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 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
4
Westfield items recount social visits in Akron Sioux City and Wheeler Nebraska notes on visitors Miss Ida Hemphill Miss Lena Marks and Miss Imogene Chapman attend events and travel. Local events include Fourth of July posters and a corrected baccalaureate time. Decoration day observed with bank and saloon closures and birthday surprise for Mrs. Machin.
Lester Krown of Esmond visits relatives in Adaville. Children day services set for Sunday June 21. Port visited Akron Friday to Sunday. H Scott and family at Westfield township Sunday. Mr and Mrs J Gowan and Ruby visit Sioux City Saturday. J A Sammis speech Monday drew a large crowd. Peter Braun and family of Merrill with McLain and Frisch homes Sunday. Mrs Sam Ericson and daughters with Sioux City friends last Saturday and Sunday. Adaville baseball beat Westfield 7 to 1 on Decoration Day. Ada Cline graduate at Grant last week. Quarterly meeting U B church June 13 14 Elder Geo Miller to attend. Ada ville school decorates cemetery on Decoration Day.
W S Bennett and family visited Mr and Mrs Ross Weld to view the cyclone damage. Elk Point guests Will Seward and family visited relatives and saw high water. Decoration day services were held at Elk Point with nearby neighbors attending. John Ericson and sons visited. his sister Mrs Perry Chamberkip of Avon came to stay. Ladies Aid met with Mrs W S Bennett. next at Mrs W L Fate. Midland school closes Friday with a brick building program. admission 15 cents.
John Sellberg a longtime Sioux Valley pioneer in Union County South Dakota died at 6 o clock Thursday at the Park Line farm in his declining health due to heart trouble bronchitis and grip He homesteaded in 1869 and was a respected figure Funeral services will be held Friday at the Union Creek Swedish Lutheran Church with Dr Nicholas Sellberg of York Nebraska and Mrs Hol Larson of Philip SD attending An obituary will follow next week
A social dance was held at the John Majerus home Sunday evening. Fred Gronemeyer and Win Barinusisky shipped a carload of hogs to Sioux City from Chatsworth last Chatsday. Gert Renkie and family returned home after a short visit with relatives at Lemon. Tom Skall John Skaff and ET Salem have gone to view land near Pierre Os. They plan to relocate there next spring. Henry Hillrichs hosted a German social night. Livery folks enjoyed themselves. duke and Herman Mohlmann returned from Oklahoma where Lucy looked at land and relatives. Herman may settle there next spring. District No. 7 school closed its nine month term taught by Miss Mae Montagne. An appropriate dinner honored teacher and pupils. Miss Montagne is well liked and may teach next term.
Weather dampened turnout as Civil War veterans, W R C, and others gathered for cemetery services and a M E church program. Rev J L Ayrault delivered the day’s address praising Providence, veterans, and families, while the Akron band and local supper crowd completed the observance.
Early primary results from 83 of 99 counties show Allison leading Cummins for U S Senate by 8,862 with total likely near 5,000 to 10,000. Standout farmers backed Cummins but turnout was light. Allison won in multiple districts while Cummins carried the Fourth, Seventh, and other districts. Progressive candidates and county-level races stirred interest as counting continued with Cherokee and Woodbury forthcoming.
An athlete comments that pugilists believe salt water hardens the insides and aids conditioning. He recalls a Heat-weight drinking two quarts daily and others consuming salt water year round, trusting that body blows won’t hurt if their insides are pickled.
The passage asserts water and other harmless beverages are essential to health, arguing that without adequate fluids even the best food cannot be assimilated, nourished, or maintained by the body.
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.