Akron adopts permanent grades for streets in 1927
Ordinance establishes fixed street grades for Haswell, Mill, Rith, Seventh, and Fifth Streets in Akron Iowa, detailing elevations from Haskell to Fifth Street and confirming sidewalk grades on Haskell. The measure, tied to earlier ordinances, becomes effective after adoption and publication. Memorial Day observance follows with ceremonies at the Big Sioux Meyer bridge and local cemeteries honoring veterans.
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Akron
Iowa
Council of the Own
Lowa
Haskell, Mill, Rith
iSikth
Seventh
Elehth Street
Haswell Street
Eighth Street
Seventh Street
Sixth Street
Corney
Fifth Street
S. B
Mill Street
N. D
Sidewalki Ag
Ldap
Haskell
Mth
M. W. Redmond
D. F. Ross
Immanuel Lutheran Church Service Schedule and Events
Immanuel Lutheran Church announces English services on Sunday June 8 with Luther League. Sunday June 6 Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am with sermon Do You Know the Holy Spirit. Evening service at 8 pm with sermon Organization of the Church. Tuesday June 7 chair rehearsal and Saturday June 11 bake sale at Luke bakken's. Oscar F. Bobman, Pastor.
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Immanuel Lutheran Churegh
Luther League
Lukebakken
Oscar F. Bobman
Library board meeting postponed to June 13 at 4 p.m
Public notes announce a library board meeting rescheduled for Monday June 13 at 4 p.m in the library room Members are asked to attend and changes to summer hours are noted The librarian will be on duty from 3 to 5 p m closing earlier than during the school year President Mrs W J Brunner signs the notice
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Wota
Lbrarian
W. J. Brunner
Graduation Exercises Mark Akron High School Class of 1927
The Akron High School class of 1927, nine boys and ten girls, held commencement at the Akron Opera House on Friday night May 27. Judge Miles V. Newby spoke on "Opposition Makes the Man," urging the graduates to pursue higher education and prepare for future opportunities. The ceremony featured music by the A. S. Glete Glee Club and a presentation by Superintendent B. L. Troup, with diplomas conferred by board President W. J. Brunner. decorations included red and white class colors and a red tulip motif. In a separate notice, Mrs. N. S. Moore, aged 81, passed away May 28, 1927 at her daughter’s home, with funeral services held in Akron.
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Akron High School
Akron Opera House
Hazel Allen
B. C. Davis
A. $. Glete’ Glee Club
Kathryn Gandon
Miles V. Newby
Onawa
W. J. Brunner
Board of Education
Cas
Newby
W. J.brunner
N.S. Moore
John
Jane Miller
Newell
Sidney Moore
Brattleboro
West Dummerston
Dubuque
Iowa
Moore A
Pines
Akron
Silas
Moore
H. L. Moore
Elk Point
C.D. Chriatman
T. W. Hedges
H. C. Davis
Riverside, Cemetery
Christman
Joplin
EB. J. Searls
M. K. Stofdard
H. L. Hathaway
Sioux City
Births Reported Near Town in May 1927
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Henry Helipr iches northeast of town on May 29 1927. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Finzen southeast of town on May 30 1927. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Ira L Hoffman west of town on May 30 1927.
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Henry Helipriches
Mra
Arthur Finzen
Ira L. Hoffman
Memorial Sunday Services at Baptist Church
Memorial Sunday services drew good attendance at the Baptist church beginning at 4 a.m. Local Civil War veterans Morse Neat and Kenseton attended with W R C members. Rev C Davis delivered a patriotic sermon on Our Heroic Dead citing unity, heroism, and the call to be men. The article includes a synopsis of the sermon and reflections on patriotism, memory, and future generations.
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Baptist Church
Morse
Neat and Kenseton
Orvices
C. Davis
Davis
Paul
Jesus Christ
Republic
Royal Sons of America
Lincoln
James Whitcomb Riley
Anne
America
Santiago
Manila Bay
Wilson
Europe
Germany
Austria
Grand Army of the Republic
Christian Church Notes Revival Meetings Begin Next Sunday
The Christian Church announces revival meetings starting next Sunday with both morning and evening preaching. Evening services at 8 o'clock daily and a Friday social June 3 hosted by the Friendship club offers entertainment and music. Admission includes all, with prices 0 to 8 free, 8 to 12 ten cents, over 12 sixteen cents. Pastor B C Davis invites the public.
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Friendship Club
B.C. Davis
First Baptist Church Bible School and Worship Schedule
Bible school at 10 90 a m with a brief intensive study of Scripture. Morning worship at 11 organ prelude and responsive reading. Selection No 49 the choir will sing Bow Down Shinee Ear by Woodworth. Sermon theme The Voice of Victory. P U meets at 7 o'clock in Yopin The Full Measure of Christ. Mr Basil Whitaker will bay a charge of
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Bible School
Woodworth
Local Mention and Summer Plans Amid Rain and Travel
Gladys Huff travels to Sioux City to arrange summer study at Morningside College. Lola Beverly visits relatives in the Burnett home in Sioux City. Recent heavy rain disrupts school children picnics. Clementsons visit Campbell relatives in town. A Union County project builds a new roadway near Reed Street bridge. Plymouth County to gravel road to lower bridge. March graduates with bachelor of arts at the University of South Dakota in June. The senior class play Back Again staged at the opera house with Dorothy McGorkell and others under Lenore Smith. Brundeens depart for abroad, touring Chicago and New York before sailing June 3 on Stockholm to Gothenburg, planning months away.
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University
South
Dakota
Opera House
Dorothy, McGorkell
Julie” Naslund
Valva Nair
Evelyn Ericson
Eldon- Brady
Lester
Ralfs
Arnolld Brundeen
Elbert Youngstrom
Karl Silkebakken
Lenore Smith
A. Jocal
Robert Brundeen
Arnold
LeMars
Chicago
New York City
Stockholm
Gothenberg
Wader
Mr. Brun
Deen
Limmarud
Sweden
Anife
Mighty Hunters Seek Gopher Under Porch
Report from a rural scene says two men named Boden and Willer hunted for a gopher under a porch. One carried a rifle and the other an automatic, but both failed to spot the animal in the bright sun. They planned to retreat to the woods when a bear appeared, altering their course. Witness accounts are unclear.
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Willer
Boden
Unclear OCR item from Portland area missing details
Fragmentary notice from a Fern Bureau item cites a private home lodging request and a later street query near Neary’s Park with references to Register and POUND. No clear names, dates, or events are discernible beyond a biased city notice tone and scattered phrases.
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Silverberg Bros. Co
Japan
UABLE
Puritan
A. Weidenfeller
Poland
China
B.H. Leinart
Register-Tribune
Old Savings Bank Corner
Big Sioux Myer Bridge
American Legion
Grand Army of Republic
W. A. Morse
A. Be Keaston
Neal
Old Guard
Reliief Corps Pond A
Pioneer Club
Ali MacMillan
Public Library Notes
Register Tribune
Galden
L. Macmillan
M. J. Waterman
W. BR
Gillmatin
Rauwick
Towa
Stryzewski
Baldwin
Olbakery
Montage & Boden
Lee Shédd
Elton
Ficie
S.D
Moe
J. H. Kerr
Missouri Valley
of &Hoolg
W. L. Mitchell
Christian Church Notes
First Baptist Church
Portland
Mha
Fern Bureau
Martin Hotel
Stor. Wayne
Legion
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