This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
2
The Hegister Tribune lists Ray A. Smith as publisher and notes publication every Thursday in Akron Town. It also states the paper is entered as second class mail at the local post office with a September 26 1901 date.
George Hough travels toward Huron to visit his mother while Ele returns from the South Pacific to southern California. Many Sioux City and Alcester residents visit relatives here and in Chicago. Memorial Day events small due to busy farm season. numerous family visits, summer plans, and service members in camps noted. War stamp kings crowned at Woodrow Wilson junior high. local gatherings, showers, and community events described.
Union Creek notes list gatherings at Wesley Heeren and Hultgren homes with Mr and Mrs Wayne Waterman Robt Erockson Win Ericson plus Ida Grove visitors Earl Hultgren Russell Hultgren and Jay Sykes from Sioux City Ruth Stoutenburg Opal Sommervold and D C Vick of Chi- town names appear in a Sunday visit roundup.
Special Correspondent reports Charles Swalley excelling as a sharpshooter for Uncle Sam while Francis Loraditch trains at Great Lakes Naval Station. Cattle and lamb markets in Sioux City feature Roy Cassen and H F Clark among sellers. Mrs. Johnny Buys suffers a light stroke near Akron. Local families track land, auctions, and new births as Mrs. Maloney’s grandson born in Lincoln Illinois, and A D Ross plans hospital visit to remove a knee cast.
In Sioux City early in July a woman travels with two young daughters to visit relatives en route to the Black Hills, staying with grandmother Mrs Emma Milner for a couple of days. Local figures learn of wings and commissions for Clarence Persinger Jr and Jean John. Merlin Milner returns from Des Moines, rejected for navy or army duty due to a long standing hernia. Wayne Feld of Hinton is noted as best man at a wedding in Morningside. A tractor accident in western Plymouth county claims Thomas Soloman, with authorities ruling the death accidental. Mrs Zetta Lind on leave to visit her husband recently returned from the South Pacific. Plymouth county residents gain U S citizenship in Sioux City court. Memorial Day work continues for Milnerville farmers amid weather delays. Pentecost sermons in Adaville, while local REA meeting attended by Bertsel Brown. Sergeant Wayne Andersen reaches England, and Omer Banks earns a promotion in the South Pacific. County schools award diplomas to 148 eighth graders in Le Mars. Grace Briggs, Milnerville native and longtime teacher, will not return to teaching, pursuing business instead.
Camp Stew art Georgia dispatch notes Burton Swift, Orioles ace fastball artist, now Army private in anti aircraft basic training. Swift played 60 games for the Orioles last season, previously with Greenville and Chattanooga, and starred in 1939 with Sioux City. Now in Battery B of the 14th AAAT Battalion. Citizens urged to buy Defense Bonds and Stamps for front line support.
An intensive search for unsuspected cases of tuberculosis in Plymouth County is under way led by nurse Mrs. A Foley Davis. The effort, part of the annual county survey by the County Medical Society and Christmas Seal Sale, urges at risk contacts to take tuberculin skin tests and follow up with chest X-rays if positive. Costs are split between Christmas Seals funds and the State Health Department. Also featured is a call to support the Fifth War Loan Drive, urging Americans to buy war bonds to back the war effort.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.