Akron Hdw Co offers Deering twine and Manure spreaders
Local notices advertise Deering twine and International Manure Spreaders at Akron Hardware Co with prices per pound eight, along with other goods. Reports mention free eye tests at Wintersteens and a series of social and agricultural notes including visits, harvest plans, and an upcoming Akron Cemetery association meeting.
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Akron Holw
S. A. Waterbury
B. L. Burgess
Idaho
Akron Hdw
Clarence Barr
Ervin
I. B. Spears
C. E
A.F. Johnson
Sargent
Akron
Akron Cemetery Association Announces Annual Meeting
Notice states the annual business meeting of the Akron Cemetery Association will be held in the Baptist Church on Friday after. Security and time details are not specified in the fragment.
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Akron Cemetery Association
Baptist Church
Multiple Appendicitis Cases Reach Akron Vicinity
Over the past two weeks Akron area reports five appendicitis cases. Frank Christianson and Mike Thines were operated on in Sioux City and recovering. Julius Willer died after three operations at Samarian hospital in Sioux City. Freddie Manning, 11, operated on successfully at German Lutheran hospital. Mrs Iva Kennedy fell ill with high fever but shows improvement and may avoid surgery.
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Akron
Frank
Henry Christianson
Mike Thines
Sioux City
Julius Willer
Samaritan Hospital
Freddie
Henry Manning
F. A. Seeman
German Lutheran Hospital
Iva Kennedy
Fats Edge Leans In Tight Akron Baseball Duel
In a close Akron game Tuesday, the Fats defeated the Leans 10 to 9 after seven innings and two extra frames. Mat Kuborn fanned every at bat, H W Fields collected three two-baggers and a three-bagger for the Leans, with notable double plays from Phonnie Adams and teammates. Umpire Louis Hitzemann officiated.
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Fats
Akron
Mat. Kuborn
H. W. Fields
Phonnie Adams
Ervin
Morse
Maxson
Adams
Fredell
C. Seamands
Fields
Slick
Leans
Kuborn
Burrill
Wooton
Barr
Akron Defeats Elk Point 5 4 In Close Provincial Ball Game
Akron edges Elk Point in a tight 5 to 4 contest with Ryan pitching for Elk Point and Barr shutting down Elk Point’s rallies as the locals triumph in a warmly contested ball game.
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Akron
Elk Point
Ryan
Barr
Excursion Train to Arnold's Park With Baseball Game
Two dollar round trip to Arnold's Park on Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Ry. Special leaves 5:25 a.m. Wednesday August 1, returns 6:45 p.m. same date. Tickets valid only on that train. Band concert at 1:00 p.m. and baseball game at 2:00 p.m. Yeoman of Des Moines vs Platte City. Five excursion steamers operate on Okoboji Lake. Contact agent C. M. & St. P. Ry. for details.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Arnold’s Park
Yeoman
Des Moines
Platte
S.D
Okoboji Lake
C. M
St. P. Ry
Rates to St Paul Minneapolis G A R Encampment
Low excursion rates via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Minneapolis with sale dates August 11 to 14 1906 and return by August 31 1906. Extension possible after small fee. Also birth notices and local ads for twine and hardware.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. R Paulailway
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Death of Julius Witter In Iowa Farm Community
Julius Witter of Westfield township Plymouth county Iowa died Wednesday morning July 26 1906 at Samaritan hospital Sioux City of appendicitis aged 37 He worked in his hay field last Friday and died within 24 hours after surgery efforts by Dr Warren to save him He was born in Germany May 7 1869 came to the United States in 1884 lived in Benton county Iowa until 1897 then moved nearby He married Charlotte Kirstein in 1898 and leaves his wife a 3 year old son his father Jurgen Willer four brothers Henry Hans Charles and Nick near Akron and a sister near Laverne Minnesota Funeral service was at Akron German Lutheran church conducted by Rev F Meske with interment in Akron cemetery.
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Sioux City
Warren
Julius Willer
Germany
Benton County
Charlotte Kirstein
Jurgen Willer
Henry
Hans
Charles
Nick
Akron
Laverne
Minnesota
Mr. Willer
Henry Voss
Akron German Lutheran Church
F. Meske
Wood cord pricing at Akron area farm yard sale
At the farm 14 miles north of Akron two wood types are offered: soft wood at 3.40 dollars per cord and hard wood at 4.50 dollars per cord. Names and brands appear garbled but indicate cordwood sales information and location.
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Akron
WADE'S WEEKLY BUDGET WAter and groceries
WADE'S WEEKLY BUDGET advertises Queen Brooms at low prices and promotes Saratoga Chips, iced tea, and a Sunday dinner list with fresh produce. It urges quick orders for California plums and Elberta peaches, highlights Diamond flour, pickling vinegar, spices, and a 25c complexion soap containing glycerine and lime juice. WADE, GROCER, promises prompt delivery.
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California
Wade
Reduced Prices on Kresoline Dip for the Season
Gladstone Kresoline Dip cuts quart can price from 2.00 to 1.50 and half gallon from 8.00 to 6.00 with larger-quantity deals. The disinfectant claims to prevent lice scab ticks mange worms and hog cholera in hogs cattle horses sheep and poultry. Manufactured by Gladstone Medicine Co Hawarden Iowa and sold by Cobb and March Bros.
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Gladstone
Gladstone Medicine Co
Hawarden
Iowa
Westfield Items Special Correspondence Busy Harvest and Socials
Farmers are busy in harvest with good weather and prospects for a strong crop. About forty locals attended a Sioux City show Tuesday. thirty tickets sold at the station. Social life includes a wedding reception for Wm W Chapman and Lois Scott, with guests from Sioux City and Augusta New York. Miscellaneous notes cover visits, school board appointments, and town happenings around Westfield and nearby towns.
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Sioux City
Adaville Items Reflect Local Visiting and Illness
Neva and Blanche Stinton visiting LeMars this week. Mrs Sophia Stinton is very low in Akron after relatives from the area visit. Mrs Thos Stinton rushed to Fort Dodge for a sister’s illness. Akron visitors include F J Swanson Geo Robinson and John Ross at the Tindall home. Spurgeon and Bertha Ott shopped in Sioux City. Addia Hilliker helps with housework. Lula and Susie Fletcher from Oacoma are visiting. James Stinton and wife of Akron visited recently. Everett Stinton moves to a new home near Lucas SD. Mrs Stinton plans to leave Thursday.
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Chas. Hilliker
John Houghton
Bert Hilliker
Akron
Sophia Stinton
Thos. Stinton
Fort Dodge
F. J. Swanson
Geo. Robinson
John Ross
Tindall
O. L. Spurgeon
Bertha Ott
Sioux City
Addia Hilliker
L. L. Morehead
Lula
Susie Fletcher
Oacoma
S. D
Jas. Stinton and Wife
Everett Stinton
Weatfield
Lucas
Local Gossip and Notables From LeMars and Surroundings
Henry Bogentrief of near Struble cites experience with land grafters from South Dakota after buying land shown by a real estate firm. Flora Swetser of LeMars and William Bennett of Boston wed in Sioux City and will reside in Medicine Hat, Canada. Two LeMars divorces last week split the Geary and Lloyd families. William McArthur of LeMars survived a timber hazard near Dalton but suffered back bruises. Miss Asplund near Hinton broke a leg in a buggy runaway prompted by an umbrella. L. J. Walker and wife move from Akron to Landor Wyoming for a freight agent post, praised as a top railroad man. Boyden merchants weigh closing for meals, drawing jibes from country press about mail order advantage. John Tucker dies at Elk Point on his 71st birthday from stomach cancer. English-born, former British navy man, county commissioner, funeral well attended. Sam Strong of Preston threatened suicide with carbolic acid while intoxicated, driven by fear his wife would not live with him. Henry Wesley’s eight-year-old son near Seney breaks his arm for the third time at the same point. A LeMars family that moved to San Francisco over a year ago returns to the county seat to live, their home wrecked by the earthquake.
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Della Muir
Sioux City
M. W. Smith
Geo
Way
E. F. Cobb
C. G. Brady
Dr. Cilley
John Caskey
Chas
Chas. Button
Gene Irvin
Dakotas
Mrs. Guernsey
New York City
R.A. Broadbent
Theodora
A. L. Yeaton
Akron Cemetery Association
M. M. Bradbury
Denison
Iowa
Johnson Confectionary
Johnson
Worthington
Minnesota
Chas. Ramsey
del. Waterbury
Akron
U. GC. I. Co
Fred Hines
Henry Bogentrief
Near Struble
South Dakota
Flora Swetser
LeMars
Wm. Bennett
Boston
Medicine Hut
Canada
Geary
Lloyd Failies
William McArthur
Dalton
Miss Asplund
Hinton
L. J. Walker
Landor
Wyoming
the Sentinel
Walker
Boyden
Josh
John Tucker
Elk Point
England
America
Beresford
Union County
Sam Strong
Preston Township
Henry Wesley
Seney
Richland Ripples Special Correspondence
Charlie Hitzeman and family moved to Richland this week to a job running G M Gill's threshing engine near Jefferson. Kilmer Jacobson started a new threshing machine on Walter Bennett's wheat, yielding about 864 bushels per machine. Ed Sweyer visited Vermillion on Monday and Miss Clara Erickson visited her brother John near Elk Point. Greene Crumline and sister called on Mr Dickerson, Myrtle Keister visited her uncle D M Dickerson, Mrs Herb Ervin of Akron enjoyed a week in Dickerson's berry patch.
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Kilmer Jacobson
Walter Bennett
Ed. Sweyer
Clara Erickson
John
Elk Point
Rasmussen
King
Greene Crumline
Mr. Dickerson
Myrtle Keister
D. M. Dickerson
Herb
Ervin
Akron
Dickerson
Great Livestock Show At The Iowa State Fair
Des Moines July 25 Special The outlook for a great Iowa State Fair was never better. Secretary J OC Simpson notes last year’s horse and cattle exhibits surpassed previous records and rivaled premier foreign shows. Breeders, to exhibit their products before over a hundred thousand guests, aim to bring their herds into prominence quickly. The fair is described as the greatest annual livestock show in the world drawing breeders from far and near.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. OC. Simpson
Wanted Travel Agent for Rail or Rig with $250000 Capital
Wanted. Gentleman or lady with good reference, to travel by rail or with a rig, for a firm of $250,000 capital. Salary $1,072 per year and expenses, salary paid weekly and expenses advanced. Address with stamp Jos. A. Alexander Akron Iowa.
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Jos
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Folk
Missouri
Jefferson City
Avis Williams
Lake Okoboji
Spirit Lake
YEO. Men
St. Paul
Albert Witt
Carl Schweisow
Will Taylor
Westfield
Witter
the Samaritan Hospital
Julius Witter
Westfield Township
Plymouth County
Isaac Waterbury
Saratoga
Cobb and March Bros
N. J. Williams
W. D. Hurlbut
Retta Tobey
C.K. Bordwell
A. King
Centerville
Dakota
Mary C. Chapman
Wm. W. Chapman
Lois Scott
Augusta
New York
Imogene Chapman
Emil Broberg
H. G. Chapman
Imogene
Dwight Slade
Frank Nash
Miles
Ned Spaulding
Melvin Moffatt
Fay N. Sanford
Laura Graham
Hattie Douthett
Gibbs
Hazel and
Nelle
Ponca
Nebraska
C. W. Campell
D. N. Scanlon
P. O
Will Chapman
Neil McFarlan
Winnie Clementson
Herb. Sargent
Hurlbut
Henry Spaulda
Tred Bilhmeyer
John Sweyer
Jeffries
John Warner
Alice Yate
Fred Bilhmeyer
Jud Nichols
C.R. Simons
J. Brants
Adaville
Neva
Blanche Stinton
Neighborhood News
San Francisco
Richland
Charlie
Hitzeman
Mr. Hitzeman
G. M. Gill
Jefferson
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