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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
6
Village notices mention Meat Market and Klauer Swanson Co. promotions, local trades, and social updates. Numerous brief items describe visits, farm and school activities, church groups, entertainment, and a forthcoming public sale in Akron area, with farmers and residents named.
Fred Herschler a 44 year old farmer from Union county was drowned while fishing with a party on Sargent Lake. The body was recovered about four feet deep near the south end after a late afternoon crossing attempt. An inquest will follow. he leaves a wife and nine children.
Henry W. Johnson reports the accidental drowning of his half brother Ben Borg near Mount Olive Illinois. Borg and Jon White hired a team to Beald, Illinois. A heavy rain flooded Cahokia creek. their team ford and the rig was washed away. Borg remained in harness and disappeared in the current. The horse was lost and the fate of the animal is unclear.
A man identified as four years, four months, and two days old visited the Johnson family in central Town last year. He had also worked for M. M. Talbott and was connected to Mr Borg’s activity during the period. The reference notes the Henrik Johnsons of the western central Town area.
Delbert L Waterbury of Akron Iowa and Miss Bessie Reunnels of Bartlett Nebraska married at the Baptist parsonage in Elk Point South Dakota with Rev Geo W Bird officiating. They will stay with Waterbury parents until early July then move to Bartlett to establish their home.
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