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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
5
Miss Mabel Eberly leaves for LeMars summer school while locals plan a ladies aid meeting with Mrs Sparling. D M Dickerson ships forty cases of strawberries to Jewett Brothers in Sioux Falls. Several residents travel for family visits and farm work as Rev. A B Gilbert returns to town amid social events and Rally Day at the Congregational church.
Berry picking in Richland today yields large harvests with 150 quarts noted. Mrs. D. M. Dickerson has moved back to Richland until after the berry season. T. B. Strong of Oacoma, S. D. visits his mother and sister. Miss Addie Fate returns home to Presto after visiting Blanchards. Blanchards shop in Elk Point. Kecklers attend services as Mr. Keckler’s father falls ill in Illinois. A strawberry and ice cream social is planned at Blanchard's Friday June 28. N. Critl loses Elk Point store to fire. Crill plans to resume business soon.
Two fur collavatta were left in the new opera house the night of the Holmberg moving pictures. Lane can be recovered at this office by owners paying for this notice.
Miss Ellen Foley died at St. Joseph's hospital in Sioux City on Saturday June 24 after a six week struggle with typhoid fever and pneumonia. Funeral services were held at LeMars on Tuesday. The family extends sympathy as three deaths have touched their circle this year. Swa sons remain hospitalized with typhoid fever but are recovering. Ed Stinton and family spent Sunday at Geo. Robertson's home. John Grebner visited from North Dakota and reported heavy rain there. Local notes mention visitors from Sioux City, school teaching near Remaen, and visits among friends in LeMars.
Local and surrounding residents reported visiting Sioux City for weddings, business, health, and family reasons. Names include Jessie Searls, W. W. Keech, J. B. Klauer, Dr. P. A. Lillie, I. R. Goodwin, Elmer Seward, Louis Miller, Henry Rossbach, Mourine Love, Mrs. Massie, and others. Several travels to Elk Point, Armour, Madison, and Rock Valley noted with social, farming, and professional contexts. Community events include a Book and Thimble Club meeting, a theater event, a binder twine supply note, and bank staff moves with Akron firms preparing summer hours.
Secretary N S Moore completes the 1907 school census for the Independent District of Akron. Boys totals 215 across age groups 6 7 7 14 14 21. Girls total 214 with similar age splits. Net loss 57 and net gain 57 offset to keep school age population at 499, same as in 1900.
In Pennyroyal the Big Sioux region endures a gnats outbreak that outmatches past pest fears. Buffalo gnats swarm outdoor life for weeks, forcing partial retreats indoors, as goats reportedly spread with Texas cattle shipments years ago and have since multiplied.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Troury Jurgenson of Akron on June Fourth, 1907, in Akron.
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