Local Happenings and Farm Notices in Akron Area
Local items report hay for sale at Ostrom Livery Barn fresh wallpaper at Cobb’s Drug Store and Premo flour promotion. Residents visit Sioux City Elk Point and Hawarden. Public notices include M. E. Ladies Aid meeting and Free masonry event. Community events feature hospital and school news, birthday club, and open air concert plans amid a hail storm impacting crops.
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Keane
M. M. Talbott
Ostrom
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
Kendall Hotel
Cobb’s Drug Store
T. L. Burnight, Jr
Sioux City
R. J. Hauck
D. H. Shaw
Carrie Waterbury
Minneapolis
John Huckett
Elk Point
Chester Clabaugh
LeMars
Nick Becker
H. L. Smith
Walthill
Nebraska
Reliable
Cobb’s
Walter Glenny
Waterloo
Iowa
Bess Barnum
Thos
Cleary
Simeon
Rosalia
Merrill
Anton Weidenfeller
Harry Lias
Kilbourn
Wis
Lias
Dollie Dodd
C. H. Mohr
M. E. Ladies’ Aid
Mesd
Ws J. Bennett
H. R. Stoutenberg
F. P. Baker
A. G. A. Palm
Rose
Harold
Airo
Mason City
Minnie Palm
Plymouth County Teachers’ Institute
le Mars
Maye Gilmore
Julia Doyle
Stella Shaw
Eva Adams
Gertrude McGraw
Freda Billings
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
M. D. Billings
Peterson
Lecture by David Eugene Olsen at Akron church
David Eugene Olsen of Minneapolis, a lecturer evangelist and elocutionist, will deliver a talk titled Those Five Millions Who What Why When and How at Akron Christian church on Monday evening June 24 at 8 o clock. The event includes an Indian club drill with music and Swedish Scandinavian songs with harp and multiple instruments. all seats are free and the public is invited. Also noted is a Louise Texas mention of H Anderson's death on May 29 and his burial at Elcampo cemetery after a brief illness, with local business suspended as a tribute.
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David Eugene Olsen
Minneapolis
Akron
Olson
A. P. M. Petersen
Big Springs
B. Hedberg
Salix
Iowa
A. Hallen
Sioux City
Louise
Texas
Grim Reaper
H. Anderson
Elcampo
Death of Mrs August Hein at 72 in Akron Iowa
Mrs August Hein died in Akron Iowa on June 10 1912 while visiting her daughter Mrs Herman Claassen. She was 72 and had suffered asthma for four years death due to pleuro pneumonia. She left seven sons and three daughters with several grandchildren and great respect in the community. The funeral was led by Rev Meyer at the Claassen home and interment followed in Riverside cemetery.
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M. M. Talbott
Arthur Claeys
Sioux City
A. Wynes
M. Balcom
Rohrer’s
Hawarden
H. M. Wilcox
Minnie Wang
Elk Point
Freedom Lodge
Register-Tribune
Hitzeman Bros
Hawarden Laundry
Elsie Schleuter
Harrisburg
S. C
Samuel Wisnow
Madison
Wis
A. G. Johnson
C. C. Hoagland
Louis Bertrand
Joe
Hudson
Lilian Lodge No. 22
Post
Art McGraw
Ray Palmer
F. W. Sargent
Lyle Hubbard
E. F. Cobb
August Hein
Akron
Iowa
Herman Claassen
Volke Gerdes DeWall
Germany
Strackhalt
Henry Luschen
Marx
Here
G. H
Henry
Gerhard Luschen
Pipestone
Minnesota
Swedish immigrant H Anderson dies in Louise Texas
Brief mention notes the death of H Anderson of Louise Texas. A native of Sweden who arrived in 1868 and homesteaded west of the city in Union County South Carolina, later moving to Texas about twenty years ago. He leaves a wife, one son and four daughters in Texas. Three
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H. Anderson
Louise
Texas
Sweden
Union County
S. C
Reemis Bros
Well Satisfied With Hail Settlement
A hail loss on June 14 1942 to insured crops in Akron Iowa was settled by Guarantee Mutual Hail Insurance Association of Sioux City. Adjuster and Redmond Bros. & Co. settled for 150 dollars. signer Frank W Eden endorses the company and recommends it to others.
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Akron
Sioux City
Iowa
Redmond Bros. & Co
Redmond Bros
E. J. Lawlis
Baptist Church Announces Sunday Services and Meeting
Regular services are scheduled for Sunday morning and evening. Discussion topics have been selected. A Young People's meeting is set for 7 p.m. All are invited. Pastor Bob Killgore.
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Bob Killgore
M and Church Announcement Sunday Services Encouraged
The church invites members and friends to attend Sunday services after a vacation period. Pastor Robt Lee Stuart expresses hope for renewed energy and readiness to work, welcoming all to join in regular worship and activities.
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Robt Lee Stuart
Funeral Director and Embalmer in Akron Iowa
A. G. Johnson, funeral director and embalmer based in Akron Iowa, listed with telephone number 141. The entry notes contact details for funeral services in the Akron area.
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A. G. Johnson
Akron
Iowa
Traveling piano salesmen push cheap pianos in Akron area
J C Button warns residents against itinerant piano canvassers selling lookalike boxes at factory prices from 79 to 350 dollars. He claims a fraud scheme with life guarantees and in-house tuners to cover the scam, urging buyers to choose genuine high grade pianos and organs.
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Akron
Homestead Advertises Strong Farm Contributor Team
The Thelown Homestead touts a large corps of practical farm contributors and editors with theoretical and extensive hands on experience. It claims every issue offers safe advice and promotes combined subscriptions for both papers at $1.50 yearly. Former county agents are sought with liberal terms. contact James M. Pierce, Publisher, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Thelown Homestead
Homestead
James M. Pierce
Des Moines
Strayed Welsh Pony Seeks Return Near Flandreau
Chestnut pony missing from owner in Flandreau on June 12. Blind in right eye, wearing a new halter and picket rope strapped to left leg. Brought from James Wells of Akron Iowa, bought near Hawarden Iowa. Reward offered for information to Lewis Benson, Flandreau South Dakota.
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Flandreau
James Wells
Akron
Iowa
Hawarden
Lewis Benson
S. D
Newspaper subscriptions offered at two papers
The Register-Tribune and the old reliable Homestead are offered at 1.50 dollars a year for paid-up subscribers, signaling a promotional rate or bundled deal. The note emphasizes affordability and value for loyal readers.
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George Comings
Guy Smiley
H. V. Jordin
J.J. Simeon
Winnebago
Nebr
Danbury
L. C. Hitzeman
C. Simeon
Gus. Lucken
Colone, S. D
J. J
Wm. Simeon
George Hitzeman
Edith Stoutenberg
Eana Anderson
Quentin Johnson
Alma Guillaume
Birthday Club
Chas, Willer
J. C. Hoyt
E. Tripp
Arion
W. W. Keech
J. R. Dee
Izetta
Haward
J. I. Stecker
Lucile March
J. F
Blencoe
Akron Creamery
A. Papritz
Baptist Ladies' Mission Circle
Robi. Ross
Georgia Bell
Geo. C. Byland
Fred Koch
Morningside College
A. G. Button
Highmore
J. C. Button
W. A. Neal
Bradley
B. A
W. H. Keane
S. E
Aberdeen
Huron
Marie Pember
Rock Valley
J. B. McKillips
Hattie
Earl Ervin
F. A
C. Wade
N. A. Batchelder and Sons
Stickney
Isaac Batchelder
Wm. Hauser
Miss Neville
Laurel
Barney Oldfield
David Cassel
Earl Mohr
Westfield
Luther Leagues
C. M. Billings
Boy Scout
Children’s
Sanitas Underwear
Sanitas
Rohrer
R. & G. Corseta
Baptist Church
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