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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
4
Miss Ginydds Cook hosted a musical program with guest invitees and charity refreshments. Vermillion travels include Mrs Beaubien and Mr Beaulieu visiting relatives. Hoffman returned from the coast to share news with friends. many attendees attended weddings, plays, and music events in Vermillion and nearby towns.
In Millnerville neighbors report a fierce fire Monday evening that consumed the store and a nearby house. The blaze started by gasoline damaged the landmark building dating back about 22 years. a new stack of goods had just been placed before the fire. Firefighters saved some household items and clothing, and residents were taken to a local care facility before moving to Sioux City.
Daltons relatives visit as Clark Tindall hosts and Jack Hauser buys a Ford. Agnes Tindall and granddaughter Agnes Johanson travel to Brouxity. Gaston and Quigley families drive from Sioux City. Marie Morehead visits Ed Racher near Craig. Friction causes Brintow’s son Francia to wrist injury. Ed Stinton and Blanche Suston visit the Tindall home. Bey G and Harry Varoe attend gatherings. Invitations arrive for Miss Rega Quae wedding.
A June 1916 wedding is described as taking place at the Bridets Gate home with mention of relatives visiting their grandmother near Brimeville. The report notes Mr. Robert Tindall from Tama, Iowa planning a visit with kin to test cultivator skills for Geo. Robertaon, and text mentions a nearby fire at Zofanherville burning Monday night.
A fragmented list of church and social visits, dinners, and arrivals in Spink and surrounding towns. Mentions include Mrs. Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Totin, Adolph Wild, Lillian Nyquist, Emil Fredell, and Rev. Caristeit. A death of John P. Allbid is noted with funeral services at the Rhineborg church.
Sunday school next Sunday morning at the church at 10 20 with Rav Small and family attending the Ministers Institute in Orchard Nebraska Dr Geo Broulatte will entertain the A B Ladies next Wednesday afternoon June 28 changed to Wednesday Mrs B S Monson will host the Brule society Thursday afternoon Frank Welch Akron to chair in this revival Kerr family attended the graduating exercises in Elk Point Mable Kerr a graduate from Pleasant Hill school Earl Kerr and Joella Bubs finished seventh grade Wilson Hessley’s new bridge across the creek on the road to their home Ernest Ocetger and Miss Mary Beeler were married at Elk Point Wednesday of last week Harry Beeler of Yates Montana joined wife and children they will visit Geo Davis and relatives Charlie Leopold Cleveland Ohio arrived to spend the summer with sister Mrs Wm Bubs John Welch Algren visited relatives Daisy Goddread left for Canton South Dakota to join sister Veta who attends Teachers Institute at Sioux Falls then home via Belie Fourche South Dakota
The family thanks neighbors friends and local groups G A R W R C and I C C F for kindness sympathy and offerings during the illness death and after the passing of their husband and father ML V Seamenda Mrs M V Seamangs and children express appreciation for support and memorial gestures.
A record of several birth notices from east of town and Akron includes a daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Trautt on June 11, year indicated, a daughter to Mr and Mrs Oylan CG Moore of Akron on June 16, 1916, a daughter to Mr and Mrs Louis Crow northeast of Lown on June 13, 1918, and a son to Mr and Mrs Aug Kaelle southeast of town on June 19, 1718.
Disjointed OCR notes describe an evening organization selling advance tickets for an Akron event with limited pricing and entertainment promises. Names, places, dates and prices are garbled, but reference to a committee, dosage of tickets, and designated zone appear amid unclear lines.
The menu for the Midsummer Day Picnic at the Scanavian Lutheran church lists Innards Dinner with roast beef brown gravy mashed potatoes peas cabbage salad pickles lemon or pumpkin pie, rye bread, coffee, and tea. Supper features meat, creamed potatoes, rice, padding strawberry sauce, rye bread, cake, pickles, coffee and ice tea, with a 25 cent charge. The notice invites public patronage at Dinner and Supper on Finle Day.
In Akron the Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m. In Chatsworth a preaching service at 2:30 p.m. July 2 there are no services in Akron. A Mission Festival will be held in Chatsworth with sermons at 10:30 a.m. by Bee Emil Schalinski of Newell and at 2:20 p.m. by Rev. J Vall Be of Craig. Dinner will be served in an uptown building. Public invited.
The Baptist church holds morning and evening services under the name Convention Sun Way. Delegates report impressions of the association at the morning service. Sunday school starts at 10 am and Young People meet in the evening. The pastor, Frank Edmond Volce, urges attendance.
A school presents a children’s day program featuring songs, recitations, and dialogues including Welcome and His Lamp, A Visit from Miss Kelley, Over the Sea, That Little Gitn China, and What They Do in China. Speakers include Frank Hart Meigs, with pentomime The Rose Bud and The Last Rose of Summer, benediction by Pastor Bramell of GEO P BRAMEL.
The Scandinavian Lutheran church invites all to a picnic Saturday with Rev D R Haber of Sioux City delivering a talk on American. The united chorus will sing Scandinavian songs and a meal will be served. Akron and Hawarden teams play a notable afternoon ball game. Services next Sunday with one day school at 11 oclock.
Mrs W G Adams hosted a six o clock dinner Tuesday afternoon at her home to honor Miss Ruth Hays a bride of next week. Music and games followed the meal with thirteen young ladies present including the hostess and the guest all graduates of Alnon High school.
Local residents share travel to Madison Wiss Mt and Sioux City for family gatherings while others visit relatives in Atkinson Havana and Wells. School staff changes occur as Miss Vivian Fowler departs and A G Chandler visits. Train schedule changes on the Milwaukee division bring adjusted timings for southern and northern services, promising closer phase with through sleepers and phase trains.
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