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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
5
A local sale notice lists J J Aalfs as auctioneer and E H Youngstrom as clerk. Details on date location and items offered are readable but partially obscured. the snippet confirms they oversee the sale.
Special Correspondence notes town residents’ activities. Neil McFarlan on sick list. many neighbors visit Sioux City and Akron. new homes, barns, and sidewalks under construction. Mohr, Spaulding families travel. moisture worry persists. A. A. Wilson retires from business after years in Westfield.
Union Creek News reports no worship at the Lutheran church next Sunday. Sunday school begins at 1 a m. Swedish lessons start at the old church with ten children enrolled and eager to learn. Rev C H Nelson visits Minnesota for a few days rest and plans calls at John Ericson home near Rush City before returning. Mrs Al Osmanson returns to Ft Dodge Iowa while visiting relatives here. Mrs John Larson of Sioux City also returns home Saturday.
Local correspondents report farmers in Adamsville busy with hay and corn, along with numerous social visits. Visitors include Jas Stinton and wife from Akron and Mrs H A Johnson and Agnes from Toledo, Iowa. The community notes a large Children’s Day crowd, a fatal auto crash funeral in Ellendale, and an Akron German Lutheran Mission Festival set for June 18 with sermons by Des Moines and LeMars pastors.
Mrs Hovland of Hawarden visited the Kleeman home. Grace Lanpop of Akron visited her aunt Mrs James Taggart. L B Bennett of Grinnell IA and wife vacation two weeks at his parents. All invited to opera house dance Tuesday 20 with Cahalan orchestra. G E Ward and son Ernest returned from Sioux City. Maude Miller visited Akron. Geo Van Allen family came from Akron. Chas Gehen and Ifred Dow left for Lake Okoboji. J A Patrick family visited Wm Patrick home. J S Farnham family visited Akron. Mrs G E Wells and Floyd drove to Hawarden. G E Wells attended Sioux City merchants meeting. Mrs I Miller traveled to Akron. Charlie Gehen, Wallace Howie and George Schafer attended Henry Murry funeral at Hawarden.
The Richland column reports a wind spoiled Children day exercises and a postponed dance at Richland hall due to a disagreement. Akron visitors Herb and Ervin family stay at Richland mill for a week while Mrs Sweyer’s mother from Vermillion visits. Mr Brant recovers from illness as Mrs H W Speulda visits Sioux City and An nie in hospital. Elk Pointer fishing party gathered at the Richland mill Sunday. School election is set for Friday June 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Marbach and daughter visited Akron Sunday. Miss Emma Ahrens, employed by S. R. Maben, also visited home on Sunday. Johnnie Johnson has been hauling.
J C Button warns residents that a Sioux City piano man is canvassing locally on false pretenses as a representative for him. He states no such salesman operates for him and thanks the man for the Akron dealer’s reputation while disavowing any Sioux City affiliate.
The M E Church schedules a 10 46 sermon Visions in Prison on Sunday. Sunday school at 11 45 seeks full attendance for Children's Day practice. Epworth League at 7 pm and a 8 pm sermon The Power of Silence. Pastor Grant Smith invites all.
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