Akron Briefs From The Local Scene And Farm Report
Local notes cover residents visiting relatives in Sioux City and Mayville, crop progress with warmer weather, and home building updates. Police cite two youths fined for fast driving. Store ads promote kerosene stoves and farm equipment. County teachers prepare for vacation while Akron’s rail line reports ongoing track work and a bluff cave-in near Calliope. A three day street carnival or Fourth of July celebration is discussed by local business leaders.
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Akron
Atlantic Coast
Lester Wakeman
Alsop Wakeman
Geo. Waterbury
Old Home
New Canaan
Connecticut
R. D. Clark
Stamford
Bertha Wakeman
Calliope Bluff
Chatsworth
Westfield
Double wedding near Philip brings four young couples together
Akron readers learn of a Philip Dakota double wedding where Hol Larson wed Hather Peterson and Andrew Abrahamson wed Lissa Larson. All four recently claimed land near Philip and now jointly own 820 acres. Larson runs a Philip store. both brides hail from Sioux City families. The couples have long known each other and receive widespread congratulations.
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Akron
Thore
Here
Philip
Pierre
Hol
Lar
Hather Peterson
Andrew Abrahamson
Lissa Larson
Larson
John Larson
Sioux City
Spink
S. C
Peterson
John Sellberg
Abrahamson
John Lerson
Akron High School Baseball Team Suffers Second Defeat
Akron High School endured a second loss after a return game at Hill Point ended 8 to 14. Will Ryan of the town team featured as a standout though the home squad failed to secure a win in the closing innings.
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Point High
Orlan Moore
Akron
Ryan
Moore
R. Smith
Rosy
Haker
Ong
Swift
Richland
Akron High School
Hill Point
Will Ryan
Four German Immigrants Stranded In Akron Misrouted
Four German immigrants landed in Akron Sunday morning from New York harbor only to learn their tickets were misissued to Iowa. Unable to understand English, locals aided them. Agent Searls arranged a free return passage to Chicago and they left Monday afternoon.
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Akron
New York Harbor
Ohio
Iowa
Chicago
Searls
Akron Hardware Co Sold in Local Business Change
A local business change of importance was consummated Monday with the sale by Jas Woodside and G E Lawson of Akron Hardware Co to H D Mohr of Shetland Iowa. Invoicing began Tuesday with Prof Fred Lohmakie assisting. Mohr has years of successful hardware, implement and lumber experience and is brother of B C Mohr, a Westfield merchant. The paper wishes both retiring and incoming firms future success.
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Jas. Woodside
G. E. Lawson
Akron Hardware Co
H. D. Mohr
Shet. Held
Iowa
Fred Lohmakie
Mohr
Special reduced prices on Sat ley Cultivators and gear
Special reduced prices on Saturday for Ley Cultivators four and G shovel plus Hammock seat. The offer promises savings on substantial garden tools and accessories. Pro shopper S A Waterbury notes the deals aim to save buyers money.
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S. A. Waterbury
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Paul Wendt
R. P. Smith & Co
Burgess & Smith
Swan's
Apheza
H. Rohrer
Akron, Lo
James Agnes
Florence Waterbury
Platte
Akron Creamery
A. Papritz
J. B. Hendricks
West Virginia
J. W
Stone
B. J. Bradley
F. J. Coyle
del. Waterbury
Nellie Adams
Elk Point
Kala Tone
Klauer-Swanson Co
Miss Farnham
Dick Dierksen
Henry Willer
Mr. Dierksen
Dave Guillaume
Mr. Willer
John Johnson
Aon
Jesse
Hopkins & Co
Pollock
Denison
Rowell
Fisher
Drake University
Des Moines
Kondext
Sutherland
LeMars
Gadd
Highmore
J. Smith
Oaks
North Dakota
Elmer Fritz
Charles Kluckhohn
Edison
Maroh’s
Burgess &Smith
Maggio Rummell
Hawarden
Kit Gard ‘Ner
A. F. Johnson
Yeaton
Hdith Root
State University of Town
Mw, Chamberlain
8. A. Waterbury
L. A
First National Bank OF
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