Local Commerce and Social News From Mound City
A crowded local page notes Cobb's Paints wallpaper and Hanford Produce Co pricing for cream, bakery goods at Biddlecome's, and laundry at New Kendall Hotel. Community updates include Mrs. A. S. Shedd's LeMars visit, nearby family travels, school graduations in Elk Point, and racing and charity events schedule around Akron and Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bields & Hadges
Hanford Produce.Co
Biddlecome
Cobb’s
A. S. Shedd
LeMars
Mound City
Goodwin & Clark
Cobb
Hanford Produce Co
Akron
F. Smythe
H. A. Tone
M. E
Hans
Robert Rasmussen
Hurley
Cobb's
J. H. Kerr
Miss Milnes
Worthing
King’s Model Laundry
Sioux City
New Kendall Hotel
John Martin
Conly
Elk Point
Mesdames Sawyer and
Gill
James Ross
Rex Smith
National Bloomer Girls
E. Tripp
Amy Tripp
S. D
Maxwell Autos
Molten Brothers
J. Searls
Sioux Falls
B.O
Akron High School Class of 08 Commencement
The fifteenth annual Akron high school commencement filled the opera house last evening as eight graduates delivered orations and received diplomas. Seven boys and one girl marked a male-dominated class. The program included songs, invocations, and notable orations on topics from immigration to athletics.
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Akron High School
Dass of 08
Akron
Ray
J. L. Ayrault
Earl Hlcott
Arden B. Ross
Oda
Jenkins
Orlan C. Moore
Ralph W. Nelson
Benjamin H. Tucker
Charles I. Waterbury
J. Lionel Eustace
Arthur d'Arville
J. H. Kerr
A. H. Smith
C. E. Plummer
Akron High School Alumni Banquet Honors Class of 08
The Akron High School Alumni Association holds its annual meeting this Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Williams in honor of the Class of 08.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron High School Alumni Association
N. J. Williams
Kids Score Shut-Out In Akron Baseball Game
High School defeated the town team 2 to 0 in a pitchers duel at Akron's grounds. Koch struck out eleven with two safeties allowed. Baker fanned and allowed three hits. Catchers Perry McCor kell and Will Haley excelled. Neil Robertson umpired fairly. Players included McCorkell Koch Jenkins Hays Eustace Williams S Moore Ross M Smith Lias for the high school and Haley Baker Meredith Cain Webster Port Swift March Knudson for the town.
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Akron
Koch
Rollo Baker
Baker
Perry McCorkell
Will Haley
Louis Koch
Neil Robertson
McCorkell
Jenkins
Hays
Eustace
Williams
S. Moore
G. Ross
M. Smith and
Lias
Town
Two Newborn Sons Reported in Akron Area
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson of Akron on Monday June 1 1908. A son was also born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tyndall southeast of town on Monday June 1 1908.
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Elmer Johnson
Akron
Aon
Jack Tyndall
Closing Exercises at St Josephs Parochial School
The closing exercises at St Josephs parochial school were held in the opera house with many out of town relatives from Sheldon Chatsworth and Westfield. The program featured the one act operetta Plorinda and a patriotic robe drill by nineteen boys. Miss May Gilmore received her diploma and spoke on universal peace. The Sisters were praised for the excellent program and student progress. Also reports on high water affecting farmers along the Big Sioux and a ferry expense funded by Akron merchants.
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St. Joseph’s Parochial School
Opera House
Sheldon
Chatsworth
Westfield
St. Anthony’s School
Hawarden
Plorinda
Misses Nettie
Emily Way
Mabel Raish
J. Weidenfeller
N. Burns
E. Dalgleish
Flossie Montagne
Marie Simeon
Svetty Agnes
Golden Gates
Miss May Gilmore
Grace O’rielly
Earth
D. K. Hurley
Miss Gilmore
St. Joseph's School
Winnifred Faust
Sadie Carr
Big Sioux
Married Ricorers-Hunxne In LeMars Iowa 1908
Ricorers Hunxne of LeMars married Miss Ollie Henke of Akron on Monday June 1908 in the clerk's office at the courthouse with County Clerk J B Cunningham and Deputy Treasurer J B Belly as witnesses. The bride is daughter of Antone Henke of the city. Groom from Mammen has worked as a carpenter nearby. They will reside in Akron. Hanford Produse Co pays higher prices for cream and promotes honest taste via loyal agent.
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Ricorers-Hunxne
LeMars
Iowa
Peter Richters
Ollie Henke
Akron
Allina
Court House
J. B. Cunningham
J.B. Belly
Antone Henke
Mammen
Hanford Produse Co
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Klauer-Swanson Co's
Klauer‘Swanson Co
F.J. Swanson
New Kendall
Grace Gosting
C.J. Groom
Carroll, Iowa
W. W. Meredith
Henry Hartung
Lester Wakeman
Milwaukee
W.J. English
Laurens
Henry Schemmel
Henry Jenkins
Granville
M. F. Kuborna
Antoine Smythe
FP. Smythe
Will Ryan
Mra
Will Manning
Hik Point
Chas
Vargason
Theiig
Vergason
George Blum
Alton
W. ©. Wood
Volin, SD
Paul Wendt
Clark
T. M. Zink
S. A. Whittecar
van de Brask
Wendt
Cilley
Kerr
M. H. Church
W. S. Ratcliffe
H. Rohrer
Drices
Sanitas Underwear—Union
L. Douglas
Women’s and Childs
Oxfords
Vici Oxfords
Patent Oxfords
Bremner Bros
St. Joseph’s School
Wm. Simeon
Baldwin Export Piano
J.C. Button
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