ross Funeral Home
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