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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
4
Local wholesale grocer in Willard advertises low cash prices and credit terms. Highlights include seeds for summer planting, potatoes at 65 cents per bushel, Gold Medal Flour at reduced Akron store prices, and various grains and oats sold by the hundred. Also promotes paying less by cash and asks customers to bring flour and feed needs.
Applications for teaching positions in the Independent School District of Portland must reach Secretary A N Williams before June 26 1914. R Pollock president of the Board of Directors.
Special correspondence notes a busy week of visits and calls around Elk Point and nearby towns. Residents from Sioux City Ames and Chatsworth travel to the city for family visits, dental work, alums, and botanical gatherings. several couples plan trips and a two week family reunion at Wall Lake while local church activities include a Ladies Aid meeting and a call extended to Rev Godgal.
Recurring storms cripple roads in Millnerville area delaying direct carrier rounds. Broken Kettle Creek rose high enough to flood and strand youths at Alfred Fry's larn dance until daylight. Bridges manned by J. Knapp forced hours of hold ups. Bethel church path turned to mud shutting Sunday services. residents plan Morningside college commencement attendance while Rev. John Engle prepares for marriage and a temporary supply pastor role.
Mrs. Thomas McCarthy left Sioux City after her brother James Patten died. Tony Brienzo avoided injury in a shop accident and faced a washout at Broken Kettle bridge. George Riley moved to Richland for summer trade while Dr Brunner aided a child with a tight ring. Violet Fry helped by her sister, and Mrs Knapp's party faced a downpour. FD Ford buyer George Mayhew. relatives celebrated Grandma Ahern's 104th, and Miss Blanche Pavlik won a prize in Sioux City. Several locals planned summer study and trips, with Hambers, Wades, and Ericksons grieving Arthur Erickson’s death recientes.
Union Lutheran church hosts Sunday school at 11 o clock next Sunday. The Sioux River overflow disrupted nearby residents last Saturday. Levi Nelson bought a new touring car. the Gassmaan family were guests at the Isren home last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Quonar Vredell arrived Saturday for an over Sunday visit with his mother.
Mohr family leaves for Wall Lake reunion while neighbors brace for rising Big Sioux. Farmers built and reinforced a flood levee south of Six Mile Bridge to protect Bennett Kerr Bradshaw and others as water rose two feet higher than Saturday. Workers endured long hours with scant meals to keep the levee intact and crops safe.
Hawarden Independent reports the Hawarden Telephone Exchange Company stock has been purchased by the Warmers and Merchants Telephone Company. Av Lrownell, president, has been in Hawarden two weeks settling old stockholders. The firm aims to merge similar exchanges into one company and implement model plants, starting in Hawarden with plans to follow next week. Local manager C A Mricsan will stay on.
Owner preparing move offers an eighty acre farm for sale at a low price. Features include a good house a large barn a double corn crib and a windmill with ample water. Located five miles from Akron and must be sold quickly inquiries REGISUVER-TRIBUND OFFIC.
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